WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- William & Mary belted out a season-high 19 hits in a convincing 13-0 win over Delaware Friday afternoon at Plumeri Park. Eight of the Tribe's nine starters recorded a knock, and four men had multi-hit games. 
 
The top of the Green and Gold order did damage all night long as Matt Thomas, Ben Williamson, and Cole Ragone combined to go 10-12 at the plate with six extra-base hits. The trio knocked in four, and scored nine combined runs. 
 
Thomas had a career day going 5-5 with a pair of doubles and four runs scored. Williamson added two hits, a double and a pair of runs, while Ragone belted a homer to go with two doubles, knocking in four.
 
On the hill, starter Zach Tsakounis was strong, tossing 4.2 innings, striking out three, and inducing two double plays on the way to his fifth win of the year. Tom Mayer followed with a tremendous outing, allowing just one hit over 3.1 scoreless frames. The righty struck out three and allowed zero free passes.
 
 Nate Knowles came on to work a one, two, three ninth for the Tribe's second straight shutout win, extending the William & Mary pitching staff's scoreless streak to 24 innings.
 
The Tribe got things going early on both the defensive and offensive ends in a dominating victory.
 
After a lead off walk in the top of the first, Delaware's two-hole hitter lifted a ball deep into the gap in left center and Joe Delossantos made a tremendous catch, and doubled the runner off first to keep the Blue Hens off the board in the opening inning. 
 
The Green and Gold took advantage of the Delossantos run-saving play and got to work offensively in the bottom half. Thomas led off with a double into left center, and Williamson followed with a single. Ragone drew a full-count walk to load the bases and David Hogarth smacked a ball through the left side to score a run. 
 
All runners would move up another 90 feet as Jack Cone ripped a two-strike single into left plating Williamson. Delossantos reached on a fielder's choice that plated Ragone and an error on the play brought in Hogarth making it 4-0.
 
William & Mary tacked on in the second as Thomas once again ripped a double into left center and scored on Ragone's one-hopper off the wall in dead center. After a scoreless third, the top of the order once again did damage for the Tribe. Thomas singled for his third hit of the day and moved to third on a Williamson double to left. Both men scored as Ragone lifted his second double of the game to deep right-center making it a 7-0 game. 
 
Delossantos started off the fifth with a double down the line in left and later came around to score on a Mark Trotta RBI groundout. After a clean relief inning from Mayer, Ragone smoked a 1-0 pitch over the wall in left for his team-leading eighth homer of the year. Delossantos reached with a pair of outs and would score for the second straight inning, this time off a rocket double to left center off the bat of Tyler Solomon. 
 
Nate Goranson would lead off with a single in what would become a three-run seventh for the Tribe. Thomas would smack his fifth hit of the evening in the inning and Cone would add his second run-producing hit to give the home side a 13-0 edge before Knowles shut the door on Delaware.