PENSACOLA, Fla. – Closing up a five-game road swing, the Nova Southeastern baseball team (6-4) edged out an early lead in Tuesday's pitcher's duel with West Florida (6-5) at Jim Spooner Field. The Sharks bullpen delivered, holding the line on the 1-0 victory, despite a seven-hit batting difference in favor of the Argonauts.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Nova Southeastern – 1, West Florida – 0
Records: Nova Southeastern (6-4), West Florida (6-5)
Location: Jim Spooner Field | Pensacola, Fla.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Sharks entered their fifth day away from Fort Lauderdale coming off a Monday loss to the Argonauts, but showed determination in returning home on a victory - doing everything necessary to come home a winner.
 
The first and only lead went to the Sharks in the third inning of Tuesday's non-conference outing, as NSU capitalized on Jarrett Hall's walk and a steal to plate the run, courtesy of left fielder Christian Demby's RBI single down the left field line.
 
In addition to the key third-inning strike, the 2019 debut for senior right-handed starter Devin Meyer (1-0) proved crucial, setting the tone with a 3.0-inning appearance that saw just three hits and a walk, but struck out two with no runs allowed for the win.
 
Playing with a lead across seven innings, the Sharks bullpen stepped right into Meyer's stride, stranding 11 of the 16 Argonauts runners thanks to solid performances in the debut of Kyle Kilbourne, as well as Cameron Schmidt, Gil Torres and JP Williams. Closing out the final 1.2 innings and slamming the door for his second save of the year, Brock Minich allowed just one hit and one walk, striking out two.

In addition, redemptive fielding by freshman third baseman Duncan Pastore proved crucial, moving past a pair of errors with key third-out grabs in the seventh and eighth, twice quelling bases-loaded threats to keep the Argos blanked.
 
With the win, the Sharks split with the Argonauts 1-1 at Spooner Field and close the road swing with a 2-3 record.
 
STATS OF THE GAME:

• The Sharks are now 3-1 against West Florida.
• The win marks the first shutout since last March 31 against Rollins, extending seasons with a shutout to 11 consecutive years.
• Demby led the Sharks with 2-for-4 hitting and the game's lone RBI.
• The other three NSU hits came from Daniel Irisarri, Garrett Wolforth and Andrew Labosky.
• The Sharks stole three bases via Wolforth, Hall and Brandon Chinea.
• UWF outhit NSU 12-5 on the afternoon.
• NSU's six pitchers stranded 16 UWF runners

UP NEXT:
The Sharks return home to the NSU Baseball Complex and Sunshine State Conference play with Embry-Riddle (2-4, 0-0 SSC) coming to town for a three-game league set on Friday and Saturday. For complete coverage of the action, follow the Sharks on Twitter @NSU_Baseball or visit the schedule page on NSUSharks.com.