University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Sunday, April 12
Farmville, VA
1 PM
UNC Asheville
16-20, 0
7
at
5
Longwood
21-15, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Asheville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Longwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Smith's Complete Game Powers Bulldogs Past Longwood in Series Finale
04.12.2026 | Baseball
FARMVILLE, Va. - UNC Asheville Baseball used a complete game effort from Cooper Smith to power past Longwood 7-5 in the Big South Conference series finale on Sunday (Apr. 12).
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Longwood struck first with one run in the second inning after a scoreless first, before Asheville scratched across the tying run in the third when Jake Pereira doubled to left field to score Eric Krumpe. After holding the Lancers off the board in the home half, Asheville took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth when Jake Minarik blasted his fifth home run of the season to left. The teams would continue to trade blows over the next three innings, with Longwood answering in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at two. Each team would score two runs in the fifth and one run in the sixth to leave the game tied 5-5 heading to the seventh. Pereira was hit by a pitch to lead off the fifth, before Logan Lowe advanced him to second with a sacrifice bunt. Blaize Johnson was intentionally walked, before Patrick Gillen singled through the right side to bring Pereira around to score and move Johnson to third. After a Longwood pitching change, Minarik lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score Johnson and put the Bulldogs up 4-2. After Longwood knotted the game up yet again with two runs in the home half of the fifth, Asheville would take a 5-4 lead when Pereira slashed a single up the middle to score Tyler Parks. After Longwood would again score to tie the game 5-5, Asheville would one in the seventh and one in the eighth to give Smith all the cushion he would need to secure the victory. Parks would score Johnson on a RBI single to right in the seventh, before Johnson would score Pereira on a RBI single to left. Smith would hang up three scoreless frames to end the game and give the Bulldogs the win.
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Pereira paced the offense with a 3-3 day with two RBI and two runs scored, while Krumpe added two hits and Lowe, Johnson, Gillen, Minarik, Parks and Coleman McGinnis each had one hit in the game. Minarik also drove in two runs in the game, while Johnson, Gillen and Parks each drove in one. Johnson also scored twice in the game, while Minarik, Parks and Krumpe each scored once. Johnson also stole two bases in the game. Smith (2-3) registered the complete game effort allowing five runs, three earned on eight hits with just one walk and five strikeouts on 129 pitches.
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The Bulldogs return to action on Tuesday (Apr. 14) at national power Tennessee. First pitch is set for 6:00 p.m. from Knoxville, Tenn. with video, live stats and tickets available at www.uncabulldogs.com. Â
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Longwood struck first with one run in the second inning after a scoreless first, before Asheville scratched across the tying run in the third when Jake Pereira doubled to left field to score Eric Krumpe. After holding the Lancers off the board in the home half, Asheville took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth when Jake Minarik blasted his fifth home run of the season to left. The teams would continue to trade blows over the next three innings, with Longwood answering in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at two. Each team would score two runs in the fifth and one run in the sixth to leave the game tied 5-5 heading to the seventh. Pereira was hit by a pitch to lead off the fifth, before Logan Lowe advanced him to second with a sacrifice bunt. Blaize Johnson was intentionally walked, before Patrick Gillen singled through the right side to bring Pereira around to score and move Johnson to third. After a Longwood pitching change, Minarik lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score Johnson and put the Bulldogs up 4-2. After Longwood knotted the game up yet again with two runs in the home half of the fifth, Asheville would take a 5-4 lead when Pereira slashed a single up the middle to score Tyler Parks. After Longwood would again score to tie the game 5-5, Asheville would one in the seventh and one in the eighth to give Smith all the cushion he would need to secure the victory. Parks would score Johnson on a RBI single to right in the seventh, before Johnson would score Pereira on a RBI single to left. Smith would hang up three scoreless frames to end the game and give the Bulldogs the win.
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Pereira paced the offense with a 3-3 day with two RBI and two runs scored, while Krumpe added two hits and Lowe, Johnson, Gillen, Minarik, Parks and Coleman McGinnis each had one hit in the game. Minarik also drove in two runs in the game, while Johnson, Gillen and Parks each drove in one. Johnson also scored twice in the game, while Minarik, Parks and Krumpe each scored once. Johnson also stole two bases in the game. Smith (2-3) registered the complete game effort allowing five runs, three earned on eight hits with just one walk and five strikeouts on 129 pitches.
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The Bulldogs return to action on Tuesday (Apr. 14) at national power Tennessee. First pitch is set for 6:00 p.m. from Knoxville, Tenn. with video, live stats and tickets available at www.uncabulldogs.com. Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, Cooper (2-3)
L: FREEMAN, Cam (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Pereira, Jake 1
HR: Minarik, Jake 1
RBI: Johnson, Blaize 1 ; Gillen, Patrick 1 ; Minarik, Jake 2 ; Parks, Tyler 1 ; Pereira, Jake 2
SH: Lowe, Logan 2 ; Gillen, Patrick 1 ; McGinnis, Coleman 1
SF: Minarik, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Blaize 2 ; Minarik, Jake 1 ; Parks, Tyler 1 ; Krumpe, Eric 1 ; Pereira, Jake 2
SB: Johnson, Blaize 2
CS: Gillen, Patrick 1
HBP: Minarik, Jake 1 ; Pereira, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: HOWARD, Jon 1 ; PULLIAM, Ben 2
RBI: HOWARD, Jon 1 ; NASH, Jayson 1 ; YEATTS, Bentley 2
SH: LAWSON, Max 1
SF: NASH, Jayson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CARTER, Jae'den 1 ; PULLIAM, Ben 2 ; KEELS, Tre 1 ; LAWSON, Max 1
SB: PULLIAM, Ben 1
HBP: MCMULLAN, Jack 1
PO: YEATTS, Bentley 1
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AB
2
R
2
H
1
RBI
1
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