WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball dropped the first game of the day 11-5, but recovered to take the third and final game 8-1 and avoid the series sweep against Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday. After letting the first game get away from them, the Dawgs were able to piece together a quality start on the mound from Devin Ring and utilized timely hitting to walk away winners in the series finale.

The victory also snaps a seven-game losing streak, the longest winning drought of the season for the baseball team.

Up next will be a midweek non-conference affair against Oklahoma Christian on Tuesday at the Athletic Complex, with a first pitch of 3:00 pm in a single nine-inning game.

Game One

Arkansas-Monticello 11, SWOSU 5

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The Bulldogs led by scores of 2-0 and 4-3 through the first five innings, and ended the sixth knotted at 5-5 with UAM. SWOSU's bats would cool down, while the Weevils put up three run innings in the eighth and ninth innings to put the game out of reach.

Gunnar Cook got the start, giving up five runs in his outing (four earned) in 5.1 innings of work. Blake Gooden inherited two baserunners from Cook's in the sixth and allowed them both to score after an error in the outfield, and exited the mound without recording an out. Jeremy Smith (2.2 IP), Stephen Pagendarn (0.1 IP) and Garret Gaunt (0.2 IP) all made relief appearances in the later innings.

Offensively, Ruben Rodriguez and Jason Nichols each had two hits in the contest.

Game Two

SWOSU 8, Arkansas-Monticello 1

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Devin Ring (W, 2-3) pitched a three-hit, one run game for the Dawgs to allow the offense to get back in the dugout quickly. The bats came to life in a big way, as SWOSU scored runs in four of the seven innings and had four different players collect two hits in the game.

Joshua Santos, Daniel Richardson, Jason Nichols and Connor Anderson all had a pair of hits, and all but Anderson had at least two RBI.

Quintin Dougherty made a seventh-inning appearance in relief, facing one more than the minimum in his inning and inducing a double play to end the game.