MACOMB, Ill.-Western Illinois beat Tennessee Tech 8-6 Friday in Cookeville, Tennessee.

WIU got on the board in the second when Cordell Coburn singled home Josh McClintock. Tennessee Tech answered in the third with a two-run homer to take a 2-1 lead.

The Leathernecks took control in the fifth. Krayton Morse tied it with an RBI single, Kamryn Link followed with an RBI double, Wandel Campana added a sac fly, and Gage Hoover knocked in another run to make it 5-2.

WIU added three more in the seventh on an RBI double from Campana and a two-run single by Hoover, stretching the lead to 8-2.

Tennessee Tech made a push in the bottom of the inning with a grand slam to cut it to 8-6, but that was it the rest of the way.

Hoover had three hits and three RBIs to lead the offense.

The Leathernecks go on to be 13-27 overall, and 6-10 conference. The Leathernecks will continue their play in Cookeville against the Golden Eagles on Saturday, April 25.

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