DEMOREST, Ga. -- The Bridgewater College baseball team dropped a 7-1 contest to Piedmont on the final day of the Piedmont Spring Break Tournament at Loudermilk Field on Sunday.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Piedmont 7, Bridgewater 1
Records: Bridgewater 2-9; Piedmont 8-3

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lions manufactured a pair of runs in the first inning as Kolton Hicks singled and Carter Ballstadt walked. Both runners moved up a base on a fly out and scored on a Tyler Nelson two-out double to get Piedmont out in front 2-0.
• Hunter Clever walked to start off the second inning and took second on a single by Lucas Bauer. Clever was able to move to third on a passed ball before eventually scoring on a sac fly by Timothy Hopson to cut the lead to 2-1.
• Piedmont doubled its lead in the second on a Cole Ellis double that scored James Whitmer, 3-1. The Lions again scored a pair of runs in the third inning on a two-run single by Nathan Mix to give the home side a 5-1 lead. 
• The Lions tacked on insurance runs in the fifth and the six to get to the 7-1 final score.

GAME STATS

• Jeffrey Snider and Bauer each went 2-for-4 at the plate, while Jarret Biesecker, Brandan Hartman and Luke Tomajczyk all had a hit apiece.
• Connor Smith got the start and went 5.0 innings and allowed six runs on six hits with a pair of strikeouts. Tanner Ray pitched 1.2 innings of relief, while Evan Gagne and Nick Griffin also got in the game on the bump.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater heads home for a pair of games as the Eagles host Mary Baldwin on Tuesday, March 7 and No. 18 Christopher Newport on Wednesday.