STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Baseball exacted some revenge on Sunday afternoon, battering UNC Asheville 14-0 to win the season's final non-conference weekend series. Daniel Collins worked six and a third shutout innings, tossing 100 pitches with eight strikeouts to improve to 2-0 on the year. Noah Ledford had a pair of solo home runs while Blake Evans was 4-for-5 on the day.

The win puts a bow on a seven game homestand where the Eagles went 4-3 including a win over No. 9 Georgia last weekend. Georgia Southern now sets out on the road for six-straight road games starting with Tuesday's visit to Georgia Tech starting at 6 p.m. on ACC Network +.

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Rodney Hennon
"I'm glad to see our team respond today after a tough game yesterday. I thought we got a good effort from Daniel Collins and we finally broke loose offensively. We've had some good hitters that got off to slow starts, what you're starting to see now is those guys are getting confidence and having success."

SCORING INNINGS
BOT 2nd | GS 2 - UNCA 0 | Two walks and some small ball put two runners in scoring position for the Eagles. Blake Evans drove both runners in with a single up the middle, ending a 0-for-15 start to the year against lefties to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead.
BOT 3rd | GS 3 - UNCA 0 | Tyler Martin got a one out single and was able to get into scoring position with some speed and some help. The senior stole second base and advanced to third on a wild throw down to second base. Martin scampered home on a wild pitch with two outs to increase the lead.
BOT 4th | GS 5 - UNCA 0 | A single and two walks loaded the bases in the fourth for Jason Swan. The sophomore lashed the third pitch from the game's first reliever to left, plating two runs and pushing the lead to 5-0 with all the runs coming with two outs.
BOT 5th | GS 6 - UNCA 0 | Noah Ledford opened the fifth inning with a first pitch bomb over the Blue Monster in right field.
BOT 7th | GS 14 - UNCA 0 | Ledford hit his second home run of the day in the seventh with a leadoff bomb for his third home run of the season. After a double by Nolan Tressler, Austin Thompson hit a two run home run off the top of the wall. A hit batter, double and a walk loaded the bases again, setting the table for Steven Curry to clear the bases with a double to the gap in left. Following the inning's first out on a fly ball, Martin hit his first home run of the year with a two-run job into the Herty Pines in left. The eight run frame was the biggest single inning total for the Eagles this season.

NOTES
- Daniel Collins got his second win of the season with a dominant day on the bump. Collins tossed six and a third innings of four hit, shutout ball. He struck out eight and walked two on his first 100 pitch outing with the Eagles.
- Blake Evans had the biggest day of his young collegiate career on Sunday, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs. The Eagle third baseman had three singles and a double in the game
- Georgia Southern's eight run seventh inning was notable because it was the first game in which the Eagles hit three home runs since May 7, 2017 when three Eagles hit home runs at Louisiana in an six run eighth inning. That day Evan McDonald led the inning off with a home run, followed two batters later by a solo bomb from Tyler Martin. Jordan Wren capped the frame with a two-run inside the park home run in the 9-1 win over the Cajuns.
- Noah Ledford showed his power on Sunday with a pair of home runs, the first two-home run day for an Eagle since Mason McWhorter hit a pair of bombs on April 3rd, 2018 against The Citadel. Ledford went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern opens a six-game road swing on Tuesday night at Georgia Tech. First pitch at Russ Chandler Stadium is set for 6 p.m. on ACC Network + and the Georgia Southern Sports Network. The Eagles open league play this weekend at UT Arlington.