The High Point University baseball team dropped a 5-2 decision to UNC Asheville on Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers dropped to 4-9 on the season ahead of Wednesday's contest with Pitt in High Point. 

6-4-3 double play to end the 1st!@AJStuart20 ?? @JustinEbert15 ?? @CSingsank #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/7rjrKlKAzc

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 8, 2022

 
Site: Asheville, N.C.
Score: High Point 2, UNC Asheville 5
Records: High Point (4-9, 0-0), UNC Asheville (4-9, 0-0)
 
Panther Particulars
Sean Duffy kept Bulldog hitters in check through the first three innings, recording a strikeout in each inning and not allowing a runner past second base.

Batters go down in order. @seanduff__ gets the K to end the 2nd.#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/vMusSDz9am

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 8, 2022

 
Brady Pearre started the Panther rally in the top of the third, as he singled up the middle and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Javon Fields followed up with another single up the middle, scoring Pearre and giving HPU the 1-0 lead.

End 3 | HPU 1, UNCA 0#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/n2AAJgLfEQ

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 8, 2022

 
Fields stole second before Blake Sutton and Peyton Carr drew walks to load the bases, but a 6-4-3 double play ended the inning.
 
The Bulldogs answered in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two runs to take the lead. Everett Vaughan relieved Duffy in the fifth, giving up one run on a single and a triple before recording his first strikeout of the day to end the inning. Asheville plated three more runs in the next two innings to take a 5-1 lead through six innings.

.@AJStuart20 covers some ground and we're through 3 in Asheville.#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/4WhQnGJsN0

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 8, 2022

 
HPU scored a run in the top of the seventh as Josh Deslauriers' RBI-single to right field scored Justin Ebert, but the Panthers were unable to rally further to extend the game and pick up another win.

A @joshdeslo2 single to right field plates another run! HPU 2, UNCA 5#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/Q3eD5lhHRx

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 8, 2022

 
Up Next: High Point will host Pitt tomorrow (Wednesday, March 9^th) in Williard Stadium. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.