MEMPHIS—Visiting Illinois Wesleyan jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first two innings as they rolled past the Christian Brothers University Bucs 14-8 Thursday afternoon at Buc Field.

IWU (2-5) scored the game's first nine runs, with three in the first, five in the second, and one in the third.  Alfredo Arroyo (San Antonio, Texas/James Madison HS) put the Bucs (4-20) on the board in the bottom of the third with a two-run homer.

After IWU tacked on another run in the fifth, the Bucs answered with three in the bottom of the fifth.  The Bucs cut the lead to 10-6 with a seventh-inning run, and they had the bases loaded with one out, but IWU reliever Paul Kabbas induced a groundout and a strikeout to escape the jam.

IWU scored four more in the eighth, and the Bucs added two ninth-inning runs to set the final margin.

Yogi Vanaman (Cordova, Tenn./Cordova HS), Seth Cline (Cottontown, Tenn./Portland HS), Matt Van Slyke (Oxford, Miss./Oxford HS), and David Alan Wright each collected two hits for the Bucs.  Arroyo and Vanaman had two RBI each, while Arroyo, Cline, and Van Slyke each scored twice.

The Bucs return to Gulf South Conference West Division action this weekend.  They host a doubleheader with Delta State Saturday at noon, with a single game set for Sunday at 1 p.m.