ELON, N.C. – The Monmouth University baseball team scored three times in the final two innings and claimed a 6-3 road win at Elon University in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play on Friday afternoon.
 
The first three innings belonged to the pitchers as the game remained scoreless.
 
The Hawks broke through in the top of the fourth. Chris Walsh drew a lead-off walk and moved to third with one out. Will Fahey's single to the shortstop plated Walsh with the game's first run. RJ Mustaro's double scored Nick Lovarco and made it a 2-0 game.
 
Elon sent six batters to the plate in the bottom of the fifth and scored twice to tie the game.
 
The Hawks went back on top, 3-2 in the top of the sixth. Fahey singled and stole second and third with one out. Colin Richter then lifted a sac fly to left that plated Fahey.
 
A pair of base hits to start the bottom of the seventh tied the game at 3-3.
 
In the top of the eighth Nick Lovarco drew a leadoff walk. A sacrifice bunt and a pair of walks loaded the bases. Richter's fly ball to deep center scored Lovarco and gave the visitors a 4-3 lead. 
 
After a scoreless bottom of the eighth, the Hawks added on in the top of the ninth. Walsh scored on Simmi Whitehill's base hit. Whitehill later scored on a wild pitch that made it 6-3 in favor of the Hawks.
 
Kevin Opanel worked around a leadoff single to close out the win for the Hawks in the bottom of the ninth.
 
Notes

• The Hawks moved to 4-0 in CAA road play with the win.
• The victory gave the Hawks eight wins in CAA play. The Hawks are just two wins shy of their CAA win total from a year ago.
• Simmi Whitehill stretched his reached base safely streak to 22 straight games with his single in the fifth.
• Wyatt Hunt stretched his hit streak to eight straight games with his single in the third.
• The Hawks stole six bases in the game, which is tied for the second most in a game this season. Monmouth improved to 3-0 when it steals six or more bases in a contest.
• Kevin Opanel picked up his team-leading third win of the season after tossing 3.1 innings of relief and allowing one run on three hits.
• Ryan Mealy, who started the game matched his season-high with 5.2 innings pitched. His six strikeouts were one off his season-high.
• Chris Walsh had a pair of steals in the game which gave him a team-best 10 swipes on the season.
• Walsh's two hits gave him eighth multi-hit games on the season.
• Colin Richter's two RBIs gave him a team-leading six multi-RBI games.

Up Next

• The Hawks and Phoenix resume their series on Saturday, Mar. 28 at 2 p.m.