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9
Winner Mount Olive UMO 1-0
3
Lander LANDER 3-1
Winner
Mount Olive UMO
1-0
9
Final
3
Lander LANDER
3-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mount Olive UMO 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 9 12 3
Lander LANDER 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1

W: Cars. Gipson (1-0) L: Monroe, Jake (1-1) S: A. Newton (1)

BSB vs. Newberry 2/3/26
Turner Kirby

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Lander Suffers First Loss in Series Opener to Mount Olive

GREENWOOD – The 27th-ranked Lander Baseball team suffered its first loss of the season Friday night, falling 9-3 to Mount Olive in the series opener at Dolny Stadium.

After scoring three runs through the first four innings, the Bearcats were held scoreless over the final five frames and managed just one hit during that stretch as the Trojans slowly pulled away.

Jake Monroe got the start for Lander (3-1) and retired the Trojans in order in the first inning, but Mount Olive scratched across a run in the second to take a 1-0 lead. It marked the first time this season Lander did not score first.

The Bearcats answered immediately in the bottom of the second. Will McClellan opened the inning after being hit by a pitch and later came home on a two-out single from Cooper Backman to even the game at 1-1.

Lander put runners on in the third, but a double play stalled the rally. Mount Olive capitalized in the fourth, stringing together three singles and a sacrifice fly to plate three runs and take a 4-1 advantage.

The Bearcats responded in the bottom half of the inning as Oliver Zohn delivered a two-run triple, scoring McClellan and Lowndes Still to cut the deficit to 4-3.

Mount Olive pushed the lead back to three with a run in the fifth before Ethan Califf entered in relief with two outs. Califf struck out eight of the 17 batters he faced over 3.1 innings, but the Trojans added a run in the seventh and two more in the eighth to extend the margin.

Lander was limited offensively down the stretch, recording no hits after the fifth inning. The Bearcats did place at least one runner on base in each of the final four innings but were unable to generate a breakthrough.

The series continues Saturday at Dolny Stadium with a doubleheader beginning at noon.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play UMO LANDER
UMO TOP 2nd C. Tepatti singled through the right side, RBI; M. Gales scored. 1 0
LANDER BOT 2nd C. Backman singled through the right side, RBI; W. McClellan scored. 1 1
UMO TOP 4th R. Hancock flied out to rf down the rf line, sacrifice fly, RBI; C. Tepatti advanced to second; J. Mason advanced to third; J. Howard scored. 2 1
UMO TOP 4th K. Crawford singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI; C. Tepatti scored; J. Mason scored. 4 1
LANDER BOT 4th O. Zohn tripled down the rf line, 2 RBI; Lo. Still scored; W. McClellan scored. 4 3
UMO TOP 5th J. Howard tripled to center field, 2 RBI; M. Gales scored; L. McLean scored. 6 3
UMO TOP 7th C. Tepatti singled to center field, RBI; J. Mason scored. 7 3
UMO TOP 8th J. Howard singled to left center, 2 RBI; L. McLean scored; K. Crawford scored. 9 3

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