The Basics

• Score: VCU 7, St. Bonaventure 2
• Records: VCU (33-22, 14-10 A10), St. Bonaventure (16-29-2, 3-21 A10)
• Location: Fred Handler Park – Olean, N.Y.
• The Short Story: VCU wrapped up its regular season with its seventh straight win on Saturday, beating St. Bonaventure 7-2 and officially claiming a spot in the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Daniel Concepcion, Tyler Buckley, and Matt Lees closed out the regular season on the mound and the Rams' offense collected 10+ hits for the fourth straight game.
  
  
  

How It Happened

• After tearing the cover off the ball for two straight games, Darian Carpenter bombed a three-run home run in the top of the first to give the Rams another early lead.
• The Bonnies equaled their previous run total for the entire series in the bottom of the fourth inning. A single and a double each drove in a run, cutting the VCU lead to one, 3-2.
• In the top of the sixth the Rams would get those two runs back after Walker Haymaker singled to right field.
• Another VCU run came in to score in the top of the seventh, extending the lead to 6-2.
• Daniel Concepcion continued the stretch of strong starts from starting pitchers, going five innings and allowing just two runs despite strong at-bats from the Bonnies and less than ideal weather conditions.
• Coming in from the bullpen, Tyler Buckley threw 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball to keep his team ahead.
• The Rams added another run for good measure in the top of the ninth; Shane Dressler came in to pinch hit and promptly smacked a double down the left field line.
• Matt Lees came in for the final five outs of the game and shut down the Bonnies, finishing up the 7-2 win for VCU.

Up Next

• With today's victory VCU has clinched a spot in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, which kicks off on May 20^th