The No. 25 University of Mary Washington baseball team fell to No. 5 Shenandoah, 23-9, on Wednesday evening in Winchester, Va. 

The Eagles fell behind by four runs in the first inning, but inched their way back with three runs in the second inning as Sean Smith drove in the first run with a sac fly to cut into the gap, 4-1. Then, Ryan Henson singled home Eric Powell before George Rizzo drove in Henson, 4-3.

Shenandoah put the game away in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings with an offensive outburst but UMW didn't go down quietly as it scored six runs in the seventh inning before Henry Britt he singled home Charlie Grove and Xaiver Doon to cut into the deficit. Nicholas Chambers drove in a run with a double, then Cole Powers added another run on a groundout that scored Claude Ranson.

Gavin Cunningham singled home Chambers before Luke Harnishfeger doubled home Cunningham to cap-off the Eagles' six-run inning.

The Eagles are back in action on Saturday at No. 13 Christopher Newport at 2 p.m.