Elon's Five Spot Takes Series on Friday

ELON, N.C. – Elon baseball put up five runs in the first in route to a 6-4 victory over Georgia Southern to take the series from the Eagles on Friday afternoon in Elon, North Carolina. GS falls to 28-20 on the season, while the Phoenix improve to 19-18 on the year.

Chase Dollander was pegged with his third loss of the season, falling to 4-3 allowing five runs on three hits and one earned. Ben Simon improves to 1-4, while Joe Sprake picks up his sixth save of the season.

Elon struck first in the bottom of the first, scoring five runs to take the lead. Georgia Southern would respond in the third, as Austin Thompson flied out to right field to score Mason McWhorter from third. In the fifth the…