HUNTSVILLE – The Sam Houston Bearkats got just five hits and fell, 3-1, to Southeastern Louisiana as the Lions completed a 4-game sweep on Sunday at Pat Kennelly Diamond at Alumni Field.
 
Colton Cowser hit his second homer of the weekend and finished 2-for-4 on the day at the plate, but the Kats mustered just three other singles offensively the rest of the way.
 
Southeastern (11-4, 4-0 SLC), meanwhile, got solo homers from Evan Keller and Christan Garcia in the fourth and fifth innings and that was all they needed as pitchers Brennan Stuprich and Cole Hoskins provided a 1-2 punch on the mound that accounted for eight strikeouts on the day.
 
Stuprich went 5.1 innings and struck out four for the win before giving way to Hoskins who threw the final 3.2 innings on just 54 pitches with four strikeouts of his own for the save.
 
Kyle Backhus got the start for the Kats and struck out three hitters in 3.1 innings, but it was Jack Driskell who was saddled with the loss after allowing the second Lion homer of the day. The Kats also got 2.2 innings of 1-run relief from Tanner Sembera and 0.1 innings from Logan Hewitt.
 
Sam Houston does not have a midweek on the docket this week and instead will continue conference play on Saturday with a 4-game series, beginning Friday at Don Sanders Stadium, against Northwestern State.