BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Campbellsville erupted for four runs in the fourth inning, capped by a two-out three-run home run by Brett Hamilton, and Nick Przybylek tossed his fifth complete-game of the season as the Tigers rolled past University of Pikeville, 7-2.
 
The top-seeded Tigers (32-17) will now play tonight at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET in the finals of the winner's bracket against the winner of two-seeded University of the Cumberlands and four-seeded Georgetown College. An elimination game will be played at approximately 6 p.m. ET with UPIKE (26-23) and the loser of the UC-GC contest.
 
Fans can follow each game on the CU Sports Network and the MSC Sports Network at the links above. Pregame coverage will start 15 minutes before first pitch.
 
Przybylek shined on the mound for Campbellsville, tossing another complete-game, allowing seven hits and two runs in his 133-pitch performance. Przybylek gave up one run in the second inning and another in the seventh after allowing two-out base runners. But the Tigers defense stepped up with web gem plays all day. It started in the second inning, as Hamilton robbed Anthony Roberts of a home run to lead off the frame and later in that inning, David Montoya made a diving play over his shoulder at second to keep the Bears from scoring more.
 
CU also turned a pair of double plays that turned away UPIKE runs in the third and eighth innings, respectively.
 
Offensively, the Tigers were led by Montoya and Clay Valenzuela-Reece with three hits a piece. Matt Valdez and Hamilton each tallied two and both also finished with home runs.
 
Valdez led off the first inning with a solo home run into the CU bullpen out in right field. He was followed with a single by Montoya and RBI double by Romello Carbuccia to put CU ahead, 2-0 early.
 
UPIKE scratched the run in the second to cut into the Tigers lead, 2-1, and then a 34-minute rain delay halted play once again at Bowling Green Ball Park. With over seven hours of delays the lat two days, the mini break for Przybylek did him some good.
 
From the fourth inning on, UPIKE had only one inning of which it had a runner get past first base but Przybylek worked out of the bases loaded jam with only a ground ball fielder's choice scoring the Bears second run.
 
The Tigers opened the game in the fifth with a lead off double by Valdez off the right-center wall and was followed with an RBI single by Montoya – his second single of the day. After a walk to Carbuccia, Garmendia grounded into a 6-5 fielder's choice to give UPIKE starter Aaron Hedgecock two outs but Hamilton delivered the big blow with the three-run bomb.
 
CU tacked on another two-out run in the sixth. Valdez reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on one of the four UPIKE errors and scored on a Montoya single. Out of the seven CU runs, the Tigers scored four of those with two outs.
 
After Przybylek allowed seven UPIKE batters in the seventh and pushing his pitch count to 116, he came back out in the eighth and ninth, gave up one single but saw the minimum after a 4-6-3 double play by CU's defense.