WSSU wins third-straight CIAA baseball title

PETERSBURG, Va. —Tyler Hickernell pitched eight strong innings and drove in two runs to help Winston-Salem State beat Chowan 9-1 on Saturday to win the CIAA baseball championship for the third consecutive season.

WSSU clinched a spot in next month’s NCAA Division II regionals by winning the conference title.

Hickernell (7-4), a senior from Thomasville, gave up just one run on six hits. He walked two and struck out five. He also went 2 for 4 with a double at the plate.

The Rams (37-9) scored three runs in the bottom of the first. Chowan scored its only run in the top of the fourth, but WSSU pulled away with two runs in the fifth and four more runs in the sixth.

First baseman Aaron Jones went 4 for 5 with a double, three runs and an RBI for WSSU. Travis Moore and Paco Martin added two hits each for the Rams.

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