The Lenoir-Rhyne University Baseball Team (13-15) won in 12 innings over Belmont Abbey College (13-15), 8-7, Wednesday evening at Bears Field. L-R junior designated hitter Brian Dice (Hickory, N.C.) came through with the game-winning, RBI single in the bottom of the 12th with the bases loaded and two outs.

Lenoir-Rhyne staked itself to a 6-0 lead after three innings of play thanks to junior outfielder Stephen Andrews' (Winston-Salem, N.C.) solo home run in the bottom of the second inning and senior third baseman Alex Cooks' (Tampa, Fla.) three-run home run in the third.

Andrews' home run was his team-leading 11th of the year as the Bears snapped a four-game losing streak in the process.

After L-R pushed the lead to 7-0 on a solo home run by senior outfielder Evan Taylor (Charlotte, N.C.) in the fifth inning, Belmont Abbey responded with six runs in the top of the sixth inning. The Crusaders' Justin Baxley (Miami, Fla.) had a run-scoring double in the frame.

Belmont Abbey tied the contest at seven on a bases-loaded walk by Danny Brion (Virginia Beach, Va.) in the eighth inning and the game remained scoreless until Dice's heroics in the 12th.

L-R junior Chad Ritch (Haines City, Fla.) improved to 1-1 on the season after pitching a scoreless 12th inning while Belmont Abbey's Joey Kopp (Marietta, Ga.) fell to 1-1 with the loss.

Cooks finished with two hits and a game-high three runs batted in while freshman shortstop Dalton Hall (Hickory, N.C.) added two hits and drove in two to lead Lenoir-Rhyne.