Mahoney leads High Point to upset win over Winthrop

High Point won its second straight game at the Big South tournament as the Panthers upset No. 2 Winthrop, 7-4.

Sophomore Kyle Mahoney was 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs to lead High Point to the victory.

McDade drives in 3 for MTSU

Junior Blake McDade had a big day at the Sun Belt tournament to help lead Middle Tennessee State to a victory over Florida Atlantic in the tournament opener.

McDade was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs for the Blue Raiders.

Huffer earns postseason honors

Concord junior Donovan Huffer has received several postseason honors on the diamond.

Huffer was named to the All-WVIAC first team as a utiltity player. He lead the Mountain Lions in hitting with a .439 average and doubles with 16. He ranked third in the conference in batting average and second in both hits and runs scored. Huffer was also 6-2 on the mound with a 3.50 ERA. He ranked second in the conference in innings pitched and fourth in strikeouts.

Huffer was also named to the Daktronics All-Atlantic Region first team (picked by the region's sports information directors) and the Rawlings/ABCA All-Atlantic Region first team (picked by the region's coaches.

He is now eligible for the ABCA Division II All-American team to be released Friday, May 22.

Braves earn all-conference honors

Several former Staunton Braves and one 2009 signee have earned all-conference honors this season.

JMU outfielder Matt Townsend (2008 Brave) was named to the All-CAA first team and his Dukes teammate, Matt Browning (2008 Brave) was selected to the All-CAA second team.

Old Dominion outfield Max Most (2008 Brave pictued at right) was named to the All-CAA third team.

Rider's Jamie Hayes (2007 Brave) was named to the All-MAAC second team and Aaron Crittenden (2007 Brave) was named to the All-Atlantic Sun second team.

South Florida freshman Todd Brazeal, who has signed to play with the Braves this summer, was named to the All-Big East third team.

Huffer leads Concord to sweep over Shepherd

Donovan Huffer helped lead the Concord Mountain Lions to a three-game sweep over conference rival Shepherd.

In the first game of a doubleheader, Huffer went 1-for-4 and in Game 2 of the twinbill he hit and pitched Concord to the win. Huffer was 2-for-4 at the plate with a double, a homer and three RBIs. On the mound, he pitched a seven-inning complete game in the 6-5 victory.

Huffer finished off the series with a 3-for-5 effort at the plate with a run scored and one run batted in. Concord finished off the sweep with a 5-4 win.

Duffy snaps out of slump in a big way

Central Florida outfielder Chris Duffy snapped out of a recent slump with two big offensive games in a pair of wins over Memphis.

Duffy went 3-for-6 with a double, triple and five RBIs in Game 2 of the series against Memphis, a 12-7 win for the Golden Knights.

In the third game of the series, Duffy was part of an amazing ninth-inning rally as UCF defeated the Tigers, 5-3. Trailing 3-0 with two outs and nobody on, Kiko Vazquez put the Golden Knights on the board with a solo homer. After a single by D.J. Hicks, Duffy belted a two-run homer to tie the score. After another single, Colin Arnold belted UCF's third homer of the inning to complete the 5-3 comeback victory. Duffy finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Swenson hurls complete game for Penguins

Youngstown State righthander Aaron Swenson turned in a dominating performance this past weekend to lead the Penguins to a 6-1 victory over Butler.

Swenson pitched a complete game, limiting Butler to five hits. He struck out 10 batters and walked just two.