BELMONT, N.C. -- The Anderson baseball team took a 6-5 lead with a solo run in the bottom of the sixth inning, but was unable to hold on as Belmont Abbey erased an early deficit by scoring five runs in the seventh inning to complete a three-game Conference Carolinas sweep of the Trojans with a 10-6 win Sunday afternoon at Abbey Yard. The Crusaders improved to 8-7 overall and 6-2 in Conference Carolinas, while the Trojans fell to 6-12 overall and 2-6 in Conference Carolinas. Anderson jumped ahead 1-0 in the first on a leadoff double by Derek Hipp and an RBI single by Matt Hill, but the Crusaders got it right back in the bottom of the inning as Roland Rodriguez scored on a wild pitch with one out. The Trojans regained the lead one inning later with two runs, one on a leadoff homer by Jonathan Romano and the other on an RBI double by Hill that scored Hipp from second. One inning later the Abbey cut the deficit to one as Justin Baxley brought home Chris Vazquez with a sacrifice fly. The Trojans responded by scoring two in the fifth to push their lead to 5-2, on a two-out triple from Thomas Padro, but the Abbey rallied with three runs to knot the game at five. Anderson moved back ahead in the sixth as Ryan Saxon singled home Hill, and that was all of the scoring until the bottom of the seventh when the Crusaders sent 10 batters to the plate en route to scoring five runs. Nate Cudney earned the win in relief, as he allowed one hit over one and two-thirds scoreless innings. Bryson Graydon took the loss after allowing three runs on four hits in a third of an inning. Anderson will be looking to snap its nine-game skid when the Trojans get back on the diamond Wednesday, March 3 as they visit Brevard in a non-conference tilt with first-pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. Box Score Season Statistics