ROME -- The Hawks dropped both games of the Gulf South Conference doubleheader with West Georgia Sunday afternoon; falling in the opener 9-5, and in the finale 8-1.

The losses move Shorter to 8-9 on the season and 5-6 in conference play; while the 21^st-ranked Wolves improve to 16-6 overall and 10-4 in the GSC.

The Hawks took the lead in the opener as George Ragsdale delivered and RBI triple to plate Brian Cabrera in the first inning. West Georgia tied the game in the fourth on the first of two solo homeruns from Garrett Hayes in the game, before Shorter regained the lead in the bottom of the inning on an RBI double from Bryan Mathews.

Tyler Hutch singled for the Wolves in the fifth to tie the game once again, but the Hawks answered in the bottom of the inning as Taylor Cato brought in Cabrera and Dustin Lawson on a 2 RBI single. Hayes' second homer of the day cut Shorter's lead to one in the sixth, but again in the bottom of the inning the Hawks got back the advantage on a sacrifice fly from Lawson.

West Georgia then took the lead, 8-5, in the seventh as four runs scored and added a run in the ninth for the 9-5 final score.

Travis McPherson took the loss in game one; allowing seven runs on five hits with five walks and six strikeouts through 6.2 innings of work.

The Wolves jumped out to an early lead in game two; scoring four times in the second inning. It proved to be enough as they held the Hawks to one run in the game. However, in the fourth West Georgia added one run and in the fifth, three. Shorter broke the shutout in the fifth as Lawson scored on an error by the right fielder for the 8-1 final score.

Colton Cross recorded the loss for the Hawks in game two; allowing four runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

Shorter will return to action Monday afternoon for the series final with West Georgia at the Robert H. Ledbetter Baseball Complex; game time is set for 1:00pm.