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SAN MARCOS, Texas - Another day, another complete game Colonel victory.

One day after junior right hander Seth Webster delivered a complete game shutout, junior southpaw Patrick Shreve notched his own CG victory, scattering seven hits and allowing just one unearned run to lead the No. 8 seed Nicholls State University baseball team (28-27) to a 4-1 win over No. 5 seed Sam Houston State on day two of the 2011 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament at Bobcat Field in San Marcos.

Combined with Webster's complete game shutout of Texas State on Wednesday night, Shreve's outing on Thursday extended Nicholls pitching's streak of innings without allowing an earned run to 22.1 IP.  Nicholls pitching has not allowed an earned run since a three-run sixth inning against McNeese State last Saturday.  It was Shreve's second consecutive CG win, after the junior lefty led Nicholls to an 8-3 win on Friday against McNeese State.

With the loss, Sam Houston will face fellow Nicholls victim Texas State in an elimination game at noon on Friday.  The winner of that contest will face the Colonels at 7 p.m. on Friday night.  A win in the nightcap would advance the Colonels to the Southland Conference Tournament Championship Game for the first time since Nicholls won the 1998 tournament title.  A loss in Friday's 7 p.m. nightcap would force the Colonels to face an elimination game with the same opponent at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

The Colonels opened the scoring in the top of the third as Nicholls strung together three hits and took advantage of a walk and a Sam Houston error to score three runs.  Freshman second baseman Philip Lyons singled with one out and senior center fielder Bear Comer followed by drawing a walk to put runners at first and second. 

Senior shortstop Chase Jaramillo loaded the bases by legging out an infield single up the third base line, and junior left fielder Jeremy Hill drove a two-run single into the right center field gap to score Lyons and Comer and send Jaramillo to third.  An error off the bat of junior first baseman Blake Bergegron allowed Jaramillo to score. 

The Colonels looked for more but senior right fielder Scott Moseley's line drive was snared by SHSU second baseman Ryan Mooney, who doubled Hill off second.  Still, the damage was done as Nicholls sent it to the bottom of the third with a 3-0 lead.

However, Sam Houston State immediately answered as a double, an error and an RBI groundout in the bottom of the third put the Bearkats on the board with an unearned run and cut the Nicholls lead to 3-1 after three.

After a scoreless fourth, the Colonels went about getting that run back as Comer drew a leadoff walk, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and came home to score on the second error of the bat of Bergeron on the night, giving Nicholls a 4-1 lead.

That would be all the support Shreve would need as the Mobile, Ala. native kept Sam Houston off the board the rest of the way.  Shreve allowed just one unearned run on seven hits while striking out three and not issuing a walk. 

The Nicholls win snapped the longest Southland Conference Tournament winning streak in league history.  The Bearkats came into Thursday's match up having won 13 consecutive Southland Conference Tournament contests.