PINEVILLE, LA. – The Bears moved to 4-0 on the young season Wednesday night with an 8-2, 11-0 doubleheader sweep of the Louisiana College Wildcats JV in Pineville, LA.

The Bears took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third in game one when LD Coney singled past second base with two outs and scored on Brady Anderson’s base hit to right field. The Wildcats tied it at 1-1 with a lead off walk and two-out double in the bottom of the frame.

A five-run fourth inning gave the Bears a 6-1 lead. Walt Aldridge led off the inning with a single (he also had a double in the game) and Ross Buckley followed with a walk. The two later scored on a Steven Williams single (his second of the game) and Tanner Whittington’s base hit. A hit batter and walk, both with the bases loaded, then allowed Williams and Whittington to score. The final run came when Zach Giacona, on base with his second single of the game, scored on Anderson’s fly out.

Buckley led off the top of the fifth with a base hit and scored on Kaleb Clarke’s double to centerfield. Clarke later scored on a double play to give the Bears an 8-1 advantage.

The Wildcats used a pair of doubles to pick up the final run of the game in the bottom of the sixth.

Jacob Buchanan pitched five innings to claim the win for the Bears. He surrendered a run on two hits and a walk while striking out two batters. Kyle Coleman allowed a run on two hits while striking out one in one inning of work.

A three-run second inning gave the Bears all the runs they would need in the nightcap. Alex Smith’s base hit allowed Whittington, on base with a single, to score the first run. Smith later scored on a bases-loaded fielder’s choice. The final run of the inning came when Dylan Spiers, on base via an error, scored on the first of two Anderson singles.

The Bears broke the game wide open in the top of the third when seven hits, a walk, a fielder’s choice and an error resulted in eight runs crossing the plate for an 11-0 score. The big blow of the inning came on Buckley’s three-run blast to right field that also scored Aldridge and Anderson. Clarke had two hits in the inning.

Carr Young allowed only one hit, while striking out five, in his four innings on the mound to get the win for the Bears. Gerald Groue pitched two innings, giving up one hit and recording one strikeout. John Miles McNeese struck out two of the three batters he faced.

Coney and Jarvis Warner both had two hits in the game.

The Bears make their home debut Saturday when they host the Arkansas Baptist College Buffaloes. Game one of the doubleheader is set for a 2 p.m. first pitch.