MAGNOLIA, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team avoided the series sweep at SAU as the Weevils took down the Muleriders in the final GAC regular season match-up of the year by a score of 15-4. 

The final game of the series between Arkansas-Monticello (27-19, 22-11 GAC) and Southern Arkansas (36-12, 28-5 GAC) saw UAM on the scoreboard first in the opening inning after a Brady Weiss sacrifice fly to center, which brought home Nick Piraino.

The Weevils added an additional run in the third with an Andres Rios sac fly to left which once again scored Piraino for the 2-0 lead, and SAU did record one run in the bottom half of the inning to cut the deficit in half. 

UAM began to open up the scoring in the fourth inning with a two-run Lathan McFadden home run to left center field, and a Brian Ray RBI single to right center to push the lead out to 5-1. 

Arkansas-Monticello continued to flex its muscle with a Rios solo home run the very next inning, followed by a Drake Rowton two-run blast to give UAM the 8-1 advantage. 

The scoring was capped off by the Weevils in the top of the seventh after a three-run home run by Rowton, and a grand slam from Weiss gave UAM the 15-2 lead, and ultimately took the game in seven innings at 15-4. 

Braden Chambers (W, 7-3) earned the victory in the game after pitching 6.0 innings, allowing just one earned run and totaled five strikeouts in the contest. 

Both Rowton and Weiss finished the day with five runs batted in each with Drake producing two home runs and three runs scored. 

UAM returns to action next on Tuesday, May 2, as the Weevils wrap up the 2017 regular season with a non-conference match-up against Delta State at Weevils Field, which was previously rained out earlier this year. The game is set for 3 p.m. as well. 

The Weevils will also begin post-season play later in the week as Arkansas-Monticello will host Southeastern Oklahoma State in the opening round of the GAC Tournament at Weevils Field with the schedule as follows:

Friday, May 5-Sunday, May 7 [Best-of-3 Series]
G1: 3:00 PM || May 5 #3 Arkansas-Monticello vs #6 Southeastern Oklahoma State (Weevils Field | Monticello, Arkansas)
G2: 1:00 PM || May 6 #3 Arkansas-Monticello vs #6 Southeastern Oklahoma State (Weevils Field | Monticello, Arkansas)
G3: 4:00 PM || May 6 #3 Arkansas-Monticello vs #6 Southeastern Oklahoma State (Weevils Field | Monticello, Arkansas)