BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. ? The Presbyterian College baseball team lost a heartbreaker to Gardner-Webb Sunday afternoon, 11-10, in the series finale for both squads.

The Blue Hose fall to 2-8 on the season and are now 0-3 in Big South Conference play. The Bulldogs are 6-4 on the year and 3-0 against conference competition.

Tony Micklon's solo home run in the ninth inning tied the contest at 10 apiece. However, Jon Ahearn's single in the bottom half of the frame with two outs drove home Matt Sapp for the winning run.

For head coach Elton Pollock's team, Kenny Bryant posted a game-high four hits in five at bats. Including in his hits was a triple and a double. Micklon had three hits, all of which went for extra bases. Micklon had two home runs and a double. Rookie Gabe Grammer had two hits, both of which went over the fence for a home run.  

With one out in the top of the first, Grammer belted a two-run blast over the right field fence, scoring Mack Hite.

The Blue Hose held a 2-1 lead heading into the third stanza, but the Bulldogs notched four runs on three hits, including a three-run home run, to take a 5-2 advantage.

Micklon's sacrifice fly in the fourth plated Zac Rhinesmith, making the score 5-3. However, GWU bounced back with two runs of their own in the bottom of the inning for a 7-3 margin.

With two outs in the fifth, Grammer struck again. This time, he launched a solo shot, pulling the team within three. Pollock's team knotted the contest at 7-7 in the sixth after scoring three runs on four hits.

Jared Combs got things going with a single up the middle. Micklon doubled to right, scoring Combs. Jesse Harmon followed him up with a single to left, driving in Micklon. After back-to-back sacrifice bunts, Bryant's single pushed Harmon across home, tying the game.

John Loyd's double scored Daniel Cooke and Brock Miller in the bottom of the sixth, once again giving the Bulldogs a two-run lead.

The Blue Hose cut the deficit to one in the seventh on Micklon's home run to left on a 3-2 offering. In the eighth, Bryant tripled down the right field line, plating Hite, who had led off the inning with a single to center field.

With the score tied at 9-9, Cooke homered to left center field, giving the home team a 10-9 advantage heading into the ninth frame. That's when Micklon tied the contest on a homer to left center, making the score 10-10 on an extremely windy day.

Then, after PC got the first two outs of the inning, Kyle Fulginiti beat out an infield single before Sapp came in to run for him. After stealing second, Sapp scored the winning run on Ahearn's single.    

The Blue Hose return to action tomorrow at South Carolina. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m.