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• High Point completed a midweek sweep of Wright State with an 11-6 win at Williard Stadium on Wednesday.
• Senior Michael Hennessey matched his career high with seven innings pitched and struck out a career-high six batters.
• The win was the 200th of head coach Craig Cozart's career.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University baseball team delivered head coach Craig Cozart his 200th win on Wednesday when it completed a midweek-series sweep of Wright State with an 11-6 win over the Raiders at Williard Stadium.

"Sweeping a midweek series against a team like Wright State is a really good accomplishment," Cozart said. "We got great production out of the bottom of our lineup with Spencer Brown and Nick Blomgren combining for six RBI and Michael Hennessey pitched a heck of a game for us on the mound. I was really glad we kept adding on and putting up runs. These are two good wins for us and I am proud of the way the team is performing right now."

Senior Michael Hennessey got the start for the Panthers and matched his career high with seven-innings pitched to pick up the win. The right-hander allowed four earned runs on 10 hits and a walk while striking out a career-high six.

Wright State starter Zane Collins suffered the loss on the mound after giving up six earned runs on five hits and a walk in two-plus innings of work.

The win was High Point's fourth in the row and it improved the team's record to 5-3 on the season. Wright State dropped to 5-4 with the loss, its fourth straight after opening 2016 with five-straight wins.

The Panthers got on the board first thanks to a three-run double by sophomore Spencer Brown in the second inning. HPU loaded the bases with two outs as sophomore Austen Zente singled then stole second and third and both junior Luke Parker and freshman Nick Blomgren were hit by pitches. Brown cleared the bases with a double just inside the first-base bag to put High Point in front, 3-0.

Wright State came right back to tie the game in the next half inning with a two-run double by Gabe Snyder and a suicide squeeze by John Brodner. The Panthers then answered the three-run third by WSU with a five-run third of its own to go up 8-3. Senior Dominic Fazio and sophomore Carson Jackson hit back-to-back RBI singles before Blomgren connected for a three-run home run to left, the freshman's first collegiate hit.

The Raiders got a run back in the seventh on an RBI single by Ryan Fucci, but High Point came right back with a run in the bottom of the inning and two more in the eighth to go up 11-4. Parker drove in Zente with an RBI single in the seventh then junior Josh Greene and Fazio had back-to-back RBI singles one-inning later.

High Point got production from its entire lineup with eight different players registering a hit. Fazio finished 3-4 at the plate with two RBI and a run scored while Zente went 2-4 with two runs scored and three stolen bases. Junior Chris Clare also had multiple hits in the game, going 2-4 with two doubles and a run scored.

Cozart improves to 200-204 with the win over Wright State on Tuesday. He holds the HPU Div. I record for career wins and has guided the program to its five winningest-seasons since joining Div. I in 2000. The Panthers have finished .500 or better four times under Cozart, something that hadn't been done in the Div. I era prior to his arrival. 

High Point continues its 14-game home stand this weekend with a three-game series against Dayton. The Panthers and Flyers will open the series on Friday, March 4, at 4 p.m.

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