Eastern Kentucky at West Virginia

                EKU Downs WVU In Nightcap
                MSNsportsNET.com
                April 25, 2000

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. – Eastern Kentucky used a four run sixth inning to defeat West
Virginia, 7-3 in the second game of a doubleheader Tuesday evening at Hawley Field.

The deciding third game of the series begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Mountaineer reliever David Maust allowed two hits and three earned runs in the Eastern
Kentucky sixth to take the loss. He's now 1-2 on the year.

                WVU starter Ty Russell limited EKU to one run over four innings before running into trouble in
                the fifth. The Hopkins, S.C. native allowed Gabe Thomas and Chris Frailly singles to start the
                fifth.

Maust entered the game and got catcher Tim Booghier to ground into a double play, but
Thomas scored on the play.

                The lefthander immediately got into trouble in the sixth when he walked Adam Basil to begin
                the frame. A Jason Sharp triple and a Thomas double produced runs for the Colonels, which
                plated four in all to make the score 6-3.

Eastern Kentucky added an insurance run in the eighth.

                Todd Brock led the Mountaineers in the nightcap with a pair of doubles. Kevin Olkowski had
                two singles and moved into 10th placed in career hits with 177, passing Greg Gilbert
                (1984-87).

Scott Santa allowed three runs on seven hits through five innings to improve to 5-2 on the
season.

Spencer Boley pitched four scoreless innings to capture his first save of the season.

The win improves Eastern Kentucky's record to 23-19; West Virginia falls to 20-21.

                West Virginia Takes First Game
                MSNsportsNET.com
                April 25, 2000

                MORGANTOWN, W.VA.. -- Chris Schmidt smacked three hits and drove in five runs to lead
                West Virginia to a 14-4 win over Eastern Kentucky in the first of two Tuesday afternoon at
                Hawley Field.

                Schmidt doubled in the second and seventh and singled in the eighth to lead West Virginia's
                17 hit attack. Second baseman Todd Brock also collected three hits to go along with his two
                RBI.

Every Mountaineer starter recorded hits and six WVU batters registered two or more safeties.

                Starter Shane Rhodes went five innings to record his sixth victory of the season. The
                lefthander limited the Colonels to one run on six hits with six strikeouts and one walk. The
                Monkton, Md., native is now 6-3 on the season.

Senior Jim Kirkland pitched the final four innings, allowing three runs on six hits. Kirkland
fanned eight Eastern Kentucky hitters.

Aaron Williams and Adam Basil collected three hits each for the Colonels, now 22-19 on the
season.

The victory moves West Virginia's record to an even .500 on the season at 20-20. Since
starting the season 1-11, West Virginia is 19-9 since.

The second game of the doubleheader is set to begin at 7:05 p.m. and the contest will air live
on Yahoo! broadcast.com.