SAN FRANCISCO - The Point Loma baseball team swept both games of Saturday's doubleheader to take the series on the road from Academy of Art, 3-1. PLNU received strong pitching and timely hitting in both contests. Adam Rios went 4-for-4 and Trevor Abshire tossed eight strong innings to help the Sea Lions defeat ARTU in the opener, 9-2. In the series finale, Sheppard threw his third straight complete game, and moved into second place in school history in victories, as the Sea Lions won 7-1.
 
Point Loma, which entered the weekend as the No. 6 team in the NCAA West Region poll, is now 28-17 on the season and moved into fourth place in the PacWest standings at 19-13. These were the final two games of the season for ARTU. The Urban Knights complete the 2017 season at 20-30 (16-20 PacWest).
 
Game 1
Point Loma's hitters put up nine runs in the first four innings in support of starter Trevor Abshire and went on to the 9-2 victory.

Abshire needed just 97 pitches to get through eight innings. He allowed six hits and two runs, while walking two and striking out two as he improved to 5-3 on the season. He gave up some baserunners early but settled down for his second-longest outing of the season.
 
Adam Rios led the offense by going 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI. This is second perfect hitting performance of the week as he was also 5-for-5 on Tuesday against Cal State Dominguez Hills. Micah Pries had his second three-RBI game in his last three contests as he blasted a three-run homer in the second. Wyatt Champlin was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Harrison Ramey knocked in a pair of runs, and he also recorded a multi-hit game along with Kellen Sheppard, Ryan Garcia and Colby Kaneshiro.
 
Game 2
Kellen Sheppard (8-3) dominated once again in a series finale as he recorded his third straight complete game en route to a 7-1 win. He went all seven innings allowing six hits and just one unearned run, while striking out six.
 
Sheppard has not given up an earned run in the three games since he was moved the series finale (21 innings). This was the 25th career victory for Sheppard who moves into a tie with Don Black for second in school history. It also matched his career-high with eight wins in a season.
 
PLNU supported Sheppard by scoring in five of the seven innings, and posting six extra base hits. Wyatt Champlin was 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored. Adam Rios added pair of doubles and two RBI. He and Champlin combined to go 12-for-16 at the plate with seven runs batted in and five runs scored. Tyler Flores also had two doubles out of his leadoff spot. Sheppard also helped his own cause at the plate, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
 
ARTU did not break up the shutout until the bottom of the seventh when a PLNU error led to the unearned run. No Urban Knight recorded a multi-hit game as PLNU outhit ARTU 12-6.
 
Next games
Point Loma will close out its 2017 regular season at Fresno Pacific on May 8-9. Both schools have graduation next Saturday so they will be playing their series after the weekend. The teams will play doubleheaders on Monday and Tuesday starting at Noon.