EAST BANK, West Virginia — WVU Tech baseball won a four-game series over Asbury University with a doubleheader sweep Monday afternoon at Douglas M. Epling Stadium. The Golden Bears (24-12, 14-6 KIAC) earned an 8-0 shutout in the day's first contest before defeating the Eagles (19-16, 12-8 KIAC) 4-1 in the series finale. Tech took the first two games on Friday with scores of 11-4 and 7-3.

Senior Josh Hudson had a standout showing in game one, pitching for the shutout win while driving in four runs off of two hits at the plate. Fellow classmate Kyle Sager earned the win on the mound in the night cap after 5.0 innings of work.

Tech's five hits in the last contest of the KIAC Baseball Games of the Week included three doubles, one each from Junior Trevor Lam, senior Doug Prather and freshman Roy Suzuki. Prather produced two hits towards a RBI and a run scored to lead the team.

Game Three | WVU Tech 8, Asbury 0 | Box Score

Senior Tommy Weaver's sacrifice fly to right field gave the Golden Bears their first score by driving in Lam in the bottom of the second.

Hudson picked up two of his four RBI in the third inning with a single to center field that brought in junior Brady Groesbeck and senior Dylan Harvey.

The fourth inning saw four Golden Bear scores with the runs batted in being credited to Suzuki, Harvey and Hudson (2).

Tech's final run came from a fifth inning home run from junior Sebastian Gomez Herrera over the left field fence. The knock marks Herrera's second long ball of the season.

The team totaled 11 hits including mult-hit games from Herrera (3), Hudson (2) and Harvey (2). Herrera also posted a double while Harvey recorded a stolen base.

Hudson (5-2) moved his strike out total to 23 in 2016 by retiring seven Eagles in his fifth win this season for the complete shutout victory. The South Charleston, West Virginia native gave up just three hits while walking two batters.

Game Four | WVU Tech 4, Asbury 1 | Box Score

Tech produced two runs in the second inning off a double from Prather which brought in freshman Anferny Ellis followed by a RBI from junior Marcus Rodriguez that plated Prather.

Asbury plated their lone run on the day off a fielder's choice that got the out at third, scoring Andrew Moran and crediting Alejandro Jivanjee with the RBI.

The final score of the day came in the fourth inning when Suzuki hit a double to left field that allowed senior John Baird to cross the plate.

Groesbeck, Prather and junior Heath Utterback recorded a stolen base each.

Sager (5-1) scattered five hits and one earned run while striking out two batters faced in the win.

The Golden Bears are currently No. 2 in the KIAC with a conference record of 14-6. Indiana University Southeast holds a KIAC record of 15-1 for the top spot while Point Park University's 11-5 conference showing gives the Pioneers third place.

Harvey leads the KIAC with 17 stolen bases while junior Tanner Levine's batting average of .394 garners him second place in the conference and junior Austin Southcott's ERA of 2.84 puts him at No. 3 overall in the KIAC. 

WVU Tech will return to the field when they host Bluefield State College Wednesday in East Bank, West Virginia. The single nine-inning game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.