LAGRANGE, Ga. (Mar. 14, 2008) – Edgewood College dropped their third straight game with a 17-4 setback at the hands of LaGrange College on Friday. The Eagles scored two runs in the first inning and two runs in the ninth, but surrendered 17 unanswered runs in between.

Edgewood College (2-6) got on the board early with the help of three Panther errors in the first inning. Justin Dahmen, Cory McCullick and Adam Victorn all singled while Matt Shilney added an RBI groundout in the frame. LaGrange College (8-8) took a 3-2 lead after two innings, before the flood gates opened in the fifth and sixth. LaGrange picked up nine hits off three different Eagle pitchers and scored seven runs in the fifth, before tacking on six more runs in the sixth inning.

Alex Berta drove in a pair of runs with a pinch-hit double in the ninth for Edgewood College's final runs. Dahmen in his first season with at Edgewood College picked up his first multiple hit game as an Eagle with three singles and two runs scored. Berta's double was the Eagles only extra base hit of the day. Nathan Marlowe was tagged with the loss going four and two-thirds innings, allowing nine hits and seven earned runs while striking out six Panthers.

Edgewood College and LaGrange will meet again tomorrow afternoon, before the Eagles move on to the RussMatt College Invitational Tournament in Orlando, Florida next week.