The Belmont Abbey baseball team fell at Catawba 9-1 Tuesday night at Newman Park. The Indians improve to 24-7, winning for the 11th time in 12 games. The Crusaders fall to 14-18.

Catawba got offensive support from Ryan Bostian and Corey Parker who each provided three hits and three RBI. Parker had three doubles, including one that drove in two runs with two-outs in the fourth to give the Indians a 4-0 lead. Bostian doubled home three in the sixth with two outs to extend the margin to 8-0.

Brett Hatley, making just his second start of the year, allowed just five hits with no walks. He posted six strikeouts and improved to 2-1. Justin Baxley had two of the hits for Belmont Abbey. Spencer Sobol scored the lone run for the Crusaders on a sacrifice fly from Tim Dye in the seventh. Sobol reached by an error to lead off the inning.

Bostian led off the Catawba second with a single and scored the game's first run after a single by Josh Hohn. Parker doubled home a run in the frame for a 2-0 edge then added his two-run double in the fourth.

Craige Lyerly doubled to open the fifth to extend his streak of reaching base safely to 66 games. He moved to third on a swinging bunt single by Bostian and scored on hit by John Neese. Bostian then pushed the margin to 8-0 before the Crusaders got on the board. Zeb Link's solo home run in the eighth accounted for the final run.

Evan Jonas took the loss after giving up four runs on seven hits in three and two-thirds innings.