WINGATE, N.C. – The Lincoln Memorial baseball team toppled No. 2 seed Wingate 17-6 Sunday night at Ron Christopher Field to advance to the South Atlantic Conference championship series.
 
The No. 6 seed Railsplitters (30-16) rode 4-hit games from Chris Hall, Carson Boles and Jared Hancock to beat the Bulldogs (32-18) for the 2^nd time in as many days and win the pod hosted by Wingate. Lincoln Memorial will play No. 1 seed Newberry on Sunday, May 7 at 4 p.m. in the opener of the championship series.
 
Lincoln Memorial never trailed after scoring 4 runs in the 1^st inning, but the Bulldogs cut the deficit to 5-4 after the 3^rd inning. The Railsplitters scored the next 11 runs unanswered, including 7 in the 8^th inning, to put the game away.
 
In addition to Boles and Hancock, Ryan Kurth and Mitch Petzelt hit homeruns to jumpstart the Lincoln Memorial offense. Boles (4 RBI), Hancock (3) and Kurth (3) plated the most runs for the Railsplitters.
 
Eli Edds (6-3) was credited with the win after tossing 4.1 innings and striking out 5, while Wingate's Collin McDougall (2-2) suffered the loss after giving up 4 runs in 1.1 innings of work.

The Railsplitters will be looking for their 1^st SAC Tournament title since 2018 when they take on the Wolves in a best-of-3 series at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tenn.