YUMA, Ariz. – The Arizona Western Matadors Baseball Team (8-0) completed a four-game series sweep of Northeastern (2-5) with a 5-0 win over the Plainsmen on Sunday afternoon at Walt Kammann Baseball Field.

Matadors' starting pitcher Carlos Uribe struck out 11 Northeastern batters in eight shutout innings to help the Matadors capture their eighth straight win to start the season.

The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Matadors sent nine batters to the plate. Jahzeel Groetalears reached on an error to start the inning and moved the second base on a Robert Miranda single. After Eli Watson reached on an error to give the Matadors a 1-0 lead, Sergio DeCello tacked on the second run of the inning with a sacrifice fly before Nathan Houston lined a single to right to score Watson, putting the Matadors in front 3-0.

Arizona Western added two more runs in the eighth inning on a Houston sacrifice fly and a Luca Hoerger RBI single to bump the lead to 5-0.

Mason Ulm came in and closed the door in the ninth, working around a single and a walk to secure the Matadors' win.

Houston went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in while Taehyung Kim went 2-for-4 with a triple in the series finale.

The Matadors are back home on Saturday, February 10, hosting Chandler-Gilbert in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at Noon at Walt Kammann Baseball Field.