WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary baseball team fell 11-2 to Elon in the series finale at Plumeri Park on Sunday afternoon. With the decision the Tribe falls to 22-17, 5-10 in Colonial Athletic Association action, while the Phoenix improves to 24-16, 13-2 in league play.
 
The Phoenix raced out to 7-0 lead after three innings, and never looked back in the ball game. The cushion was enough for Jared Wetherbee, who tossed six innings allowing two runs on five hits, with six strikeouts, to earn his fifth win of the season.
 
Senior Hunter Smith drove in both runs for the Tribe in the game. The senior belted his 10th homer of the season in the bottom of the fourth, before he had a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Classmates Zach Pearson and Owen Socher each had multi-hit games for the Green and Gold.
 
W&M Starters – Cone CF, Thomas RF, Smith DH, Pearson 3B, Trehub C, Lipke 1B, Socher LF, McDermott 2B, Wrighte SS, Tsakounis P
 
Elon Starters – Stanley CF, Galason LF, Satterfield 1B, Devanney SS, Adcock RF, Cicci C, Oldham DH, Spurlin 2B, Roberts 3B, Wetherbee P
 
How It Happened
- Elon plated a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. With an out, Anthony Galason doubled to the right-centerfield wall, before Joe Satterfield walked and Cam Devanney reached on an error. The next batter, Ty Adcock singled to left before Nick Cicci walked to give the Phoenix an early 2-0 lead.
- A two-out rally in the top of the second extended the Phoenix advantage. Galason, again, sparked the rally with a single before Satterfield walked. Devanney, then, tripled to the right-centerfield wall to clear the bases.
- Elon tacked on three more in the top of the third inning. With one out, Matt Oldham, Adam Spurlin, and Jack Roberts walked to load the bases. Tyler Stanely was hit by a pitch to bring home the first run, before Galason singled to bring home two and make it 7-0.
- W&M jumped on the board with a homer in the home half of the fourth inning. Senior Hunter Smith belted his CAA-leading 10th homer over the left-centerfield wall.
- The Phoenix added another run in the top of the fifth. Jarrett Pico led off the inning with a walk, before advancing to third on a pair of wild pitches. With two outs, Satterfield shot a single up the middle to bring home the run.
- Elon took advantage of a Tribe error to score its ninth run of the day. Cicci was hit by a pitch, before Oldham singled to right. However, the ball got away from the right fielder and allowed Cicci to score from first.
- Smith brought his second run in of the game in the home half of the sixth. Freshman Jack Cone led off the inning with a single, moving to second on a wild pitch and third on a groundout. Smith then flew out to the right field wall, just missing his second homer, but it was enough to bring in the second run for the Tribe.
- The Phoenix scored two more in its half of the seventh. With an out, back-to-back walks to Galason and Satterfield and a balk put runners in scoring position. After a wild pitch scored Galason, an Adcock single extended the Elon lead to 11-2.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Elon outhit the Tribe 10-6 in the game.
- W&M committed a pair of errors, which attributed to two unearned runs.
- Freshman Zach Tsakounis was saddled with his second loss of the season. He pitched 2.1 innings allowing seven runs (six earned) on four hits.
 
Notes
Senior Hunter Smith hit his 10th homer of the season and the 26th of his career … The 26 homers is good for ninth in W&M history … It was his team-best ninth multi-RBI game of the season … Senior Zach Pearson recorded his team-high 13th multi-hit game of the season … Classmate Owen Socher also had his seventh multi-hit game of the year …  His two doubles give him seven for the season and 17 for his career … Freshman Jack Cone had a career-high four strikeouts in his two innings of scoreless relief … Redshirt junior Chris Farrell pitched a season-long 3.1 innings with a season-best five strikeouts.
 
What's Ahead
W&M opens a five-game road swing as it plays a pair of mid-week games next week. The Tribe travels to George Mason on Tuesday, April 23, before heading to Richmond on Wednesday, April 24. Both first pitches are scheduled for 3 p.m.