LMU Knocks Out Tusculum From Food Lion SAC Baseball Tournament

FOREST CITY, N.C. — Sixth-seeded Lincoln Memorial eliminated fifth-seeded Tusculum with a 5-1 victory on Saturday afternoon in the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament at McNair Field.

With the win, the Railsplitters (26-23) advance to face third-seeded Catawba, the only undefeated team in the tournament. Tusculum falls to 30-18 on the season. That game will be played Sunday following the completion of the Mars Hill vs. Carson-Newman contest which was rained out Saturday.

Lincoln Memorial starting hurler Austin Johnson (Versailles, Ky.) gave the Railsplitters a solid outing as he went the distance to earn the win. Johnson (3-3) gave up one run and seven hits and fanned five on the day.

Tusculum starter Craig Goodman (Clearwater, Fla.) took the loss to fall to 4-2 on the season. Goodman surrendered one earned run and eight hits and fanned seven in 6 1/3 innings of work.

The Railsplitters collected eight hits, including a 3-for-4 effort from leadoff man Cody Baker (Knoxville, Tenn.). Cody Pack (Andersonville, Tenn.) added a RBI double in the win.

The Pioneers tallied seven hits, as Nate Grabowski (Pennellville, N.Y.) led the way with two doubles.

The Railsplitters got off to a strong start in the first. Baker led off the inning with a single. Juan Alvarez (Carolina, PR) followed with a single to right, and Baker scored on a Pioneer error. Alvarez later scored on a Garrett Copeland (Knoxville, Tenn.) fielder’s choice to give Lincoln Memorial a 2-0 lead.

Lincoln Memorial tallied three more runs in the third. Pack delivered a RBI double in the inning and later scored on an error, while Nick Langley (Blaine, Tenn.) produced a run-scoring single to give the Railsplitters a 5-0 lead.

The Pioneers got on the board in the fourth, as Grabowski ripped a double to left center to lead off the inning. After a Sean Finucane (Cortland, N.Y.) single, Sean Cotton (Mooresville, N.C.) drove home Grabowski with a sacrifice fly to right to cut Lincoln Memorial’s lead to 5-1.

But Johnson allowed just three hits the rest of the way to seal the win.

Postgame quotes
Lincoln Memorial head coach Jeff Sziksai:
"The story of the day was obviously Austin Johnson. He’s a freshman pitcher that really stepped up with a complete game. We scored some runs early and had a couple of chances there late. They made some big plays, but we never got rattled and kept our composure and were able to finish it off."

Tusculum head coach Doug Jones:
"I thought we were kind of in this situation again where we were not swinging the bats very well. If you would have told me that we would have came in and played that poorly offensively over a three-game stretch, that’s just hard to win when you do that. You have to tip your hat to Lincoln Memorial. Those kids went out there and did a very good job. They’ve done that throughout the whole tournament."

"I’m proud of our pitching staff. I thought they gave us an opportunity to win the game. It’s just for whatever reason we didn’t get it done offensively."

