The University of Mary Washington baseball team took down Virginia Wesleyan on Thursday afternoon, 5-2, in Fredericksburg, Va.

With the bases-loaded in the third, Oliver Martin ripped a ground ball to short that was mishandled by the Marlins' shortstop, which allowed for the first run of the day to cross the plate. Then Eric Powell was hit by a pitch to bring another run home. A hitter later, Gavin Cunningham was also hit by a pitch to bring the third run of the inning home to push the lead to 3-0.

The Marlins got on the board in the fourth after a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch with no outs, but Noah Ezzie was able to escape the jam and limit the damage, 3-1. In the bottom of the fourth, Cole Powers grounded a ball to shortstop, which was deep enough to score Connor Hassan from third after he was hit-by-a-pitch and then stole two bases.

In the fifth, an RBI single brought Virginia Wesleyan to within a pair of runs, 4-2. But a double steal of Hassan taking second and William Tuttle stealing home brought an insurance run in to run the lead to 5-2.

Noah Ezzie was solid in his second career start after working around five hits, four walks, and two runs (one earned) in his five innings -- he also struck out three. Jake Herbst pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh, while Nick Jordan recorded his first career save after tossing the final two innings.

The Eagles are  back in action on Saturday against No. 7 Salisbury. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.