Demorest, GA - The Battling Bishops bounced back with a huge 8-3 win over Piedmont for its first win in the Piedmont Early Spring Tournament. Tonight's contest is the second of three being played in the round robin style tournament.

The Basics:

Score: North Carolina Wesleyan 8, Piedmont 3
Location: Loudermilk Field / Demorest, GA
Record: North Carolina Wesleyan (2-2, 0-0 USA South) Piedmont (0-2,  0-0 CCS)
 
The Bishops got to work early  by going up 1-0 in the second inning with an RBI single from Senior Tyson Bass. The Lions answered fast by putting up a run of their own in the bottom of the third inning.

In the fifth inning, Wesleyan regained the lead compliments to another big play from Tyson Bass as he roped a an RBI triple and took a 2-1 lead. The Bishops caught fire in the top of the 7th as the lead was extended to 4-1 thanks to a Collin Scoggins RBI.

 The top of the ninth inning sealed the ballgame for the Battling Bishops as the lead grew 8-2 courtesy of a couple of errors, some walks, and big-time RBI hits coming from senior Davie Morgan and Freshman Jackson Ellyson. 
 
Notable Performances:

Tyson Bass: 3-5, 1RBI, 2 Runs
Davie Morgan: 3-5, 1 RBI
Maison Nance 2-5, 1 RBI, 2 Runs
Cord Butler: 5 IP, 2 Hits, 5 K

The Bishop's pitching showed more flashes of dominance today as starting pitcher Cord Butler shut out the Piedmont batters throughout the first five frames of the game while a handful of Lion batters fell victim to his lethal strikeout. Graduate student and Senior Chandler Padgett and Cullen Davis stifled any chance of a Lion comeback out of the Bishop bullpen. The duo allowed two hits, striking out five in four innings of work.
 
 Up Next:

The Bishops will play its final game in the Piedmont Early Spring Tournament on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Wesleyan will face #18 Chapman in a battle between two college baseball powerhouses.