WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary Baseball completed its second weekend sweep of the year, taking down Quinnipiac, 16-6, Sunday afternoon to conclude a four-win week.

The Tribe improved its overall record to 14-6, taking four straight, and the Bobcats fell to 5-11 on the year. 

Henry Jackson led the Tribe on the offensive front with a perfect 4-4 day at the plate. He also notched a walk and a HBP to reach in all six plate appearances, with a pair of RBI and three runs scored.

Including Jackson, five of the Tribe's starting nine recorded multiple hits, while Nate Goranson (4), Jerry Barnes III (3) and Luca Trigiani (3) tallied multiple RBI. 

The long ball reappeared as a friend of the Green & Gold, as Goranson and Trigiani each blasted three-run home runs in the contest for the team's eighth and ninth homers of the week.

In a brilliant closing effort by Owen Pierce, he tossed 3.0 no-hit innings and tallied a career high-tying 5 strikeouts. He started his day with a pair of perfect frames and his only two baserunners to reach did so in the ninth inning on a HBP and an error. The sophomore saw to his fifth scoreless appearance and second no-hit outing to earn his third save on the year. 

The trio of Nate Knowles, Mark Hindy and Pierce combined for 15 strikeouts, tying the season high from the series opener against UMass Lowell. 
With the Tribe's convincing lead coming early in the game, Knowles earned his second win of the season. 

The Tribe was hot right off the bat, scoring six runs in the first inning to take the deciding lead early. Lucas Carmichael doubled down the first baseline to lead off the game for W&M and Ben Parker followed with his first of three walks.

Joe Delossantos wasted no time in getting runs on the board, bringing in Parker on a single ripped through the left side. Jackson followed suit with an RBI single of his own.

Goranson belted a massive 433-foot home run to dead center, scoring three more to give the Tribe a 6-0 advantage through one.

The Bobcats got their first across in the second frame, but W&M had a fast answer in the bottom of the frame. Delossantos sent a towering ball to left field which fell just short of the wall for a double. After stealing third, he added another run for the Tribe on a wild pitch. 

In the third and fourth innings, Quinnipiac made a comeback effort, cutting the Tribe lead to one, 7-6, on five runs as the Tribe looked to respond in the bottom of the fourth.

Getting a pair back in the Tribe's half of the inning, Barnes nearly cleared the wall, bouncing a double off the top of the fence to score Parker and Delossantos.

Hindy and Pierce shut down the Bobcats for the remainder of the contest, allowing no hits through the final five innings of play. 

In the sixth inning, Jackson belted a first-pitch double to right field, coming around to score on a pair of Bobcat errors for the lone run of the inning.

To lead off a four-run seventh, Parker fought his way back from an 0-2 count in an 11-pitch at-bat before drawing a walk. Another RBI single from Jackson brought Parker around to score from second. 

Nate Goranson walked to put two men on for Trigiani. Putting barrel to ball on the first pitch he saw, Trigiani belted the Tribe's second three-run homer of the day to give the Green & Gold a 14-6 lead.

Adding two more in the eighth inning, a fielding error allowed Josiah Seguin to cross the plate after reaching base on a walk and a Goranson RBI single drove Trey Christman in for the 16^th run of the contest. 

Pierce caught two Bobcats looking in the ninth to conclude his stellar day and end the Tribe's weekend with a strikeout.
 
Up Next
The Tribe will travel to Norfolk State for the second meeting of the season at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 20.

Then, W&M will open CAA play with a three-game series against Stony Brook on March 22-24 at Plumeri Park, concluding its six straight weekends at home. 
 
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