A quartet of High Point University pitchers combined for the squad's second shutout of the season limiting Lafayette to just four hits in a 4-0 victory on Sunday afternoon at Coy O. Williard, Sr. Stadium.

The Panthers (11-12) captured the rubber game with the Leopards (6-7) and earned their fifth win in their last seven games and also their second series victory of the season.

Senior starter Tony Flores (3-1) had his best outing thus far this year giving up just two hits while striking out five in seven innings of work to earn the victory. Glen Jones, RJ Chlebnikow and Tom Boleska pitched the final two shut out frames. Boleska struckout two and held Lafayette hitless for 1.1 innings to earn his first save of the year.

"Tony Flores did a great job," said HPU head coach Sal Bando, Jr. "He showed that when you locate your fast ball in and out you can have some success and that's what he did. The bullpen did a great job pitching behind him. They came in and threw strikes. Overall it was a good win."

Freshman catcher Tucker Stobbe provided all the offense the Panthers needed on Sunday belting a three-run homer, the first of his career, in the fourth inning to put HPU on the board 3-0. Stobbe drove in Billy Alvino and Randy Schwartz, who had both singled in front of him.

Fellow freshman Robby Kuzdale scored the only other run of the game in the fifth. Kuzdale was hit by a pitch to leadoff the frame then moved to second on a groundout to second. He stole third, swiping his team-leading 10th base of the year, then scored on an RBI single by Schwartz.

Lafayette stranded seven runners in the game including three times leaving a player on third. The Leopards had a chance to break-up the shutout in the eighth. Pinch hitter Brad Weiss drew a leadoff walk from Flores. Jones entered the game for HPU and recorded a pair of strikeouts around a single by James Conrad putting runners on first and second. Chlebnikow relieved Jones giving up a single to Jeff Butler before Boleska came in and struck out pinch hitter Mike Raible with the bases loaded to end the threat.

High Point finished with eight hits on the day led by two each from Schwartz and Stobbe.

Jeremy Atkins (1-1) took the loss for Lafayette after allowing all four runs in five innings of work.

The Panthers make their only road appearance of an 11-game stretch when they travel to East Carolina for a game on Wednesday. HPU next plays at home on Mar. 23-25 in their Big South Conference opening series against Liberty.