BETHANY, Okla. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team closed out its weekend series with Southern Nazarene University in a doubleheader Saturday afternoon. The Weevils came out with a 9-8 loss to the Crimson Storm in game one, followed by a dominant 18-3 victory in game two.
Southern Nazarene clinched the series, given an 8-3 win Friday.
In Saturday's first game, UA-Monticello scored the first three runs of the game in the top of the first. The runs came from a couple of RBI singles from Cade Cancilla and Kirk Woolf, and a sacrifice fly from Parker Dorance. SNU responded in the bottom of the first with a run of their own making the game 3-1.
A double from Camden Tanner brought Aidan Garret in to score, and an RBI single from Chase Cripps extended UAM's lead to 5-1. The Crimson Storm rallied in the bottom of the second, stringing together three runs to make the game 5-4.
Noah Estrem crossed the plate in the third on a double from Logan Jones, and a home run from Tanner in the fourth increased the Weevils lead 7-4. The Crimson Storm scored two more runs, with one in the fourth and one in the sixth, to make the score 7-6.
Aidan Garrett crossed the plate in the seventh on a single from Tanner, extending Monticello's lead to 8-6.
A walk-off three-run home run sealed the win for the Crimson Storm bringing the score to 9-8.
In the finale, the bats started off hot for the Weevils as Aidan Garrett and Chaz Poppy crossed the plate after a single to right field from Cade Cancilla. A two-run home run from Praker Dorrance stretched the Weevils lead to 4-0.
The Crimson Storm scored a run in the bottom half of the inning, but UA-Monticello stretched their lead to 7-1 after a three-run home run from Chaz Poppy.
UAM posted a six-run inning in the top of the top of the third, kicked off by an RBI double down the right field line from Gunner Haskins to plate Brodie Romero. A couple two-run home runs from Aidan Garrett and Cade Cancilla brought the Weevils lead to 12-1. The Weevils would also capitalize on a Crimson Storm error to make the game 13-1.
SNU was only able to produce one run in the bottom of the third, bringing the score to 13-2.
The top of the sixth saw two more Weevils cross the plate with a sacrifice fly from Deshaun Cordova and a single from Chaz Poppy to make it a 15-2 ball game.
The Weevils plated three more runs in the top of the seventh after a double to right field from Cordova. The Crimson Storm would not be able to make a comeback, only scoring one run in the bottom of the seventh. UAM took game three of the series 18-3 over the Crimson Storm.
UAM improved to 15-13 and 12-6 in the Great American Conference.
UAM is back in action Tuesday at home against Ouachita Baptist University. The doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
SOFTBALL Southern Nazarene 3, UAM 0
In Monticello on Sunday, the Cotton Blossoms closed out their conference series with Southern Nazarene on Sunday afternoon.
SNU won Saturday's first game of the series, 5-0, then UAM won 5-4 in Game 2.
Southern Nazarene was the first on the board in game three, scoring a run in both the third and fourth innings to take a lead over UAM. They scored a third run in the sixth on a sac fly to right.
The Blossoms were unable to respond throughout the remainder of the ballgame, missing opportunities with multiple runners left on base.
UAM dropped to 14-19 and 6-11 in the Great American.
UAM is back in action on Friday when they travel to Russellville and take on Arkansas Tech University. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.