CULLOWHEE, N.C. (Interstat) — Western Carolina defeated UNC Greensboro 7-2 Saturday afternoon at Hennon Stadium, clinching the Southern Conference series two games to one.

The Catamounts, who improved to 35-21, broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning with two runs and added three more in the seventh. Western Carolina finished with 12 hits to six for the Spartans (22-31).

Evan Myers earned top honors for Western Carolina, pitching four innings and allowing two hits with no earned runs and three strikeouts. Cole Jones went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, while Jackson Lyda and Wyatt Stanley each hit solo home runs.

UNC Greensboro’s Hunter Shuey pitched six innings, allowing four earned runs on zero hits with four strikeouts. Thomas Hester pitched a scoreless inning.

Western Carolina capitalized on early power. Lyda homered in the first, and Stanley homered in the second. The Catamounts added runs in the fifth on consecutive singles and broke the game open in the seventh on Quarless’ RBI double and Jones’ two-run homer. The Spartans scored on a groundout in the eighth.