Presbyterian College led the Big South baseball standings for a day.

Saturday’s 3-2 victory over the Longwood Lancers also allowed the Blue Hose to reach .500 overall … for a day. While PC was taking the first two games in Clinton, USC Upstate was winning the first two in High Point, N.C. Together, the two outcomes gave Presbyterian a half-game leader over High Point, though the Panthers remained a game up in the loss column.

That all changed on Sunday at Elton Pollock Field when Longwood (9-23, 4-5) ended a seven-game losing streak by defeating the Blue Hose, 8-4, while High Point (21-11, 7-2) was salvaging the third game against the Spartangs.

Now High Point is a half-game up.

Longwood third baseman Bentley Yeatts went 3/4 with three runs batted in and two stolen basses ro lead the Lancers

The Lancers broke on top with two runs in the first inning, but PC responded in the bottom half as Jake Randolph delivered an RBI single to bring home Aaron Hobson from second base.

The Farmwood, Va., school added another run in the third to boost the lead to 3-1.

After a scoreless second, the Lancers added another run in the third to extend their lead to 3-1 and led, 5-1, after two in sixth.

The Blue Hose rallied in the seventh, cutting the deficit to 5-4 thanks to RBI Brody Linker and Hobson.

The Lancers broke the Blue Hose’ backs with three in the eighth.

The Blue Hose (16-17, 8-4) return to action on Tuesday at Georgia, with the game scheduled for 3 p.m.
PC achieved a tenuous hold on first place on Saturday with a victory over the Lancers , led by Tristan McGregor’s durable pitching. McGregor delivered a career-high 8-1/3 innings with six strikeouts, allowing just two runs on six hits.

Longwood scored its two runs in the second inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, Trey Fenderson led off with a walk, and Randolph followed with a base hit. Amman Dewberry grounded out but successfully moved both runners up. Matthew Rollison came through with a two-RBI double to left-center, evening the score.

After a scoreless seventh, Randolph sparked the Blue Hose again in the eighth with a base hit. Dewberry followed with an RBI double down the left field line to give PC the lead.

Sean Hollister entered in the ninth and shut the door, earning the save and sealing the win—and the series—for Presbyterian.

Friday night was quite the contrast as PC pounded the Lancers, 15-8, thanks in large measure to Randolph’s record six hits.

Rollison’s double keyed a four-run first inning. Randolph’s solo homer opened the two-run third.

Longwood scored two runs in the fourth, but PC answered immediately when Fenderson ripped a triple down the right-field line, setting up an RBI single by Randolph. When the smoke cleared, it was 8-2.

Randolph set a school record for most hits in a single game.

Fenderson recorded his ninth double and first triple of the season. Ryan Ouzts slammed his eighth homer.

Tyrell Williams started, throwing 5-1/3 innings with four strikeouts, allowing five runs on eight hits. Jacob Fields closed out the final 1-1/2 innings, striking out three and surrendering just one hit and two runs.

In game one, three Longwood batters – Nathan Hall and Ethan Petry – rapped two hits. Petry cracked his eighth home run. Six Lancers had a single hit the opener.

Meanwhile, in Virginia, Longwood (12-22, 6-3) finished off a sweep of the PC softball team with a 6-1 victory on Sunday afternoon.

The Lancers cracked a couple of first inning homers to position themselves in front, consigning the Blue Hose 19-19 record and a 3-6 mark against league foes.
A nine-game road swing will reach its end in just over 48 hours, with the Scotsmen facing Wofford in Spartanburg after walking off the Terriers in round one nearly three weeks ago.

Presbyterian (7-2) won all six events at Talladega (2-3).

Not the race track. The Alabama college. The Blue Hose won all six acrobatics/tumbling events, and by a score of 254.050-193.315. The scores did read like lap speeds.

“I am so proud of the team and how well they did today,” said Presbyterian coach Kara Christian. “The hard work and dedication they have put in definitely showed as we closed out the season. We got our third 10 in the open pyramid and Abby Katz got a perfect score on her tumbling pass. It was a great way to end the season.”
Laurens finished 16^th out of 21 teams in a weekend golf tournament hosted by Ninety Six at The Fort Country Club.

The Raider scores were Michael Hamby 80, Ashton Wilson 88, Rich Coggins 92, Landon James 92 and Layden Kernells 101.

Greenwood shot 289, winning by 10 shots over Mauldin. Laurens shot 352.

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