Boxscore

«	September 2010					»
			1	2 September 2 M. Soccer Catawba at Pfeiffer, 4 p.m. W. Soccer Young Harris at Lincoln Memorial Univ., 5 p.m. W. Soccer Brevard at Erskine, 5 p.m. M. Soccer St. Leo at Carson-Newman, 6 p.m. Volleyball Brevard at Converse, 6:30 p.m. W. Soccer Belmont Abbey at Catawba, 7 p.m. Football Bentley at Carson-Newman, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Wingate at UNC Pembroke, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Brevard at Erskine, 7 p.m. M. Soccer St. Andrews Presbyterian at Mars Hill, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Limestone at Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 p.m.	3 September 3 Volleyball Tusculum vs. West Virginia St. (at Indianapolis, IN), 9 a.m. Volleyball Carson-Newman vs. Barton (at Florence, SC), 9 a.m. Volleyball Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Shippensburg (Pa.) (at Salisbury, NC), 2 p.m. Volleyball Newberry vs. Southern Wesleyan (at Anderson, SC), 2 p.m. Volleyball Lincoln Memorial Univ. vs. Virginia St. (at Anderson, SC), 2 p.m. Volleyball Pfeiffer at Catawba, 2 p.m. Volleyball North Greenville at Anderson (S.C.), 2 p.m. Volleyball Mars Hill vs. Winston-Salem St. (at Gaffney, SC), 3 p.m. Volleyball Carson-Newman vs. UNC Pembroke (at Florence, SC), 3 p.m. M. Soccer Queens Univ. of Charlotte at Newberry, 4 p.m. W. Soccer Converse at Anderson (S.C.), 4:30 p.m. Volleyball Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Armstrong Atlantic St. (at Salisbury, NC), 5 p.m. M. Soccer Anderson (S.C.) vs. TBA (at Morrow, GA), 5 p.m. M. Soccer Tusculum vs. King (Tenn.) (at Banner Elk, NC), 5 p.m. Volleyball Tusculum vs. Wayne St. (Mich.) (at Indianapolis, IN), 6 p.m. W. Soccer Carson-Newman at Pfeiffer, 6 p.m. Volleyball Newberry vs. North Greenville (at Anderson, SC), 6 p.m. Volleyball Southern Wesleyan at Anderson (S.C.), 6 p.m. M. Soccer Brevard at Winthrop, 7 p.m. Volleyball Wingate at Lees-McRae, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Newberry at Columbus St., 7:30 p.m. Volleyball Lincoln Memorial Univ. vs. Augusta St. (at Anderson, SC), 8 p.m. Volleyball Lander at Catawba, 8 p.m.	4 September 4 Volleyball Augusta St. at Anderson (S.C.), 9 a.m. Volleyball Newberry vs. Virginia St. (at Anderson, SC), 9 a.m. Volleyball Wingate vs. Coker (at Banner Elk, NC), 10 a.m. Volleyball Tusculum at Indianapolis, 11 a.m. Volleyball Carson-Newman at Francis Marion, 11 a.m. Volleyball Lincoln Memorial Univ. vs. North Greenville (at Anderson, SC), 11 a.m. Volleyball Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Lander (at Salisbury, NC), 11:30 a.m. Volleyball Mars Hill vs. Virginia Intermont (at Gaffney, SC), noon Football Tusculum at Findlay, noon Volleyball Newberry vs. Augusta St. (at Anderson, SC), 1 p.m. Volleyball Virginia St. at Anderson (S.C.), 1 p.m. Volleyball Wingate vs. Flagler (at Banner Elk, NC), 1 p.m. Volleyball Brevard vs. TBA (at Montreat Tournament), 1 p.m. Football Mars Hill at Charleston (W.Va.), 1 p.m. Volleyball Armstrong Atlantic St. at Catawba, 1:30 p.m. M. Soccer USC Aiken at Catawba, 2 p.m. W. Soccer Tusculum at Texas A&M-Commerce, 2 p.m. Volleyball Carson-Newman vs. Fayetteville St. (at Florence, SC), 3 p.m. Volleyball Lincoln Memorial Univ. vs. Mount Olive (at Anderson, SC), 3 p.m. Volleyball Tusculum vs. Nova Southeastern (at Indianapolis, IN), 3:30 p.m. Volleyball Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Elizabeth City St. (at Salisbury, NC), 3:30 p.m. W. Soccer Lander at Wingate, 4 p.m. Volleyball Mars Hill vs. King (Tenn.) (at Gaffney, SC), 4 p.m. Volleyball Brevard vs. TBA (at Montreat Tournament), 5 p.m. Football Brevard at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m. Football Livingstone at Newberry, 6:30 p.m. W. Soccer Catawba at Barton, 7 p.m. Football Concord at Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 p.m. Football St. Augustine's at Catawba, 7 p.m. Volleyball Brevard vs. TBA (at Montreat Tournament), 7 p.m. Football Wingate at Valdosta St., 7 p.m. M. Soccer Limestone at Wingate, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Anderson (S.C.) vs. TBA (at Morrow, GA), 7:30 p.m.
