(Jackson, Tenn.) -- No. 4 seed Trevecca (35-19) faced No. 1 seed and TranSouth regular season champion (NAIA No. 8) Lee University (45-18) on Friday evening. The TranSouth Athletic Conference tournament battle took place at Union University's Fesmire Field in Jackson, Tennessee. Trevecca eliminated Lee in dramatic fashion from the conference tournament with a 5-4 victory.

Lee took a 2-0 lead with a home run and sac fly in the bottom of the fourth. Trevecca answered with two runs of their own in the top of the fifth. Luke Howell walked to lead off the inning and advanced to second when Donnie Waller singled to left. Dusty Johnson's fielders choice forced Howell at third. Waller advanced to second with Johnson safe at first. Billy Johnson reached on a fielders choice, forcing Dusty Johnson out at second. Waller advanced to third. Billy Johnson stole second and scored along with Waller on Colby Rainey's single. Rainey was thrown out trying to advance to second on the play.

Trevecca took the lead with two runs in the top of the sixth. Randall Harbert singled to center to start the inning. He advanced to third when Justin Curtis reached on a error. Both scored on Kyle Felts double down the left field line giving Trevecca a 4-2 lead. Trevecca added to the lead with a run in the eight inning. Justin Curtis singled to open the inning advanced to second on Nick Hiter's one out single. Hiter and Curtis moved up a base on Nate Brown's grounded out to the short stop. Curtis scored on a throwing error by the Flames catcher. The run would prove critical.

Lee scored two runs in the bottom of the eight with the aid of two wild pitches and a fielding error. The bottom of the ninth would prove dramatic. Trevecca starter B.J. Jenkins started the inning facing one batter and giving up a single. Adam Duncan entered the first batter he faced reached on an error. Duncan struck out the next batter he faced and was relived by Keith Black. Black entered with runners at first and second. Black walked the first batter he faced and loaded the bases with one out. Black turned the lights out with back to back strikeouts to end the game and give Trevecca the victory.

B.J. Jenkins (5-6) earned the victory with eight innings and nine strikeouts. Trevecca's trio of hurlers combined to strikeout 12 Flames and strand 11 base runners. Keith Black earned his first save of the season. Trevecca scored their five runs on 10 hits, while Lee used 14 hits to score their 4 runs. Each team committed two errors.

Trevecca will face No. 3 seed Martin Methodist (33-17) in a semifinal game at Noon on Saturday. The winner will face No. 2 seed Cumberland University (34-16) for the championship at 3:30 p.m. Each team has one loss in the double-elimination tournament. Lee and Cumberland both have a berth locked up to the Region XI Tournament next week in Cleveland, Tennessee. The winner of the Martin Methodist/Trevecca game will earn the conferences third slot in the Region tournament. Neither team has advanced to the Region tournament since the Region format was established in the mid 90's.