George Fox University used a combination of superlative pitching and a pesky offense to put together a 6-2 victory over Rowan University Saturday (May 29) at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.

The Bruins got a season-high 10 strikeouts in a complete-game performance from pitcher Cory Dixon, and 13 of George Fox's 14 hits were singles in the winner's bracket game at Fox Cities Stadium.

George Fox (37-9) advances to face the other unbeaten team, Eastern Connecticut State University, in a winner's bracket game at 7 p.m. Sunday (May 30). Rowan (41-7) will take on Aurora University in an elimination game Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

"We went from being a team that had a lot of power to being a team that had a lot speed," George Fox head coach Pat Bailey said. "We don't care what we hit in terms of statistics, we care about scoring runs."

The Bruins picked up single runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings and got two runs in the eighth.

"They did the same thing (against Salisbury on Friday)," Rowan head coach John Cole said of George Fox. "We knew they were going to bunt. They just executed."

George Fox got on the board in the first with a single, a sacrifice bunt and David Peterson's run-scoring single. The Bruins made it 2-0 in the third with the help of their only extra-base hit of the night, C.R. Braniff's lead-off double. He later scored on Greg Dombek's two-out single. Dombek finished 3-for-4 on the evening and is now 7-for-9 in the tournament. Peterson also went 3-for-4 and drove in a run.

A bunt single, a sacrifice, a ground out and a throwing error pushed the Bruins' lead to 3-0 in the fourth. It was more of the same in the fifth, as Peterson and Dombek collected singles to put runners at the corners with two outs. Dombek took off for second on a steal attempt, and Rowan second baseman Nick Urbanovich cut off the throw in front of second, as Peterson attempted to steal home. Urbanovich's throw was off-target and Peterson scored to put the Bruins up 4-0.

Dixon, meanwhile, was mowing down the Rowan batters. After working out of jam in the first, he retired the next 13 batters.

"It's a big-time game," said Dixon, who improved to 7-4 on the season. "I love big-time games. That's what it's all about."

Rowan touched Dixon for single runs in the sixth and eighth, but he worked a perfect ninth to finish off the Profs.

"We showed a real lack of discipline tonight, and that's a tribute to (Dixon)," Cole said. "We played to his strength."

George Fox rounded out its scoring with a pair of runs in the eighth. Dombek singled and scored on Scott Hunter's single. Hunter later scored on single by Stephen Donohue, who had a pair of hits.