LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Interstat) — Central Arkansas completed a three-game series sweep with a 6-3 victory over Bellarmine on Sunday afternoon at Knights Field. The Bears improved to 26-19, while the Knights fell to 17-26.

Jacob Pannell led Central Arkansas with 5.1 innings of scoreless ball, allowing no hits and striking out seven despite three unearned runs. Hunter Alexander followed with 3.2 hitless innings, fanning seven for the save. Zeb Allen went 2 for 4 with a two-run homer in the third inning, and Laidley Kea added a solo homer in the fourth. Parker Gwyn also had two hits.

Bellarmine grabbed an early lead in the first on RBI doubles by AJ Swader and Eli Watson. Swader finished 2 for 4 with a solo homer in the sixth. Aaron Ragat threw 3.1 scoreless innings of relief, but the Knights could not overcome Central Arkansas’ pitching. The Bears added insurance runs in the eighth and ninth on a wild pitch and a run-scoring single by Denton Zane.