Score: Norfolk State 5, VCU 3
Location: Richmond, Vs. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 13-11, Norfolk State 8-15
 
VCU fell to Norfolk State on Tuesday at The Diamond, 5-3, despite collecting double-digit hits for the fifth time in six games. Second-year head coach Sean Thompson welcomed back NSU's first-year head coach ML Morgan back to the Diamond, a VCU baseball alumnus and former assistant coach.
 
LEADING OFF:

• Jacob Lee, Alec Warden and Teige Lethert had two hits apiece
• Hunter Gotschall made a scoreless start, facing the minimum in 3.0 innings, allowing just two hits
• Out of the bullpen, Cooper Weygandt also made a scoreless appearance in his 1.2 innings of work
• Zach Peters struck out three, reaching the 150-career strikeout milestone
• Five different Rams hit for extra bases as Michael Petite, Dante DeFranco, Boyce Read and Lee doubled, while Warden ripped his second triple of the year
• NSU's Hunter Gillespie drove in two of the Spartans' runs, leading the game

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• VCU held a 2-0 lead through four innings, building a pair of RBI from Lethert and Trent Adelman on three scoreless frames from Gotschall on the mound
• Norfolk State used a three-run fifth frame to overtake the Rams, earning its first lead of the game on two singles
• Warden, who scored each of the Rams' first two runs, drove in the 3-3 tying run in the bottom of the fifth, grounding out to advance DeFranco home
• The Spartans scratched two runs across in the top of the eighth and VCU stranded three runners on base in the ninth, falling short of the win, 5-3

 
UP NEXT
VCU will continue its home schedule into the weekend, hosting Atlantic 10 opponent St. Bonaventure for a three-game set on Friday-Sunday, March 27-29 at The Diamond. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+.