HIGH POINT, N.C. – While battling adversity throughout the day, including an early deficit and extra innings, USC Upstate baseball remained poised as it battled back to earn a series sweep over High Point with an 8-6 extra-inning victory in Sunday's series finale.
 
Trailing for the first time in the series as High Point jumped out in the first with a pair of solo homers, the Spartans kept fighting, scratching for a run in the third as redshirt junior rightfielder Daniel Gernon ripped a double inside the third base bag. Upstate took the lead with a four-spot in the sixth before seeing the game go back and forth in the final frames, ultimately, sending the game to extras.
 
With one out in the 10^th, Upstate used five straight hits to break the tie and take the lead, scoring three runs in the inning. Redshirt junior Troy Hamilton got the scoring started with a two-run single through the left side before redshirt junior first baseman Grant Sherrod drove in an insurance run with a single to center. Tossing the ninth and tenth innings, redshirt sophomore right-hander Jake Cubbler slammed the door to earn the win for the Spartans.
 
Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 8; High Point 6
Records: USC Upstate (16-9; 3-0 Big South); High Point (7-16; 1-5 Big South)
Location: Williard Stadium | High Point, N.C.
   
Scoring Summary

• B1: Striking first, High Point got on the board with a pair of solo homers coming from Brett Ahalt and Cael Chatham.
• T3: Getting back one of the runs and cutting the deficit, Upstate scored using a pair of doubles as Daniel Gernon ripped a double inside the third base bag to score Kyle Henington from second.
• T6: With two outs in the inning, the Spartans tied the game as David Pereira singled back through the middle to bring in Easton Cullison. Upstate took the lead as a throwing error brought home two more runs with Troy Hamilton adding a third with a single back through the box.
• B6: Trailing by three, High Point pulled within one on Blake Sutton's two-run home run.
• B8: The Panthers tied the game with another solo homer in the eighth with Javon Fields hitting the home run.
• T10: Using five straight one-out hits, Upstate pushed across three runs in the tenth to take the lead. Hamilton drove home the first two as he laced a single through the left side, scoring Braxton Boddorf and Henington. Grant Sherrod added an insurance run with a single to center to drive home Cole Caruso.
• B10: High Point cut into the lead with an RBI single to right from Chatham.

 
Notable

• With its win Sunday, Upstate has swept each of its Big South-opening series under head coach Mike McGuire. The Spartans swept Radford in 2021, Presbyterian in 2022, and High Point in 2023.
• Winning in extras, the Spartans played their first extra-inning contest since April 19, 2022, against College of Charleston. The victory snapped a two-game extra-inning game losing streak with the last extra-inning win coming on April 3, 2021, versus Radford.
• After saving Saturday's victory for the Spartans, Jake Cubbler earned the victory for the Spartans Sunday, earning a decision in consecutive games. He improves to 2-0 on the season with one save.

 
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