After dropping Friday’s West Coast Conference opener, the USF Dons got back on track at Santa Clara with back-to-back victories to win the three-game series.

The Broncos’ Friday starter Mitchell White (Bellarmine-San Jose) notched the win in the 2-0 series opener. The redshirt freshman right-hander was nails, striking out 12 through seven innings, while hanging an 0-for-4 on Dons slugger Allen Smoot.

Smoot bounced back through the final two games of the series though, going 3 for 7 with three RBIs as USF prevailed 5-2 on Saturday and 6-3 in Sunday’s rubber match.

A junior transfer out of the College of San Mateo, Smoot took a redshirt at USF last season and got a late start this year, playing in nine of the Dons’ 22 games. The left-handed hitting third baseman out of De La Salle-Concord was penciled into the cleanup spot Saturday though, and upped his season batting average to .281 (9 for 32).

Smoot made a big impression in the offseason playing for the Humboldt Crabs of the Far West League, a summer collegiate wood bat league based in Northern California.

Smoot captured league Most Valuable Player honors, leading the Crabs to a 41-9 record while hitting .447, including finishing the year on a 31-game hitting streak.