The University of Mary Washington baseball team used a complete game from
Matthew Caldwell and some timely hits to advance to the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference championship game on Friday afternoon as it downed Regent, 5-0, in Fredericksburg, Va.
Regent picked up a hit in its first at-bat, but from there, it was held hit-less as Caldwell worked around four walks and four hit-by-pitches the rest of the way.
The Eagles struck first in the bottom of the first as
Connor Hassan drove in a run on a hard-hit ground ball that allowed
Oliver Martin to score from second, 1-0. In the fourth,
Eric Powell doubled home Hassan to extend the lead to a pair of runs.
In the fifth,
Collin Clarkson singled home
George Rizzo to add another to the lead, 3-0. In the fourth
Ryan Henson singled home Powell to push the lead to 4-0. And finally, only a double steal attempt in the eighth, the Eagles pushed their final run of the afternoon across as Henson's attempt drew an errant throw to second, while Powell scoed standing up.
Caldwell struck out six in his complete-game out as he shutout Regent to clinch a spot in the championship game for UMW.
The Eagles will match up with No. 9 Salisbury on Saturday afternoon in the Coast-to-Coast Conference championship game in Fredericksburg, Va. at 3 p.m.
