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Zach Aehlert
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Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 32-15, 19-8 CC
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Chowan CHOWAN 8-31, 3-25 CC
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
32-15, 19-8 CC
9
Final
1
Chowan CHOWAN
8-31, 3-25 CC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 9 8 1
Chowan CHOWAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2

W: White, Jason (8-3) L: Shane Rademacher (2-7)

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Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 33-15, 20-8 CC
2
Chowan CHOWAN 8-32, 3-26 CC
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
33-15, 20-8 CC
5
Final
2
Chowan CHOWAN
8-32, 3-26 CC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 8 1
Chowan CHOWAN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 2

W: Short, Avery (5-0) L: Nicky Wohleking (1-7) S: Campbell, Evan (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Crusaders Sweep Doubleheader from Hawks

MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey baseball team extended its season-best winning streak to eight games with a doubleheader sweep against Chowan Friday at Hawkins Field. It is the final regular season series of the season for both teams. 
 
The Crusaders took the first game over the Hawks 9-1 and followed that with a 5-2 win in a contest that was seven innings.
 
Belmont Abbey moved to 33-15 overall and 20-8 in the Conference Carolinas standings. Chowan is now 8-32 and 3-26 in the league.
 
GAME 1
  • Belmont Abbey got on the board in the second inning thanks to a single from Zach Aehlert to bring in Ben Gobbel.
  • Sean Johnson hit one of three home runs of the game for the Crusaders with a solo home run in the third inning.
  • Aehlert extended The Abbey lead to 4-0 with a two-run home run in the fourth.
  • Chowan added a run in the bottom of the fifth but the Crusaders pulled back ahead 5-1 in the sixth thanks to an RBI double from Gobbel.
  • Kale Rhame put the game out of reach with a three-run home run in the eighth and capped off the scoring with an additional run in the ninth off a wild pitch.
  • Gobbel led the Crusaders with three hits.
  • Jason White earned the win with a strong start. He allowed just one run on seven hits and nine strikeouts, matching a season-high.
 
GAME 2
  • The Crusaders and Hawks were scoreless in the first two innings before Belmont Abbey broke through with a four-run third inning.
  • The scoring started with an RBI single from Rhame and followed up with a three-run home run by Aehlert. It was the second home run of the day for Aehlert.
  • Connor Tucker added a triple in the next at-bat.
  • A sacrifice fly by Sean Johnson in the fourth inning extended the Belmont Abbey lead to 5-0.
  • Avery Short moved to 5-0 on the season with a strong start over six innings. He allowed five hits and two runs and struck out five in the win.
  • Evan Campbell pitched a scoreless ninth inning to record his second save of the season.  
 
UP NEXT
  • The two teams close the regular season with a final game beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hawkins Field.
  • Belmont Abbey will prepare for the Conference Carolinas Tournament the following week in Wilson, N.C.
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