The North Greenville Crusaders won clinched sole possession of the Conference Carolinas regular season championship by winning both games in today's doubleheader against the Bulldogs of Barton College with final scores of 10-3 and 8-5 at Nixon Field in Wilson, North Carolina. After trailing 3-1 in the 2nd, NGU turned to the power game as nine of North Greenville's ten runs were driven in by home runs including two-run home runs by Marek Chlup, Zach Zarra, John Michael Faile, and Pat Monteith while Cory Bivins hit a solo shot. Reece Fields received the win, pitching 5.0 solid innings and allowing just one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out seven. It would take awhile for the runs to start scoring for the Crusaders in game two as they would trail 1-0 until the 4th inning. Pat Monteith would get North Greenville on the board with a two-RBI single. Runs would come in pairs as NGU put up two runs in each of the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings. Barton was able to make things interesting with three runs in the 8th to pull back within three, but Dawson Taylor would close things out with a scoreless 9th to record the save. Nate Roof recorded the win. One win was all NGU needed going into the day to clinch the regular season Conference Carolinas championship. With that, North Greenville will go into the Conference Carolinas Tournament as the #1 seed.

Results

• Scores: Game 1 - NGU 10 / BC 3 | Game 2 - NGU 8 / BC 5
• Location: Nixon Field / Wilson, NC
• Records: NGU 41-8, 25-5 CC / BC 24-24, 14-16 CC

Individual

• Pat Monteith put up five hits throughout the day along with four RBIs and three runs.
• John Michael Faile posted four hits throughout the day including a home run. He recorded four RBIs and three runs.
• Reece Fields returned to familiar form, pitching 5.0 strong innings with just one earned run allowed.

Upcoming

• NGU will enter the Conference Carolinas as the #1 overall seed. The tournament will begin on Wednesday, May 4th at Historic Fleming Stadium in Burlington, North Carolina.