HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — The University of South Carolina Beaufort baseball team managed only seven hits Tuesday, but they came at the right times, as the Sand Sharks strung together four straight hits in a five-run second inning and cruised to a 6-2 win over SCAD Savannah in a non-conference game at Richard Gray Sports Complex.

The Bees took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but USCB wasted no time answering.

Keifer Youmans led off the bottom of the inning with the first of four consecutive hits. Youmans singled to right and took second on a wild pitch, then scored on Dom Hayes' single up the middle. Weldon Smith followed with a single to right, and David O'Neil added an RBI double.

The Sand Sharks tacked on another run when R.J. Neal reached on an error and added two more on Dylan Nasiatka's sacrifice fly and Conald Mansfield's RBI groundout. Blake Cilwick also drove in a run with an infield single in the eighth.

Starter Stephen Richards (1-1) and relievers Junior Delatorre, Alex Graham, Andrew Barrineau and Matt Barger took care of the rest, holding the Bees to eight hits and two runs. Delatorre worked two scoreless innings and has not allowed an earned run all season, and Barrineau and Barger each worked a scoreless frame.

USCB (35-14) finished with the best regular-season record in its four-year history and clinched second place in the Sun Conference and the No. 2 seed in next week's conference tournament by virtue of St. Thomas' loss to Warner on Tuesday. The Sand Sharks will play their first game in the conference tournament at 2 p.m. Tuesday against either SCAD Savannah, Webber International or Warner.

The Sand Sharks moved up to No. 15 in the most recent NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday, marking their highest-ever ranking. USCB's previous high mark was No. 18 in the preseason poll in 2010.