5 September 5 W. Soccer Newberry vs. Tampa (at Columbus, GA), 10 a.m. W. Soccer Carson-Newman at Queens Univ. of Charlotte, 11 a.m. W. Soccer Coker at Anderson (S.C.), 1 p.m. W. Soccer Alabama-Huntsville at Lincoln Memorial Univ., 1:30 p.m. M. Soccer Mount Olive at Brevard, 2 p.m. W. Soccer Mars Hill at Limestone, 2 p.m. M. Soccer Mars Hill at Barton, 3 p.m. M. Soccer Tusculum at Lees-McRae, 3 p.m. M. Soccer Pfeiffer at Carson-Newman, 4 p.m. W. Soccer Belmont Abbey at Brevard, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Alabama-Huntsville at Lincoln Memorial Univ., 4 p.m. W. Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne at UNC Pembroke, 5 p.m. M. Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne at UNC Pembroke, 7:30 p.m.	6 September 6 M. Golf Kiawah Island Invitational W. Soccer Tusculum vs. West Texas A&M (at Commerce, TX), 11 a.m.	7 September 7 M. Golf Kiawah Island Invitational Volleyball LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT CARSON-NEWMAN, 6:30 p.m. M. Soccer Queens Univ. of Charlotte at Mars Hill, 7 p.m. Volleyball ANDERSON (S.C.) AT NEWBERRY, 7 p.m. Volleyball TUSCULUM AT MARS HILL, 7 p.m. Volleyball WINGATE AT CATAWBA, 7 p.m. Volleyball BREVARD AT LENOIR-RHYNE, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Queens Univ. of Charlotte at Wingate, 7 p.m.	8 September 8 W. Soccer King (Tenn.) at Anderson (S.C.), 2 p.m. W. Soccer Limestone at Newberry, 3 p.m. M. Soccer Catawba at Belmont Abbey, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Brevard at UNC Asheville, 4 p.m. M. Soccer King (Tenn.) at Anderson (S.C.), 4 p.m. W. Soccer Converse at Brevard, 5 p.m. M. Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne at North Georgia, 6 p.m. W. Soccer Pfeiffer at Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Mars Hill at Lees-McRae, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Newberry at Montevallo, 7 p.m. M. Soccer St. Andrews Presbyterian at Wingate, 7 p.m.	9	10 September 10 Volleyball Anderson (S.C.) vs. Lander (at Aiken, S.C.), 1 p.m. Volleyball Newberry vs. Fairmont St. (at Mount Olive, NC), 2 p.m. W. Soccer Wingate at Chowan, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Barry at Carson-Newman, 6 p.m. Volleyball CARSON-NEWMAN AT CATAWBA, 6:30 p.m. M. Soccer Lincoln Memorial Univ. at Milligan, 7 p.m. Volleyball LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT WINGATE, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Milligan at Tusculum, 7 p.m. Volleyball TUSCULUM AT BREVARD, 7 p.m. Volleyball Anderson (S.C.) at USC Aiken, 7 p.m. Volleyball MARS HILL AT LENOIR-RHYNE, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Anderson (S.C.) at Georgia College & State Univ., 7:30 p.m. Volleyball Newberry at Mount Olive, 8 p.m.	11 September 11 Volleyball Anderson (S.C.) vs. Valdosta St. (at Aiken, S.C.), 10 a.m. Volleyball Anderson (S.C.) vs. Concord (at Aiken, S.C.), noon Volleyball Newberry vs. Millersville (Pa.) (at Mount Olive, NC), noon W. Soccer Montreat at Mars Hill, 2 p.m. Volleyball TUSCULUM AT LENOIR-RHYNE, 2 p.m. Volleyball CARSON-NEWMAN AT WINGATE, 2 p.m. Volleyball LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT CATAWBA, 2 p.m. W. Soccer Mount Olive at Lincoln Memorial Univ., 2 p.m. W. Soccer King (Tenn.) at Lenoir-Rhyne, 2 p.m. Volleyball MARS HILL AT BREVARD, 3 p.m. M. Soccer King (Tenn.) at Lenoir-Rhyne, 4 p.m. Volleyball Newberry vs. Francis Marion (at Mount Olive, NC), 4 p.m. Football Mars Hill at St. Augustine's, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Anderson (S.C.) at Francis Marion, 4 p.m. M. Soccer MARS HILL AT NEWBERRY, 4 p.m. W. Soccer Brevard at Clayton St., 5 p.m. Football Tusculum at Western Carolina, 6 p.m. Football Catawba at Livingstone, 6 p.m. Football Valdosta St. at Newberry, 6:30 p.m. M. Soccer Young Harris at Tusculum, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Brevard at Clayton St., 7 p.m. Football Davidson at Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Catawba at Mount Olive, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Newberry at West Georgia, 7 p.m.
