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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Pursuing the sweep of its three-game, conference-opening series at William & Mary on Sunday, the Northeastern baseball team was unable to hold onto its early, 3-1 lead at Plumeri Park as the Tribe scored a surge of runs during the middle innings to run away with the 15-4 victory.
 
Northeastern (12-11, 2-1 CAA) responded to Hunter Smith's first-inning solo homer by swinging four consecutive singles during the second inning against Zach Tsakounis. Jeff Costello led off the inning with his first of two hits during the day, later scoring on Ryan Solomon's RBI single that tied the game at 1-1.
 
Ian Fair put the Huskies in front for the first time during the third inning, teeing off on his fourth home run of the season – a solo shot – to give NU the 2-1 advantage. Three batters later, Costello pummeled a double to left field before scoring during Cam Walsh's ensuing RBI single that made its way through the left side of the infield.
 
William & Mary (15-6, 1-2 CAA) flipped its two-run deficit to a two-run lead during the bottom of the third inning. The Tribe loaded the bases after being issued three walks by Kyle Murphy – including one intentional pass – jumping out to the 5-3 advantage following successive run-scoring singles by Zach Pearson, Kyle Wrighte and Matthew Trehub.
 
Northeastern put its first two batters aboard during the fifth inning before William & Mary turned a 6-4-3 double play to interrupt the NU rally. Smith proceeded to homer a second time off the Huskies' staff, preluding Hunter Hart's fifth-inning RBI triple.
 
William & Mary rallied for seven runs during the bottom of the sixth inning, capitalizing on three hits, four walks and a defensive error.