Cullowhee, N.C. – Two big innings on Friday helped spur Western Carolina baseball to the doubleheader sweep over visiting Eastern Illinois, leading to the nonconference series win. The opportunistic Catamounts scored four runs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning in the series opener, capitalizing on an inning-extending infield error to win the front end 5-3. In the nightcap, WCU logged a five-run second inning in racing to a six-run lead to complete the sweep with a 9-2 victory in game two of the twin bill.
