ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - An incredible run through the regular season and the 2024 USA South Conference Baseball Tournament came to an end for the Brevard College baseball team (22-19), as the Tornados fell to top-seed and nationally-ranked No. 19 NC Wesleyan University (33-11), 17-2 in seven innings on Saturday at Bauer Field.
 
The defeat wraps up a successful season for the Tornados, who earned their first-ever postseason home wins in the NCAA-Era en route to the program's first USA South Championship series appearance. BC has eclipsed the 20-win mark in three consecutive seasons, which is also an NCAA-era first. Brevard's 14 home victories are its most since 2012 (19) as well.
 
Junior outfielder CP Pyle and junior third baseman Frankie Vasquez were honored with selections onto the USA South All-Tournament Team following their individual performances through the course of the five-game tournament run. Pyle, a first-year Tornado transfer from Salisbury, North Carolina, recorded hits in four out of the five Tourney games, including two doubles. Vasquez, a third-year BC student-athlete from Pembroke Pines, Florida, logged five hits over the course of the tournament for BC, and was an All-Conference First Team performer.
 
NC Wesleyan came out swinging early and never looked back in its championship-clinching 15-run win on Saturday afternoon. Blake Scott hitting a three-run home run to give the hosts an early advantage. The Battling Bishops would double their tally from the first inning by scoring six in the top-half of the second. After an RBI double by Drifton Padgett, Tyson Bass hit a two-run home run, his third four-bagger of the championship series. The hitting continued as Davie Morgan knocked in a run followed by a two-run single from Alex Moskal. After a scoreless third inning, NC Wesleyan scored another five runs in the top of the fourth inning, one on a solo shot by Jackson Hobbs and then a four more thanks to a Jaiden Barker grand slam.
 
The Tornados got on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning when Colson Miller provided their only runs of the game on a two-run home run. That blast marked the ninth homer of Miller's 2024 season, setting a new NCAA-era record for single-season home runs at BC. Also, the big-fly was BC's 35th as a team, also setting a new NCAA-era single-season record.
 
NC Wesleyan responded in the top of the fifth inning when Moskal capped the scoring with a three-run home run, the Battling Bishops' fifth long ball of the game.
 
On the mound, Chandler Padgett went the distance for NC Wesleyan, getting the win after allowing just two runs on five hits with four walks and seven strikeouts. Jacob Thompson, Cameron Cook, Aaron Burchett, and Matthew Evans all worked on the bump for Brevard.
 
In his final collegiate at-bat in the bottom of the seventh inning, senior outfielder Mykah Johnson roped a leadoff double into left field, capping off his Tornado baseball career in style.
 
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