PETERSBURG, VA – The D'Youville University baseball team defeated Virginia State 5-1 on Tuesday.
 
The Saints got off to a quick start, as RF Jake Hollins (Orchard Park, N.Y.) led off the game with a single, advanced to second on a passed ball, and scored on a Billy Morris (Lancaster, N.Y.) groundout to take 1-0 lead. Virginia State responded in the bottom of the first with a pair of hits off Morris to knot the game at 1-1.
 
In the top of the second, C Jeremy Glinski (Sloan, N.Y.) started the inning with a single into left center. He then stole second and went to third on an error and was brought home on a groundout from SS Alec Boucher (Essex, Ontario) to put DYU back in front 2-1.
 
In the top of the fifth, CF Caden Strobel (Pittstown, Pa.) wreaked havoc on the bases with his speed, laying down a bunt single and then stealing second and third base. 2B Alex Dzimian (Lakeview, N.Y.) brought Strobel home with a single to center, extending the Saints' lead to 3-1. LF Ethan Hammond (Oakville, Ontario) tacked on another run with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1.
 
After allowing a run in the first inning, Morris settled in, striking out the side in the bottom of the fifth. Morris didn't allow a hit after the first inning and exited after seven innings and ten punchouts.
 
Although his day on the mound was done, Morris stayed in the lineup at shortstop and led off the top of the eighth with a base hit to center. Morris would come around to score on a bases-loaded walk drawn by Strobel to make it 5-1 DYU.
 
Blaise Kolbert (Lancaster, N.Y.) came in for Morris in the eighth and closed out Virginia State with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.
 
D'Youville is back in action on Wednesday as they play one more against Virginia State at 1:00 p.m.