VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – The 8th-ranked Rowan baseball team closed out a three-game sweep of Virginia Wesleyan with a 9-5 win today, pounding out 15 hits. The Profs totaled 43 runs in the three victories over the Marlins in the season-opening series.

Rowan (3-0) scored multiple runs in their first at-bat for the third consecutive game, putting three on the board when Anthony Schooley hit a two-run double and then scored on a wild pitch. Virginia Wesleyan (1-10) got on the board in the bottom half of the inning and the Profs upped their lead to 4-1 in the second when Schooley drove in Ryan Murphy for the second time, with a ground out. The Marlins again countered with one in the same inning as Rowan led 4-2 after two.
 
In the fourth, freshman Jason Morgan made his first career hit a solo home run to increase Rowan's lead to 5-2. The Profs started to break away with three runs in the fifth, thanks to a two -run single from Murphy and an RBI single by Brian Gallante.
 
Murphy added another in the seventh with double that brought home Gallante to give the Profs a 9-2 cushion before the home team would pick up three runs in the final two innings.
 
Newcomer Matt Choi, a transfer from Monmouth, earned the win in his first start as he allowed two hits and struck out two in three innings. Rowan had Jake Reese, Dylan Maria and Christian Bascunan finish out the game out of the bullpen.
 
Next up for the Profs is their annual trip to the RussMatt Invitational in Florida for nine games, beginning with a matchup with Aurora (IL) on March 9.