Game Details:
April 22, 2022 
Clinton, Miss. | Frierson Field 

Game One: University of the Ozarks 7, Belhaven University 2

Records:
University of the Ozarks (12-22, 11-15 ASC)
Belhaven University (23-13, 16-10 ASC)

GAME ONE
Overview:
Clinton, Miss.-Blake Benson spun a seven-hitter and the Eagles won their fourth game in a row taking a 7-2 victory over Belhaven University Friday in game one. The Blazers plated both runs in the first against Benson, but the left-hander settled in and allowed only four hits after that. The Eagles had a big third inning scoring four runs on three hits. Trey Vance started the scoring with a sacrifice fly to drive in one run. Alex Ray and Dru Didway singled in runs, while Luke Morrison recorded an RBI with a sacrifice fly. The Eagles gave Benson more run support in the fifth as Didway had an RBI single. As Benson cruised through the final six innings, the Eagles generated two runs in the sixth after a Vance two-run single. Ray went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate. Benson went seven innings with six strikeouts and one walk.

Pitching Decisions:
WP: Blake Benson
LP: Harris Coleman

Notables: Alex Ray went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, his second four-hit game of the season.

GAME TWO
Overview
Belhaven had a four-run sixth inning to secure a 6-2 win over the Eagles in game two. The Eagles scored first when Rennie Arjona drove in a run with a single in the fifth. But the Blazers answered with a combined six runs over the next three innings. The Eagles did score once in the eighth and loaded the bases with two outs, but relief pitcher Logan Goodeau was inserted and got a strikeout to end the threat. The Eagles out hit the Blazers 8-6. Ray and Didway had two hits apiece. Starting pitcher Rodny Valdes struck out nine.

Pitching Decisions:
WP Brett Sanchez
LP: Rodny Valdes

Up Next:
The Eagles will finish their series against Belhaven tomorrow with a single game beginning at 1:00 p.m. The game will be played at Mississippi College.