MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (March 28, 2007) --- The Milligan College baseball team swept a twi-night doubleheader with NCAA Div. III Maryville College by scores of 9-5 and 3-2 on Wednesday at Anglin Field.

The wins move the Buffs’ record to 15-16 overall and drops Maryville to 19-9.  Milligan remains 6-2 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC).

Game 1: Milligan 9 Maryville 5

The Buffs found themselves down by a score of 5-3 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, but used a six run frame that included a three-run Ricky Morgan (Johnson City, Tenn.) homer to grab the victory.

Cody Cannon (Elizabethton, Tenn.) went 2-for-4 in the game with a double and a run scored, Danny Bacon (St. Petersburg, Fla.) was 2-for-3 with a run scored and Justin Sauceman (Alcoa, Tenn.) went 2-for-3 with a walk and a first-inning homerun.

On the mound for the Buffs, Jeremy Dulgar (St. Cloud, Fla.) grabbed the win in relief for Milligan and Nathan Fritz (Kingsport, Tenn.) pitched a scoreless seventh protecting the lead.

Game 2: Milligan 3 Maryville 2

The Buffs used a strong starting performance on the mound from senior Stephen Jarrett (Gray, Tenn.) who went six innings scattering four hits and allowing two earned runs in the win.

Brett Seybert (Columbiana, Ohio) tossed a scoreless seventh inning to record the save.

At the plate for Milligan, Ben Huff (Bristol, Tenn.) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, while Brandon Murphy (Johnson City, Tenn.), Spencer Street (Jonesborough, Tenn.) and Bacon collected RBI.

Milligan will return to conference play on Saturday, March 31, in Bluefield, Va., against Bluefield College in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.