The University of Mary Washington baseball team defeated sixth-ranked Randolph-Macon College for the second time this season in an 8-5 victory on Thursday afternoon in Ashland, Va. The Eagles improve to 26-10 on the season.

The Yellow Jackets jumped ahead with a run in the second, but the Eagles answered with two in the top of the third, as a pair of runs scored on an error. Randolph-Macon scored two in its half of the third and added another to build a 4-2 advantage.

The Eagles knotted the score with two runs in the seventh, on a two-run single from Noah Roots, and forged ahead with two in the eighth, on a two-run single from Jonathan Sedmak. The Eagles added two key runs in the ninth, as Cooper Fulton drove home a pair of runners with a single.

Andrew Gerhart led the Eagles with three hits, while Sedmak and Roots each had two. Brendan McComber gained the win in relief, allowing one run on one hit in 5.0 innins, with two walks and four strikeouts. Ryan Dudak gained the save, getting the last out.

The Eagles will be back in action on Saturday, when they visit Christopher Newport University at 1:00 p.m.