BUENA VISTA, Va. – The Greensboro College baseball team fell to Southern Virginia Tuesday, 9-8.
Brandon Soden led the game off with an infield single and stole a base to reach scoring position.
Mac Graham then plated Soden with a single up the middle. Graham then came around to score on a Knights wild pitch.
Southern Virginia cut the lead to 2-1 before Greensboro scored two runs in the third inning. J.P Lisk hit a sacrifice fly to score
Zach Neumeister before
Andrew Ray crossed home on an SVU error.
The Knights responded with five runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 6-4 lead.
Brian Robbett and
Andrew Ray hit back-to-back doubles to tie the game in the fourth inning.
SVU retook the lead in the bottom of the fourth with three runs before Greensboro pulled within 9-8 with runs in the fifth and eighth innings.
Greensboro had an opportunity to tie the game in its final at-bat but could not push the tying run across.
Neumeister had a team-high two hits in the game, while
Tyler Henderson,
Adam Murray,
Griffen Riley, Graham, Lisk, Soden, Ray, and Robbett each had one hit.
Jeff Waring took the loss for Greensboro after tossing three innings.
Zach Branon and
Edward Dorunda also pitched.
The Pride will return to the field at 3 p.m. Wednesday when they travel to take on the Quakers of Guilford College. For more information on Greensboro College baseball, continue to follow
www.greensborocollegesports.com.
