LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The 20^th-ranked University of West Alabama baseball team received a stellar pitching performance from Mike Schmitt, as UWA (21-8, 6-0) downed Valdosta State 5-1 on Saturday evening at Tartt Field. The win snapped a four-game losing streak to the Blazers.

Schmitt (7-2), a Cheyenne, Wyo.-native, hurled 7 2/3 innings in the win. The senior right-hander set down a season-high 11 batters, while scattering two hits and one run in the outing. Colter Millican and Brian Burgess each pitched 2/3 of an inning, allowing no runs. The two hit affair was a season low for the Red and White pitching staff.

Rob Dahlberg and Bryan Mason both logged multiple hit efforts. Dahlberg, a Gilbertown, Ala.-native, went 3-for-4 at the dish with two runs scored, while Mason, a product of Madison Heights, Mich., went 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored. Dallas Rogers picked up a multiple-RBI outing with two runs batted in on a 1-for-3 night.

VSU tallied its only run of the contest in its first at-bat. The Tigers posted a two spot in the home half of the second inning on Rogers’ single to left center that scored Mason and Jody Morgan. UWA added a single run in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead, when Dahlberg scored on a fielder’s choice that erased Nick Wheeler.

The Tigers added insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings.  After a lead off double from Dahlberg and moving to third on a wild pitch, he crossed the plate on a Nick Wheeler ground out.  Mason scored on a wild pitch in UWA’s final plate appearance after reaching base via a double.

West Alabama returns to the diamond on Sunday, March 29, as the Tigers continue the series against Valdosta State with a 12:00 p.m. first pitch. The doubleheader will be broadcasted over the internet by clicking the UWA Baseball logo at www.MyWin98.com.