SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Entering the afternoon with an opportunity to win another weekend series and capture the program's first series victory over a ranked opponent since 2023, USC Upstate baseball's quest fell short with a 14-7 decision in favor of No. 19 Troy Sunday at Cleveland S. Harley Park.
 
Heading the offense, a trio of Spartans recorded multi-hit efforts with redshirt sophomore centerfielder Scott Newman, sophomore shortstop Vance Sheahan, and redshirt freshman Henry Zenor registering two-hit games. Both of Zenor's hits went for extra bases, a pair of doubles, with Sheahan collecting the team's other extra-base hit with a two-run double, securing the team's lone multi-RBI game.
 
Complementing his multi-hit day, Newman swiped a pair of bags, his second career game with multiple steals. Sunday's game marked the sixth game of the year that Upstate has collected multiple stolen bases as a team.
 
Game Information
Score: No. 19 Troy 14; USC Upstate 7
Records: USC Upstate (7-7; 0-0 Big South); Troy (13-3; 0-0 Sun Belt)
Location: Cleveland S. Harley Park | Spartanburg, S.C.
 
How It Happened

• T1: Seeing the first four hitters of the game reach base, Troy plated four first-inning runs. Blake Cavill and Brooks Bryan produced back-to-back RBI singles before Jimmy Janicki drove in two with a single later in the inning.
• B1: Getting a run back, Upstate notched its first run as Scott Newman came home as the Trojans traded a run for two outs with runners on the corners.
• T2: Troy answered Upstate's first-inning run with a pair in the next half-inning, getting RBI from Bryan and Harrison Bowman.
• T3: Taking advantage of a pair of Spartan errors, the Trojans added another via a sacrifice fly from Steven Meier.
• B4: Cutting into the Trojan lead, Upstate hung a pair on the scoreboard in the fourth. Henry Zenor split the right-center gap with a double, chasing home Jake Armsey from second before being driven home by Preston Lucas later in the inning on a groundout to short.
• T5: Answering the Spartans' runs, Troy scratched a pair behind a two-run single from Sean Darnell.
• B6: Adding another tally, Upstate used another RBI groundout, this one from Cayden Wotipka, to plate a run.
• T7: The Trojans got their run back in the top of the seventh behind a solo homer to right from Meier.
• T9: Taking advantage of multiple Upstate errors, Troy tacked on four runs to its advantage in the ninth, scoring runs off an HBP, error, and walk with the bases loaded, adding a sac fly to cap the Trojan scoring.
• B9: Wrapping the day's scoring Scott Newman and Vance Sheahan combined to drive home three runs. Newman began the scoring with an RBI single through the right side before Sheahan ripped a two-run double inside the third base bag.

 
Up Next for the Spartans
Facing a pair of midweek contests to begin a five-game week for the first time during the 2025 campaign, USC Upstate hits the road for a pair at Stetson. The Spartans and Hatters face off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday before wrapping the midweek series Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.
 
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