Three Rams had three hits each as Virginia Commonwealth defeated Towson 9-8 yesterday.

Richard Gonzalez, Jared Bolden and Justin Wright had three-hit performances, with Gonzalez scoring three runs and driving in two more. Eric Curtis was the only other Ram with a multi-hit game, as he went 2 for 3.

Darryl Stringfield picked up his second win of the season to improve to 2-0 as he tossed two innings of relief for VCU.

Towson ------------------------- 010 021 310 - 8 12 2
VCU ------------------------- 200 402 001 - 9 14 1

Dupski, Hurd (5) and Stifler; Thomas, Askey (7), Stringfield (7) and Curtis. W: Stringfield (2-0). L: Hurd (1-1). HR: TU: Stifler

Records: Towson 10-13 CAA, 24-22; VCU 5-15, 12-27

Saint Louis 12,
Richmond 3
in second round

 

Saint Louis scored four runs in the fifth inning and was able to shut down Richmond.

Billikens' starter Dave Sever gave up two runs and seven hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings of work to earn the win for Saint Louis.

Derek Boliek drove in two of the Spiders' runs, and Mike Mergenthaler knocked in his fifth home run of the season. Hank Coogan extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a single.
Saint Louis ------------------------- 010 140 231 - 12 16 1
Richmond ------------------------- 001 010 001 - 3 8 1

Sever, Zielinski (9) and Henderson; Hale, Barber (7), Cafagna (7), Joines (8), Clark (8), Trent (9) and Stehle, Grant. W: Sever (4-5). L: Hale (4-1). HR: SLU: Guerra, Dunn, Beal. UR: Mergen thaler

Records: Saint Louis 7-13 A-10, 22-24; Richmond 8-11-1, 17-25-2

Other games

 

UNC WILMINGTON 10, GMU 0

George Mason ------------------------- 000 000 000 - 0 5 0
UNC Wilmington ------------------------- 010 007 02x - 10 10 1

 

Modica, Griffith (6), O'Grady (6), Koziol (8), Kagan (8) and Henderson; Holt, Roth (5), Booth (8), Lewis (8), Salefsky (9) and Carver. W: Roth (5-1). L: Modica (3-5). HR: UNCW: Carver

Records: George Mason 15-9 CAA, 25-22; UNC Wilmington 19-3-1, 34-11-1

W&M 13, LONGWOOD 9

Longwood ------------------------- 211 302 000 - 9 11 5
William and Mary -------------------- 106 202 02x - 13 15 0

 

Farrell, Walker II (4), Weiderman (6) and Quigley; Vernon, Neustifter (4), Kantakevich (8) and Park. W: Neustifter (4-2). L: Walker II (5-4). HR: LU: Cerreto, Quigley, Kimble. WM: Guez, Sheridan, Maliniak

Records: Longwood 21-20, William and Mary 33-13

Friday

 

GMU 13, UNC WILMINGTON 3

George Mason ------------------------- 022 140 301 0 - 13 13 0
UNC Wilmington --------------- 001 100 010 0 - 3 9 2

 

Jaycox and Henderson; Frankoff, Booth (4), Braxton (5), Flood (7), Lewis (7), Bradley (8), Johnson (9) and Carver. W: Jaycox (2-4). L: Frankoff (5-2). HR: GMU: Soares 2, Henderson, Hill

Records: George Mason 15-8 CAA, 25-21; UNC Wilmington 18-3-1, 33-11-1

NCAA TENNIS

CNU, W&L fall

 

Christopher Newport posted a 9-0 win over St. Joseph's on Friday but couldn't keep up yesterday as the Captains fell to Williams College 5-4 in the second round of the NCAA Division III championships.

In other tournament action:

Mary Washington defeated Washington and Lee 5-4 and the Eagles improved to 21-6 on the season.

Washington and Lee's top-ranked women's team overcame Hunter College 9-0, increasing its record to 25-0.