Southeast Regional roundup: Landers rolls over Belmont Abbey
Second-seeded Lander remained in the winners bracket with an 11-4 thrashing of Belmont Abbey on Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional at Burger King Stadium.
The Bearcats (40-14) will face USC Aiken at noon Sunday. USC Aiken knocked off top-seeded Columbus State 8-5 in 10 innings earlier on Saturday.
First baseman Colby Lusignan hit a homer and drove in five runs to lead Lander Thomas Berry also had a homer and drove in two runs.
Sam Linn (5-2) started and went eight innings to pick up the win. He allowed just one run on five hits and a walk. he struck out nine.
Kevin Elefante provided all of the offense for Belmont Abbey as he doubled and drove in four runs.
Belmont Abbey (39-15-1) will play Tusculum at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in an elimination game. Tusculum lost to USC Aiken in the first game of the regional on Thursday.
Late Friday
Mount Olive 6, Catawba 4
In the only game played on a rainy Friday, Mount Olive knocked Catawba out of the regional with a 6-4 victory.
Catawba scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to tie Mount Olive at 4-4.
But Mount Olive scored two in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead for good. Zak Orrison stole home for the first run, and Brett Lang doubled in the other.
NCAA Southeast Regional
all games at Burger King Stadium
Seeding: 1. Columbus State. 2. Lander. 3. Belmont Abbey. 4. USC Aiken. 5. Tusculum. 6. Catawba. 7. Mount Olive.
Thursday
Game 1 — USC Aiken 2, Tusculum 1
Game 2 — Lander 6, Mount Olive 4
Game 3 — Belmont Abbey 6, Catawba 5, 12 innings
Friday
Game 4 — Mount Olive 6, Catawba 4, Catawba eliminated
Saturday
Game 5 — USC Aiken 8, Columbus State 5, 10 innings
Game 6 — Lander 11, Belmont Abbey 4
Game 7 — Columbus State vs. Mount Olive, 5 p.m.
Game 8 — Belmont Abbey vs. Tusculum, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday
Game 9 — USC Aiken vs. Lander, noon
Game 10 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 3:30 p.m.
Game 11 — Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 7 p.m.
Monday
Game 12 — Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, noon
Game 13 — if necessary, 3:30 p.m.
This story was originally published May 21, 2016 at 5:39 PM with the headline "Southeast Regional roundup: Landers rolls over Belmont Abbey."