BOX SCORE

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Liberty University baseball team pounded out 17 hits Monday afternoon en route to a 12-10 victory against the University of Charleston in a scheduled 9-inning game at Triana Field.

Coach Bo McConnaughy's Hilltoppers (4-9) obliterated an early 5-3 deficit by scoring 8 runs on 8 hits in a third-inning uprising.

Charleston closed the gap to 12-10 heading into the seventh inning but West Liberty reliever Mike Reef came in to slam the door on the Golden Eagles (4-8), blanking the hosts without a hit over the final three frames to earn the save. 

Freshman outfielder Mike Johnson had another big day at the plate for WLU, raking the UC mound staff for three singles and a double, while Andrew Henry drove in three runs with a pair of singles.

Derek Daugherty, Scott Castilow and Jim Sams all checked in with two singles and an RBI while Trent Chapman and Zane Madden each collected a single and drove in a run.

The Hilltoppers travel to Bluefield State for a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Tuesday.

BASEBALL

West Liberty 12, Charleston 10

West Liberty 038 001 000 - 12 17  1

Charleston 231 004 000 - 10 13  2

WL: Stewart (1SO, 1W), Hapney wp (2) (1SO, 3W), Shyosky (6) (0SO, 1W), Reef (7) (2SO, 0W) and D.Daugherty. M.Johnson D, 3S, rbi; Koontz 3S, 2rbi; Henry 2S, 3rbi; Sams 2S, rbi; D.Daugherty 2S, rbi; Castilow 2S, rbi; Chapman S, rbi; Madden S, rbi

UC: Cohen lp (0SO, 1W), Austin (3) (0SO, 2W), Lakatos (8) (0SO, 0W), Turnipseed (9) (1SO, 0W) and Molina. Molina HR, D, 5rbi; Hooper 2S, 2rbi