BRIDGEWATER, Va. - Bridgewater College clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming ODAC baseball tournament with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Guilford on Saturday afternoon. Bridgewater's two wins coupled with Hampden-Sydney's loss to Randolph-Macon in the second game of their doubleheader assured the Eagles of having the best record in the ODAC.

The Eagles scored eight runs in the second and coasted to a 12-2 win in the opener before turning back the Quakers 6-2 in the second game to complete the sweep.

Bridgewater scored twice in the bottom of the first to grab the lead in the opener. With one out, Devon Snow singled and Brett Howell walked. Andrew Hacker singled to score Snow and Howell scored on a sacrifice fly by Andy Chrismer for a 2-0 BC lead.

The Eagles took advantage of two costly Guilford errors in the second inning to score eight runs. Blake Stokely reached on an error to open the inning and Drew Elkins walked. Both runners then moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Alex Nuttycombe. With two outs, Stokely scored on a wild pitch for a 3-0 lead. Snow chased Elkins home with a single to center, making the score 4-0.

After Snow stole second and Howell walked, the Quakers went the bullpen with Adam Hart coming to the mound for starter Will Simpson. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch before Hacker singled to right to drive in two runs, making the score 6-0. Chrismer followed with a long two-run homer to left, making the score 8-0. Mitchell Edwards walked and Stokely doubled and both scored on another Guilford error, making the score 10-0.

The early cushion was plenty for BC starter Alex Foltz. Foltz went the distance on a four-hitter to improve to 6-1 on the season. He allowed two runs, both unearned, while striking out eight and walking one.

Hacker was 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the BC offense in the opener. Chrismer also knocked in three runs and Stokely was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and one RBI.

Game two settled into a pitcher's duel between BC's Casey Hartman and Guilford's Zach Daw.

The Eagles touched Daw for two runs in the third to grab the lead. Edwards reached on an error, moved to second on Nuttycombe's sacrifice bunt. Drew Easter walked before Snow doubled to left, scoring Edwards with the game's first run. Easter scored on Chrismer's slow roller to third as the Eagles grabbed a 2-0 lead.

The Quakers finally got to Hartman in the fifth. Ben Esser singled and scored on a double by Alex Starbuck, pulling Guilford to within one, 2-1.

The Eagles added a run in the sixth on a run-scoring single by Elkins, but the Quakers got the run back in the top of the seventh. Casey Mann singled and stole second and scored when Starbuck's single rolled past Easter in center field, making the score 3-2.

Bridgewater opened up some breathing room with three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Hacker led off with a single and scored on a triple by Chrismer to give BC a 4-2 lead. Jonathan Mason then singled through the drawn-in Quakers infield to score Chrismer to make it 5-2. The Eagles loaded the bases and Mason scored on Nuttycombe's groundout, giving the Eagles a 6-2 advantage.

Hartman pitched six innings to pick up the win. The lefty allowed six hits and one earned run while striking out six and walking four. Joseph Lucas allowed one earned run on three hits in his two solid innings of work and Elkins finished up with a hitless ninth.

Daw took the loss despite pitching a solid six innings. He allowed three runs, one earned, on eight hits. He struck out and walked just one.

Chrismer led the offense with a 3-for-4 effort. He drove in two runs and scored twice. Snow, Mason and Elkins added two hits each for the Eagles.

Bridgewater is now 19-16-1 overall and 14-3 in the ODAC. Guilford drops to 14-23 overall and 5-13 in the ODAC.

The Eagles wrap up their regular season Sunday when they travel to Lynchburg College. Game time is 2:00 p.m.