Matt Schlanger picked up his first collegiate win and Josh Cotten and Josh Doane homered to lead High Point to its fourth-consecutive victory, an 8-4 triumph over Wofford Wednesday afternoon at Erath Field.

Jesse Cole (0-3) took the loss for the Terriers.

Cotten and Bobby Brown each went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Panthers (5-5), who have won four straight for the first time since March 2003.

Schlanger, a freshman from Kingston, N.Y., scattered nine hits and four runs over 6 2/3 innings while striking out seven in his first collegiate start.

Brandon Waring went 2-for-4 and hit a two-run homer in the fourth for the Terriers (3-6).

After a David Long RBI single in the top of the first scored Anthony DiNardo for a 1-0 Wofford lead, the Panthers struck for three in the bottom of the frame. Chris Ramirez scored on a sacrifice fly by Cotten, Brown's base hit scored Jeremy Neyra, and Mark Shorey came across when Brown reached on a Wofford fielding error for a 3-1 Panther lead.

High Point chalked up two more in the third on Cotten's team-leading fourth homer of the year. Shorey trotted home for a 5-1 HPU advantage.

The Terriers got within 5-4 in the fourth on an RBI groundout by Adam Wood which plated Stephen Johnson and Waring's two-out home run to right which scored Scott Holloway.

But HPU responded in the bottom of the frame with Doane's second home run of the season (which scored Matt Christie) for a 7-4 advantage. The Panthers added an insurance run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Ramirez.

Cole allowed four earned runs and six hits in three innings for Wofford. Long, Waring, Ben Austin and Zach Pittman each had two hits.

This weekend, the Panthers welcome former HPU head coach Chuck Hartman and his Virginia Tech Hokies to Erath Field. The Panthers and Hokies will play single games at 2:00 pm Saturday and 1:00 pm Sunday.

The Terriers open a three-game series at home against Stony Brook on Saturday with a 1:00 pm doubleheader.