 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Contact: Bill
Tharp, Assistant SID
- (540) 365-4306
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- April 12, 2003
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- Ferrum Baseball Tops NC Wesleyan
- Panther Offense, Bishop Miscues Lead to Dixie Conference Win
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- Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College Baseball
team picked up a 16-4 Dixie Conference victory over visiting North
Carolina Wesleyan College this evening.
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- The Bishops opened up the game with three runs in
the top of the first inning, only to see the Panthers rally back
to score five in their half of the first and break the game open
with an eight run third inning.
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- Jason Beale
(Charlottesville, Va./W. Albemarle), pictured here, improved to 9-0 on the season by
going eight innings. He allowed four runs on nine hits, while
striking out eight.
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- Thomas Meeks, Mickey Russell, and Kevin Griffin
each hit a home run for Ferrum. Beale, and Griffin were both
2-4. Meeks finished with four runs batted in, Griffin and
Russell drove in three each, while Beale knocked in two.
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- For NC Wesleyan, Chance Bishop, Cale Strickland,
and Stephen Carver each recorded two hits. The Bishops were
haunted by nine fielding errors. Mark Dexter absorbed the
loss.
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- Ferrum improves to 24-3, 9-2 Dixie, while NC
Wesleyan falls to 14-19, 3-8. The teams meet again tomorrow,
April 13th at 2:00 p.m. in Ferrum. For more information
contact the Sports Information Offices at (540) 365-4306.
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