Belmont Abbey sophomore first baseman Danny Brion capped a five run Abbey comeback with a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, and sophomore pitcher Nate Cudney held Coker to just two hits while striking out eight in seven innings of relief as the Crsuaders earned a Conference Carolinas series win with a 5-4 victory over the Cobras in the rubber game of a three-game series. The Abbey moves to 10-9 overall and finishes its home Conference Carolinas schedule with a 8-3 mark, while Coker falls to 11-10 overall and 5-7 in Conference Carolinas.

Cudney picked up the win after only allowing a single and a double in seven innings of relief of starter Steven Thiele, striking out eight and walking none. He retired the side in order three times. Dan Meyer took the loss after allowing Brion's winning homer, the only hit he allowed, while striking out four in two and one-thirds innings.

Coker scored the first four runs of the game, with three coming in the first, two of which came on an Abbey fielding error. The Cobras made it 4-0 in the second as Brinley Griffin singled home catcher Jessie Crockett, who led off the inning with a walk, but the Cobras, who finished with just six hits, only had two more for the rest of the game as they failed to score again.

Belmont Abbey began its comeback in the fourth when leftfielder Tim Dye cut the lead in half with a two-run shot to left, scoring Spencer Sobol, who led off the inning with a double. Designated hitter Zach Berger followed with a fielder's choice, and moved to second when the throw sailed over Matthew Kearnes's head. Roland Rodriguez made the Cobras pay for that error with a single to right center, scoring Berger from second to inch the Abbey closer at 4-3.

That was all of the scoring until the seventh when Brion, for the second time in three games, moved the Abbey ahead in the seventh inning or later. After Meyer walked Rodriguez to leadoff the inning, Roberto Sanchez was retired on a popout. Brion followed with a high, towering blast to left for his second homer in three games to move the Abbey ahead 5-4.

Cudney shut down Coker in the final two innings, retiring the last six men in order to preserve the 5-4 win.

Belmont Abbey finished with ten hits as Brion went three for three with two RBI. Dye and Rodriguez had two hits and Dye drove in two runs.

Griffin had two of the Cobra's six hits, the only Coker player to record more than one.