MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 20^th-ranked University of West Alabama baseball snapped its three-game losing streak by blasting three homeruns in a 6-3 win over Auburn Montgomery on Wednesday evening at the AUM Baseball Complex. The win marks the sixth consecutive time UWA has garnered 30 wins and 16^th in school history.

Nick Wheeler and Tres Avans supplied all six runs that the Diamond Tigers (30-8, 5-4 Gulf South Conference) needed in the contest. Avans, a Trenton, Ga.-product, started the scoring with a solo homer to lead off the second inning.

The Senators (28-12) evened the scoring in the bottom of the inning off doubles by Cody Shields and Daniel Jones, but UWA answered back in the top of the fourth behind Wheeler. The Hokes Bluff, Ala.-native blasted a three-run dinger, scoring Avans and Matt Busbee, to lift the Tigers up 4-1. Wheeler then connected on a two-run, round-tripper in his next at bat to push the Red and White up 6-1.

AUM managed two runs in the sixth inning to narrow the gap, before falling 6-3.

Josh Varner (6-0) picked up the win, throwing three innings, allowing one run on two hits. Jonathan Sherrill, Cole Thornton, Charles Kelley, Adam Patterson, Clint Smith and Brian Burgess each pitched one inning in the contest, as Burgess earned his second save of the season.

West Alabama returns to conference play on Saturday, April 5, as the Tigers host West Florida in a three-game series. First pitch of Saturday’s doubleheader is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. with Sunday’s finale scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The games will be carried on Y-104.9-FM and athletics.uwa.edu.