TIGERVILLE, S.C. -- The Georgia Southwestern baseball team ended their winning streak at eight as they were swept in the Southeast Regional Tournament on Friday night.
Game 1 L, 5-4
GSW faced off against Mount Olive University in game one of the Southeast Regional Tournament.
The game was a pitcher's duel into the bottom of the fourth inning until Mount Olive recorded two hits scored one run and the Hurricanes committed an error.
Mount Olive scored four more runs and had a 5-0 lead heading into the ninth inning.
GSW fought back while getting their offense going George Davis singled to start the inning, Pual Hegeman walked and Chris Patterson reached on an error and Jake Blinstrub hit a sacrifice fly.
Miles Hartsfield hit a three-run home run to put the Canes within needing one run to tie the game but were unable to get the run they needed as they fell 5-4 to Mount Olive.
Davis recorded his second multi-hit game of the season he went 2-for-4 and scored a run. The Hurricanes were only able to record five hits in the game three came in the final inning.
PBC Pitcher of the year Nick McCollum battled and also struggled he tossed 7.2 innings allowed 12 hits, and gave up five earned runs as he finished the season with a record of 9-3.
In addition to Davis, Hartsfield, Patterson, and Cory Lee were the only Canes players to record a hit, while Hartsfield and Blinstrub were the only players that scored runs.
Game 2 L 6-5
Since GSW lost the first game against Mount Olive they faced off against top-seeded North Greenville University.
The game started rather unusually the Hurricanes scored three runs in the top of the first as Lee and Hartsfield walked, Kalvin Alexander per usual hit a three-run home run that gave the Canes the early 3-0 lead. A second-inning home run from Paul Hegeman put GSW in the driver's seat with a 4-0 lead against the top team in the region.
After four scoreless innings, North Greenville got on the board in the seventh inning thanks to a triple, and a sacrifice fly NGU was not going down without a fight.
A home run and a fielder's choice RBI added two runs to the board NGU cut the Canes lead to only one run.
GSW scored in the top of the ninth which they hoped would have been the dagger to the heart Davis reached on a fielder's choice to bring home Alexander which gave GSW the 5-3 lead, and the Canes were three outs away from avoiding a day one elimination.
NGU proved why they were the region's top-seeded team they recorded three consecutive hits the third hit was the game-winning walk-off home run as NGU came back to win despite trailing the entire game up until that point.
Hegeman had a great game as he recorded his third three-hit game of the season he went 3-for-4 with a home run.
Starting pitcher Rijnaldo Euson pitched well enough to win the game for the Canes and was the pitcher of record until the ninth inning collapse he got the no decision he finished the 2023 season with a 9-1 record.
This season was the best season GSW had since joining the NCAA in 2007 the players and coaches should be proud of the incredible season they had as they look to replicate or even succeed in expectations next season.