The University of Mary Washington baseball team fell in its second game in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday as it fell 8-6 to Pfeiffer in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Eagles jumped on the board early in the first as both
Oliver Martin and
Collin Clarkson reached to put runners on second and third before
Connor Hassan singled them both home to put UMW up, 2-0.
Pfeiffer countered with a run in the second, but so did the Eagles in the bottom half after
Cole Powers reached, then advanced to second on a throwing error by the Falcons second baseman.
George Rizzo then lifted a fly ball to right center that neither the right or center fielder could glove as it allowed Powers to put the third run of the day on the board.
The Falcons added three runs in the the third on a three-run homer as they took the lead, 4-3. But in the fifth, Mary Washington took the lead back as
Eric Powell reached on a fielder's choice that drove in
Oliver Martin, 4-4, then
William Tuttle lifted a sac fly to right that scored Clarkson, 5-4. In the seventh, UMW pushed another run across on an RBI double off of Tuttle's bat, 6-4.
But the Falcons struck for three runs in the eighth -- one coming on a solo home run before they hit a two-run, go-ahead home run to take the lead, 7-6. Then Pfeiffer added another in the ninth to extend its lead, 8-6.
The Eagles finished off the season atop the Coast-to-Coast regular season standings and found itself in an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2023.
