Prime-seeded UA-Wealthy Mountain held off a late South Arkansas rally to defeat the Stars, 14-13 in an elimination sport on the NJCAA Division II Plains District Match at David Allen Memorial Ballpark.
The sport didn’t finish till 1:30 a.m. Sunday, due to an hour and 40-minute climate delay from 10:11 to 11:51 a.m.
The Bucks (38-17) will face Murray State (32-24) at 1 p.m. Sunday within the losers bracket finals. The winner faces NOC Enid (29-30) within the championship spherical at 4.
If NOC Enid wins, the Jets are headed to the Division II World Sequence in two weeks at David Allen. If the Jets lose, a second championship can be performed at 3 p.m. Monday.
South Arkansas, down 13-9, lower the result in one on a grand slam by Gabe Spedale with no outs within the high of the ninth.
Bucks reliever Daegan Covington recovered to retire the following three batters on two strikeouts and a fly out. He fanned Fox Locke to finish the sport.
The Bucks, taking of 9 walks and a two-run homer by Jackson Baker, led 10-1 after two innings.
South Arkansas lower the led to 10-8 with two within the third and 5 within the fourth with the massive blow being a three-run homer by Ryan Riggs.
UA-Wealthy Mountain’s Ike Pelts got here in after Riggs’ homer and shut the Stars down till the eighth when Roc Hawthorne doubled dwelling Eli Lasyone, who had singled. Covington got here in to retire the following three batters to finish the menace.
The Bucks, after scoring within the sixth, obtained three insurance coverage runs within the eighth on the power of a handed ball and a two-RBI single by Eli Garrison.
South Arkansas, the No. 8 seed, finishes the season at 23-32.