COLLEGE BASEBALL: UMO knocks off region foe Catawba

By UMO Media Relations
Published in Sports on April 12, 2017 9:57 AM

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MOUNT OLIVE -- Nationally-ranked University of Mount Olive put up a three-spot during the first inning and eased past in-state region foe Catawba, 6-2, at Scarborough Field on Tuesday evening.

Ricky Surum scored the Trojans' first run on Jose Lopez's single to right-center field. Tony Salvaggio connected on a two-RBI base knock.

Salvaggio delivered a fourth-inning RBI hit.

Catawba pulled to within 4-2 before the Trojans, ranked No. 2 in the lastest Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division II top 25, answered with RBI contributions from Drew Ellis and Lopez in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Salvaggio ended the day 3-for-4 with three RBI. Ellis and Lopez each provided two hits and combined for three RBI. David Mayo batted 1-for-3.

North Duplin alum Trey Pate (4-0) earned the mound win -- a 5 2/3-innings performance that included five hits and one strikeout. Jesse Schullstrom, Ethan Horne and Zach Mozingo made appearances from the bullpen and combined for 2 1/3 innings of two-hit, two-strikeout relief.

Mozingo threw nine strikes to the three batters he faced.

The Trojans (34-7 overall) put their four-game win streak on the line with a weekend series at Conference Carolinas nemesis Erskine. The teams will play single game Friday and doubleheader on Saturday.