CARY, N.C. – The Averett University baseball team dropped both games of Saturday's USA South Conference doubleheader against William Peace University by finals of 4-3 and 8-1. 
 
William Peace (12-8, 3-1 USA South) opened game one on Saturday with two runs in the second inning, but Averett (3-13, 2-4 USA South) clubbed three runs in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 advantage. 
 
Junior Nate Tuck connected on an RBI single to center field to score freshman Zelgin Jackson for the first run, and sophomore Nolan Maccabe made it back-to-back RBI singles to centerfield when he scored senior Tanner Bradshaw. 
 
Senior Ryan Traylor put the Cougars up 3-2 with an RBI single to right field. 
 
Averett held on to its 3-2 advantage until the bottom of the eighth inning before the Pacers tied the game and benefitted from a sacrifice fly out in the bottom of the ninth inning to pick up the 4-3 walk off game one win. 
 
The Pacers kept their offense going early in game two with five runs over the opening three innings before the Cougars got on the board with a run in the top of the fourth inning when Bradshaw doubled to right center. 
 
However, William Peace answered with a run in the bottom half of the inning to take a 6-1 advantage before the game was halted for several hours due to increment weather. 
 
William Peace tallied two more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning when play resumed and held on to pick up the 8-1 victory. 
 
The Cougars return to action on Wednesday when they host Greensboro College at 2:30 p.m. for a non-conference showdown at Owen-Fulton Field.