Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MURFREESBORO, NC – The Chowan University baseball team split a doubleheader with Lock Haven University on Saturday afternoon. The Hawks lost game one of the doubleheader 7-3 but bounced back to take the nightcap 6-5. Lock Haven improves to 1-1 after Saturday's doubleheader while the Hawks improve to 2-8 on the season.

Senior hurler Bobby Mason got the nod to start the game on the mound for the Hawks. He pitched solid through five innings of play before being replaced in the sixth inning.

Mason got help from the Hawks' offense in their first at-bat. With two outs, Will Gurganus doubled to right field and scored on an Aaron Flanagan single for the 1-0 lead.

Mason faced five batters in the second inning and got another run from the Hawks in the bottom of the second inning. Wade Wyatt led the inning off with an infield single, stole second, and advanced to third on an infield error. Connor Arcobasso singled to right field to score Wyatt and give Chowan a 2-0 lead.
LHU answered in the top of the third inning when Evan McFarland doubled to score Jimmy Webb, who reached base earlier on a fielder's choice.

Mason held the Bald Eagles scoreless over the fourth and fifth innings before being relieved in the sixth. Mason pitched five innings, giving up one run and scattering four hits. With a 2-1 lead CU's Austin McGhee took the mound in the sixth inning. The Hawks defense made two costly fielding errors, scoring two runs, and giving the Bald Eagles a 3-2 lead. McGhee got out of the inning and LHU's Parker Watson, who started the game, was now pitching for the win. Watson retired the side in the bottom of the seventh before his Bald Eagles gave him the insurance he needed to get the eventual win. Pitching in relief of McGhee, Jake Moore entered the game to toss the top of the seventh. Moore gave up four runs on six hits.

LHU's Nick Hornbacker came into pitch the bottom of the seventh inning with a 7-2 cushion. Arcobasso led the inning off with a double to right center field and later scored on a fielder's choice to cut the lead to 7-3. A double play ended the Hawks chance at a comeback and fell 7-3.

The Hawks tallied 10 hits in the loss. Flanagan went 2-4 at the plate with two runs batted in. Arcobasso, Gurganus, and Tanner Woods,also tallied two hits each  in the loss.

LHU's Watson got the win after pitching six innings. He gave up eight hits and two runs and struck out seven batters. Matt Lahn was 3-4 at the plate for the Bald Eagles.

With CU's Matt Kaplan on the mound to start game two, Lahn picked up where he left off in game one when he recorded a bases loaded homerun to get an early 4-0 lead over the Hawks.

Arcobasso drilled a homerun to right field to get the Hawks on the board in the bottom of the second inning. CU's Kaplan settled in on the mound holding off any offensive threats by Lock Haven in both the second and third innings. Arcobasso once again showed up at the plate as he led the bottom of the third inning off with a double to right center field. He scored on a fielder's choice to cut the Bald Eagle lead to 4-2 heading into the top of the fourth inning.

CU's Cody Smith entered the game in the fourth inning in relief of Kaplan. The Bald Eagles capitalized in the fourth with another run to extend their lead 5-2 over the Hawks.

The Hawks bounced back in the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff homerun by Woods to left field. With the bases loaded, Wyatt would later score on a balk by LHU's Aaron Lidgett. The Hawks knocked on the door with the bases loaded but Lidgett pitched out the jam.

Trailing 5-4 in the top of the 6^th inning, Cody Smith went back to work on the mound for Chowan. He held LHU from getting on the board in the 6^th inning. In the bottom of the seventh inning Zach Cooper singled up the middle to score Flanagan to knot the game at 5-5.

With runners at second and third Smith struck out Justin Sleigh to end the 8^th inning. With two outs in the bottom of the 8^th inning, CU's Blake Eure hit a fly ball to right field. LHU's right fielder dropped the fly ball and Woods scored from first base to get the 6-5 win.

Smith picked up the win in relief. He pitched five innings, giving up just one hit an striking out seven batters. Arcobasso went 2-5 with two runs scored and an RBI in game two.

For LHU, Lahn was credited with the loss. He pitched 2.2 innings, giving up two runs on three hits. Lahn was 1-3 with four RBI at the plate. Justin Sleigh collected two hits in the game.
Chowan and Lock Haven will wrap up the four-game series on Sunday, February 28^th. First pitch is slated for 12:00pm at Hawkins Field.