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Diamond Weevils Continue Winning Ways

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Weevils Split With No. 5 West Alabama

   The University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils baseball team earned a doubleheader split March 1 with No. 5 West Alabama, winning the opener 1-0 and falling in the finale 5-0.

Weevils Sweep Crichton

MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils (14-2) swept Crichton College in a doubleheader in Memphis Feb. 26, winning 15-3 and 5-3.

   The Weevils opened scoring in the first inning, plating the first run of the game on a double play. Crichton tied the game in the bottom of the frame on an error.

   The Weevils broke the game open in the third inning with four runs, capped by a two-run triple by Jay Livingston (Sr., Regina, Saskatchewan) to give UAM a 5-1 lead.

   UAM added three more runs in the fourth inning after RBI singles by Nick Tillsley (So., Fort MacLeod, Alta.) and Ken Merrill (Sr., North Little Rock) and a sacrifice fly to take an 8-1 lead.

   The Comets cut into the UAM lead, narrowing the gap to 8-2 in the bottom of the fourth, but the Weevils responded with a seven-run sixth inning to seal the victory.

   Aaron Cotter (Sr., South Slocan, B.C.) picked up the win to improve to 4-1 after scattering eight hits over six innings, allowing three runs, two earned, and fanning eight.

   In the finale, the Weevils rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the top of the sixth with a four-run inning, capped by a pair of bases-loaded walks to take a 5-3 lead.

   Tex Webster (Jr., Hobbs, N.M.) picked up the win to improve to 4-0. Daniel Howard (Jr., Las Vegas, Nev.) picked up his first save of the season in relief.


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