Bryan College moved into a tie for second place in the Appalachian Athletic Conference baseball standings by finishing a three-game sweep of Point University with an 11-4 win Saturday.
The Lions are 35-16 overall and 14-7 in the AAC with one league series remaining. They are tied with Union College behind nationally sixth-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan (36-11, 19-2), which won 16-1 Saturday at Montreat after losing 4-3 and winning 12-2 in Friday’s doubleheader at the North Carolina school.
After homering and driving in four runs in Friday’s late second game, Bryan’s Shane Clawson was 3-for-4 with two homers, five RBIs and four runs Saturday, and leadoff man Kevin Layne was 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Billy Veal had two hits and two runs, Doug Stroup completed a 7-for-9 series with two doubles, and Josh Harris and Steven Brown each had two RBIs.
• Lee 3, Belhaven 2: At Jackson, Miss., the NAIA’s No. 3-ranked team followed two close Southern States Athletic Conference wins Friday with an even closer one Saturday, as it went 10 innings. Edmanuel Rivera led off the 10th with a triple and scored on a wild pitch, and Andy Hillis notched his sixth save of the season.
Mike Moore was 4-for-4 with an RBI, Corey Davis was 2-for-4 and scored twice and Jorge Saez tripled and singled for the Flames (46-8-1, 26-4), who will be seeded second for the SSAC tournament. Five Lee pitchers combined on a six-hitter.