Tibbs made two appearances against North Georgia, throwing a total of five innings. Despite suffering a tough-luck loss in game one of the series, the junior bounced back in shutdown form with two dominant innings to close the series.
Tibbs mowed through the Nighthawks in that outing with five strikeouts in the eight batters he faced. All of his strikeouts were batters going down swinging.
The Panthers' offense roared back from a 7-1 deficit through four innings and posted seven runs in the top of the eighth inning.
In three appearances already, Tibbs has compiled a 3.00 ERA through six innings pitched. He has struck out seven.