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IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Contact: Gary
Holden, Sports Information Director
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- April 17, 2003
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- Baseball Team Advances with Win Over
Greensboro
- Panthers Pick Up 11-2 Win in 2nd Round of Dixie Tournament
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- Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College baseball
team advances in the consolation bracket of the Dixie Conference
Tournament today with an 11-2 win over #4 seed Greensboro College.
The win comes a day after top-seeded Ferrum was upset 4-2 by #8
Shenandoah University.
Ferrum
11, Greensboro 2 (box score)
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Dixie
Baseball Tournament Web Site
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- Junior Thomas
Meeks (Rocky Mount, Va./Franklin County) pitched all nine
innings today for the Panthers, allowing five hits and three walks, while
striking out seven batters. He was dominating at the
plate as well, belting two home runs, a triple, and a
sacrifice fly, while driving in seven runs. Meeks, pictured
here, improves to 6-0 with the win.
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- Junior outfielder Ricky Peace (Hopewell,
Va./Hopewell) went 1-4 with a home run, and junior catcher Kevin
Griffin (Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring) went 3-4 with a run. Senior
outfielder Wes
Martin (Woolwine, Va./Patrick County) went 2-4 with a double,
two runs and an RBI.
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Ferrum improves to 26-4 with the win, while Greensboro falls to
18-22. The Panthers play again at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning, facing the loser of tonight's 7:45 p.m. game
between #2 seed Christopher Newport University and #3 Methodist
College. Greensboro has been eliminated from the
tournament. For more information, contact the sports information office at (540) 365-4306.
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