FERRUM, Va. -- Garrett Pancione went 4-5 at the plate with a double, two runs and five RBI to lift Ferrum College to a 12-7 non-conference baseball win over Emory & Henry University this afternoon at Panther Field.

RECORDS
Ferrum 3-6
Emory & Henry 4-8

THE BASICS
Ferrum got three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-1 lead. Emory & Henry struck for four runs in third inning, then picked up a run in the fourth to go out in front 6-3. Ferrum pushed two runs across the plate in the bottom of the fourth to trim the lead to 6-4.

The Panthers exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, including two on Pancione's RBI single to center field, and Ferrum held the lead from there, then added a pair of runs in the seventh inning,

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Pancione 4-5, 2B, 2 runs, 5 RBI: Tyler Mason 40-4, 4 runs; RP Nathan Mecke (W, 1-0) 1 inn, 2 hits, 0 runs
Ferrum (3-6). Jaret Hoppes went 3-4 with four runs and a stolen base for the Wasps (4-8).

UP NEXT
Coach Eric Owens' team will back in action Friday and Saturday, February 27-28, at home against #18 Belmont Abbey College. The three-game Conference Carolinas series starts Friday with a single game at 3:00 p.m. The two teams will then play a doubleheader Saturday starting at noon.