LEBANON, Tenn.--Cumberland Baseball explode on Senior Day for six home runs to honor their 11 seniors with a 22-5 win over Tennessee Southern to close out the regular season. 

Cumberland (30-11-1, 20-5 MSC) pounded 17 hits and forced the Firehawks to throw six pitchers as the Phoenix produced the offensive onslaught. Tyner Hughes blasted two home runs for four on the weekend, he now sits in sixth in the NAIA in home runs with 18. Dee Triplett and Tim Holyk each hit a three-run home run, Xavier Torres hit a two-run bomb to dead-center, and Cole Turney hit his 26th home run of the season to extned his lead in home runs. 

Every Phoenix in the starting ineup recorded a hit in the game. 

Tennessee Southern started the game with a solo home run in the top of the first from Michael Wurtz, but in the bottom half Juan Moreno led off with a single and walk to Turney set up a three-run homer from Hughes to left. 

In the third, Wurtz hit his second home run of the game to tie it, but the Phoenix answered the bell with Triplett launching a two-out three run homer to center to give Cumberland a 6-3 lead they would never give up. 

Torres blasted a two-run homer in the fourth that sparked three home run in the inning. Turney launched a two-run shot to right center and Hughes followed going back-to-back to give CU an 11-3 lead. 

After the Firehawks pushed across a run, Santrel Farmer roped a two-RBI single up the middle to push the lead to 14-3. 

Coleman Siniard hit a solo shot to right center in the sixth before Cumberland exploded for nine runs in the bottom half. Holyk started the stretch with a three-run shot to right, Moreno singled home a run, Turney drew a bases loaded walk, Reid Bass was hit by a pitch to score a run, Jacob Dukart also drew a free pass, Holyk was hit by a pitch and Bass scored on a wild pitch for the final score of 22-5.

Reid Madariaga tossed 6.2 innings in the win. He gave up eight hits and five runs with three strikeouts. Senior Zavien Lindsey came in and recorded the final out of the game. 

The University of the Cumberlands swept the series over Pikeville to win the Mid-South Confernce Regular Season Championship. Cumberland will be the No. 2 seed officially to be released by the Mid-South Conference following the conclusion of all the games this weekend. Opponent, dates, and times will be announced after that announcement.