Bryant Baseball’s Season Comes to Close With Loss to William & Mary
Sunday, June 05, 2016
The Bryant University baseball team fell 4-3 to William & Mary and were eliminated fro the NCAA Tournament on Saturday morning in Charlottesville.
The Game
The game was scoreless after 2 1/2 innings but William & Mary busted it open in the bottom of the third by scoring three runs.
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Following that, Cullen large singled to left scoring Miconi and he himself would score on a single by Hunter Smith, two batters later.
Bulldogs Fight Back
Bryant got themselves back into the game in the top of the 4th when Robby Rinn hit a home run to cut William & Mary's lead to 3-1.
The Bulldogs ten trailed 4-1 in the 7th when Zach Wood hit a home run to get Bryant within two, and in the 8th Buck McCarthy picked up an RBI on a sac fly to Bryant within one.
However, it was not enough as the Bulldogs could not push another run across in the 9th.
Bryant's Historic Season
The Bulldogs finish the year with a school record 47 wins and inside the top 20 teams in the country.
They also won the Northeast Conference championship.
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