William & Mary’s baseball season ended Saturday with a 9-2 semifinal loss to top-seeded Elon at the Colonial Athletic Association tournament in Harrisonburg.
The Phoenix took a 32-23 record against UNC Wilmington for the championship. The Seahawks have two tries to earn the title and its accompanying NCAA regional berth.
Freshman Ty Adock’s three-run homer to right field put Elon ahead in the first inning, and Kyle Brnovich pitched eight innings for the victory. He yielded seven hits, including Hunter Smith’s RBI single in the third and Brandon Raquet’s solo home run in the eighth.
Elon scored at least a run in five of the final six innings to pull out the victory. W&M lost for the second time in about 17 hours — the Tribe fell 5-1 to UNCW Friday night.
ACC semifinals
UNC 13, Boston College 5
Georgia Tech 9, N.C. State 2
Michael Busch had four hits, including a two-run homer, to pace a 13-hit attack at Durham Bulls Athletic Park as North Carolina took a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship game.
The Tar Heels (41-17) will play at noon Sunday against Georgia Tech for the championship.
The Tar Heels led 7-1 until BC (31-27) — which needed to win the tournament to reach the NCAAs — scored four times in the sixth. UNC responded with three runs in its half of the inning and three more in the eighth.
The surprising Eagles, seeded 12th, used seven pitchers. John Witkowski (1-1) took the loss.
Danny Serretti had two hits and three RBIs for the Tar Heels, and Ike Freeman and Dallas Tessar each drove in a pair of runs. Tessar’s bases-loaded single in the sixth doubled his RBI total for the season.
Hansen Butler (3-0), who saved the Tar Heels’ victory against Miami on Friday, worked 1 1/3 innings for the victory.
Georgia Tech hammered N.C. State as Michael Guldberg hit his first home run of the season. His three-run shot gave the Yellow Jackets a 4-1 lead in the fifth inning.
The Tar Heels led 7-1 until BC (31-27) — which needed to win the tournament to reach the NCAAs — scored four times in the sixth. UNC responded with three runs in the sixth and three in the eighth.
The surprising Eagles, seeded 12th, used seven pitchers. John Witkowski (1-1) took the loss.
Danny Serretti had two hits and three RBIs for the Tar Heels, and Ike Freeman and Dallas Tessar each drove in a pair of runs. Tessar’s bases-loaded single in the sixth doubled his RBI total for the season.
Hansen Butler (3-0), who saved the Tar Heels’ victory against Miami on Friday, worked 1 1/3 innings for the victory.
Big South:
Campbell 8, Winthrop 6
The regular-season champion Camels (35-19) won the Big South tournament title in Fayetteville, N.C., thanks in part to Matthew Barefoot’s three hits, two runs and three RBIs.
His home run put Campbell ahead in the bottom of the seventh.
Campbell went ahead for good with a three-run seventh inning. The Eagles finished 34-23.
Atlantic Sun:
Liberty 5, Jacksonville 2
Liberty 6, Stetson 3
New to the conference, the Flames forced a winner-take-all championship game today at the Atlantic Sun tournament in Deland, Fla., vs. Stetson.
First, they ousted Jacksonville behind pitcher Landon Riley’s 4 1/3 scoreless innings and by scoring five times in the sixth inning.
Then Liberty handed the tournament host Hatters their first loss of the event, going ahead 6-1 with a four-run sixth. Former Peninsula Pilots standout Jonathan Embry was 2 for 3 with an RBI.
Atlantic 10:
Fordham 4, Dayton 3, 12 innings
The Rams (38-22) took the Atlantic 10 title on their home field in the Bronx, N.Y., defeating the Flyers (32-26-1) as Justin Bardwell drew a bases-loaded walk in the 12th.
