Iowa baseball 3B Lorenzo Elion makes SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays with diving stop

Iowa baseball 3B Lorenzo Elion made one of the Hawkeyes' best defensive plays of the season on Saturday against Ohio State.

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Third baseman Lorenzo Elion provided one of the top highlights of Iowa baseball’s season this weekend.

In a Saturday game against Ohio State, Elion made a diving stop on a sharply hit ground ball to the hot corner and threw the runner out at first base. Elion’s web gem was No. 8 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays on

Iowa baseball’s Lorenzo Elion makes SportsCenter with diving stop

Lorenzo Elion joins Eric Toole and Mason McCoy as Hawkeye Baseball players whose standout play on defense has made ESPN's #SCtop10 in recent years! pic.twitter.com/2B2cu9LnUe

— Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) April 8, 2018

Here's another look at @LorenzoElion WEB GEM in game 1 against Ohio State! #SCtop10 #BTNStandout #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/RMMeTiytfp

— Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) April 8, 2018

Despite Elion’s impressive play, the Hawkeyes dropped the first game of a doubleheader against Ohio State on Saturday. Iowa was victorious in the second game, however, and entered Sunday’s series finale with an 18-10 record on the season.