Hickory, N.C. – The Newberry Baseball Team (11-9, 4-3) scored early and often in downing Lenoir-Rhyne (15-8, 4-3), 11-1, Friday night in the opener of a South Atlantic Conference weekend series at Bears Field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Newberry 11, Lenoir-Rhyne 1
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (15-8, 4-3 SAC), Newberry (11-9, 4-3 SAC)
Location: Bears Field | Hickory, N.C.
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STATS OF THE GAME:
•    Newberry led by a 10-0 score after an inning and a half thanks to a seven-run second frame.  The Wolves were led by Derek Olenchuk (Irmo, S.C.) with four hits and two runs batted in while Colin Allman (Tampa, Fla.) scored three times and collected three hits in the win.  Newberry finished with 17 hits in the contest.
•    LR's lone run came in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single from redshirt freshman second baseman Brock Johnson (Granite Falls, N.C.).
•    Newberry's Evan Estridge (Belton, S.C.) (1-2) earned his first victory of the year after allowing one unearned run in seven innings of work while junior Hunter Martin (Stanfield, N.C.) (1-2) suffered the loss for the Bears.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
•    Lenoir-Rhyne still has a chance to win its third straight conference series this year. 
•    Neither team scored after the third inning.

UP NEXT:
The two teams wrap up the weekend series with a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Bears Field beginning at 1:00 p.m.