Men’s Club Baseball competes against Duke, William & Mary

Elon defeated Duke 19-0 on Oct. 16 before a double header with William & Mary two days later, tying the first game 3-3 and losing the second 8-5.

Elon’s Club Baseball team took on Duke on Oct. 16 when Alexander Day had a great game behind the plate, leading off the game with a triple in the first inning that helped Elon with an impressive 8-run rally en route to a 19-0 victory. Day finished the game with that triple, 3 RBIs and a run scored. Sam Bonifant was on the mound to start the game. He started the game off strong with 3 scoreless innings and 4 strikeouts.

On Oct. 18, Elon played a double header against William & Mary. The first game went to extra innings and Elon was down by 2 before Sean Tamayo had an RBI double and Robert Nanna had a RBI single to lead to a 3-3 tie.

The next game Elon’s Nathan Calem had two RBIs to give Elon runs; however, William & Mary had a 6-run fourth inning that lead to an 8-5 Elon defeat.