MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team hosted Northwestern Oklahoma State University for game three of their Great American Conference series. The Weevils came out with a 4-1 victory over the Rangers on Senior Day.
Game 3, 9 Innings
Arkansas-Monticello: 4, NWOSU: 1
WP:
Derek Potts (4-2)
LP: G. DeHaas (1-5)
SV:
River Hunt (6)
Scoring Recap:
The Rangers scored first in game three, hitting a solo home run over the left center wall in the fourth.
A SAC fly from
Chase Cripps, followed by a two-run home run from
Kirk Woolf in the bottom of the fifth gave the Weevils a 3-1 lead.
Cade Cancilla plated the fourth run of the game for UAM in the sixth, scoring from third on a wild pitch.
Northwestern was unable to respond for the remainder of the game, resulting in a senior day win and a senior weekend sweep for the Weevils.
Pitching Performances
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Derek Potts started on the mound for UAM in game one, taking the win with 7.0 innings pitched with 1 run allowed on 2 hits. He also struck out 6 Rangers.
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Lane Ladner saw 1.1 innings of work, allowing 0 runs on 1 hit with a strikeout.
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River Hunt closed out the last 0.2 inning in the ninth, allowing 0 runs on 0 hits.
Offensive Showcase
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Kirk Woolf - 2-for-3 with 1 Home Run, 2 RBI, 1 Run Scored and 1 Walk
The sweep on the weekend pushes Arkansas-Monticello to a 25-16 overall, 16-11 GAC record for the 2023 season.
UP NEXT
Arkansas-Monticello is back in action on Tuesday, April 18 when they travel to Ouachita Baptist University for a midweek game. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m.
All live streams and live stats will be available as clickable links on the
UAM Baseball schedule.
UAM would like to give a thank you to today's game day sponsor, South Arkansas Rehab. Thank you for your continued support of UAM Athletics!
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