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 hitless 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 sixth, Ryan Henson singled home Powell to push the lead to 4-0. And finally, on 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 scored standing up.
Caldwell struck out six in his complete-game outing as he shut out 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.
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