ANDERSON, SC- The Belmont Abbey College Crusaders swept a doubleheader with Anderson University Trojans Saturday at Anderson Memorial Stadium to give the Trojans their first two conference losses of the year.

Alex Udwari's three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning proved to be enough to hold off the Trojans in the first game, 8-6.

In the second game, Belmont Abbey scored six runs in the first inning to take control early and the Crusaders went on to post a 10-6 victory.

Jonathan Pitts' two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth of the first game tied the score at 5, but the Crusaders answered in the top of the fifth with a one-out double by Seth Waller and Udwari's three-run home run in the sixth.

The Trojans were led offensively in the first game by Blair Carson, who was 3-for-4 with a run scored, and by Pitts, who was 2-for-3 with a three-run home run. Anderson stranded nine men on base.

Belmont Abbey started game two of the doubleheader with six runs in the first inning off of five hits. The big hit in the inning was a three-run double by Seth Waller.
The Crusaders scored two more runs in third on a solo home run by Waller and an RBI double by Josh Haire.

The Trojans scored three runs in the fourth on five walks and no hits then added two runs in fifth on a two-run double by Pitts to make the score 8-5.
After the Crusaders scored two runs in the top of the seventh, the Trojans scored one in the bottom of the seventh.

Pitts led the Trojans offensively by going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored. The Crusaders out hit the Trojans in the second game, 16-8.

With the sweep, Belmont Abbey improves to 9-6, 3-2. Anderson is now 7-11, 3-2.