Box Score WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Visiting Norfolk State jumped out to a 4-0 third-inning lead, but host William & Mary roared back with 13 runs in its final six frames at bat to surge past the Spartans, 13-4, on Wednesday night at Plumeri Park.

NSU drops to 11-19 with the loss, while the Tribe improves to 22-13.

NSU was held without a hit by W&M starter Joseph Gaouette through the first two innings, but Ryan Montgomery led off the third with a single for the Spartans' first hit. He later went to third on a two-out single by Chase Kyriacou, who advanced to second on the outfielder's throw. Both players scored on a single to center field from first baseman Zach Markel. The Spartans weren't done, as outfielder Cameron Day followed with a two-run homer, his second round-tripper of the season, to give NSU a 4-0 advantage.

W&M began chipping away in the bottom of the third, as two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases. Jonathan Sarty's RBI single and Brian Lee's sacrifice fly cut the Spartans' lead in half.

Four more walks from NSU pitchers and a sac fly by Sarty tied the score at 4-all in the bottom of the fourth.

The Tribe took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth against NSU reliever Raymond Morton. Lee hit a two-run double and Ryan Williams knocked in two more with a single to put W&M ahead 8-4.

Charley Gould's RBI triple and Jackson Shaver's run-scoring single in the seventh pushed the margin to 10-4. Michael Katz (two-run double) and Gould (RBI single) knocked in three more runs for W&M in the eighth to account for the final score.

John Sheehan (2-2) earned the win with 3.1 scoreless innings of relief for the Tribe. Morton (2-2) yielded three hits and four runs in one inning of work to take the loss. He walked three. Six Spartan pitchers combined to walk 13 W&M batters.

Markel, the reigning MEAC Baseball Co-Player of the Week, went 2-for-4, scored a run and had two RBI for the Spartans. He was the only Spartan with more than one hit, as NSU was out-hit 14-7. Day went 1-for-2 with his two-run homer, and also walked twice.

Katz and Williams both had three hits and two RBI for the Tribe. Gould and Lee had two hits and three RBI apiece.

The Spartans return to action this weekend when they host UMES for a three-game MEAC Northern Division series. The teams play a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday and a single game starting at noon on Sunday.