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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ouachita Baptist senior first baseman Destan Makonnen was named Co-Gulf South Conference West Division Player of the Year Thursday.

Makonnen earns just the second major Gulf South Conference award in Ouachita Baptist baseball history, but is the second straight Tiger named GSC West Player of the Year as Jeremy Haworth took that award last season.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For the second time this season, Ouachita Baptist senior catcher Jim Streicher was selected Tuesday as the Gulf South Conference West Division Player of the Week.

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ARKADELPHIA – The 12^th-ranked Ouachita Baptist baseball team halted a four-game conference skid Saturday afternoon with a 7-1 Gulf South Conference West Division win over Harding at Rab Rodgers Field.

Harding (15-14 overall, 2-4 GSC West) jumped out to a 1-0 off Tigers starter Chase Baran, but that was all they would get off the southpaw. Baran, who improved to 5-1, pitched seven innings, surrendered just one run on four hits with four walks and eight strikeouts. Sean O’Rourke worked two innings of relief with a strikeout.

Although the Bisons scored the first run, Ouachita Baptist (25-7, 2-4) exploded for four runs in the bottom half of the inning to give Baran plenty of run support.

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ARKADELPHIA – The road to winning a Gulf South Conference West Division title just got longer for the 12th-ranked Ouachita Baptist baseball team as the Tigers were swept by Harding, 3-2 and 6-3 Friday afternoon at Rab Rodgers Field.

In the opener, Steve Smith pitched six innings of one-hit baseball and came away with a no decision. He gave up two runs (both unearned) on one hit with two walks and five strikeouts. Jerry Helferich (3-3) took the loss, working 1 1/3 innings by giving up one run. Patrick Lemmond pitched the final 1 2/3 innings of relief, surrendering a pair of hits with a walk and two strikeouts.
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