HOUSTON, Texas – Host Rice broke up a scoreless ball game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and held off a Charlotte rally late to even up the C-USA series with a 3-2 win on Saturday afternoon.
"We've got to be better early," began Head Coach Loren Hibbs. "We didn't do enough early in the game. It was a good sign to see Brooks get back on track, but we made a couple of mistakes and in a tight game like this, you just can't make them against this kind of pitching.