Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University Baseball Team (5-1) took the third and final game of the home-opening weekend series over West Virginia State (1-2), 9-7, Saturday morning at Bears Field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 9, West Virginia State 7
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (5-1), West Virginia State (1-2)
Location: Bears Field | Hickory, N.C.
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STATS OF THE GAME:
•    With the score tied at seven, Lenoir-Rhyne junior pinch hitter Clayton Jeffries (Lakeland, Fla.) hit the game-winning, two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning.
•    Lenoir-Rhyne junior outfielder Grant Fuller (Simpsonville, S.C.) added two hits and two runs batted in for the Bears while senior Landon Whitson (Marion, N.C.) (1-0) pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings to earn the victory.
•    West Virginia State rallied from a 4-0 deficit after one inning of play to take a two-run advantage – 7-5 – in the middle of the sixth inning.  Daniel Rutherford (Coal Grove, Ohio) and Jonathan Cline (Dunbar, W.Va.) both drove in a pair of runs but Matthew Washington (Douglasville, Ga.) (0-1) was tagged with the loss for the Yellow Jackets.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
•    In three appearances this year, Whitson has a victory and two saves and still hasn't allowed a run.

UP NEXT:
Lenoir-Rhyne hits the road to play a make-up doubleheader against Barton on Tuesday, February 13, at 1:00 p.m., in Asheboro, N.C., while West Virginia State hosts Clarion on Friday, February 23, at Noon.