CONWAY, Ark. – The Lipscomb University baseball team picked up a 17-4 win over the University of Central Arkansas in the opening game of a Monday doubleheader from Bear Stadium, but the Bears secured the series win with a 14-11 score in the night cap. 

Final Score (Game 1): Lipscomb 17, Central Arkansas 4 (8 innings)
Final Score (Game 2): Central Arkansas 14, Lipscomb 11
Location: Conway, Arkansas (Bear Stadium)
Records: Lipscomb (12-18, 6-6), Central Arkansas (12-18, 6-6)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 1
The Bisons scored in every inning except the seventh, starting with Parks Bouck crossing the plate in the first inning to get the visitors on the board. 

UCA cashed in a lead off walk with an RBI double by Nathan Negre to quickly even the score at a run apiece. 

In the second and third, the Bisons added three runs apiece to swell the lead to 7-2. 

Lipscomb tacked on two runs with a Damion Kenealy Jr. single in the fourth. In the fifth, Aaron Stelogeannis hit his first home run in a Bisons uniform to lead 10-2.

After a Preston Curtis home run to make it 10-4 through five, Stelogeannis came through again in the sixth with a base hit through the right side to bring home Corey Boyette. 

Leading 11-4, Lipscomb put the game away with a six-run eighth to run-rule the Bears. Jake Berg and Parks Bouck posted back-to-back two-RBI knocks. 

HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 2
In the nightcap, it was a marathon that lasted nearly four hours. Down 1-0 in the third, Jake Berg hit the first of two home runs for the Bisons as he launched his first long ball of the season. 

Later, down 3-2 in the fourth, Jacob Tobias recorded his second home run of the season to even the game at three runs apiece, but we were just getting started. 

David Coppedge gave the Bisons the lead again with his fielder's choice bunt RBI in the fifth. 

However, UCA scored three in the bottom half of the frame to reclaim the lead, 6-4. 

The see-saw battle continued into the sixth. After a double play, the bats went to work for the Bisons. Three straight singles by Brady Miller, Berg and an RBI knock by Parks Bouck cut the deficit to 6-5. 

Following a hit by pitch during Coppedge's plate appearance, Kai Holm delivered a two-run single to make it a 7-6 lead and give the Bisons their third lead of the game. 

Next up, Ryan Austin added an insurance run with his pinch hit single to score Coppedge. 

UCA took advantage of two walks in the bottom of the sixth, as they both came in on an RBI double to put us even again at eight runs each, going into the final innings. 

Lipscomb tacked on a run in the seventh on a Berg sac bunt retake the lead, 9-8, but a three-run home run by Zeb Allen gave the Bears the lead for good. 

Lipscomb added two runs in the eighth to make it a 12-11 deficit, but a two-run single by Central Arkansas in the bottom of the eighth was enough to hold off the final rally to win the game and take the series. 

KEY STATISTICS
In game one, five Bisons recorded multi-hit games, including three players with four-hit performances: Aaron Stelogeannis, Parks Bouck and David Coppedge. 

Eight of the nine in the starting lineup drove in a run, led by Damion Kenealy Jr. and Stelogeannis with three RBI each. 

In game two, after Brady Miller couldn't register a hit in the opener, he posted a 4-for-6 effort. 

Jake Berg added three RBI and two hits for the Bisons in the final game of the series. 

HERD NOTES
The 17 runs in game one matched the season high for the Bisons. 

UP NEXT
Lipscomb will next head to Tennessee Tech on Wednesday night for a 6 p.m. first pitch from Cookeville.