HAMMOND, La. (Interstat) — The Southeastern Louisiana Lions overcame an early deficit to complete a three-game Southland Conference sweep, defeating the New Orleans Privateers 7-5 on Sunday evening at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.

New Orleans built a 5-1 lead, powered by a two-run homer from Kruise Newman in the third inning and a two-run shot from Adrian Dominguez in the fifth. The Lions responded with three runs in the second inning, highlighted by Dane Watts’ RBI double, to begin their comeback. Rhett Centanni tied the game with a solo homer in the third.

Southeastern Louisiana took the lead for good with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Reliever Nik Toups earned top star honors with 3 2/3 perfect innings of relief, striking out four to stifle the Privateers’ offense. New Orleans fell to 11-19 overall and 1-5 in the Southland, while Southeastern Louisiana improved to 16-12 and 3-0.