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Indiana (PA) IUP-B 0-3
16
Winner UNC Pembroke UNCP 6-0
Indiana (PA) IUP-B
0-3
12
Final
16
UNC Pembroke UNCP
6-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana (PA) IUP-B 0 5 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 12 14 3
UNC Pembroke UNCP 1 0 4 0 3 3 5 0 X 16 11 2

W: Biggerstaff (1-0) L: Hudock, Ben (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ryan Rebholz, Sports Information Director

Crimson Hawks total 14 hits, fall to No. 21 UNC Pembroke 16-12

PEMBROKE, N.C. – Nine Crimson Hawks combined for 14 hits, including four home runs, but IUP baseball dropped a 16-12 nine inning ballgame to 21st-ranked UNC Pembroke Saturday afternoon.
 
IUP grabbed an early 5-1 lead, but Pembroke's big bats answered by scoring 15 runs between the third and seventh innings and held on to sweep the three-game weekend set and remain undefeated.
 
A two-run homer by Cory Wheeler (Butler, Pa./Butler), IUP's first of the day, helped the Crimson Hawks score five in the second inning as they took that early lead.
 
Dan Sepic (York, Pa./Central York), Nate Dickey (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) and Ted DeSanti (Erie, Pa./Erie Cathedral Prep) – the fifth, sixth and seventh hitters in the IUP lineup – combined to go 7-for-15 with two homers, three runs batted in, and five runs scored. Dickey and DeSanti homered back-to-back in the seventh inning, part of a three-run stanza as the Crimson Hawks tied the score at 11-11.
 
Pembroke (6-0) responded with five runs in the bottom half of the inning to go on top 16-11, only giving up a solo homer to Anthony Rigous (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) the rest of the way.
 
Chris Eisel (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) continued his hot-hitting weekend by going 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored at the leadoff spot. Mike Klingensmith (Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney) got the start on the mound and was one of five IUP pitchers to see time.
 
Crimson Hawks hit over .300 on the weekend
IUP totaled 31 hits in the three-game set with Pembroke, hitting .307 over the weekend with a .535 slugging percentage. Chris Calliari (Brockway, Pa./Brockway Area) went 2-for-4 with a double, home run, and two runs scored in limited time while Eisel went 6-for-13 (.462) with a double and team-best four runs scored. Six players hit over .300 over the weekend.
 
Up next
The Crimson Hawks take a two week break from action before heading to Virginia for the Dinwiddie Challenge Feb. 23-25. IUP will play West Chester twice, Saint Thomas Aquinas and East Stroudsburg.
 
Up next
For up-to-date game information, visit www.IUPAthletics.com and follow IUP baseball on Twitter @IUPCrimsonHawk and @IUPBaseball.
 
 
 
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