MARION, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball bowed out of the Ohio Valley Conference Championship with a 10-1 loss to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Wednesday morning. The OVC Championship is being held at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Illlinois. USI ends the season 27-29 overall, while Little Rock goes to 20-32 after this morning's action.
 
The Eagles fell behind early in the contest as the Trojans touched junior left-hander Jake Porter for six runs in the second inning and junior right-hander Andres Gonzalez for a tally in the fourth. Porter (4-6) allowed the six runs on five hits and two walks in taking the loss, while Gonzalez allowed a run in two innings on two hits and a walk.
 
After Little Rock pushed the lead to 10-0 after the six and a half, USI got on the scoreboard when junior designated hitter Charlie Marisca smacked his first home run of the season over the right field wall. Marisca's homer would end the scoring as Little Rock closed out the 10-1 final.
 
USI sophomore rightfielder Cameron Boyd provided one of the few highlights through the first four innings by extending his hitting streak to 21 games. The 21-game streak ties the single-season streak set by Logan Brown in 2018 and is within five games of tying the USI overall hitting streak record of 26 games set by Kyle Kempf (last 12 games of 2015 and the first 14 games of 2016).
 
USI's season ending 27 victories tied the program record for wins at Division I and the 15 wins in OVC action set a new program best for the squad.