Lynchburg, Va. -- The University of Lynchburg baseball team welcomed Washington and Lee to Fox Field on Saturday for a double header and came away with a win in game one, 10-6, and a draw in game two, 9-9, due to darkness.

The No. 7/4 Hornets (8-3-1, 1-0-1 ODAC) totaled 19 runs across the two contests against the Generals (5-5-1, 1-2-1). In the first game, Lynchburg used a big first inning to seize early control. Benton Jones walked and Jack Pokorak followed with a walk before Quinn Madden singled to load the bases. Joe Munitz drew an RBI walk to bring in the first run, and a wild pitch allowed another to score. Sean Pokorak then lined a two-run single up the middle, giving the Hornets a 4-0 lead.

Washington and Lee responded with a run in the third and two more in the fourth to trim the margin to 4-3, but Lynchburg answered in the fifth when Jack Pokorak homered to center. Later in the inning, Kyle Flora lifted a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 6-3. The Hornets added two more runs in the sixth as Pokorak delivered a sacrifice fly and Madden followed with an RBI single.

Washington and Lee pushed across three runs in the eighth to make it a two-run game, but Lynchburg added insurance in the bottom half. Pokorak singled home a run and Madden drove in another on a fielder's choice to seal the 10-6 victory.

Madden led the offense with four hits and two RBI, while Pokorak had two hits and three RBI. Munitz added two hits and an RBI as Lynchburg finished with 10 hits and 12 walks. Tyler Kaltreider earned the win, allowing three runs, two earned, over 5.2 innings while striking out six.

The second game featured a back-and-forth battle that ended in an 11-inning tie due to sunlight running out on Fox Field. Lynchburg jumped ahead early when Jones launched a two-run home run in the first inning. The Hornets added two more runs in the second on an RBI sacrifice bunt by Maddox Tsutsui and an RBI single by Brandon Garcia, then extended the lead to 7-0 in the third as Gavin Angelillo drove in a run, Kyle Flora reached on an error that brought in another, and Tsutsui doubled home a run.

Washington and Lee answered with six runs in the fourth and tied the game in the fifth. Lynchburg regained the lead in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Jack Pokorak, and Jones later homered in the eighth to make it 9-8. Washington and Lee tied the game again with a solo home run in the ninth, and neither side scored over the final two innings. Jones finished with four hits and three RBI, while Garcia, Madden, and Flora each recorded two hits as Lynchburg totaled 16 hits in the nightcap.

The Hornets return to action on Monday, March 9 when Nichols visits Fox Field at 2 p.m.

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