GREENVILLE, S.C. (Interstat) — Luke Holland homered and drove in two runs as UNC Greensboro defeated East Tennessee State 6-5 on Wednesday at Fluor Field at the West End. The Spartans improved to 23-31, the Buccaneers fell to 30-23.

Holland’s solo shot in the first sparked a three-run inning. Jake Barbour singled home a run in the second. The Buccaneers answered with three homers in the bottom of the second: Mason Ault’s two-run blast, then solo shots by J. Little and Nate Conner cut the deficit to 6-4.

Luke Jenkins doubled in a run in the fifth and Barbour singled in another. East Tennessee State pulled within 6-5 on a sacrifice fly by J. Palmese. J. Budzik singled home an unearned run in the eighth for the final margin.

UNC Greensboro collected 11 hits to nine for the Buccaneers. Cannon Lee, Stratton Scott and others pitched in the contest.