USU-Eastern swept a four-game, weekend series against Colorado Northwestern Community College in Price on Friday and Saturday.
Freshman Craig Brinkerhoff helped USU-Eastern start the series off with a bang by connecting for two home runs in game one. The Golden Eagles won the game 8-2. Brinkerhoff finished the series with four home runs.
Sophomore Mitch Cowden added two home runs over the four games.
Hot bats and timely pitching combined to help the Golden Eagles pull out their first conference sweep of the season. The team took games two through four 6-0, 7-5 and 5-1, respectively.
The wins pushed USU-Eastern’s conference record to 7-25 on the season.
The Golden Eagles’ next contests will be Friday and Saturday at Salt Lake Community College.