BUTLER, PA- #4 Selma University defeated #10 Penn College 5-4 and will advance to play #5 Penn State Greater Allegheny in a rematch of each team's first game of the tournament, a 4-0 Selma victory. The winner of that game will earn at least a third-place finish in the 2013 Small College World Series.
Penn College's bats got off to another hot start early. Zachary Weil had an RBI single in the first inning before Selma starting pitcher Mason Minor with two on got Travis Hendershot to ground into a double-play to end the scoring threat. The Wildcats came back in the top of the third to score two unearned runs and take a 3-0 lead before the Bulldogs scored five unanswered runs to take a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
Selma responded with two runs in the bottom of the third on an RBI single from Lynn Lewis and an RBI double from Sabien Duplesis. Selma added another run the fourth on an RBI single from Robert Brown, and two more in the fifth on a double from Lewis who would then come around to score on an error later in the inning to cap their comeback.
Minor pitched seven innings for the Bulldogs, giving up only five hits and four runs (two earned). Lewis was 2-3 with two RBI's and made several great plays in the field to lead the Bulldogs in the win.
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