Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. - Sunday's series finale between William Woods (11-11-1) and College of the Ozarks (10-11) was filled with fireworks, as the teams combined for 10 home runs on the afternoon. Matt Hanson collected a pair of dingers to help Woods earn a split, winning the nightcap 5-3 after falling 9-5 in the opener.

Game one saw the Owls take an early lead, scratching across runs in the first and second then adding a solo shot in the third from Hanson. Jacob McWhirter joined the party in the top of the fourth with a one-out bomb to put Woods up 4-0. Jack Niggemeier also scored in the inning, reaching on a fielder's choice as AJ Willenberg was tagged out by Ozarks second baseman Jake Leeker. A balk and a passed ball moved Niggemeier to third, with a two-out single by Kaden Kinsler pushing the Owls lead to 5-0.

The lead didn't last, as the Bobcats were able to answer with four runs in the bottom of the fourth and shut down the WWU offense in the fifth. C of O took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the fifth and added three insurance runs in the sixth courtesy of a three-run homer by Spencer Greene, who had moved from left field to the mound in the top of the sixth.

Woods tried to hang a loss on Greene, with Hanson drawing his 22nd HBP of the year and Kamron Morris earning a walk, but the Owls couldn't turn the threat into a comeback.

In the series finale, the Owls again struck early, as Hanson dropped a two-run bomb in the bottom of the first to give WWU a 2-0 lead. Kinsler led off the fourth with a solo shot to put Woods up 3-0, but as had been the story all weekend, College of the Ozarks was able to tie the game up.

The Bobcats assembled a two-run fifth inning and leveled the contest at 3-3 with a leadoff homer by Rhett Hill in the sixth, but Woods was able to dig in its heels and shut down the Bobcats, stranding runners on the corners.

After a grounder to second by Willenberg to start the seventh, Niggemeier and Tyler Horton connected on back-to-back at bats, launching a pair of solo shots to give WWU a 5-3 lead. Matt Hanson drew a one-out walk, forcing the Bobcats to call on Greene once again in relief. The Ozarks closer was able to get the home side out of the jam.

Woods responded with a pitching change of its own, bringing in Jackson Truesdell in the bottom of the seventh, and the senior was able to deliver, recovering after a leadoff walk to force an easy 5-3 double play to wrap the game up.

The Owls are back in action on Tuesday, heading to Missouri Valley College for the second half of a home-and-home series that kicked off with a record-setting 35-15 win for WWU. First pitch in the nine-inning game is set for 3 p.m.