DAHLONEGA - The No. 24 University of North Georgia baseball team scored in seven of their eight innings in the batter's box as the Nighthawks took down Southern Wesleyan, 16-6, Tuesday evening at Bob Stein Stadium at Lynn Cottrell Park.

North Georgia got started in the first inning, scoring on a Warrior error and wild pitch to take a 2-0 lead. After SWU scored five in the top of the second, the Nighthawks scored five of their own in the bottom of the second on a balk, a Bill LeRoy RBI single, a Brady Eeles RBI single and a Will Hardigree RBI double.

Nik Levensteins got in on the fun in the third with a RBI single before a three-run blast from Hardigree gave North Georgia an 11-5 lead through three innings. The Warriors scratched across their final run in the fourth on a RBI single, but North Georgia got it back in the bottom of the inning on an Andres Perez sacrifice fly. A Levensteins solo homer in the fifth, a RBI groundout in the seventh and a Levensteins sacrifice fly and a Warrior wild pitch in the eighth rounded out the scoring.

NOTES
- Eeles went 5-for-5 on the day, marking the first five-hit game since Chase Sudduth's 5-for-5 day against Emmanuel on March 6, 2019. Eeles finished with three runs scored and a RBI, while his five hit game was the 14th in program history.

- Beau Jones earned his first win of the year, going 2.1 innings in relief and allowing a single run off three hits while fanning three.

- The Warriors sent 16 different players to the plate over the course of the game.

NEXT UP
North Georgia heads over Blood Mountain to take on Young Harris this weekend, starting Friday at 6 p.m.