WISE – Three home runs by first baseman Cole Harness, including a record-breaker, highlighted a doubleheader between UVA Wise and Bluefield State Tuesday afternoon at Burchell Stallard Field.

The last home run, a solo shot to right field in the bottom of the seventh inning, was one for the ages as the senior from Coeburn became the program's all-time leader in home runs.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Game One: UVA Wise 7, Bluefield State 4
Final Game Two: Bluefield State 5, UVA Wise 4
Records: UVA Wise (11-24), Bluefield State (11-19)
Location: Wise, Va. | Stallard Field

GAME ONE
- Harness put the Highland Cavaliers on the board with his first home run of the day, a two run blast over the right field fence that also scored Nick Badgett.
- Bluefield State cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the second when Brayden Merrick scored on a single from Noah Moritz.
- DJ Dickson would score for the Cavs in the third as he scored on a BSU error.
- The Big Blues would take a 4-3 lead in the fifth on a 2 RBI single and sacrifice fly.
- Harness would score in the fifth when he made it home on a walk with bases loaded to tie the game.
- UVA Wise would then grab the lead for good with Harness' record-tying home run in the sixth, a three-run shot over right center that scored Badgett and Jacob Boyle.
 
GAME TWO
- An error allowed BSU's Jacob Trivette to score in the second inning and take the 1-0 lead.
- UVA Wise took the lead in the third inning as Evan Stanley scored on a fielders choice, later followed by Badgett scoring on an infield single by Dylan Foster.
- The Big Blues had a big fourth inning as they plated four runs to take a 5-2 lead.
- Tyler Gorbett scored on a single by Stanley in the sixth inning and Harness would pull the Cavs to within one run on his record-breaking home run to lead off the seventh, but UVA Wise was unable to complete the comeback as they fell 5-4 to Bluefield State.
 
GETTING WISE
- BSU's Peyton Lewis had a day in the park as he led the Big Blues with five hits while also earning two runs and a RBI.
- Harness led the way for the Cavs with four hits, four runs, and six RBI. Justin Reed had three hits and DJ Dickson had two hits for the day. Six other Cavs had a hit apiece.
- Nathan McNelley earned the win for the Cavs in game one and Jake Taylor recorded the save.  
- Harness ended the day with 43 career home runs, surpassing the 42 set by Brad Robbins from 2007-10. One remarkable note is that Harness did it in 148 games, while Robbins took over 180 to reach his mark. Robbins also spread the wealth around as he is the UVA Wise record holder in hits (265), doubles (68), RBI (208), and is tied for third in triples with eight.
- Harness passed Steve Tyler (1999-2002) in RBI today to take over second place in that category behind Robbins. Tyler had 145 RBI for his career.

UP NEXT
UVA Wise will host Wingate for a weekend South Atlantic Conference series at Stallard Field. The games are currently scheduled for a 6 p.m. Friday single game and a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. With rain and snow in the forecast for Friday, the series might get pushed back to a Saturday/Sunday series. Any changes will be posted on UVAWiseCavs.com.