Baseball Continues Home Winning Streak
February 17, 2007

MURFREESBORO - The baseball team ran their home winning streak to eight consecutive games after a double dip sweep of Virginia Intermont College this afternoon. The Hawks won the first game 10-1 and the nightcap 13-9. 

The Hawks used 16 team hits including two homeruns to help propel them to victory in the first game. Steven Humprey (2-0) picked up the win on the mound after throwing 6 innings, giving up 5 hits and 1 earned run, and striking out 4 Cobra batters. Humprey settled down after giving up a solo homerun in the first inning. Seven players had multiple hit games including PJ Sadler who was perfect at the plate at 3-3. Joel Ortiz was 2-4 with 4 RBI on a second inning grand slam that put his team on top. Mike Kellett was 2-4 with 4 RBI with a three run homerun in the 6th inning. Justin Hollingsworth, Nate Mitchell, Matt Bullock, and Nick Harner all had two hits in the win. 

Chowan's bats didn't cool down in the second game as they pounded out 12 hits as a team. Ortiz continued his hot streak with 3 hits and 4 RBI with a three run homerun in the 2nd inning. Ryder was 3-3 at the plate with 2 RBI David Hughes was 1-1 with 2 RBI. Steven Brown pitched for the win and moves to 2-0 on the year after the game. He pitched 5 innings, allowing 7 earned runs and striking out 3 batters. Billy Coburn and Brandon Hamlett pitched one inning each in relief of Brown. 

The Hawks now sit at 8-1 on the year after today's double dip sweep of Virginia Intermont. The Cobras fall to 2-5. Chowan will take off until Friday when they begin the first of three back-to-back doubleheaders with Eastern Mennonite at 1:00pm.