FERRUM, Va. - Salisbury University, the #2 seed at the NCAA Ferrum Baseball Regional broke a scoreless tie in the third inning with eight runs, and held on for an 11-5 win over #7 Villa Julie College.

Pete Calahan hit a three-run home run for Salisbury (33-8) in the third inning.  Colin Kraus, Andrew Jensen, and Justin Armiger each had a pair of base hits for the Sea Gulls.

Villa Julie scored four of its five runs in the fourth inning, two of which came on a Buddy Breidenbaugh homer.  Griffin Stewart was the onlu Mustang with multiple hits, going 2-4 with double, a run and an RBI.

Reliever Adam Keeling got the win for Salisbuty.  He allowed one hit in  5.1 innings of relief with one earned run,, striking out four and walking none.  Starter Wade Keeling absorbed the loss for Villa Julie.  He scattered 11 hits over six innings, allowed nine earned runs, struck out six and walked one.

The rain delay in game two of the tournament forced tournament officials to alter the schedule.  The day two schedule for Thursday, May 17 is as follows:

Game 4:   10:00 am, #1 Emory vs. Bridgewater
Game 5:  1:15 pm, #3 York vs. #7 Villa Julie
Game 6:  4:30 pm, #2 Salisbury vs. #6 Ferrum
Game 7:  7:45 pm, #4 Methodist vs. Loser  Game 4

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