Williamsburg Sun

Tribe Drops One Run Game To No. 10 ECU

 William & Mary came up just short of upsetting No. 10 ECU, dropping a midweek decision 6-5 Wednesday afternoon in Greenville. Ben Williamson had three hits and scored once in the game while Cole Ragone and Tank Yaghoubi each had two hits and drove in a pair. 
 
Nate Knowles had a solid start on the hill for the Tribe, allowing one run on three hits and striking out three over three-plus innings. Bobby McDonough finished the game on the hill for the Tribe allowing no runs on zero hits. 
 
Knowles kept the Pirates off the board in the opening three frames, and it was a 0-0 game before the Tribe used small ball to get three runs in fourth. 
 
Max Winters and Nick Lottchea would knock a pair of one-out singles to put men on the corners before Yaghoubi's bunt single scored Winters. Lottchea and Yaghoubi would come around to score on a two-out two-strike single from Ragone. 
 
The lead was short lived as ECU strung together five hits to score three in the bottom half of the fourth and tie the game at 3-3. A run-scoring fielder's choice would proceed a Jacob Jenkins-Cowart two-run homer to make it a three-run ECU lead. 
 
The Tribe would get a run back in the sixth as Lottchea would single and later score on a passed ball. William & Mary would cut it to a one-run game as Williamson led off the seventh with a single and scored on Yaghoubi's second infield hit of the evening. 
 
William & Mary would load the bases in the top half of the eighth, but could not push the tying run across. 
 
Up Next: The Tribe will continue conference play this weekend as the team heads to New York for a three game set with Hofstra beginning Friday afternoon. 

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