FLORENCE, Ala. _ The University of Central Arkansas Bears rode a four-run seventh inning to a 7-3 victory over the North Alabama Lions in Sunday's ASUN series finale at Mike Lane Field.

The win gave the Bears the series 2-1, their third consecutive ASUN series victory, putting them at 6-3 in league play in their first season.

Sophomore right hander Trent Gregson turned in his second straight dominating performance out of the bullpen, tossing 4 2/3 scoreless innings and striking out nine. That comes five days after striking out a career-high 10 in relief at Arkansas State on Tuesday.

The Bears (11-15 overall) turned a 3-3 tie into a 7-3 advantage in the seventh inning. UCA scored four runs on four hits, all extra-base hits. The Bears opened the inning with a triple by Connor Emmet and back-to-back doubles by Hunter Hicks and Drew Pollum to take the lead for good. After a walk to A.J. Mendolia and a sacrifice bunt by Noah Argenta, Reid Bowman knocked in a run with a ground out.

Center fielder Drew Sturgeon then followed with an RBI double that scored Mendolia with the final run. Gregson struck out a pair of Lions in the eighth before UCA threatened again in the top of the ninth before stranding two runners. Senior right hander Tyler Navarro pitched the ninth and worked around a pair of singles to close it out.

UCA scored first in the top of the first on Pollum's base hit. In the second, Sturgeon reached on an error and eventually came around to score on a wild pitch. The Bears went up 3-2 in the fourth when Kolby Johnson grounded out to bring in Sturgeon, who led off the inning with a base hit.

Pollum finished 3 for 5 with 2 RBI, while Hicks and Sturgeon had two hits each.

The Bears will travel to Fayetteville on Tuesday to face the Top 5 Arkansas Razorbacks at 6 p.m., That game will be the first of two meetings between the teams in 2022. They will also play at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock on April. 26. UCA then returns home to face Jacksonville State (6-3 in ASUN) this weekend, beginning at 6 p.m. Friday night at Bear Stadium.