BELMONT, N.C. -- Belmont Abbey racked up 19 hits and erased an early 3-0 deficit en route to 17-8 non-conference victory over Augusta State Wednesday afternoon at Abbey Yard.

The victory lifted Belmont Abbey, winners of six of its last seven, to 11-7 overall, while the Jaguars fell to 8-9.

Trey Summerlin, the second of five Abbey pitchers, earned the win after allowing two runs on three hits in two innings. ASU sophomore Tyler Godwin (0-1) suffered the loss after surrendering two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning.

ASU scored two unearned runs in the first inning and pushed across another in the third to open a 3-0 lead. The Abbey answered with three runs in its half of the fourth to knot the game at 3-all.

The Jaguars reclaimed the lead at 5-3 in the fifth on a two-run single from sophomore shortstop Tony Baker, but the Crusaders grabbed the lead back for good with a four-run fifth.

The Crusaders scored five times in the bottom of the sixth to blow the game open, taking a 12-5 lead, and added five more in the eighth. ASU plated single runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, while sophomore rightfielder Shannon Wilkerson jacked his team-leading sixth homer to right-centerfield in the seventh.

Wilkerson and Baker booked three hits each for ASU, and senior Clay Haynes added a pair of safeties. Baker had four RBI and Wilkerson scored four runs, while six hurlers took to the mound for the Jaguars.

ASU hosts Adelphi in a four-game set this weekend, beginning with a single contest Friday, Feb. 29 at 5:00 p.m. at Lake Olmstead Stadium. A doubleheader is slated for Saturday at noon at LOS, with the final game of the series set for Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. at Jaguar Field.

Belmont-Abbey d. Augusta State 17-8 (BOX SCORE)