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Winner Elon ELON 33-23
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UNCW UNCW 31-29
Winner
Elon ELON
33-23
4
Final
1
UNCW UNCW
31-29
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elon ELON 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 3
UNCW UNCW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0

W: McCarthy, Dean (2-3) L: Herring, Gage (0-6) S: Justice, Brandon (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

UNCW Falls, CAA Championship Set For Sunday

Sunday's conference championship starts at 11 a.m.

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Elon fended off elimination with a 4-1 win over UNCW on Saturday behind home runs from Adam Spurlin and Ty Adcock and a strong 6.2 innings effort from starter Dean McCarthy at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Phoenix improved to 33-23 while the Seahawks, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped, dipped to 31-29.

McCarthy (2-3) earned the win for Elon in his first start of the season. The lefthander held the Seahawks in check for a career-high 6.2 innings while also fashioning a career-high eight strikeouts.

Brandon Justice earned his second save of the season.

The Seahawks managed just four hits on the game. Cole Weiss had an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning.

UNCW starter Gage Herring (0-6) took the loss.

Reliever Breydan Gorham gave the Seahawks six innings of four-hit, two-run relief while striking out a career-high seven.

Up next: The Seahawks and Phoenix play again on Sunday with the winner earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park.

How it happened: In the top of the second, Herring walked the leadoff hitter and then was lifted for Gorham. Gorham then surrendered a homer to left to Spurlin that gave the Phoenix a 2-0 lead.
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