that settles it

Belhaven claimed the Maloney Trophy with its 13-10 win over Mississippi College on Tuesday night at Frierson Field. It was appropriate in this season of the big fly that Craig Dean’s three-run homer in the ninth inning was the game-winning hit. The Blazers, ranked 15th in NAIA, are 4-1 in the small college series with one game left. MC, ranked as high as fifth in NCAA Division III, lost for just the fifth time all year but for the second time to Belhaven. Millsaps was the 2009 Maloney Trophy champ.
P.S. On the subject of the Majors, 11 has been their lucky number the last few days. They beat LaGrange with an 11-run ninth inning on Saturday, then came back Tuesday to top Huntingdon on a two-run homer by Drew Respess in the bottom of the 11th inning. … Tuesday was a rough day for the SWAC. At Starkville, Ryan Duffy homered three times as Mississippi State pounded Jackson State 18-2, and in Cleveland, Division II Delta State smothered Mississippi Valley 11-5. Valley plays Belhaven tonight at Smith-Wills Stadium. That should be interesting. Even more so will be the MSU-JSU rematch at Trustmark Park on May 4. If you’re planning to keep score, uh, bring two pencils.