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Harris
14
Winner Nova Southeastern NSUB 12-8, 5-3 SSC
6
Florida Tech FITB 10-14, 2-6 SSC
Winner
Nova Southeastern NSUB
12-8, 5-3 SSC
14
Final
6
Florida Tech FITB
10-14, 2-6 SSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nova Southeastern NSUB 2 0 3 0 1 5 1 0 2 14 13 1
Florida Tech FITB 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0

W: Sanders, Nik (2-0) L: Colin Cristello (0-3)

11
Winner Nova Southeastern NSUB 13-8, 6-3 SSC
4
Florida Tech FITB 10-15, 2-7 SSC
Winner
Nova Southeastern NSUB
13-8, 6-3 SSC
11
Final
4
Florida Tech FITB
10-15, 2-7 SSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nova Southeastern NSUB 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 11 20 2
Florida Tech FITB 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 3

W: Beauprez, Derik (3-1) L: Jake Lane (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Sharks Sweep Road Doubleheader to Take Series from Panthers

Sharks total 25 runs on 33 hits in two games.

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The offense led the way all day, as No. 18 Nova Southeastern rebounded from a tough loss on Friday night to earn a series victory on the road against Florida Tech. The Sharks took game one 14-6 and completed the doubleheader sweep with an 11-4 victory in the nightcap.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score (Game 1): Nova Southeastern 14, Florida Tech 6
Score (Game 2): Nova Southeastern 11, Florida Tech 4
Records: Nova Southeastern (13-8, 6-3 SSC), Florida Tech (10-15, 2-7 SSC)
Location: Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field | Melbourne, Fla.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

GAME 1
Jake Anchia got the offense started right away with a two-run double in the first inning. Andrew Liberty added to the lead two innings later with a three-run homer.

Handed a 5-0 lead after a pair of scoreless innings, Brady Acker ran into trouble in the third, allowing three home runs to the first seven batters who came to bat in the inning, giving up the lead in the process. With runners on the corners and two outs, he was relieved by Nik Sanders, who picked up his first strikeout of the afternoon to mark the beginning of the end for the Panthers offense.

Ian Acevedo tied the game in the fifth, an inning that featured three walks, a hit batter and a wild pitch, but no hits, as the Sharks left two runners in scoring position. They made up for an inning later, however, with five runs, all with two outs, on four singles. It started with a Dylan Harris single, followed by a steal of both second and third, two of his three stolen bases in the game. Anchia drove him in with a base hit of his own, then a two-RBI single by Christian Demby two batters later and another two-run single by Nathan Chevalier two batters after that. All in all, six straight Sharks batters reached base after the second out was recorded with Harris still at first. Not showing any signs of slowing down, Liberty launched his second homer of the game the next inning to put the Sharks up, 12-6.

While the offense was doing its thing, Sanders was carving up Panthers hitters left and right. He worked back-to-back 1-2-3 innings in the sixth and seventh, retiring eight consecutive Panthers at one point and getting four outs in a row via the K, and another 1-2-3 inning to secure the victory in the 9th,  but not before the offense picked up two more runs on a leadoff homer by Harris and a pair of wild pitches that advanced Nick Gallo.

GAME 2
The Sharks picked up right where they left off in game one. It even started with Jake Anchia driving in two first-inning runs again, though this time it was on a home run. The Panthers came right back to tie it, however, using some small ball and a Sharks error to score two runs on just a leadoff single.
 
Not to be outdone, the Sharks used five consecutive singles to begin the second and a double by Andrew Liberty to key a four-run inning, chasing Panthers starter Jake Lane out of the game in the process. The Panthers responded with single runs on a sac fly in the bottom half and a leadoff homer in the third.
 
Feeling Florida Tech getting too close again, the Sharks put up another four-spot in the fourth inning to put the game away for good. Nathan Chevalier scored on a Jeffrey Cyr double that featured two errors on the play, which was immediately followed by Dylan Harris' second home run of the afternoon. Liberty represented the team's 10th run of the game later in the inning.
 
Much like in the first game, Sharks pitching did not allow the Panthers to cross home plate after the third inning, as Derik Beauprez struck out five batters and allowed just two hits over his final four innings of work, before being relieved by Gil Torres and Kyle Kilbourne, who recorded scoreless 8th and 9th innings, respectively.

STATS OF THE NIGHT:
  • Nik Sanders was dominant out of the bullpen in the first game, tossing 6.1 scoreless innings for the victory, with 10 strikeouts to just two walks and two hits allowed. The last Sharks relief pitcher to strike out 10 or more batters in relief was Devin Raftery, who fanned 11 in just four innings on May 8, 2016, also at Florida Tech. That was the last day of the regular season before the Sharks won the NCAA South Regional Tournament and National Championship in the ensuing weeks.
  • Andrew Liberty hit two home runs in game one, his second career multi-homer game following his effort on May 18, 2017 in the Sharks' first game of the NCAA South Regional Tournament. It was also the team's third multi-homer game of the season, after Jake Anchia against Delta State and Andrew Labosky against Catawba, on February 3 and 4, respectively.
  • Nathan Chevalier collected a team-high three hits in the series finale, extending his hitting streak to seven games. The freshman is hitting .483 (14-for-29) over the course of his streak with eight runs scored and six RBI.
  • The team's 20 hits in game two are the most in a game this season, topping their previous high of 19 against Catawba on February 4.
  • Freshman catcher Alexander Hernandez recorded the first hit of his collegiate career, a pinch-hit double to lead off the 9th. He continues the legacy started by his older brother, Miami Marlins prospect Michael Hernandez, who collected 121 hits, including 29 doubles and 22 home runs in his four-year career as the Sharks' catcher.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Dylan Harris added six hits between the two games to his career total, including four in the first game and a homer in each. He's now up to 33 hits this season and 290 in his career, which puts him in a tie for seventh in SSC history.
  • Jake Anchia's first inning homer in game two was his team-leading seventh of the season and the 32nd of his career, tying him with NSU Sharks Hall of Fame Class of 2014 inductee and new Boston Red Sox star J.D. Martinez for second all-time in program history and putting him just three away from tying the record that Brandon Gomez set just last year.
 
UP NEXT:
The Sharks return home for a 7-inning doubleheader at the NSU Baseball Complex with NYIT on Sunday. For complete coverage of the action, follow the Sharks on Twitter @NSU_Baseball or visit the schedule page on NSUSharks.com.
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