ROME, Ga. (April 24, 2021) – The Birmingham-Southern baseball team clinched the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Tournament Championship, Saturday, defeating No. 13 Berry, 25-4.

After Berry forced Game 7 with a 14-4 win early Saturday afternoon, the Panthers answered back by hammering 20 hits and scoring an SAA Championship game record 25 runs. 

Birmingham-Southern set a new record for runs in an SAA Tournament game with the 25 runs and also set a school record for most runs scored in its NCAA Division III era. The previous record of 22 came in the 2018 season-opening 22-11 win over Methodist and with a 22-3 win over Arcadia in 2010. 

BSC scored four runs in the first inning to quickly take control of the contest. The Panthers then added two runs in the top of the second before adding four runs in both the top of the fourth and fifth innings. BSC then put the game out of reach with an eight-run seventh inning and three additional runs in the ninth.

The SAA Tournament Championship is BSC's fourth league title. Along with this spring, the Panthers won titles in 2019, 2016, and 2014. With their win, BSC has earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Regionals. In their last appearance in the NCAA Tournament - in 2019 - the Panthers played their way to the National Championship series against Chapman.

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