weekend wrap
With a show of power, Belhaven University is off to a 2-0 start, beating Berry College and Trinity at Smith-Wills Stadium this weekend. Stephen Sexton, a transfer from Arkansas-Monticello who played two years at Northwest Mississippi Community College, belted two bombs in a 10-6 win over Berry, and Terrell Hodges, ex-Northwest Rankin High and Holmes CC star, went yard in a 10-6 defeat of Trinity, the defending NCAA Division III national champion. … Trinity beat Millsaps at Twenty Field on Friday, the first of two home losses for the Majors (2-3) over the weekend. … William Carey is 4-3 after taking two of three against Lindsey Wilson in a series played in Ellisville. Adrian Brown is 7-for-14 with six RBIs and six runs for the Crusaders, and Tyler Graves is hitting .455. … Mississippi College (1-6) gave up 35 runs in three games – and lost all three – to Lindenwood at Clinton’s Frierson Field. Hunter Austin – one of the six Hunters on the Choctaws’ roster – is batting .368. … Delta State is now 5-1 after a 2-1 trip to Lakeland, Fla., led by juco transfer Jason Popovich, who is batting .346 with a homer, a triple and five RBIs. … Blue Mountain is 6-3 after splitting four games with Central Methodist, and Tougaloo started with three losses to Loyola-New Orleans.