CLEARWATER, Fla. – Tyler Bielamowicz and Connor Hollis each drove in a pair of runs for top-seeded Houston, as the Cougars defeated No. 5-seeded UCF 6-2 in an elimination game on Wednesday afternoon in the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater at Robin Roberts Field.
Houston (34-22) will advance and awaits its opponent, while UCF (35-21) has been eliminated from the tournament following its second loss.
Trey Cumbie and Joey Pulido kept the Knights shutout for the final six innings, allowing only two hits during that span. Cumbie earned his seventh win of the year after striking out four batters through 5.