Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Team (10-2) took a three-game weekend series from Goldey-Beacom (0-3) with a doubleheader sweep on Sunday afternoon by scores of 5-3 and 4-0 at Bears Field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Goldey-Beacom 3; Lenoir-Rhyne 4, Goldey-Beacom 0
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (10-2), Goldey-Beacom (0-3)
Location: Bears Field | Hickory, N.C. 
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STATS OF THE GAME (Game 1):
•    Lenoir-Rhyne senior shortstop Tripp Hamrick (Ellenboro, N.C.) came through with the game-winning, two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a two-all tie and give the Bears the lead for good.
•    Lenoir-Rhyne senior Matt Sullivan (Bristol, Va.) improved to 3-0 on the year after earning the win while senior Landon Whitson (Marion, N.C.) pitched a scoreless seventh inning for his third save of the season.  Goldey-Beacom's Mitch Guerrieri (Greentown, Pa.) (0-1) was tagged with the loss.

STATS OF THE GAME (Game 2):
•    Lenoir-Rhyne broke open a scoreless tie by scoring all four of the game's runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  The frame was highlighted by RBI singles from redshirt freshman third baseman Will Jones (Clayton, N.C.) and redshirt freshman second baseman Brock Johnson (Granite Falls, N.C.) for the Bears.
•    Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore John Grigg (Lawndale, N.C.) improved to 3-0 on the year after pitching six scoreless innings to go along with 10 strikeouts.  Trevor Jump (Wilmington, Del.) (0-1) took the loss for the Lightning.

UP NEXT:
Lenoir-Rhyne remains at home to face Young Harris on Tuesday beginning at 5:00 p.m., while Goldey-Beacom takes on Chowan in a doubleheader on Saturday, February 24, in Murfreesboro, N.C., at Noon.