STARKVILLE, Miss. (Interstat) — Mark Collins drove in four runs with a home run and two singles to lead Louisiana-Lafayette past Lipscomb 10-4 on Saturday evening in a playoff game at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium. The Ragin’ Cajuns pounded out 14 hits to the Bisons’ five.

Collins homered in the first inning for a 2-0 lead and added a two-run single in the second. Colt Brown homered in the third, and the Cajuns never trailed. Jordan Thomas hit a two-run homer for Lipscomb in the third, but Louisiana-Lafayette answered each time.

Adam Jamison threw 2 2/3 hitless innings with four strikeouts for Lipscomb. Sawyer Pruitt tossed 2 1/3 hitless innings for the Cajuns. Parker Smith worked two innings, allowing one hit, and Ty Roman struck out four over three innings. Josh Lim had two hits and an RBI for the Cajuns; Kaleb Kantola took the loss.

Louisiana-Lafayette improved to 39-24, while Lipscomb fell to 29-26.