Lane’s Treviz Brown (2-0) went the distance in the win, striking out nine and allowing three runs on seven hits. Brown also added two hits and four runs of offense for the Dragons.
If this weekend of baseball action is any indication of how HBCU Baseball programs play on the field this season will be, then this has a chance to be quite a spring of baseball. Surprises took place as teams that were ranked heading into play would find themselves falling short by the end of the weekend. This is the HBCU baseball weekend in review small school division…
Xavier University of Louisiana – (8-3) Tristan Rodriguez hit two home runs in the opening series’ game against Tougaloo College in a 17-10 win. Rodriguez belted a grand slam in the first inning, then a single shot in the third. For the game he was 3-for-5 with two home runs and 5 runs batted in. The Gold Rush went on to sweep the three-game series.
Bluefield State College – (7-4) The Big Blue swept the No. 4 ranked Virginia State Trojans in its scheduled weekend series. Late inning heroics sparked the Big Blue baseball team to a doubleheader sweep on Saturday, winning 3-2 in game one and 15-2 in the night cap.
Edward Waters College – (6-18) Won the first game of the three-game series 10-8 against Toccoa Falls and then split a doubleheader dropping the opener 6-5 before rallying with a 18-6 win in game 2 and earn its second series win this season.
Harris-Stowe State University – (4-6) The Hornets took on Waldorf (Iowa) University this weekend. Harris-Stowe, which was swept in yesterday’s doubleheader, split the doubleheader Saturday as they won the first game by a final score of 10-2 and lost the second game by a final score of 12-8.
Florida Memorial University – (10-8) Split a Saturday doubleheader with Bryant & Stratton-Albany winning the first game 9-8 and dropping the second game 9-7 in eight innings. Including the first game win in the series Friday by the score of 6-2, the Lions secured the weekend series victory.
Lane College – (5-6) The Dragons knocked off the HBCU No. 1 ranked Kentucky State Thorobreds winning the weekend series over KSU taking three of four games. On Saturday, Lane won both games of the doubleheader by the scores of 18-3 and 5-3. Then on Sunday, Lane took game one of a doubleheader by a score of 6-5, securing a series victory for the Dragons before a 10-6 set back in the series finale.
