ANNVILLE, Pa. – The 24th ranked Washington & Jefferson College baseball team split a pair of games Saturday at the NCAA Regionals hosted by Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa. W&J fell 14-7 in the opener to 10th ranked Rowan University before bouncing back with a 13-6 victory against Mitchell later in the day. 

W&J now holds a 37-9 overall record. The 37 wins are tied for the third most in program history. The Presidents will face Rowan in Sunday's Championship round. W&J will have to beat the Profs twice to win the regional. Rowan needs just one win on Sunday to advance to Super Regionals. First pitch for game one will be at 10 a.m. 

#24 W&J 13, Mitchell 6 (NCAA Regional - Elimination Game) 

W&J tallied 13 runs on 21 hits in Saturday evening's elimination game to beat Mitchell by a 13-6 score and keep its season alive. Six Presidents recorded at least two hits in the victory over the Mariners. 
 
The Presidents opened up an early lead with four runs on four hits in the top of the first inning. Dean, Jacob La Duca (Clarence, N.Y./Canisius) and Joe Lehner (Painesville, Ohio/Lake Catholic) all produced RBI hits in the first as W&J took an early 4-0 advantage. 
 
W&J was quick to add to its lead, as they slugged a pair of home runs during a five-run second inning. Peter Kalinski (Washington, D.C. / Saint John's College) smacked a three-run home run and two batters later Dean went deep for the second time Saturday. Dean's home run gave W&J a 9-0 cushion. 
 
Sante singled and scored on a RBI single by LaDuca that made the lead 10-0 in the top of the fourth. Mitchell scored two runs on two hits and two errors to get on the board in the bottom of the inning, cutting the deficit to 10-2. 
 
After Mitchell tallied a run in the bottom of the fifth, W&J pushed three more runs across in the top of the sixth to take a 13-3 lead. LaDuca added another RBI hit and Horvat laced a two-run single to right in the frame. Mitchell scored a run in the seventh and two in the ninth to close the scoring. 
 
Shane Fox (Valencia, Pa./Mars Area) tossed six strong innings to improve to 4-0, Fox allowed three runs on six hits. He struck out three and walked three. 
 
Dean finished with three hits, three runs scored and three RBI. LaDuca had three hits and three RBi. 
 
The W&J senior class has compiled an 18-5 record in postseason play.