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Winner Fordham FOR 1-4
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UNCW UNCW 2-3
Winner
Fordham FOR
1-4
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Final
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UNCW UNCW
2-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fordham FOR 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1
UNCW UNCW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1

W: Elson, Beau (1-0) L: Marshburn, Connor (0-2) S: Berg, Aric (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

Baseball Drops Pitchers' Duel To Fordham, 3-1

WILMINGTON, N.C. – JP Pennella collected two hits for UNCW, but Fordham pitching combined for 13 strikeouts in a 3-1 Rams win on Friday in the opening game of a three-game series at Brooks Field.

The Rams halted a four-game season-opening losing streak with the win while the Seahawks fell back to 2-3.

Fordham struck for two in the first inning against losing pitcher Connor Marshburn (0-2). Anthony Grabau singled in the first run and the second came across on a ground ball double play.

Fordham grabbed a 3-1 lead with an unearned run in the fourth. 

Starter Beau Elson (1-0) earned the win, striking out a career-high eight in five innings of work. Declan Cawley tossed three innings of one-hit shutout relief and Aric Berg struck out two in a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Ernie Little and Grabau finished with two hits apiece.

Pennella singled in the first and doubled in the fifth to raise his batting average to .417 on the young season.

UNCW's lone run of the game came in the first on an RBI single off the bat of Trevor Lucas that scored Pennella.

Francesco Capocci and Clay Masonis combined to strike out seven in five shutout innings out of the bullpen.

The series continues Saturday with a 4 p.m. start at Brooks Field
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