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s ■l- 5®: V.’'V’0»-. t5^, ■; "■^* f, ■ ..j^ ■i-i ji*-^^;>^»f'? ' ' jit y.v^ .f«3 I . «.l af t ■‘;5.;= V--.-P- fir'; -Sfsa ^.n-~ DSBYCHftRUEliEARD Bulldogs pitcher Spencer Orr tallied 4 strikeouts against Iona Sunday. The Bulldogs are now 5-of-5 on the season and travel to App State Tuesday. Bulldogs defeat Iona 4-2 Sunday, taking two out of three in the weekend series CHARLIE HEARD Sports Editor cheard@unca.edu The Bulldogs played wholesome baseball Sunday against Iona, defeat ing the visitors 4-2 in the third game of the series. The win felt more sizeable than the score line suggests, the Bull dogs didn’t allow Iona to score until the ninth inning, during which the vis itors were able to hit the ball into open spaces and bring in a couple consola tion runs. Head coach Scott Friedholm said Iona’s runs in the ninth inning weren’t concerning, it was just part of baseball. “I don’t think anything different hap pened at the end on our end or theirs, that’s just baseball,” Friedholm said. “Eventually, you’re going to give up a run here and there and we didn’t pan ic.” Joe Gruszka, the Bulldogs’ freshman catcher, said the team’s success Sunday revolved around its pitching and its un wavering focus. “Spencer and Kole shut Iona’s bat ters down,” Gruszka said. “The best thing about us is we always battle back, whether we are up or down we never give up, we keep fighting.” Senior pitcher Spencer Orr said the team’s form Sunday was where it needs to be for the team to .be successful mov ing forward. “Our defense has been looking really good, which makes my job a lot easi er,” Orr said. “If we can keep playing really good defense, making plays like we did today and throwing strikes, we will have a good season.” The Bulldogs’ record is at .500 on the season at 5-5. They face .Appalachian State next on Tuesday, then host Uni versity of Maryland Baltimore County this weekend for another three-game series at Greenwood Field. Bulldogs season over after upset at Big South Tournament by seventh seed Campbell CHARLIE HEARD Sports Editor cheard@unca.edu UNC Asheville men’s basketball season ended at 'Winthrop Coliseum Thursday after an 81-79 loss to the Campbell Camels. The Bulldogs went into the game as the second seed with the Camels as the seventh. Before Thursday’s game, UNCA had not lost to the Camels in 10 straight. meetings, winning the latest match up 72-56. However, Campbell’s star Chris Clemmons played poorly in that game but reached his ceiling Thursday. Clemmons scored a Big South Cham pionship record 51 points in the quar terfinal matchup in which the fighting Camels defeated the Bulldogs 81-79. The Camels went on to play Win- throp in the championship finals which Winthrop won 76-59. Despite the heartbreaking up set, the Bulldogs gave its fans a great season. With a season record of 15-3 in conference and only losing one home game by a two point margin, the Bull dogs routinely gave its home court fans plenty of reason to come out. The Blue Banner editorial staff would like to commend seniors David Robertson, Will Weeks and Giacomo Zilli for their outstanding careers as UNCA Bulldogs. Rocky hangs his head in grief over Thursday’s ioss.
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