Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats punched their ticket to the 2025 SWAC Baseball Tournament Championship game after a thrilling 8-7 come from behind victory over the Alabama State Hornets.

Alabama State jumped out to a 3-0 advantage after five innings were played. B-CU plated five runs in the bottom half of the seventh inning to take a 5-3 lead.

The Hornets would push three runs across the plate in the eighth inning to reclaim the lead at 6-5. Bethune-Cookman would counter in the bottom half of the inning with two additional runs to take a 7-6 lead heading into the ninth inning of play.

Alabama State’s Kameron Douglas hit a single in the ninth inning to tie the score at 7-7. Bethune-Cookman would get out of the inning without any additional runs scored by ASU.

After a scoreless top half of the tenth inning Bethune-Cookman’s Daniel Figueroa would get a base hit up the middle to score the game winning run on a walk off while giving the Wildcats a 8-7 lead and the win.

About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.
 
Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.

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