The weekend was full of thrillers on the baseball diamond. Six teams ranked in the Black College Nines Top 10s tasted defeat.
Here’s a breakdown of the upset action…
HBCU Baseball Large School…
The No. 5 Alabama State Hornets upset the No. 2 ranked Bethune Cookman Wildcats winning 2 of 3 over the weekend. ASU claimed game one breaking a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning for an opening weekend series 5-4 win, victorious in game two by the score of 9-4, before BCU salvaged a series win 14-11 Sunday.
The unranked Alabama A&M Bulldogs upset No. 4 Jackson State Tigers Saturday in a high scoring affair winning the second game in the weekend series 22-17.
The No. 7 Southern Jaguars clinched the weekend three-game series beating No. 6 Grambling State Tigers with a 10-4 win in game one to open the series, a 13-12 victory in extra innings in game two, and the series finale Sunday12-9.
Large School Note:
The No. 1 Aggies of North Carolina A&T State lost two of three games from William & Mary University.
HBCU Baseball Small School…
The No. 6 Tigers of Edward Waters swept a weekend, three games series from No. 2 Savannah State Tigers. EWC won game one by the score of 10-5, followed with a 9-4 win in the second game of the series, concluded the doubleheader and finale sweep with a 2-run walk off come from behind 16-15 series clincher Saturday.
Small School Note:
The fourth-ranked West Virginia State Yellow Jackets were swept in scheduled doubleheader action losing to Glenville State University Sunday 14-0 and 12-6.
The fifth-ranked Bluefield State Big Blues traveled from Bluefield, WV to New Orleans, LA to play NCAA Division I New Orleans, were swept 13-2, 26-6, and 11-1.
Unranked Southern University at New Orleans upset defeating the No. 9 Wiley Wildcats taking game one 15-4 before Wiley stormed back winning game two 10-0, and game three 7-6.