BELTON, Texas – Pitching a complete game shutout for no. 5 East Texas Baptist University, Jagger Neely went nine innings recording eight strikeouts holding down no. 20 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 5-0. This is the fifth win this season for ETBU over a ranked opponent and are now 16-5 overall and 7-0 in the ASC.
 
Neely completed the nine-inning game giving up just seven hits and one walk in 33 batters faced. He retired the side in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings with four of his strikeouts coming during those final three innings. Only in the first and second inning did UMHB have runners make it to second base. After that, no Crusader was ever in scoring position.
 
Dylan Burnaman went 4-for-4 with two runs scored to lead the team in hits. Connor Massimini added two hits and one RBI. Jacob Evangelista then had two RBI.
 
ETBU went up early with three runs in the second inning. Burnaman's single in the inning turned into a throwing error that allowed Hunter Rumachik to score from second base. Evangelista then stepped hitting into a ground out but that allowed Jacob Newland to come in for a 2-0 lead. Massimini then doubled in Burnaman making it 3-0.
 
Five innings went by before ETBU added a run in the eighth inning when Brett Wagner stole home. In the ninth inning, Evangelista doubled in Burnaman for the 5-0 lead.
 
ETBU will play a double header on Saturday starting at 12:00 p.m. in Belton.