CONWAY, Ark. _ Freshman Noah Cameron tossed a complete-game shutout Saturday as the University of Central Arkansas Bears beat the Nicholls Colonels 5-0 at Bear Stadium to win their second consecutive Southland Conference series in as many weekends.

Cameron, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound lefthander from St. Joseph, Mo., struck out 13, walked one and allowed just four hits in his first complete game. Cameron faced 30 batters and threw 114 pitches in his fourth career start. The 13 strikeouts tied for seventh most in school history and is just two short of the school record of 15. Cameron entered the game with 14 strikeouts in his previous three games combined.

The Bears did just enough offensively to get the victory, scoring three times on sacrifice flies, once on an RBI single by Marco Navarro and once on a bunt single by Jay Anderson. 

UCA (8-11, 4-1) got the only run it would need in the first inning when freshman Kolby Johnson led off with a single, stole second, went to third on Navarro's bunt single and scored on Anderson's sacrifice fly to center. The Bears made it 2-0 in the third on Navarro's base hit to right that scored Christian Brasher. Another run in the fifth made it 3-0 on Nathaniel Sagdahl's sacrifice fly to left field. 

Finally, UCA picked up two runs off the Nicholls' bullpen in the eighth when Anderson's squeeze bunt attempt turned into a base hit, scoring Johnson, who had doubled to right center to lead off the inning. Cole Fiori added another sacrifice fly to brin gin Navarro.

Nicholls' starter Jacob Bedevian was solid for seven innings, allowing 7 hitts, 2 earned runs and striking out 6. A day after walking 11 Bears, the Nicholls' staff issued just one walk on Saturday. 

Johnson, Navarro and Joshmar Doran had two hits apiece for the Bears, while Alec Paz had two of the Colonel's four hits.

Game 3 of the series is set for 1 p.m. Sunday.