Cats win game #1 over Samford

Top-seeded Western Carolina slammed five home runs on the way to a 13-7 win over the Samford Bulldogs in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament Wednesday afternoon at Fluor Field. 

With the win, the Cats improved to 39-17 on the season. The Catamounts will now play the winner of Wednesday's game #1, the fourth seeded the Citadel on Thursday evening (either 5 or 8:30 depending on the outcome of the Furman game).

Jeremy Null (9-2) pitched 7 complete innings for the Cats, giving up only three runs, on eight hits to earn the victory for the Catamounts. Relief pitchers Jonathan Waszak and Tyler Powell combined to pitch the final two innings to close the game for the regular season champion Catamounts.

Aaron Attaway went 4-for-5 with a home run and  batted in three RBIs, Tyler White hit two home runs and earned four RBIs.  Julian Ridings went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs, along with Adam Martin's 2-for-5, a home run and three RBIs.

With today's 5 home-runs, the Catamounts took the lead nationally in home runs in the season.

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