MURFREESBORO, N.C. – An early lead for the Chowan Baseball team was not enough to hold off Mount Olive in the rubber match of the Conference Carolinas series on Sunday morning.

THE BASICS

FINAL GAME THREE | Chowan 7, #23 Mount Olive 13

RECORDS | Chowan 3-17 (2-10), #23 Mount Olive 15-5 (6-3)

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Hawkins Field)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Geomar Santana went 2-3 at the plate with two runs scored and a double.  Ty Johnson collected two hits.

Bradley Wilbourne went 5.0 innings allowing two unearned runs in a no decision.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a pair of walks in the first inning, the Trojans used a wild pitch and an error to lead 2-0.

Chowan would answer in the bottom of the first as Christian Bartholomew hit a single up the middle and stole second.  Geomar Santana singled to right before a wild pitch score Bartholomew.  A fielder's choice and an error in the inning allowed the second run to score to even the contest at 2-all.

Geomar Santana opened up the third inning with a double to right center.  An error on a ground ball allowed Santana to score.  Tyler West would pick up a triple to right center to plate a run before West scored on Jackson Dunlap's single to right, 5-2.

Christian Bartholomew and Carrington Williams drew a walk to lead off the sixth inning.  A throwing error on a ground ball allowed the Hawks to extend their lead to 6-2.

UMO cut the deficit to 6-4 in the seventh with a home run and an error.  The Trojans took the lead in the eighth plating five runs off four hits to lead 9-6.

Mount Olive tacked on four runs in the ninth off two hits and an error to push the lead to 13-6.

Caleb Karie hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth for the final run of the contest.

UP NEXT

Chowan has nearly two weeks off before heading to Due West, S.C. to take on Erskine in a Conference Carolinas series on March 24-25.