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Williamsburg, VA – Wagner (4-2) won its fourth-straight game 2-0 over William & Mary (5-9) in a rain-shortened affair at Plumeri Park. Junior RHP Kyle Morrison (Middlesex, NJ / Immaculata) was outstanding, striking out a career-best matching eight over 5.0 innings of one-hit ball while improving to 2-1 on the year.

Playing their first game in over a week the Seahawks started quick with a first-inning run. Junior Damian Csakai (Freehold, NJ / Freehold) led off the game with a triple to left-center, before scoring on a double-play ground out, to make it 1-0 Wagner.

The Seahawks extended the lead out to 2-0 in the top of the second. Sophomore Seth Boyd (Perth Amboy, NJ / Perth Amboy) led off with a single up the middle. Senior Chris Drechsel (Cranford, NJ / Cranford) bunted Boyd over to second before junior Joe Conforti (Staten Island, NY / Farrell) followed with a RBI-triple to right-center, plating Boyd.

Morrison was on top of his game, facing the minimum 15 batters over his 5.0 innings of work and struck out eight while yielding just one walk and one hit. After allowing a lead-off walk in the third, Drechsel picked off Todd Bower. In the fifth, Jeff Jones led off with an infield-single, but was erased on the next play when Morrison picked him off. The hard-throwing righty threw just 69 pitches before being relieved by junior RHP Matt Watson (Howell, NJ / Howell).

After a 1-2-3 sixth, William & Mary mounted its only real threat of the game. Stephen Arcure walked to lead off the frame. Then on a hit-and-run attempt with the infield drawn in, sophomore Matt Logan (Wall, NJ / Wall) snared a high chopper to start a 5-4-3 double-play. After allowing another walk, Watson induced a fly-out to end the frame. The game was then called due to increased rainfall. Watson hurled 2.0 scoreless innings of relief to collect his first career save.

Csakai was 2-3 with a triple, run and walk while Conforti also was 2-3 with a triple and Wagner's lone RBI of the day. Boyd, sophomore Joe Jamison (West Caldwell, NJ / James Caldwell), Logan and sophomore Jon Lucas (Hackettstown, NJ / Hackettstown) all added singles for the Green & White, which recorded eight hits on the day.

Matt Davenport yielded two runs on five hits while striking out one over 5.0 innings in falling to 3-1 on the year.

Wagner will now head to Coppin State for games on Tuesday (3:00 pm) and Wednesday (11:00 am). After their second game with the Eagles, the Seahawks will head down to Charlottesville, Virginia to play nationally ranked and undefeated Virginia (16-0) at 8:00 pm.

NOTES – Counting the three innings from Friday's game that were rained out, Wagner pitching struck out 15 over 10.0 innings of action against William & Mary while facing just one batter over the minimum … Additionally, the pitching scattered one hit and three walks … Morrison has fanned eight on five different occasions and has posted a 2-1 record with 18 strikeouts and a 3.45 ERA over 15.2 innings … Despite only scoring two runs, the offense is hitting at a .330-clip, led by Conforti , who is hitting a team-best .500 (8-16) ... For his career, Csakai is now 9-12 (.750), all-time, against William & Mary while recording multiple hits in each one of his four games against the Tribe ... Head coach Joe Litterio now has three wins against the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), having previously defeated James Madison (2005) and Hofstra (2003).