MARTIN, Tenn. --  Senior Greg Wallace belted home runs in his first two at-bats to power the University of Evansville baseball team past UT-Martin, 16-3, Tuesday evening at Skyhawk Field. The Aces’ pitching staff led by starter Trentt Copeland held the Skyhawks to six hits while UE tallied 16. Evansville’s record improved to 3-4 on the season as UTM dropped to 2-6.

Making his collegiate pitching debut, Copeland (1-0) threw five scoreless innings to earn the win, allowing just two hits, walking three, and striking out three.

The Aces struck first in the opening frame, as Wallace blasted a two-out solo home run to straight centerfield for a 1-0 lead.

Again in the third, Wallace crushed a two-out homer. With sophomore Eric Stamets and senior Shawn Kuester on first and second and two outs, Wallace cranked a low and inside pitch far over the right field wall, giving the Aces a 4-0 lead.

The Aces added one more run in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly, and in the top of the sixth Evansville strung together four hits for four more runs. Senior Ryan Oesterle’s single to centerfield scored classmate Jared Baehl who reached on an error. Wiley and Stamets lined back-to-back RBI doubles and Kuester capped the run with a single up the middle that made the score 9-0.

UE put up another four-run inning in the seventh. With two outs and bases loaded, the Aces scored two unearned runs, first on a fielding error, then on a wild pitch. Kuester followed with a hard hit grounder up the middle, plating freshmen Tim Bodine and Brett Wiley to give Evansville a 13-0 lead.

The Skyhawks got on the board in the bottom of the seventh, scoring two on Trey Karlen’s RBI single off sophomore Josh Biggs. Biggs threw 2.0 innings, giving up two unearned runs, a hit, three walks, while striking out one.

The Aces tacked on three more in the ninth, all unearned, on a two-out rally, as UT-Martin tagged a run in the bottom of the inning in the out of reach game.

Out of the bullpen, freshmen James Kohler and Peter Spear hurled the final two innings of the contest with Kohler throwing a hitless eighth, striking out one. Spear allowed one unearned run on three hits, a walk, and struck out two in the ninth.

Five Evansville players had multi-hit games, led by Oesterle’s 4-for-6 performance at the plate. Kuester went 3-for-6, while Stamets, Wallace, and Wiley each had two hits.

The Aces are back in action Friday when they host the Dunn Hospitality Diamond Classic at Charles Braun Stadium. Evansville plays Eastern Illinois Friday at 3:00 p.m. CST. Northwestern is also in the three-day tournament.