MILTON, Fl. – Atlantis University broke a tie in the fifth inning and held on to defeat Virginia State University 4-3 in Friday’s NSAC Baseball Tournament elimination game.

Atlantis opened the scoring in the first when Adrian Astudillo doubled home a run. Virginia State answered in the third on Luka Gilliam’s RBI single to tie the game at 1-1.

AU regained the lead later in the third as Romel Guerrero singled and Enrique Lopez doubled, each driving in a run to make it 3-1. The Trojans responded in the fifth, tying the game at 3-3 on Jaquan Tucker’s RBI single.

The Atlanteans took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning when Damarian Chung drove in the go-ahead run on a lineout.

Matthew Lopez earned the win, allowing three runs on six hits over seven innings while striking out five. Gavin Stevens took the loss.

Atlantis collected 10 hits, with Guerrero, Astudillo and Jose Ruiz each recording two. Tucker drove in two runs for Virginia State.

Tournament games 5 and 6 scheduled for Friday were moved to Saturday morning due to the threat of inclement weather. Play resumes at 9:00 am Central time. Mid-Atlantic Christian and Lighthouse will meet in the day’s first game, followed by Atlantis and Millennia Atlantic in an elimination game at 11:30 am.

SATURDAY, MAY 2

Game 5 – 9:00 AM
Mid-Atlantic Christian vs Lighthouse Christian

Game 6 – 11:30 AM (Elimination Game)
Millennia Atlantic vs. Atlantis

Game 7 – 2:00 PM (Elimination Game)
Loser Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6

Game 8 – 4:30 PM (Championship Game)
Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7

Game 9 – 7:00 PM (If Necessary)
Same teams as Game 8

All games are played at East Milton Park, 8680 Randy Brown Road, Milton Florida and streamed live here.