LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama baseball team suffered a 4-2 loss to the No. 16 University of West Florida in Gulf South Conference action, Friday night from Tartt Field. 

UWA falls to 7-6 and 1-3 in the league, while UWF improves to 8-2 and 1-0. 

In the third, the Argos struck first with a base hit by Darrien McDowell to bring home Trent Jeffcoat for the 1-0 advantage. 

After that, Bryant Quimby settled down, retiring the next eight he faced and 11 of the final 12, culminating with a pair of strikeouts in the sixth to retire the side. 

West Alabama tried to shift the momentum back to the bats, and despite a two-out base hit by Bryce Newman, he would be left stranded on base. 

Unfortunately for UWA, the Argos made it a 4-0 ballgame with three runs in the seventh. 

West Alabama was able to avoid the shutout with two runs in the bottom of the ninth thanks to a Cade Horton RBI groundout and a Brayden Pelkey base knock. 

The Argos are ranked 16th in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll. 

Bryant Quimby (1-1), despite suffering the loss, allowed one unearned run in six innings with five strikeouts. 

Jadon Fryman went 2-for-4 on the afternoon to lead the Argos. 

West Alabama wraps up the series with West Florida on Saturday with a doubleheader, starting at 1 p.m. from Tartt Field.