WILMINGTON, N.C. -  The William & Mary baseball team registered a six-run inning and held off a late UNCW comeback bid en route to a 10-9 triumph over the Seahawks on Sunday afternoon at Brooks Field. With the win, the Tribe advance its record to 13-10 overall and 1-2 in league action, while the Seahawks fall to 11-11, 2-1 in conference play.
 
The victory also marks head coach Brian Murphy's 100^th career win at the helm of William & Mary. In the midst of his fourth season, he has compiled a 100-93 overall record at W&M. Last year, Murphy guided program to its first Colonial Athletic Association Championship since 2001 and made an NCAA Regional Final appearance.
 
During the weekend series finale, the Tribe had eight different players collect hits. Senior Ryder Miconi and redshirt sophomore Kyle Wrighte paced the 13-hit attack with a home run each. Miconi was 2-for-4 with two RBI, two runs and a double, while Wrighte finished 2-for-4 as well, adding two RBI and three runs.
 
Sophomore Zach Pearson notched a 3-for-3 effort to go along with a run and an RBI. Senior Charles Ameer tallied two hits and a double, while juniors Ryan Hall and Cullen Large drove in a pair of runs. Hall also posted a double.
 
Both offenses jumped out to an early start with runs scored in the first inning. For the Tribe, Miconi registered his fourth homer of the season and second in a five-day span on a solo bomb to right field. In the bottom half of the frame, Ryan Jeffers hit a two-RBI double to right center to provide UNCW a 2-1 lead.
 
The W&M offense exploded for a six-run rally in the top of the third to reclaim the lead. Pearson started the rally with a leadoff single, before Hall reached on a fielding error. Miconi got after it again with a RBI double to right field, and Large followed up with a two-RBI single through the right side. Smith kept the rally going with another RBI single to left field. On the next at bat, Ameer singled up the middle and then stole second base. After the second out, Wrighte launched a two-run homer to left field, giving the Tribe a 7-2 advantage.
 
However, the Seahawks trimmed the deficit on a pair of runs in the bottom of the third. Casey Golden led off the frame with a single to right center. Following the first out, Nick Feight hit a two-run dinger to right field for a 7-4 affair.
 
W&M ignited a two-out rally to increase its lead in the top of the fifth. Wrighte got the rally going with a walk, before sophomore Owen Socher singled to right field. Pearson drew another walk to juice the bases and Hall brought Wrighte and Socher home on a double, putting the Tribe ahead 9-4.
 
The Green and Gold squeaked across another run in the seventh inning. Wrighte hit a single to lead off the frame, before advancing to second on a Socher sac bunt. On the next at bat, Pearson plated Wrighte behind a single through the left side for a 10-4 margin.
 
However, UNCW retaliated in a big way with a five-run spurt in the bottom of the seventh. Robbie Thorburn hit a leadoff triple, before a Cole Weiss grounder brought him home. Mason Bernie continued the rally with a one-out RBI single, and Jeffers followed up with a three-run homer to trail 10-9.
 
The Tribe struggled to add insurance runs in the next two innings and still nursed its one-run margin heading into the bottom of the ninth. Reliever Daniel Powers retired the first two batters on a grounder to third base and a fly out to center field. On the next at bat, Riley Zayicek singled to right field, but Powers struck Thorburn out swinging to preserve W&M's first CAA win and avoid a series sweep.
 
Redshirt-sophomore Nick Raquet (1-1) was credit with the win as he logged six innings, fanned six batters and allowed four runs on five hits. Powers clinched his first save of the season after posting a strikeout and surrendering just one hit in 0.2 innings.
 
Luke Gesell (0-1) was attributed to loss for the Seahawks. He notched one strikeout and gave up five runs on six hits.
 
The Tribe returns to Williamsburg for a pair of mid-week games against Hampton Road foes Norfolk State and Old Dominion on March 28-29. First pitch for both contests is slated for 6 p.m.