WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Hayden Cooper drive in four runs, including a go-ahead three-run home run, and Harrison Haley worked five and two-thirds innings to earn his first win as the Delta State University baseball team edged Palm Beach Atlantic 7-5.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final: Delta State 7 | Palm Beach Atlantic 5
Location: Jake Rubin Field | West Palm Beach, Fla.
Records: No. 24 Delta State (3-2) | Palm Beach Atlantic (4-3)
Get Social: @DeltaStateBSB

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Blake Ebo hit a lead-off home run to give the Sailfish a 1-0 lead after one. 
• A Carson Clowers sacrifice fly drove in Blayke Dendy to tie the game in the top of the second, but a Dylan Tosto sacrifice fly put the Sailfish right back in front 2-1. 
• Jake Barlow tied the game in the top of the third, as his fly ball to centerfield plated Hayden White.
• Delta State doubled its lead with four runs in the sixth, as Cooper belted his first career home run for the Green and White.
• The Statesmen went back-to-back, as Cooper's three-run homer was immediately followed by a Dendy solo homer to right to extend DSU's lead to 6-3.
• Cooper added to his career day with a bases loaded RBI single in the 7th to make it 7-3 Delta State.
• Sailfish outfielder Jake Roper clubbed an opposite field home run in the last of the 8th to trim the lead to 7-5.

ON THE MOUND

• Haley (1-0) earned his first win on the mound, as he worked 5.2 innings and scattered three runs on four hits, with four walks and four strikeouts.
• Kylan Carter yielded one earned run, two total, in 1.2 innings in his Delta State debut.
• Cooper Brune worked 1.2 near-perfect innings in the eighth and ninth. He hit the first batter he faced with a pitch, but set down the final five Sailfish of the game.

UP NEXT

Delta State returns to action on the road on Saturday, Feb. 19 with a doubleheader against Shorter University to open Gulf South Conference play. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT.