NEWBERRY, SC – Newberry baseball posted an 11–8 win over Barton College on Feb. 6 at the Smith Road Complex, using an early burst and late power to hold off a ninth-inning push. The Wolves jumped out quickly in the first when Bryson Nuckols ripped an RBI triple to left-center to score Luke Compton, then came home on a wild pitch to make it 2–0. Newberry added three more in the second, an RBI single from Chandler Mims, an RBI fielder's choice off the bat of Compton, and a Nuckols sacrifice fly to build a 5–0 advantage. 

Barton chipped away with runs in the third and fourth to cut into the lead, but Newberry answered with steady offense: John Allen Forrester drove in a run with a groundout in the fifth, Jomar Lugo brought home another with an RBI groundout in the sixth after Cooper Raines tripled, and Mims added a sacrifice fly in the seventh to make it 8–5. The Wolves then delivered the knockout punch in the eighth, as Compton homered and Nick Foster followed with a two-run homer to push the lead to 11–5. Barton scored three runs in the ninth, but Cayden Hansen recorded the final outs to secure the save and close out the win.

The Wolves will finish the series vs. Barton tomorrow in a doubleheader beginning at 1pm.