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Courtesy Trevecca Nazarene
Sports Information Office
JACKSON FIELD - Trevecca will play for the
TranSouth Athletic Conference title at 11 a.m. on Friday. The team
will play Cumberland, who will have to beat Trevecca in
consecutive games. Trevecca will need just one win for the title.
#1 Trevecca Advances to Championship Day
Undefeated
Box Score
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - #1 seed Trevecca (44-15) advanced to the
TranSouth Athletic Conference Championship Day with a 15-2 win
over #5 seed Union University (29-27). It was the first loss of
the tournament for Union, who will play in the 7 p.m. game at
Shelby Park for a chance to play the Trojans again on Friday.
Luke Brown (7-1) went seven innings on the
mound for Trevecca to pick up the win. Brown gave up two runs on
three hits, three walks and struck out five. Ben Ayris started and
took the loss for Union. Ayris (4-2) gave up six runs on eight
hits, and a walk.
Stipe Miocic continues to have a hot bat.
Miocic was 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBI, a double and a
home run. Brad Coon was 3-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBI, a
walk, a double, and a stolen base. The stolen base was Coon's 50th
of the season. Coon already owns the school record for steals in a
season and career. Kyle Jackson was 2-for-5 with a run scored, a
double, and four RBI.
Trevecca scored 15 runs on 19 hits, two errors.
Union scored two runs on three hits and were marked with six
errors. Trevecca scored a run in the first, six in the second,
five in the sixth, and three in the seventh. Union scored one in
third and fourth innings.
With the 44 wins, Trevecca matches last year's
team for the record for most wins in a season.
NAIA No. 8 Trevecca will play the winner of the
7 p.m. game between #2 Cumberland University and #5 Union
University. That game will be played at Shelby Park near downtown
Nashville.
#2 Cumberland Eliminates #4 Freed-Hardeman
Box
Score
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - #2 seed Cumberland University (47-17) advanced
with a 6-2 win over #4 seed Freed-Hardeman (35-24). The win gives
the Bulldogs a chance to play #5 seed Union University at 7 p.m.
tonight. The winner advances to the championship game with
Trevecca on Friday morning at 11 a.m.
Jared Brown (6-3) last eight innings for the
Bulldogs to pick up the win. Brown allowed just two runs on six
hits and four walks while striking out 13. Joe Miller (8-3) took
the loss for the Lions. Miller gave up six runs, four earned runs
on six hits, two walks and struck out six.
Cumberland scored six runs on seven hits and
didn't have any errors. Freed-Hardeman score two runs on seven
hits and had four errors. Cumberland scored three in the fourth
and three in the sixth. Freed-Hardeman scored both runs in the
sixth.
Vladimir Munoz led the Bulldog offensive attack
with a 3-for-4 performance with a run scored and two RBI.
Cumberland Defeats Union
Box Score
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Cumberland's Josh Underhill came out of the
bullpen and pitched for the fourth time in three days. Underhill
(8-1) picked up the win as Cumberland defeated Union 12-3 in the
semifinals of the TranSouth Conference tournament Thursday night
at Shelby Park.
Freshman starter James Parker gave way to
Underhill with two outs in the fifth inning and the scored tied at
2-2. Underhill shut down the Bulldogs giving up one run.
Designated hitter Phillip Cuadrado was
five-for-six with four runs batted in while catcher Chris Torres
launched his 10th home run of the season. Cumberland produced 16
hits as a team as they improved to 48-17 on the season. Cumberland
will face Trevecca on Friday at 11 a.m. in the tournament finals.
Trevecca and Cumberland will both advance to
the Region XI tournament next week regardless of which team wins
the TranSouth Tournament. The Region XI tournament will be played
in Lebanon next week, to be hosted by the Wilson County Sports
Counci at Veterans Field at Baird Park.
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