12 September 12 W. Soccer Anderson (S.C.) vs. Harding (at Milledgeville, GA), 1:30 p.m. W. Soccer Catawba at Chowan, 2 p.m. W. Soccer Belmont Abbey at Carson-Newman, 3 p.m.	13 September 13 W. Golf Newberry College Invitational M. Golf Anderson University Invitational W. Golf Anderson University Invitational W. Golf Queens University Invitational W. Soccer Armstrong Atlantic St. at Tusculum, 2 p.m. M. Soccer Newberry at Chowan, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Lynn at Anderson (S.C.), 4:30 p.m.	14 September 14 W. Golf Newberry College Invitational M. Golf Anderson University Invitational W. Golf Anderson University Invitational W. Golf Queens University Invitational M. Soccer Virginia Intermont at Brevard, 4 p.m. W. Soccer Newberry at North Georgia, 6 p.m. Volleyball CARSON-NEWMAN AT TUSCULUM, 6:30 p.m. W. Soccer Anderson (S.C.) at Lander, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Francis Marion at Catawba, 7 p.m. Volleyball LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT MARS HILL, 7 p.m.	15 September 15 M. Soccer Flagler at Wingate, 3 p.m. W. Soccer Lincoln Memorial Univ. at King (Tenn.), 3 p.m. W. Soccer USC Aiken at Brevard, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Young Harris at Anderson (S.C.), 4:30 p.m. W. Soccer Limestone at Catawba, 5 p.m. W. Soccer Mars Hill at Coker, 5 p.m. M. Soccer Lincoln Memorial Univ. at King (Tenn.), 5:30 p.m. Volleyball Newberry at Columbia (S.C.), 7 p.m. W. Soccer Wingate at UNC Pembroke, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Newberry at Lander, 7 p.m. Volleyball Flagler at Wingate, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Tusculum at Limestone, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Mars Hill at Coker, 7:30 p.m.	16 September 16 M. Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne at Lees-McRae, 7 p.m. Football Concordia (Selma, AL) at Carson-Newman, 7 p.m. Football Newberry at Samford, 8 p.m.	17 September 17 W. Soccer Tusculum vs. Tampa (at Columbus, GA), 4:30 p.m. Volleyball BREVARD AT ANDERSON (S.C.), 6:30 p.m. Volleyball LENOIR-RHYNE AT NEWBERRY, 7 p.m. Volleyball CATAWBA AT TUSCULUM, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Carson-Newman at West Georgia, 7 p.m. Volleyball WINGATE AT MARS HILL, 7 p.m.	18 September 18 M. Golf Honda of Columbia Classic Football Urbana at Tusculum, 1 p.m. Football UNC Pembroke at Wingate, 1:30 p.m. Football Mars Hill at Charleston Southern, 1:30 p.m. W. Soccer LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT NEWBERRY, 2 p.m. Volleyball LENOIR-RHYNE AT ANDERSON (S.C.), 2 p.m. Football Brevard at Johnson C. Smith, 2 p.m. Volleyball CATAWBA AT MARS HILL, 2 p.m. W. Soccer Southern Wesleyan at Brevard, 2 p.m. Volleyball BREVARD AT NEWBERRY, 2 p.m. Volleyball WINGATE AT TUSCULUM, 2 p.m. M. Soccer CARSON-NEWMAN AT BREVARD, 4 p.m. W. Soccer USC Aiken at Catawba, 4 p.m. M. Soccer LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT NEWBERRY, 4 p.m. M. Soccer ANDERSON (S.C.) AT LENOIR-RHYNE, 4 p.m. W. Soccer MARS HILL AT WINGATE, 4:30 p.m. Football Shaw at Catawba, 7 p.m. M. Soccer MARS HILL AT WINGATE, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Tusculum at Lander, 7 p.m. Football Lenoir-Rhyne at North Greenville, 7 p.m. W. Soccer ANDERSON (S.C.) AT LENOIR-RHYNE, 7 p.m.
