CLINTON, S.C. ? The Presbyterian College baseball team scored two runs in the seventh inning and made some terrific defensive plays in the ninth frame to secure the 5-4 win over Radford Sunday afternoon in the series finale. The win marked PC's first-ever Big South Conference win.

The Blue Hose improve to 3-15 on the season and 1-7 in Big South Conference play. The Highlanders fall to 7-9 on the young season and 2-2 in conference play.

PC jumped on top in the first frame when Jesse Harmon led off the home team's at bat with a single. He swiped second and moved to third on a throwing error by the catcher. Harmon came home on Mack Hite's grounder to short for a 1-0 lead. Rookie Kenny Bryant's solo blast deep over the right field fence gave head coach Elton Pollock's team a 2-0 advantage after the first at bat.

With two outs in the third, Brett Mollenhauer doubled down the left field line. Will Freeman struck out Jeff Kemp, but the ball was in the dirt and Kemp reached safely at first. Alex Gregory then singled home Mollenhauer, putting the score at 2-1.

PC got the run back in its half of the third stanza. With one away, Harmon singled to right. He moved to second on Hite's sacrifice bunt ? and Hite reached safely on a fielding error. Hite was picked off of first, but Harmon scampered to third on the play before coming home on Cory Lyda's double to right center.

The Highlanders scored their second run of the day in the fourth. Mario Duarte reached on a fielder's choice and came around to score when Will Naylor was at bat. Naylor beat out an infield single and scored on an error by the shortstop.

Radford tied the game in the fifth frame when a wild pitch scored Reggie Keen. With two outs, Keen was hit by a pitch. He stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by the catcher before scoring. The visitors took the lead in the sixth when Ty Rivers came home on Mollenhauer's single, forcing head coach Pollock to make a pitching change. With the call to the bullpen, Pollock elected to go with Andrew Foushee, who induced a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

Things stayed the same until PC's at bat in the seventh. With the count 2-0, Jared Combs blasted a solo homer over the left field wall to knot the game. The team took a 5-4 advantage when Harmon doubled home Andrew Williams, who reached on a one-out single in the frame.

Foushee allowed just one base runner in the seventh and none in the eighth, cruising into the ninth stanza. Foushee squared off against Ty Rivers in the ninth, who was batting in the lead-off  spot. Rivers sent an offering high and deep into right field, but it was curling foul. Harmon raced toward the ball, which was nearing the bullpen, but snagged it out of the air for the first out of the inning.

After Mollenhauer reached on a single, Zac Rhinesmith snared a hard hit liner from Jeff Kemp. He quickly whipped it to Bryant, who touched first base for the win.

Foushee improved to 1-0 on the season with the win while Abram Williams took the loss. Foushee worked 3.2 innings while striking out two. Freeman pitched a terrific game for Pollock's squad, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs and striking out seven.

Williams worked a career-long 6.2 innings. He gave up five runs on eight hits while striking out seven.

Harmon went a perfect four-for-four in the game, driving in one and scoring twice. Hite, Lyda, Bryant, Combs and Williams all had a hit. Bryant, Combs and Williams all scored a run as well.

For the game, PC notched five runs on nine hits while committing three errors. Radford ended the game with four runs on 10 hits to go along with three errors.

The Blue Hose return to action Tuesday when they host Air Force at 2 p.m. The game will be carried by WLBG. Admission is free.