Delaware Opens CAA Weekend Series with 8-4 Win Over William & Mary

Friday, April 24

Bob Hannah Stadium

3:00 PM

University of Delaware

William & Mary

Delaware Opens CAA Weekend Series with 8-4 Win Over William & Mary

4/24/2015 7:03:00 PM | Baseball

By: Delaware Athletics

• Boxscore

Jim Sherman. “We got quality innings from Davis, good bullpen support from Spadafino, and Luke (Alicknavitch) closed it off. We got some timely hitting and some great hustle. Overall it was a great day, pitching-wise, defense-wise, and hitting-wise.”

After William & Mary took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Ryan Hall, Delaware tied it up in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly from senior shortstop Brock Niggebrugge. The Hens then took control with a three-run third, scoring all the runs with two outs. Redshirt freshman third baseman Diaz Nardo collected a two-out single and UD followed with RBI doubles from junior left fielder Gary Jones and senior designated hitter Greg Olenski and a run-scoring single from Warrington to take a 4-1 lead.

Delaware added some insurance in the seventh inning when sophomore Nick Liggett, who entered the game when first baseman Jeremy Ake was injured in the second inning, clouted his first career homer with a shot over the right field fence to give Delaware an 8-3 lead.

HEN SCRATCHINGS:
• Delaware will continue the three-game series on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Bob Hannah Stadium with UD freshman RHP Ron Marinaccio (3-2) set to face the Tribe's Nick Brown (5-1).
• Delaware's 1970 College World Series team, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary, will be honored in a pre-game ceremony. A total of 20 players and head coach Bob Hannah are expected back.
• The Hens are now 9-6 at home this season and have won 6 of their last 9 games overall
• Olenski, who collected his team-high 10th double of the season, leads the team with a .421 batting average
• Giacchino collected his fourth three-hit plus game of the season and also stole a base
• William & Mary's Charley Gould, who entered the game ranked No. 10 in the NCAA with a .414 average, went 0 for 4

AGATE:

Wm. & Mary.....010 110 001 - 4-10-1
Delaware.........013 111 10x - 8-15-1

WM: Ingraham, White (4), Powers (6) and Hissey; D: Davis, Spadafino (7), Alicknavitch (9) and Warrington; E: Powers (WM), Davis (D); DP: WM - 1, D - 1; LOB: WM - 11, D - 8; 2B: Hoehn (WM)-2, Donkin (D), Jones (D), Olenski (D); HR: Liggett (D); HPB: Gould (WM), White (WM), Hall (WM); SF: B. Niggebrugge (D); SB: Giacchino (D), Donkin (D); CS: B. Niggebrugge (D); WP: Davis (4-2), LP - Inghram (2-6); A - 175.

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