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• High Point earned a 5-3 road win at Elon on Tuesday.
• The Panthers limited Elon to just four hits in the contest.
• Five different HPU hitters recorded multiple hits including sophomore
Conner Dunbar who finished 2-3 with two RBI.
ELON, N.C. – The High Point University baseball team picked up a 5-3 road win at Elon on Tuesday night in Elon, N.C. Three Panther pitchers combined to hold Elon to just four hits in the game.
"This was a very solid midweek road win against a good baseball club in Elon," head coach
Craig Cozart said. "We were able to stack a lot of hits together and spread our scoring out throughout the game.
Jordan Sergent,
Rion Murrah and
Cooper Jeffers were good on the mound and the defense behind them was solid. We continue to get a little bit better each day as a team."
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Cooper Jeffers earned his first win of the season with 3-2/3 scoreless innings of relief. Jeffers gave up just two hits and two walks while striking out three.
Robbie Welhaf took the loss for the Phoenix after allowing two runs, one earned, in 4-2/3 innings of relief. The right-hander surrendered five hits and one walk while striking out five.
The win by the Panthers evens the season series against Elon and improves HPU's overall record to 17-15 for the season. Elon drops to 16-17 overall with the loss.
High Point got on the board with a run in the second as sophomore
Conner Dunbar drove in junior
Carson Jackson with a sacrifice bunt.
Elon scored three runs in the third on an RBI double by Kyle Jackson but HPU came back with a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by freshman Joe Jackson, another in the fifth on an RBI groundout by
Blake Schunk and a third in the sixth on an RBI single by Dunbar to retake the lead.
The Panthers added another run in the eighth when junior
Austen Zente doubled to drive in junior
Hunter Lee who led off the inning with a single.
Zente, Jackson, Dunbar, Lee and senior
Josh Greene all recorded multiple hits in the win for High Point as the Panthers outhit Elon 12-4 in the contest. Zente finished 2-3 with one RBI and one run scored while Dunbar finished 2-3 with two RBI and Lee went 2-4 with two runs scored.
High Point returns to Big South play with a three-game series against UNC Asheville at Williard Stadium beginning on Thursday, April 13. The Panthers have won two-straight conference series at home and will look for a third against the Bulldogs.
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