BASEBALL: CIAA Tournament Day 2 Recap
BASEBALL: CIAA Tournament Day 2 Recap
Tournament Statistical Summary | Updated Bracket
PETERSBURG, Va. (April 22, 2011) —No. 2 Saint
Augustine’s College and No. 3 Winston-Salem State each won
their semifinal contests in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA) Baseball Championships to advance to
Saturday’s 1 p.m. title game at Whaley-Colbert Field on the
Virginia State University campus.
Saint Augustine’s arrives to its fourth-straight
championship game undefeated through the winner’s bracket of
the double-elimination tournament. Winston-Salem State advanced to
this point by winning its last two games including knocking outs
top-seeded Chowan University, which suffered two defeats Friday. It
sets up a first-round rematch, which the Falcons won, 3-2, on
Thursday in the tournament’s opening game.
Saint Augustine’s 7, Chowan 2
A three-run homer by Saint Augustine’s College (36-16) Wayne
Lewis in the fifth inning opened up the first semifinal game,
powering the Falcons to a 7-2 win over Chowan.
The Hawks (30-16) had several opportunities to get back into the
game. In the seventh, they stranded two runners when Eddie Overton
could not hold his swing at a ball in the dirt. In the eighth,
Chowan pushed one across on a sac fly by Colby Wiggins.
Joe Pierce’s two-out, two-RBI double in the top half of the
ninth secured the outcome as Alex Didio pitched a complete-game
seven hitter. He struck out six and walked two. All of
Chowan’s hit were singles.
The top of the lineup served as the Falcons’ catalyst as
CIAA Player of the Year Rashad Ingram and Pierce, a first team
all-conference selection, were a combined 5-for-6 with four
extra-base hits and five runs scored. Pierce also had three
RBI’s while Lewis, behind his three-run blast, had four.
For the Hawks, Ryan Moore was 3-for-4.
Winston-Salem State 18, Chowan 12
Five straight Winston-Salem State (29-18) batters reached to begin
the road half of the second inning and four scored before Chowan
recorded an out. The big blow came from Andrew Smith on a two-run
single, aiding in the Rams busting out to a 6-0 lead.
Both teams combined for 36 hits with WSSU holding a 26-10 edge. In
all six Rams and six Falcons recorded multi-hit games. WSSU’s
German Reyes recorded three triples as part of a 4-for-6 day at the
plate. He scored three runs and had one RBI, which came on his
first triple, delivered in the game-changing second inning.
Smith had three RBIs on a 2-for-5 effort but Brice Rivenbark
eclipsed him with four while himself going 2-for-5. Chowan’s
offense was almost as impressive under the leadership of first
basemen Justin Bagbey. Although he was just 1-for-4, he had a big
two single in the fourth and two sacrifice flies at later junctions
in the game to keep CU close. He had the opportunity to add to his
total in the eighth inning. Trailing 15-10 with the bases loaded
and two men down, John Markley induced a fly-out to right. Earlier
in the frame, Justin Shockley had homered to left-center field, the
game’s lone four-bagger.
Wesley Edwards went six innings and surrendered nine runs, eight
earned, but had the run-support to take the win.
Schedule
Championship at 1 p.m.
No. 3 Winston-Salem State vs. No. 2 Saint Augustine's College
