ROUNDUP: Engineers survive in HCAC tournament, play Saturday morning

Rose-Hulman survived a Thursday night loss by beating Anderson on Friday in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament baseball action.

The third-seeded Engineers fell 11-1 Thursday to second-seeded Transylvania but defeated fifth-seeded Anderson 7-3 early Friday to stay alive. Rose plays fourth-seeded Hanover in an elimination game at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kokomo Municipal Stadium.

T.J. Pipkins put Rose-Hulman ahead of Anderson with a solo homer in the fourth inning and Jackson Harms added a homer of his own for a 2-0 lead.

Anderson came back to seize a 3-2 advantage, but the Engineers scored a tying run in the seventh, three tie-breaking runs in the eighth and another run in the ninth.

Jackson Summers drove in the tying run with a seventh-inning double and added a second RBI in the next inning.

Prep baseball

• Sullivan 10, Brown County 1 — At Sullivan, Zane Abbott and Paul Ridgway combined for a two-hit shutout and 14 strikeouts in a Western Indiana Conference win for the host Golden Arrows on Thursday.

Sullivan rested some of its regulars and freshman Maddox Grise stepped up with a 3-for-4 performance that included two doubles, a homer, two runs and four RBIs. Hunter Mason was 3 for 4 with two doubles and three runs; Karsen Norris 2 for 4 with two RBIs; Abbott 2 for 5 with two runs; and Jaxon Zollman 1 for 3 with a double.

Sullivan (12-3 overall, 4-0 WIC) was slated to play Friday at Vincennes Lincoln. Brown County (2-12, 0-4) hosts West Vigo on Tuesday.

• Terre Haute North 10, Danville 6 — At Danville, Ind., the Millington brothers combined for six hits as the Patriots won a nonconference game Wednesday.

Nate Millington was 3 for 4 and scored four runs, while Chase Millington was 3 for 4 with a double and also combined with Nathan Lamaster for the pitching duties.

Also for North, Parker Higham was 2 for 5 with two doubles and three RBIs; Tyler Lawson was 2 for 4; Briar Goda hit a three-run homer; and Tyler McCoy scored twice.

North (14-5) will visit Terre Haute South for a rescheduled 10 a.m. game Saturday. Danville (8-9) has a Saturday doubleheader at South Vermillion.

Prep softball

• Robinson 8, Edwards County 0 — At Albion, Ill., Eva Hermann pitched a three-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts and also hit a two-run homer for the visiting Maroons on Wednesday.

Also for Robinson, Eva Brashear was 3 for 4 with two doubles, a homer, two runs and three runs batted in and Ella Bunten was 2 for 4.

Now 21-7, Robinson hosts a four-team event Saturday. Edwards County was 17-6 after this game.

Boys tennis

• Olney 8, Paris 1 — At Paris, Ill., the visiting Tigers (winners of the last five Little Illini Conference titles) defeated the host Tigers in an LIC match Wednesday.

Singles — A.J. Padilla (O) def. Carson Throneburg 6-1, 6-2; Levi Hefferman (O) def. Lincoln Livesay 6-2, 6-2; Jonah Klingler (O) def. Kennan Svendsen 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (12-10); Maria Celanda (O) def. Cash Kuglin 6-4, 6-4; Owen Buchanan (O) def. Luke Stuck 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 1-0 (10-5); Max Hays (P) def. Daniel Canas 7-5, 6-4.