AIKEN, S.C. – Trevecca (16-8) fell to Brevard College (8-13) 12-2 in their first game of the day, but rallied to upset USC-Aiken 4-1 at Roberto Hernandez Stadium. Trevecca has won 14 of their last 16 games.

In their first game of the day the Trojans saw Brevard College score four in the bottom of the first and three in the third to take a 7-0 lead. Trevecca score two in the fifth, but Brevard answered with another three runs in their half of the fifth and another run in the sixth and seventh innings. Brad Coon was 3-for-4 for the Trojans with a run and a stolen base. Freshman Michael McGee (0-2) started for the Trojans and took the loss. Jordan Hotchkiss picked up the win. Trevecca scored two runs on six hits and had four errors. Brevard had 13 hits and one error.

In the nightcap Trevecca faced the host Pacers of USC-Aiken and came away with a 4-1 victory. Dean Mitchell tossed a complete game holding USC-Aiken (11-6) to just one run on five hits as Trevecca posted the 4-1 win over the Pacers on a blustery evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium. With the loss USCA’s lost for just the second in 11 games at home this season. Chad Hitchcock’s two-out single to shortstop scored Bubba Norris for the game’s first run in the top of the fifth. The Trojans added another tally in the sixth on an RBI single by Stipe Miocic. The Pacers got on the board in the home half of the sixth to make it a 2-1 game. Craig Ballentine slapped a two-run single to right field with the bases loaded in the eighth to set the final margin at 4-1. Brad Coon and Kyle Jackson, hitters one and two in the Trojan lineup, accounted for four of the team’s eight hits. Coon added another stolen base to his totals and has 18 steals in 19 attempts on the season. Mitchell (2-1) allowed just the one unearned run on five hits and one walk, striking out six in the complete game victory. Jon Paul (1-1) gave up two earned runs on four hits and one walk, but was the hard-luck loser. 

Trevecca will finish the Spring Break trip to South Carolina with a game against USC-Aiken on Wednesday at Noon. Trevecca’s next home game will be on Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. (Shelby Park). Trevecca will host North Greenville for a game on March 12 at Noon at Trevecca’s Jackson Field.