Williamsburg, Va. - The William and Mary Tribe baseball team's ninth inning rally fell short on a cold Tuesday night at Plumeri Park and the College would lose to the visiting Richmond Spiders, 2-1.  With the loss, the Tribe falls to 6-13 on the season, while the Spiders improved to 6-10-2.

Freshman Ryan Lindemuth went 2-for-3 on the day for the Tribe with a double and a walk, while sophomore Kevin Nutter was 1-for-3 with a RBI.  Also collecting hits for the Tribe were sophomores Ryan Williams and Ryan Brown , as well as freshman Devin White .

On the mound, sophomore Matt Wainman had a great start for the College, allowing only one unearned run.  Wainman struck out a career-high 10 batters while scattering three hits and walking a pair.  Out of the bullpen, sophomore Brett Koehler was strong, pitching 1.2 perfect innings while striking out one.

With each team's pitcher going well, offense was at a premium in the early part of Tuesday night's game.  After three scoreless innings, the Spiders would take advantage of a pair of Tribe errors.  With a runner on first, the College tried to pick him off first but the throw went awry.  After collecting the ball, Nutter tried to get the runner at third, but his throw also got away, allowing the Richmond runner to trot home. After four innings, Richmond led William and Mary, 1-0.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Tribe would put across its first run of the game, trying the contest at 1-1.  Leading off the inning was White, who started the frame with a double to left-center field.  After being moved to third on a sacrifice bunt from senior Derrick Osteen, White was only 90 feet away with Nutter at the plate.  With the count at 2-1, the squeeze play was on for the Green and Gold.  White took off from third toward home while Nutter squared around, laying down a great bunt down the first-base line.  White scored easily for the College, tying the game at 1-1 after five full innings.

In the top of the eighth inning, the Spiders would retake on a RBI groundout.  With the bases loaded with one out, Phil Ruzbarsky would ground out weakly to second base, allowing the run from third to score easily.  After eight innings, the Spiders clung to a 2-1 lead.

With the score still 2-1, the Tribe looked to stage a rally in the bottom of the ninth.  Lindemuth started the frame with a single up the middle, but would get tagged out on second when junior Stephen Arcure grounded in to a fielder's choice.  Up next for the College was Brown, who singled through the left side to put runners on first and second for the Tribe with one out.

White stepped up to the plate next for the Tribe and blasted a ball to right field, but the liner went right to the Richmond outfielder for the second out.  On the line out, however, both runners would move up to put the tying run at third and the winning run in scoring position at second for Osteen.  Osteen battled in his at-bat, but would eventually strike out swinging, wrapping up the 2-1 win for the Spiders.

The William and Mary Tribe baseball team will hit the road and head north on Wednesday, March 16 to face the George Washington Colonials.  First pitch for tomorrow's game is set for 4 p.m.