TIGERVILLE, S.C. – Southern Wesleyan baseball picked up a split against North Greenville in the finale of a three game series against their Conference Carolinas rivals.

The Warriors took game one 4-2 before falling 12-5 in the rubber match. The Crusaders won Friday night's matchup 3-2.

SWU continues their road swing with a midweek tilt at Truett-McConnell on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Game One
The Warriors scored early and often in the first game to snap a 13 game losing streak with a 4-2 victory. Dan Williams delivered a sacrifice fly to score Mike Hyman in the first inning to give the Warriors an early lead.

Zach Mondoux knocked in Luke Hostetler in the second before scoring on a single by Hyman. The Warriors collected three hits in that inning alone but left two on. The Warriors added another run in the third as Julio Lara scored on a wild pitch. Lara reached on a single before reaching third on a double by Hostetler.

The Warriors put four runners on in the fifth, loading the bases with two outs but failed to score. SWU had a runner reach in each of the final two innings but couldn't cash in.

None of that mattered as Matt Buss tossed five innings to pick up the win and improve to 3-3. Buss allowed just six hits and two runs in the performance. He struck out four and walked four. Jordan Finster pitched the final two innings, allowing just one walk to pick up his third save.

Game Two
The Warriors struggled in game two, collecting just six hits as they lost 12-5 to drop the three-game series. SWU scored all five runs in the ninth as they sent 10 batters to the plate. The Crusaders walked one and hit three in that inning as Justin Brew and Avery Mahon collected RBI singles. Mike Hyman was plunked with the bases loaded as was Dan Williams. Matt Costa collected a sac fly.

Prior to the ninth the Warriors had just three hits, two in the first inning as SWU left the bases loaded. Hyman and Brew led off with back-to-back singles but were left stranded in scoring position. Lara doubled to start the sixth but was left there.

The Crusaders scored seven times in the fourth to bust open a 1-0 game. NGU collected eight hits off of Andrew Howard in the frame to take a commanding lead. In the fifth they added four more runs to take a 12-0 lead as Drew Carson walked three and hit a batter before Kalin Smith was summoned from the bullpen.