Crusaders take them one game at a time

A member of the North Greenville team sports a T-shirt with  the number 427 on the back. That's the mileage from Tigerville to Prasco Park in Mason Ohio, the site of this week's National Christian College Athletic Association World Series. Crusaders coach Travis Henson (15, right) used the number as an incentive for his team to reach the tournament, and his team came through.

North Greenville scored four runs over its final two at-bats Wednesday to win its first game in the National Christian College Athletic Association World  Series in Mason, Ohio, 4-1, over Colorado Christian.

Drew Provence (12-1), the son of former University of South Carolina football great Andrew Provence, pitched a complete game and struck out six in the seven-inning contest. He shut Colorado Christian out after allowing a first-inning home run to Doug Pavlich, like Provence named a first-team NCCAA All-American earlier in the week.

Crusaders coach Travis Henson said he wasn't worried his team would have the "deer-in-the-headlights" look at the national event  because all season it has approached the next game as the most important one of the season.

North Greenville (42-14) meets Olivet Nazarene (33-19-1) at 7:30 p.m. today.