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Trevecca Nazarene University vs. Cumberland, TN

(Jackson, Field) -- Trevecca (20-10, 4-4) hosted No. 5 Cumberland University (24-10, 5-3) for a three game conference series. On Friday afternoon Cumberland won 2-8 to begin the first of three games this weekend. On Saturday, the Trojans came back strong.

(Game 1) -- Bouncing back after yesterday's loss, the Trojans came back for a dramatic come-from-behind win over Cumberland 9-6. After Trevecca senior Billy Johnson and junior Kyle Felts began the bottom of the first and fourth innings respectively with lead off home runs, Cumberland scored two of their own to tie the game at 2-2. Trevecca added two more runs led by senior Randall Harbert who launched a solo homer to take the 5th inning 4-2 lead. Cumberland countered with three runs of their own in the top of the sixth inning but Trevecca added 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th with a rally capped by a three run blast off the bat of junior Justin Curtis to take the lead. The Bulldogs of Cumberland added one run in the top of the seventh but it wasn't enough as Trevecca took the 9-6 victory. Senior Eddy Sanchez improved to 6-0 on the season picking up the win for the Trojans and senior Nathan Brown got the save in the 7th inning.

(Game 2) -- Cumberland proved why their the #5 team in the NAIA with a seven run second inning in the second game to take the 8-5 victory. Cumberland's Mike Navratil and Tavaris Gary combined for three home runs including a grand slam from Navratil in the second inning to give Trojan pitcher B.J. Jenkins the loss. Trevecca's Eric Reid homered in the losing effort.

Trevecca will visit NCAA Division 1 opponent Lipscomb University on Wednesday, March 26 at 2pm. The Trojans already defeated Lipscomb earlier this season 17-8.

 


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