FLORENCE, Ala. -- Tyler Joyner pitched a three-hit shutout in the opener and Lane Wallace followed with a two-hit shutout in the nightcap as the University of North Alabama swept a Gulf South Conference baseball double-header from Christian Brothers, 4-0 and 3-0.
With the sweep, North Alabama improves to 28-12 overall and 17-6 in the GSC, moving the Lions past West Florida into second place in the league standings and just two games behind Delta State.

UNA pitchers have now thrown eight shutouts this season, just one shy of the school record of nine in 2006.

Joyner struckout a career-high 13 batters in the opener and allowed only one base-runner over the final eight innings. After surrendering two singles in the first inning, he retired 18 straight Buccaneer batters before allowing a seventh inning single. Those were the only three CBU runners to reach base in the nine-inning game. With the win, Joyner is now 7-3 this season and has thrown four complete-game shutouts.

UNA got all the offense that it needed in the top of the third inning when Kevin Brenning singled and later scored on a Peyton Thomas RBI-single. Brandt Holland was hit-by-pitch and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Peyton Sockwell to make it 2-0. Tate Mathis walked and eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.

The Lions added an additional run in the ninth when Sockwell got a leadoff double and scored on a sac fly by Davis Elliott.

Wallace had a no-hitter in the nightcap with one out in the fifth inning of a seven inning game before Keagan Voss singled to left. It was one of just two hits that CBU would get in the game as Wallace pitched seven complete innings to improve to 6-4 on the season. He walked on and struckout five.

North Alabama got two runs in the first inning when Brenning doubled and scored on a Kyle Hubbuch double. Hubbuch then scored on a Tate Mathis RBI-single.

UNA got an insurance run in the seventh on a Brenning single and an RBI-double from Hubbuch.

The Lions and Buccaneers play the final game of the series on Monday at 1 p.m. at Mike Lane Field.