WILMINGTON, N.C. – UConn plated three runs in the top of the ninth to knock off UNCW, 5-2, on Friday in the first of a three-game series at Brooks Field.
The Huskies improved to 4-5 with their second straight win while the Seahawks fell back again to .500 at 5-5. UConn took advantage of a hit batter and four walks to plate the go-ahead runs in the top of the ninth. Nater Wachter, who finished with two hits, provided the go-ahead hit in the eighth, a single to left against relieverTJ Ziermann.
Aiden Evans had a pair of singles for the Seahawks and Jake Bechtel drove in both runs with his first homer of the season coming in the third inning that gave UNCW a 2-1 lead…