Baseball Defrocks Bishops
WINCHESTER, Va. - Shenandoah University secured itself a tie for
third place in the USA South Conference baseball race with a 5-2
victory over N.C. Wesleyan Sunday afternoon in the conference
finale for both teams.
Senior Josh Simons (3-0) tossed a complete game six-hitter for the
Hornets (28-6, 5-5 USA South), who will be the fourth seed at next
week's conference tournament.
Despite the loss, N.C. Wesleyan (20-15, 8-4) wins the league's
regular season title.
Thanks to a 12-2 Christopher Newport victory over Methodist on
Saturday, NCWC will be the tournament's top seed and Methodist the
No. 2.
The tournament begins on Thursday morning at 9:30 when SU takes on
fifth-seeded Greensboro College in the first of four day-one
contests.
Simons salvaged a split for the Hornets Saturday as he shut the
Bishops down for the first eight innings. NC Wesleyan was able to
score a pair of unearned runs in the ninth, but the second run
came on the final play of the contest as designated hitter Justin
Tuck was thrown out at second trying to stretch an RBI single into
a double.
Simons struck out five and walked just one in tossing the first
complete game of his career.
Shenandoah gave Simons the offensive support he would need with two
runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh off of Bishops
starter Jonathan Lucas (1-4).
Three of those runs were unearned, including both in the sixth.
Scott Lambert, Jesse Henry and Jasen Eberz all had two hits each
for SU.
