The Tribune

By Renaldo Dorsett

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

NCAA Division I baseball has moved into various conference tournaments across the United States and several Bahamian players are looking to advance with their respective programmes.

Tevin Symonette and the Lipscomb Bisons lost its opening round game of the ASUN Championship to Jacksonville 12-11 in extra innings Wednesday night.He went 2-4 and scored two runs. With the loss, Lipscomb faced elimination against the No.6 Stetson Hatters last night. Results were unavailable up to press time.

Symonette was named an ASUN All-Conference first team in his final season at Lipscomb after putting together a standout season.

He saw action in 43 games during his senior campaign and made 42 starts in left field. He finished with a .286 batting average and led the team in home runs (7), doubles (12) and slugging percentage (.524).

After missing nearly two weeks with an injury in the middle of the season, the Freeport, Bahamas native turned it on down the stretch.

Against conference opponents he complied a .301 batting average with five home runs and 13 RBI, while slugging .616. His five long balls were tied for the third most against league foes and he ranked second in slugging percentage.

On April 29 he earned his first career ASUN Player of the Week award after carrying Lipscomb to a series sweep of Stetson.

He hit .500 with three home runs and four RBI during the series, as well as recording double-digit putouts in the outfield with some spectacular diving catches. Symonette homered in each of the three games and his solo shot in the series was the difference in a 3-2 victory.

Cole Dubet and the St. Louis Billikens were eliminated from the Atlantic 10 tournament after a pair of losses Wednesday night.

St. Louis, the No. 7-seed in the bracket lost its first game 2-0 against No.2 seed Davidson at Fordham University’s Houlihan Park. They followed with a 2-1 loss to Rhode Island in the 10th inning.

The Billikens conclude their season with a 25-30 record.

Dubet was named an A-10 All-Conference Second Team selection.

The four-year starter hit .324 this season and was tied for the team lead with seven home runs. For his career, Dubet has played in a total of 214 games for the Billikens, good for fifth all-time

BJ Murray and the top seeded FAU Owls won the opening game of the Conference-USA tournament with a 6-5 win over the UTSA Roadrunners.

“What a game, two of the First Team All-Conference guys square off and they don’t factor in (the end). Our guys kept charging, their guys kept charging, and we get the double play at the end … It’s a great victory” Owls head coach John McCormick said.

FAU is nationally ranked at No.29 and faced the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers last night in round two.

The Owls won the regular season Conference USA championship and finished the season 37-18, 22-8 C-USA.

Allbry Major and the Xavier Musketeers made their Big East tournament debut last night against the No. 3 St. John’s Red Storm. Results were unavailable to press time. Xavier, the No. 2 seed, finished the regular season at 25-29 overall and 12-4 in BIG EAST play.

Ellison Hanna and the Indiana State Sycamores advanced to the second round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. They defeated Evansville 7-0 in the opening round. They took on the No.2 seed Illinois State Redbirds last night, however results were unavailable to press time.

The Sycamores entered postseason play at 36-15 after a third-place finish (13-8) in the MVC.