ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – Senior Ethan Iannuzzi (Chesterfield, Va./Cosby) extending his hitting streak to 19 games and his on-base streak to 22 games as the 10th-ranked Randolph-Macon baseball team dropped a 4-2 decision at North Carolina Wesleyan on Thursday evening.

The Basics

Score: North Carolina Wesleyan 4, Randolph-Macon 2

Site/Venue: Rocky Mount, N.C. / Bauer Field

Records: RMC 17-5, VWU 17-5

How It Happened

• The Battling Bishops tallied two in the first and two in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets would get on the board in the sixth. Iannuzzi had a leadoff single and went to second on a base hit by junior Myles Webb (Norfolk, Va./Granby). Both runners moved up on a groundout by senior Hunter Cole (Norfolk, Va./Granby). With two away, freshman Carter Schmitt (Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher's) drew a walk to load the bases. Iannuzzi and Webb would score on a dropped popup to make it 4-2.

By The Numbers

• Senior Carter Johnson (Southampton, Va./Southampton) reached base twice by walks.
• Iannuzzi went 1 for 4 with a run.
• Webb was 1 for 3 with a run.
• Junior Wyatt Stanley (Beaverdam, Va./Patrick Henry) fanned four in 3.1 innings.
• Junior Cole Snead (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) entered in the fourth with the bases loaded and one out. He retired two on a popup and a flyout with no runs scoring.
• Junior Jacob Lawler (Broad Run, Va./Battlefield) tossed two hitless innings with three strikeouts.
• Sophomore Sam Slevin (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank Cox) and junior Patrick Routsis (Midlothian, Va./St. Christopher's) both pitched a scoreless inning in relief. Routsis fanned one.

Up Next

RMC will host Averett in an ODAC doubleheader on Sunday, April 2 at noon on Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park.