#3 Tennessee Temple University 9, #6 College of St. Joseph's-Vermont 4

RECORDS: Tennessee Temple University (21-10) |College of St. Joseph's-Vermont (36-32)

LOCATION: War Memorial Stadium - Hampton, VA

IN BRIEF: Third seeded Crusaders of Tennessee Temple University used a 7 run second inning on 8 hits to chase starting pitcher, Alan Madsen, of the College of St. Joseph's-Vermont on their way to a 9-4 first round victory.

HOW THEY SCORED:

• Right fielder, Connor Martin, of College of St. Joseph's-Vermont singled to right field in the top of the second to drive in third basemen, Tyler Kunzmann, to take an early 1-0 lead
• In the bottom of the second, the Crusaders produced 7 runs to take a commanding 7-1 lead. Right fielder, Caleb Lee, began things with a triple to left center that scored Nico McElrath to even the score with the Fighting Saints, 1-1.  Caleb Lee was driven in off of a single to center field from Hunter Brown to take a 2-1 advantage. Two batters later, Chase White scored off a Caden Shadrick single to make it 3-1. Also driving in runs for the Crusaders was shortstop, Micah Wyatt.
• Tennessee Temple University added to their 7-1 lead in the 4^th inning when Micah Wyatt scored on an error by first basemen, Tommy Grant, of the Fighting Saints to give the Crusaders a 8-1 advantage
• College of St. Joseph's-Vermont added two more runs in the top of the 6^th inning to make it 8-3.  With the bases loaded, Connor Martin, was hit by a pitch to drive in center fielder, Nestor Velazquez, for a run.  Later in the inning, Tommy Grant was walked with the bases loaded to bring home Tyler Kunzmann.
• In the bottom half of the 6^th inning, the crusaders added one more run as third basemen, Ryan Bruce, singled to right field to drive in Micah Wyatt to increase their lead, 9-3
• In the top of the 7^th inning, Nestor Velazquez crossed home plate for the Fighting Saints on a fielder's choice to make it 9-4.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE:

• Caleb Lee of Tennessee Temple University had a game-high 3 RBIs
• Tennessee Temple University had five different players record multi-hit games
• 2^nd Team All-American, Hunter Giles, pitched a complete game with 7 strikeouts to earn the victory

NEXT UP:

 #3 Tennessee Temple University moves on to face the winner of the #2 Penn State Greater Allegheny and #7 University of Cincinnati-Clermont matchup that takes place at 9:00pm at War Memorial Stadium on Thursday at 4:00pm.

#6 College of St. Joseph's-Vermont will take on #10 Penn State Schuylkill on Thursday, May 14^th at 11:00am at War Memorial Stadium in an elimination game.