Jefferson City, TN- The Shorter University Hawks (14-5, 3-5) took a trip north up I-75 on Tuesday afternoon to take on the Carson-Newman Eagles (15-9,5-4) out of the SAC conference. The weather was cloudy and rainy for most the contest, but the Hawks were able to defeat the Eagles by a score of 5-3. This victory marks the third consecutive victory the Hawks have over the Eagles dating back to last season.
 
Shorter struck first in the top of the second inning when Jakob Woods hit a ball down the right field line to bring in Nathaniel Butterworth, and a throwing error that went in the Carson-Newman dugout allowed Matt Christian to come around and score as well making the score 2-0 Hawks.
 
The Hawks would add another run in the top of the sixth when Cory Mason hit a ball back to the Eagles pitcher, which he mishandled, and which also allowed Kaleeq Brannigan to score for the Hawks increasing the lead to 3-0.
 
Carson-Newman would score two runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning, both on bases loaded walks, to bring the score to 3-2 still in favor of the Hawks.
 
Shorter would add two more runs in the top of the seventh to increase their lead over the Eagles to 5-2. The first came on an Aaron Reardon RBI single to center that scored Woods, and the second would come on a 6-4-3 double play that plated Peter Wittman, who came in to pinch run for Michael Avendano earlier in the inning.
 
Carson-Newman would score one more run in the bottom of the eight on a sacrifice fly to center to bring the score to 5-3, but the Shorter pitching staff would be able to keep the Eagles from scoring anymore runs to secure the Hawks 14^th victory of the year.
 
Coleton Barnes (3-1) got his first career start on the mound for the Hawks throwing 5 scoreless innings, while only giving up 3 hits and striking out 3 Eagle batters. Jonathon Pintaro picked up his first save of the season out of the bullpen for the Hawks. Pintaro came in with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and retired both of the batters that he faced, one by way of a strikeout.
 
The Hawks will be back in action this weekend, Saturday March 14^th and Sunday March 15^th, when they once again travel to the Volunteer state to take on the Christian Brothers Buccaneer's in a three game GSC series. First pitch from Nadicksbernd Field in Memphis will be at noon central time on Saturday, with the second game of the double header following approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game 1. First pitch for game 3 of the series on Sunday is scheduled for 1 pm central time.