Big South Baseball Series Summary - March 27-29
Winthrop, High Point, Radford and USC Upstate all clinched their respective Big South series over the weekend, with the Eagles and Panthers collecting sweeps.
Winthrop win series over Charleston Southern, 3 games to 0
Game 1 - Winthrop 4, Charleston Southern 0
Game 2 - Winthrop 14, Charleston Southern 4
Game 3 - Winthrop 5, Charleston Southern 4 (10 innings)
Notables -- Brayden Gilley and Harrison Wilson combined for a 4-hit shutout in game 1 ... Chazz Grossington belted two home runs in game 2 ... Corey Wouters' sacrifice fly was the difference in the 10th inning, as he finished Sunday's finale with a season-best 4 RBI.
High Point win series over Gardner-Webb, 3 games to 0
Game 1 - High Point 10, Gardner-Webb 3
Game 2 - High Point 12, Gardner-Webb 8
Game 3 - High Point 15, Gardner-Webb 4
Notables -- The Panthers scored in the last five innings (nine runs total) to take game 1 ... High Point belted three home runs in the third inning and a three-run fifth frame pushed HPU to the series win in game 2 ... Sunday's finale extended the Panthers' win streak to a Division I program-record eight games ... HPU has now scored at least eight runs in its last five Big South contests.
Radford win series over Longwood, 2 games to 1
Game 1 - Radford 4, Longwood 3
Game 2 - Radford 10, Longwood 2
Game 3 - Longwood 6, Radford 5
Notables -- Radford erased a three-run deficit through the early innings for a 4-3 triumph on Friday ... Down 2-0 after a pair of Lancer runs crossed in the top of the second, the Highlanders countered with a seven-run frame in the bottom half en route to the 10-2 victory ... Longwood avoided the sweep Sunday when Jae'dan Carter cranked a clutch two-run truple in the ninth inning put the Lancers on top.
USC Upstate win series over UNC Asheville, 2 games to 1
Game 1 - USC Upstate 11, UNC Asheville 10
Game 2 - USC Upstate 14, UNC Asheville 1
Game 3 - UNC Asheville 5, USC Upstate 3
Notables -- In the series opener Friday night, Jake Armsey helped the Spartans erase a deficit that had ballooned to as large as seven runs with a two-run double into the right-center gap for the walk-off victory ... Upstate struck early on Saturday with three first inning runs in a 14-1 series-clinching victory ... Asheville's Coleman McGinnis hit a grand slam in the bottom of the fourth to help the Bulldogs snap Upstate's eight-game win streak in the series.