Box Score WILMINGTON, N.C.- William & Mary was unable to hang on to a big lead early as the Tribe lost at Wilmington 16-13 Thursday evening. The Tribe had 13 hits in the loss. Joe Delossantos homered and was 3-3 in the game. 
 
Luca Danos was 3-5 with three runs scored and Tank Yaghoubie knocked in a pair with two hits. Lucas Carmichael scored two runs and had two hits, while Ben Williamson knocked in three with a trio of hits. 
 
The Tribe got to Wilmington in the first for a pair of runs produced by a couple of two-out hits. Carmichael walked to start off the game and moved to second on a two-out hit from Delossantos. Carmichael then scored on a Yaghoubi single into right before a double steal plated Delossantos. 
 
UNCW answered as a lead off error would lead to an unearned run for the Seahawks, cutting the Tribe's lead to 2-1, but William & Mary pushed back in the top half of the second. Danos rocketed a one-out double off the wall in left to easily score Cole Ragone and make it a 3-1 game. 
 
Knowles set down the Seahawks without allowing a run in the second and the third before William & Mary tacked on in the fourth. Four straight singles from Adams, Danos, Carmichael and Williamson scored a pair runs for the Tribe before two more would come in on sac flies from Delossantos and Yaghoubi to give W&M a 7-1 lead. Ragone would punctuate the six-run frame with a two-run double to right center to give the Tribe an eight run lead. 
 
The Seahakws answered in the bottom of the fourth, as the lead off man would single and eventually score to cut the lead to seven. UNCW would grab another unearned run back in the fifth to make it a six-run game.
 
In the sixth, Goranson would get hit by a pitch to lead off and Delossantos would launch the first pitch he saw over the wall in right for his eighth homer of the year. The Seahawks would answer with a big inning of their own, 
 
The Seahawks came roaring back in the bottom of the sixth with six runs on five hits to cut the Tribe lead to 11-9. The Tribe answered with a run in the top of the seventh as Danos singled and Williamson scored him with a bloop triple to right. 
 
The Seahawks would finally erase the eight-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh as UNCW scored five runs on five hits to take a 14-12 lead. UNCW tacked on a pair in the eighth to make it 16-12. Williamson knocked in Danos in the ninth, but it would not be enough as the Tribe took the 16-13 loss. 
 
Up next: The Tribe will have another shot at the Seahawks tomorrow evening as the two teams meet for a 6:00 PM start time.