WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary baseball team was held to just three hits in a 6-1 setback against Towson to conclude the Colonial Athletic Association series on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers (7-22, 4-5) did not surrender an earned run in preventing the Tribe (13-20, 3-6) from completing a weekend sweep.
 
Towson scored all the runs it would need to win the game in the first three innings. A two-out RBI single in the first inning followed by sacrifice fly in the third put the Tribe down 2-0. W&M walked in an unearned run in the fourth, narrowing the deficit to 2-1.
 
However, the Tigers scored four unanswered runs to take the finale. In the fifth inning, Trey Martinez lead off with a single and Dirk Masters drew a walk, before Billy Lennox bunted them over. Richie Palacios then hit RBI single that tagged the pitcher in the back for another one-run frame. TU would go on to tack on three unearned insurance runs in the ninth.
 
Tribe Standouts
Junior Hunter Smith led the Tribe with a 2-for-4 effort at the dish, while classmate Colin Lipke reached safely three times on a base hit and two walks. Sophomore Brandon Raquet also notched an RBI after drawing a bases-loaded walk.
 
On the mound, sophomore Michael Goldak threw 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout and freshman Justin Pearson retired the first two batters he faced in the seventh. Senior Charlie Fletcher kept Towson off the scoreboard in the eighth inning, adding a strikeout.
 
Inside the Numbers
- ­Towson starter Michael Adams faced just 30 batters in seven innings of work.
- The Tigers had two pitchers combine for 11 strikeouts, while the W&M pitching managed to fan just five.
- Two-out hitting was another notable statistic as the Tribe had one and TU tallied four hits and RBI each.
- Adams (3-2) earned the win as he struck eight and allowed only one run on three hits.
- Freshman Jacob Haney (1-6) took the loss, yielding three runs and six hits in 4.1 innings.
- Dean Stramara collected a save after entering the game with a two-run lead in the eighth. 

Notes
Fletcher is on the brisk of the setting a new Tribe appearance record as he is three short with 94…Smith extend his hitting streak to six consecutive games, while Lipke pushed his to five in a row…Smith also tallied his 10^th multiple hit game, which leads the team…Sophomore Wade Strain has not allowed an earned run in his last four appearances…Despite the loss, W&M still leads the all-time serie against Towson, 37-21.
 
Up Next
The Tribe wraps up its final five-game homestand of 2018 with a Hamptons Roads matchup against Old Dominion on Tuesday, April 10 at 6 pm.