Box Score OXFORD, Ala. –  The University of Montevallo baseball team fell to No. 7-seeded Lee 10-2 in game one of the Gulf South Conference tournament, Friday.
 
 
In the first inning, Gino Cozzi made quick work of the Flames by sitting down the side in order with a pair of K's. Montevallo then opened the scoring early in the bottom of the frame as Barry Eiseman blasted a solo homer over the right field wall to give UM a 1-0 lead.
 
 
Lee took a 4-1 lead over Montevallo with four runs in the third on three hits and an error.
 
The Flames' offense continued to have success, adding three more in the fourth to lead 7-1. With another run in the fifth and a pair in the seventh, Lee pushed its lead to 10-1.
 
 
UM answered the Flames in the bottom of the eighth when Reed Latimer scored on an Asa Awbrey RBI single.


 
In the bottom of the ninth, Alex Langford and Evan Liddie each recorded hits to keep UM alive, but the Falcons were unable to cash in, falling 10-2.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 2 Montevallo | No. 7 Lee
Records: Montevallo 37-13 (21-9 GSC) | Lee 27-23 (15-15)
Location: Choccolocco Park | Oxford, Ala.
 
GAME NOTES
 

• Montevallo scored two runs on 10 hits while Lee added 10 runs on 10 hits.
• UM uncharacteristically committed three errors in the contest.
• Barry Eiseman hit his first homer of the year to open the scoring.
• Khalid Collymore, Asa Awbrey, Alex Langford and Reed Latimer each added a pair of hits.

 
UP NEXT: The Falcons will return to action on Saturday, May 6, against UAH in an elimination game at 10 a.m.