19 September 19 W. Soccer Tusculum at West Georgia, 1 p.m. W. Soccer Carson-Newman vs. Columbus St. (at Carrollton, GA), 1:30 p.m. M. Soccer Catawba at Chowan, 4 p.m.	20 September 20 M. Golf State Farm Laker Invitational W. Golf Falcon Cup Invitational	21 September 21 M. Golf State Farm Laker Invitational W. Golf Falcon Cup Invitational W. Soccer Brevard at Young Harris, 4 p.m. W. Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne at Mount Olive, 6 p.m. Volleyball Maryville (Tenn.) at Carson-Newman, 6 p.m. Volleyball Montreat at Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 p.m. Volleyball MARS HILL AT NEWBERRY, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Lincoln Memorial Univ. at Asbury, 7 p.m. Volleyball Francis Marion at Wingate, 7 p.m. Volleyball Tusculum at King (Tenn.), 7 p.m.	22 September 22 W. Soccer ANDERSON (S.C.) AT NEWBERRY, 3 p.m. M. Soccer Clayton St. at Lincoln Memorial Univ., 4 p.m. M. Soccer LENOIR-RHYNE AT BREVARD, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Newberry at Pfeiffer, 4 p.m. W. Soccer Wingate at Armstrong Atlantic St., 4 p.m. M. Soccer USC Aiken at Anderson (S.C.), 4:30 p.m. W. Soccer TUSCULUM AT MARS HILL, 5 p.m. M. Soccer Belmont Abbey at Tusculum, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Carson-Newman at Lee (Tenn.), 7 p.m. M. Soccer Lander at Wingate, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Carson-Newman at Lees-McRae, 7 p.m. Volleyball Belmont Abbey at Brevard, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Barton at Catawba, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Catawba at Queens Univ. of Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. M. Soccer Limestone at Mars Hill, 7:30 p.m.	23	24 September 24 Volleyball NEWBERRY AT CARSON-NEWMAN, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball CATAWBA AT BREVARD, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball ANDERSON (S.C.) AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV., 6:30 p.m. W. Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (at Winter Park, FL), 7 p.m. Volleyball WINGATE AT LENOIR-RHYNE, 7 p.m.	25 September 25 W. Soccer CATAWBA AT MARS HILL, 1 p.m. M. Soccer CATAWBA AT MARS HILL, 1 p.m. W. Soccer LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT BREVARD, 2 p.m. Volleyball ANDERSON (S.C.) AT CARSON-NEWMAN, 2 p.m. W. Soccer WINGATE AT TUSCULUM, 2 p.m. Volleyball CATAWBA AT LENOIR-RHYNE, 2 p.m. Football Carson-Newman at UNC Pembroke, 2 p.m. Volleyball NEWBERRY AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV., 3 p.m. M. Soccer LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT BREVARD, 4 p.m. M. Soccer WINGATE AT TUSCULUM, 4 p.m. Football Brevard at Southern Virginia, 4 p.m. W. Soccer ANDERSON (S.C.) AT CARSON-NEWMAN, 4 p.m. M. Soccer Belmont Abbey at Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 p.m. M. Soccer Newberry at USC Aiken, 7 p.m. M. Soccer ANDERSON (S.C.) AT CARSON-NEWMAN, 7 p.m.
26 September 26 W. Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne at St. Leo, noon Volleyball Pfeiffer vs. Wingate (at Carolina Courts, Indian Trail, NC), 7 p.m.	27 September 27 W. Golf Tusculum Women's Fall Classic M. Golf Tusculum Fall Classic	28 September 28 W. Golf Tusculum Women's Fall Classic M. Golf Tusculum Fall Classic W. Soccer TUSCULUM AT BREVARD, 3 p.m. M. Soccer Milligan at Lenoir-Rhyne, 3:30 p.m. W. Soccer UNC Pembroke at Carson-Newman, 4 p.m. W. Soccer MARS HILL AT NEWBERRY, 4 p.m. M. Soccer TUSCULUM AT BREVARD, 5 p.m. Volleyball Fayetteville St. at Catawba, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV. AT TUSCULUM, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball WINGATE AT BREVARD, 7 p.m. Volleyball CARSON-NEWMAN AT MARS HILL, 7 p.m. W. Soccer Lincoln Memorial Univ. at Tennessee Wesleyan, 7 p.m.	29 September 29 W. Soccer Erskine at Anderson (S.C.), 2 p.m. M. Soccer CARSON-NEWMAN AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIV., 4 p.m. M. Soccer Erskine at Anderson (S.C.), 4 p.m. W. Soccer CATAWBA AT WINGATE, 5 p.m. M. Soccer WINGATE AT CATAWBA, 7 p.m. Volleyball Lander at Newberry, 7 p.m.	30 September 30 M. Tennis Wingate at Catawba, 3 p.m.

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