BROWNWOOD, Texas - The Howard Payne University baseball team improved to 7-2 in American Southwest Conference play with 6-1 and 16-10 double header victories over LeTourneau University Saturday afternoon at Don Shepard Park.

After taking the Friday single game 7-4 from LeTourneau, the Yellow Jackets used 25 total hits on Saturday to claim 6-1 and 16-10 wins from LeTourneau to complete the three game sweep. Howard Payne would tally 18 hits in the series finale.

In game one, the Jackets jumped out to a 4-0 lead after scoring two in the second and two in the third. LeTourneau's only score in the game come in the sixth on a solo homerun to right field.

HPU answered in the bottom of the inning scoring on a Blake Null RBI single to left center and a Benjamin Lewis walk that was a wild pitch that allowed Brett Quackenbush to score from third.

Kyle Ramon picked up his first win (1-0) of the year in the start going 6.0 innings allowing one run on just three hits and striking out four. Xavier Haines threw the final frame of the seven inning game allowing just one hit and striking out one.

Benjamin Lewis finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate with a RBI. Leadoff man Joshua Gerig walked in all four of his plate appearances, scoring twice.

After giving up three runs in the first two frames on game two, the Jackets used a five-run third to gain a lead that they would never lose the remainder of the game. The five-run frame was highlighted by a two-run homer by freshman Michael Nowak, the first of his career.

HPU would score multiple runs over the next three innings to lead 15-7 at the end of the sixth inning. The Jackets added another single run in the seventh and cruised to 16-10 victory posting 18 total hits in the game.

Joshua O'Conner picked up his first win of the season in relief after the Nathan Weyrauch start. O'Conner threw 2.2 innings allowing two runs on three hits. Weyrauch in the start went 4.0 innings allowing four runs on three hits. Chandler Clark saw .2 innings of work allowing three runs on three hits. Welsey Smih finished out the game going the final 1.2 innings allowing one run on one hits and striking out two.

Six Yellow Jackets recorded multiple hits in the game led by Noah Payne, Brett Quackenbush and Benjamin Lewis' three hits each. David Groves, Michael Nowak and Cliff Linceford each had two hits in the game. Nowak led with three runs batted in.

Howard Payne is now 14-7 overall and 7-2 in American Southwest Conference play. LeTourneau stands at 7-17 overall and 0-12 in league action. The Jackets will have a conference home series versus Concordia University Texas next weekend at Don Shepard Park.