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Updated
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Battling Bishops
and Eagles split
Senior Day
doubleheader
 Rocky
Mount, NC
- The Battling
Bishop baseball
team of North
Carolina
Wesleyan split
Sunday
afternoon’s
twinbill with
Mary Washington
at Bauer Field,
taking game one
10-3 before
falling in game
two by a 6-3
score. Prior to
game one, the
Bishops honored
their 2008
senior class:
Matt Smith,
Jason Webb, Ted
Williams, Chris
Pecora, and Kyle
Robertson (all
pictured).
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Wesleyan baseball falls in
USA South Tourney Championship
 Burlington,
NC - North
Carolina Wesleyan's baseball squad fell just short in its
bid for a second USA South Tournament Championship in the
last three years as the Bishops dropped two games to
Christopher Newport on Sunday. Having defeated Averett,
Greensboro, and Methodist to advance to the championship as
the lone remaining undefeated team, Wesleyan was two outs
away from an automatic bid to the NCAAs when CNU rallied to
take the game 4-3 in extras. The Captains went on to secure
the championship with a 12-3 win in game two.
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USA
South announces league baseball and softball awards
 Fayetteville,
NC - The USA South
Athletic Conference has announced its All-Conference awards
for baseball and softball with a total of 90
student-athletes garnering recognition. In baseball, regular
season runner-up North Carolina Wesleyan had eight players
receive accolades, highlighted by First Team selections Ben
Moore, Chris Pecora, and Matt Smith. On the women's side,
five Bishops were honored, including seniors Ashlee Bass and
Libby Fulford as First Team picks.
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Diamond Bishops split pair,
prepare for USA South Tourney
Bridgewater,
VA - The
Battling Bishop baseball team of North Carolina Wesleyan
split a pair of non-conference road games on Sunday and
Monday, downing York College by an 11-6 score and falling to
Bridgewater 5-1. The two contests served as the Bishops'
final tune-ups before entering this upcoming weekend's USA
South Tournament. Wesleyan will enter the tourney with a
24-11-1 overall record. more
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Smith breaks career hits
record, NCWC falls at Lynchburg 11-10
 Lynchburg,
VA
- Senior Matt Smith entered Friday afternoon's game at
Lynchburg College tied for first place on North Carolina
Wesleyan's career hits list. It did not take him long to
separate himself from his predecessors as he led off the
game with a single through the right side, the 252nd hit of
his stellar career. Smith (pictured) collected four more
hits on the day, going 5-for-6 with three runs scored and two
RBI. Unfortunately, it was not enough as the Bishops
(23-10-1) fell to the Hornets (23-7) in extra innings by an
11-10 score. The victory was Lynchburg's ninth straight.
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