MARYVILLE, Tenn. - Top-seeded Piedmont out lasted LaGrange 11-8 in the first game of the Great South Athletic Conference Championship Tournament on Friday at Scotland Yard. The Panthers (21-20) play the loser of the Huntingdon/Maryville game at 4 p.m. Saturday in an elimination game.

The Panthers out hit the Lions (28-13) 14-11 in the game. Freshman Bobby Woodall was 5-for-5 including a double and scored three runs for the Panthers. Matt Hvizdzak had a pair of hits and three RBIs.

Trevor Tullock (5-3) took the loss for the Panthers. Tullock allowed seven runs on eight hits in four innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out four. The Panthers used five different relievers over the last five innings.

The Panthers trailed 7-1 in the fourth inning after the Lions scored five runs in the inning. The Panthers came back with three runs in the sixth inning.

The Panthers loaded the bases with just one out in the inning. Hvizdzak walked with two outs to force in a run. Phil Woods followed with a single to left center, driving in two runs to cut the Lions' lead to 7-4.

The Panthers trailed 9-4 in the eighth inning. Woodall doubled to open the inning and came around to score on Hvizdzak's single to right. Craig Mobley scored on a throwing error as Miles Lee reached safely on the play to make it 9-6.

After the Lions added two insurance runs in their half of the eighth, the Panthers pushed across two runs in the ninth. Robbie Shelton led off with a single and scored on a base hit by Mobley. Hvizdzak closed out the scoring with an RBI single, scoring Woodall, who had singled earlier in the inning.