BOONE, N.C. — Dillon Dobson went 5-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored and Jeffrey Springs threw a 139-pitch complete game to lead Appalachian State University baseball to a 7-5 win over UL Monroe on Saturday afternoon at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.

Combined with Friday night's 7-0 shutout win, Appalachian State (7-15, 2-6 Sun Belt) clinched its first-ever Sun Belt Conference series victory. The Mountaineers go for the three-game sweep over ULM (11-9, 1-4 Sun Belt) on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Smith Stadium.

Dobson's five-hit game was the first by a Mountaineer since Daniel Kassouf also went 5-for-5 against Elon on March 23, 2012. Three of Dobson's first four hits drove in runs, including RBI doubles in the fifth and sixth innings that helped Appalachian State grab a commanding 6-1 lead.

Making the 36th start of his career, Springs tossed his first complete game. The senior southpaw kept ULM at bay for much of the afternoon, allowing just one run on four hits through six innings to help the Mountaineers stake the 6-1 lead.

ULM broke through for single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to cut the deficit to 6-3 but Appalachian State added a big insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on Conner Leonard's two-out RBI double down the left-field line.

With over 100 pitches already under his belt, Springs surrendered three-straight hits to begin the ninth inning and ULM cut the Mountaineers' advantage to 7-5. However, after a visit to the mound, head coach Billy Jones elected to leave Springs in the ballgame and the senior rewarded his skipper's faith in him by retiring the Warhawks' final three batters to cap the gutsy effort.

Springs scattered 10 hits and recorded a career-high-tying 11 strikeouts to earn his first win of the season and even his record at 1-1. The victory was his first since a 10-6 triumph over The Citadel on April 13 of last season.

In addition to Dobson's five-hit performance, Bradley Morton went 2-for-4 with a double to help lead the Mountaineers' 11-hit attack.

Anthony Herrera, Dalton Todd and Robbie Podorsky had two hits apiece for ULM.

NOTES: Appalachian State has won consecutive games for the first time since victories over Villanova and Canisius on Feb. 14 and 21 ... Dobson raised his batting average from .296 to .337 with the 5-for-5 day ... Springs' complete game was the Mountaineers' second-straight after Taylor Thurber tossed a 7-0 shutout against ULM on Friday night  ... the back-to-back complete games mark the second time in less than a year that Appalachian State pitchers have gone the distance in consecutive outings ... Jamie Nunn and Tyler Moore achieved the feat on March 28-29 of last season against UNC Greensboro ... now a member of the Roswell Invaders of the independent professional Pecos League, Moore was among the 942 in attendance at Smith Stadium on Saturday ... the overflow crowd of 942 at newly renovated 827-seat Smith Stadium was Appalachian State's largest since a stadium-record 1,116 was on hand for a 2-0 win over rival Georgia Southern on April 6, 2013.