ELON, N.C. – The High Point Panthers were able to push across single runs in five innings and hold off the Elon University baseball team in a 5-3 game at Latham Park on Tuesday night. With the loss, Elon splits the season series with High Point.

Kyle Jackson drove in all three Elon (16-17) runs.

The Panthers (17-15) saw Conner Dunbar go 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI to pace their offense.

Elon's Robbie Welhaf (2-4) took the loss after allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits in 4.2 innings of relief work. He struck out five hitters.

The win went to Rion Murrah (2-0) who threw 2.1 scoreless innings out of the HPU pen. Cooper Jeffers threw the final 3.2 innings to pick up his first save of the year.

How It Happened: High Point was the first to get on the board, plating a run in the second on Dunbar's sacrifice bunt with runners on second and third. 

Elon answered in the last of the third, loading the bases with two walks and a fielder's choice before Jackson doubled to right-center that gave the Phoenix a 3-1 lead.

The Panthers cut the deficit to a run as Joe Johnson's sacrifice fly scored Blake Schunk in the top of the fourth. High Point then evened it up in the fifth as Austen Zente scored on a ground out.

With runners on first and second after a single and Elon error, Dunbar lined a single to right that scored one and put the Panthers back in front, 4-3, and left runners on the corners.

Notes: Ogren has now reached base safely in 21 consecutive games, while Jackson's streak reached 18 games... Jackson's double was the 100th hit of his Elon career... High Point had its leadoff man reach in eight out of nine innings...

On Deck: Elon will be right back at Latham Park tomorrow night as the Phoenix hosts the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at 6 p.m.