Stillman wins SIAC title at Ozark's Eagle Stadium

MOST OUTSTANDING COACH
DONNY CRAWFORD
STILLMAN COLLEGE

OZARK, Alabama - On Saturday night, Stillman baseball coach Donny Crawford had planned to pitch someone other than Josh Cagle in Sunday’s Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament championship game.

Problem is, he had to break the news to Cagle – who had pitched a complete game on Thursday in Stillman’s first-round 3-2 victory over Benedict at Eagle Stadium.

“He kind of looked at me and said, ‘I want the ball,’” Crawford said.

So Crawford gave it to him. Again. And the left-hander gutted out a 7-2 victory over Paine College that extended the Tigers’ SIAC winning streak to 39 games and captured their fifth conference tournament title in the last six years.

“I had to find a way to get outs,” said Cagle (8-4), who gave up eight hits, while walking two and striking out three. “I didn’t have my best stuff today. I just had to battle through it and fight. … I did the same thing last year.”

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2012 SIAC BASEBALL CHAMPIONS
STILLMAN COLLEGE TIGERS
(PHOTO COURTESY STILLMAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS)
ROSTER

2012 SIAC Baseball All-Tournament Team

Corbin Williams, Albany State University
Eddie Mathis, Albany State University
Brett Bullard, Claflin University
Justin Bartley, Miles College
Darren Stokes, Paine College
Zachary Drummond, Paine College
Tyler Padgett, Paine College
Tyler Vails, Stillman College
Kameron McCreless, Stillman College
Dion Bryant, Stillman College

Tournament MVP: Josh Cagle, Stillman College

Most Outstanding Coach: Donny Crawford, Stillman College

Third Place: Albany State University

Runner-Up: Paine College