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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Seahawks will play second-seeded Elon on Friday at 11 a.m. in the finals of the winner's bracket of the Colonial Athletic Association championship tournament at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Seahawks advanced with a 9-2 win over top-seeded Northeastern behind a complete game effort from junior righthander Alex Royalty. Home runs from Kep Brown, Ryan Jeffers and Cole Weiss powered the Seahawks, who broke open the game with a five-run fourth inning.

Elon, meanwhile, edged third-seeded Charleston, 3-2, with a bases-loaded single in the 12th inning on Thursday. The Phoenix took two-of-three from the Seahawks earlier this season at Brooks Field.

The winner of Friday's game advances to Saturday's championship round, beginning at 1 p.m. The loser will play at 7 p.m. Friday night against the loser of game eight.

THINGS TO KNOW
- Royalty's complete game was the first of his career and the first for the UNCW staff this season
- With five strikeouts, the Seahawks set a program record this season with 497 strikeouts, besting the previous mark of 493 set in 2015
- Ryan Jeffers connected on his 15th homer of the season on Thursday and extended his consecutive game on base to 25 games … Mason Berne, meanwhile, saw his school-record streak snapped at 48 games

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