Newberry College Wolves starting pitchers Nick Riedel and Jake McGlynn gave the offense 12 innings of solid effort, but fell in a twinbill to close out the home season at Smith Road Complex to #3 Catawba 5-3 and 6-2.

Riedel was solid in the opener, allowing only four hits and one earned run over six innings and left the game with a 3-1 lead, but Catawba rallied for two runs in the seventh and two in the ninth.

In game two, McGlynn had the Wolves within a run 3-2 after six innings before Catawba scored three in the seventh to put the game away.

Keillor Osbon, Logan Busenlehner and Finn McLaughlin each drove in runs in a three-run fifth inning that gave the Wolves the 3-1 lead in the opener before relinquishing it.

In game two, the Wolves rallied from down 3-0 with two runs in the sixth with RBI from Carson Hayes and Jomar Lugo.

Luke Compton had three hits in the twinbill with McLaughlin and Lugo each chipping in a pair of hits.

The Wolves move to 24-22 overall and 17-13 in the SAC with games against Mount Olive in Florence Tuesday and a crucial SAC three-game series at Mars Hill next weekend.