By Ole Miss Sports

Ole Miss swept its baseball series with Eastern Kentucky in Oxford this weekend, finishing off the Colonels with a 9-3 win on Sunday.

The Rebels, 6-1 on the season, won 8-0 on Friday and 9-4 on Saturday. EKU fell to 0-7 with its six-run loss in the finale.

Ole Miss put two runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning, but it was in the bottom of the second, after starting pitcher Mason Nichols again allowed no runs, that the Rebels got things rolling.

After Will Furniss walked, Campbell Smithwick launched one to right field for a two-run home run, his first of the season. After Luke Hill and Isaac Humphrey walked later in the inning, a Mitchell Sanford single would drive them in for a 6-0 lead after two.

EKU led off the third with a home run by Hayden Duffield. In the bottom of the fourth, Hill singled and later scored on a sac fly by Sanford.

With the Rebels leading 7-1 through four innings, Humphrey singled to score two runs and increase the lead to 9-1 after seven innings. Owen Paino walked and Federico singled, and Humphrey got them home for the eight-run advantage.

In the top of the eighth, EKU’s Julius Scearce sent a ball out of the park in right center after Colby Ott had walked. That home run accounted for the final scoring in the contest.

Nichols (1-0) got the win, as Ole Miss sent a total of six pitchers to the mound. Nichols went four innings, allowing one run on three hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Also seeing action on the mound were Ryne Rodriguez, Hudson Calhoun, Sam Tookoian, Owen Hancock, and Landon Waters.

The Eastern Kentucky starter, Elijah Underhill (0-2), got the loss.

Pacing the Ole Miss offense were Federico, who was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three stolen bases, and Sanford with a 2-for-3 day along with three RBI.

Scearce was 3-for-3 with two RBI for the Colonels.

Ole Miss will host Southern Mississippi at 4 p.m. on Tuesday at Oxford-University Stadium.