The Huntingdon men’s lacrosse team rallied in the second half but came up short 10-7 against Berry College on Saturday.
 
The Hawks fell behind 7-2 in the first half and trailed 8-4 at halftime. Huntingdon cut the score to 9-7 in the final 10 minutes but couldn’t complete the comeback.
 
Despite the loss, the game was another sign of improvement for the second-year Hawks (5-5). Berry beat Huntingdon 17-2 last season.
 
“It was a big improvement from last year, but we expected more from ourselves today,” Huntingdon head coach Andrew Carey said. “We came out flat early in the game. That has been a problem in a few games this season and it’s something we have to overcome. We’re going to keep working and continue to improve.”
 
Jakob Works led Huntingdon with six goals and Taylor Day scored once. Karson Hastings had two assists and Gavin Carey added one assist. Brandon Sewell won 14-of-21 faceoffs and recorded 11 ground balls.

Lauren Welch and Brittany Richardson each hit home runs to lead the Huntingdon softball team in a split with LaGrange on Thursday.
 
Welch was 3-for-4 with a solo home run and four RBIs in a five-inning, 11-3 win in the first game. Richardson hit a two-run homer for Huntingdon’s only hit in a 6-2 loss in Game 2.
 
In Game 1, Welch and Richardson played a role in Huntingdon’s first four runs. Richardson scored on an error in the first inning. Welch homered in the second inning and added a two-run single in the third to score Gabby Alcantar and Richardson.
 
Leading 4-1 after three innings, the Lady Hawks (6-8) put the game away in the fourth and fifth innings. In the fourth inning, Melissa McClure scored on an error and Jade Reynolds stole home before Kaelten Brown singled to score Alcantar.

The Huntingdon baseball team scored four runs in the middle innings and used solid pitching to knock off 17th-ranked Birmingham-Southern 4-1 on Tuesday at Posey Field.
 
The win was the fourth in four games since Friday for the Hawks (12-5) and the second straight win over the Panthers (11-7). Huntingdon handed then-10th-ranked Birmingham-Southern a 4-3 loss in 10 innings on Saturday.
 
Huntingdon beat then-eighth-ranked Adrian 6-5 on Friday and knocked off Illinois Wesleyan, the 2010 national champion and a team that was receiving votes in the national poll, 10-6 on Saturday.
 
In Tuesday’s game, Huntingdon scored three runs in the fourth and one in the fifth. After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the fourth, Huntingdon used three hits and an error to take the lead. A Keegan Lambeth single scored Joseph Odom to tie the game and an Evan Agnew single scored Trey Smith to give the Hawks the lead.