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Campbell defeats Norfolk State 14-9

NORFOLK, VA. - Campbell scored 14 runs off 18 hits to down Norfolk State 14-9 Tuesday night in non-conference baseball action at Marty L. Miller Field.

Campbell (26-23) jumped ahead in the first inning as Chris Bangi continued his streak of reaching safe in every game this season as the senior slapped a single to right field. Bangi later scored on an error by NSU third baseman Chris Joyce.

Norfolk State (19-24-1) answered with a run in the bottom half of the frame on John Lynch's RBI single.

A trio of doubles by Zach Johnson, Kevin Nelson and Bangi pushed the Camels to a 3-1 advantage after two.

The lead was extended in the third as Johnson lifted a home run to left field that scored Alex Aycoth. The round tripper was the eighth on the year for Johnson and marked the first dinger to be hit by a visiting team all year at Marty L. Miller Field.

Norfolk State pulled closer as Lynch sent a sacrifice fly to left field that scored Chris Warren and Brandon Hairston slammed a two-run homer to right field to bring the Spartans to within a run at 5-4 in the third.

However, consecutive RBI doubles by Ellis Lowe and Alan Denman extended the Campbell lead to 7-4 before Aycoth sent a sacrifice fly to push the lead to 8-4 in the top of the 4th.

The fifth NSU run was brought across by Drew Suttmiller as the senior sent an RBI double down the left field line to bring around Sammy Serafine to score.

Hits kept coming for the Camels as Bangi collected his third hit and his third RBI on the evening to push Campbell to a 10-5 advantage. Lowe followed with his nation-leading 29th double on the year to tie the school single season record for two-baggers. Aycoth followed once again with a sacrifice fly.

Blake Boyce's two-run single pushed the Camel margin to a 14-6 in the eighth.

Jonathan Lopez, who entered the game in the start of the fifth, pitched three innings of scoreless relief while allowing just three hits to earn the victory in relief and improve his record to 3-0 on the season.

In the eighth NSU was able to get to a trio of runs following a two RBI single through the right side from Chris Joyce and an RBI triple to left field from Lynch to pull to a 14-9 score.

Another milestone was reached in the ninth as Aycoth stole second base -- the 117th theft for the Camels in 2010 -- and tied the single season team record set in 2009.

Both Hampton Roads products saw action as Boyce (Virginia Beach, Va. / First Colonial HS) finished the evening going 2-for-4 with two RBI and Ryan Mattes (Virginia Beach, Va. / Cox HS) pitched the eighth inning.

For Campbell the offense was evenly distributed as Bangi, Lowe, Denman, Boyce and Kevin Nelson all registered multiple hits and multiple RBI.

The loss for Norfolk State was charged to Chase Davenport (4-4) who lasted four innings while giving up eight runs (seven earned) off of ten hits.

Campbell will head to Nashville to face conference rival Belmont in a three game conference set starting on Friday. The series will feature a single game at 7:00 p.m. (CDT) on Friday and a doubleheader to follow on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. All three games will be played on the campus of Lipscomb University, due to scheduling conflicts at Shelby Park.

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Players Mentioned

Alex Aycoth

#30 Alex Aycoth

INF
6' 3"
Senior
Chris Bangi

#15 Chris Bangi

INF
5' 9"
Senior
Blake Boyce

#32 Blake Boyce

C
6' 4"
Freshman
Alan Denman

#23 Alan Denman

INF/OF
6' 3"
Junior
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

OF
6' 1"
Senior
Jonathan Lopez

#34 Jonathan Lopez

LHP
6' 0"
Senior
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

INF
6' 1"
Junior
Ryan Mattes

#35 Ryan Mattes

RHP
6' 6"
Freshman
Kevin Nelson

#1 Kevin Nelson

INF
5' 8"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Alex Aycoth

#30 Alex Aycoth

6' 3"
Senior
INF
Chris Bangi

#15 Chris Bangi

5' 9"
Senior
INF
Blake Boyce

#32 Blake Boyce

6' 4"
Freshman
C
Alan Denman

#23 Alan Denman

6' 3"
Junior
INF/OF
Zach Johnson

#4 Zach Johnson

6' 1"
Senior
OF
Jonathan Lopez

#34 Jonathan Lopez

6' 0"
Senior
LHP
Ellis Lowe

#8 Ellis Lowe

6' 1"
Junior
INF
Ryan Mattes

#35 Ryan Mattes

6' 6"
Freshman
RHP
Kevin Nelson

#1 Kevin Nelson

5' 8"
Senior
INF