COLUMBUS, Miss. – Owls baseball defeats Tougaloo College, 8-4, in a Good Friday afternoon game at Columbus High School Baseball Field. With the weekend victory, the No. 2 ranked W improves to 13-3 on the season.

Returning to the mound after an extended time off due to injury, senior Drew Williams pitched 3.0 innings for his second win of the season. He faced nine batters for two hits against, one earned run, one walk, and one strikeout.

John David Topik entered in the fourth to close the game and receive the save. Topik pitched 4.0 innings for five hits against, three earned runs, and three strikeouts.
Both teams were silent in the first inning, but in the bottom of the second, the Owls score six runs for the 6-0 advantage. Tougaloo answered in the top of the third with one run, while The W added one of its own.

The Owls scored their last run in the bottom of the fourth, and the Bulldogs rallied for three runs in the sixth to close the game at 8-4.

Logan Suggs led the Owls offense with two at-bats, two runs, two hits (one home run), and three RBIs. Matthew Bumpous added one hit and two RBIs to the effort, while Trey Petite, Blake Estabrooke, Hunter Harper, and Reese Wagner gave one RBI each.

Coach Wolf's Thoughts
"The guys did well today. We hit pretty well and played pretty good defense. They capitalized on some of our mistakes, but we played well enough to overcome them. Logan Suggs had a good day defensively with a diving play up the middle and offensively with a home run that woke us up. I'm also proud of John David Topik for coming in to pitch in the 4^th inning and finishing the game for us."

The Owls baseball team will be back in action when they travel to Holly Springs, Miss., to take on Rust College tomorrow, Saturday, April 3. The first pitch for the doubleheader is set for noon.