LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama baseball team held off Columbia Union for a 15-9 victory on Monday evening at Tartt Field. UWA improves to 13-8 on the season while the Pioneers fall to 3-4.

The Tigers posted runs on the scoreboard in four of the first five innings, including two, leadoff solo homeruns by Kevin Deese in second and fourth innings. The Fosters, Ala.-native is tied with Nick Wheeler for the team lead in round trippers with five. Dallas Rogers tallied a 2-for-2 night at the dish with a team-best 3 RBI. The McCalla, Ala.-product picked up his last two RBI with a base hit to center field that scored Douglas Frazier and Wheeler for a 10-0 lead through four complete innings.

UWA added another run in the fifth as Jeremy Dorrance scored on a ground out by Stephen Dennis, giving UWA an 11-0 margin that held through six innings.

The CUC posted a seven spot on the board in the seventh inning, capped by Richard Arciniega single to right field that scored Anthony Weber. The Pioneers totaled all seven runs on five hits.

UWA placed four runs on the board in the eighth. Brent Bonner scored the first run of the inning, followed by a Marc Mahler singled up the middle that scored Jeremy Dorrance. One batter later, Dennis logged his second RBI of the game on a base hit to center field that scored Mahler before scoring the final UWA run of the contest on an error by the third baseman.

The Pioneers plated two runs in the ninth to conclude the scoring.

Trevor Zugmaier (1-1) picked up his first win of the season with six complete innings on the mound. The Barnhart, Mo.-native recorded a career-high seven strikeouts in his longest outing of the year, allowing no runs on two hits.

West Alabama returns to the diamond on Wednesday, March 11, as UWA travels to Hattiesburg, Miss. for a single game contest against William Carey. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.