The Basics – ODAC Quarterfinals (Best of Three)
Game 1 
Score: #3 Roanoke 3 | #6 Bridgewater 4
Records: Maroons 23-9 | Eagles 12-13
Location: Salem, Va..

The Lead: Roanoke College earned the #3 seed in the 2021 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Baseball Tournament and hosted #6 Bridgewater in a best of three series that started on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles would plate a pair of early runs before the Maroons tied it up one inning later. The game would remained tied in the late innings before a passed ball would plate the game winning run for the Eagles, as Bridgewater took a 1-0 series lead. Per ODAC rules, the Maroons would bat first as the "visiting" team in game two. Two runs in the top of the fifth would put Roanoke in front, 2-0. After four Eagle runs, the Maroons would rally to tie the score. A late inning home run proved the difference as Bridgewater advanced by winning both games.

How it Happened:

• Bridgewater would load the bases in the top of the first and a single to right would stake the visitors to a 2-0 lead.
• In the bottom of the second, PK Cocolis sent a double to the left centerfield wall. Gavin Kandrick made it first and third when the Eagle shortstop couldn't make the throw to first. Tyler De Meo laid down a good bunt but Cocolis was cut down at the plate. Will Smith drove in Kandrick with a base hit and De Meo scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 2-2.
• Bridgewater would re-take the lead with a double and RBI single in the fifth to make it 3-2.
• RC got the tying run in the bottom of the seventh. De Meo walked and Smith singled before Mason Staz walked to load the bases. Conner Butler ground into a double play to score De Meo and tie the game at 3-3.
• In the bottom of the eighth, Bridgewater put the first two runners on and appeared to take the lead but a diving stop by Butler prevented the runner from scoring. However, with two outs a ball got away from the catcher and the Eagles took a 4-3 advantage.
• In the bottom half, the Maroons got the first two runners on with a Jonny Wall walk and Cocolis base hit. However, a fielders' choice and double play would end the RC threat.
• Bridgewater was able to put down the Maroons, 1-2-3, in the ninth for the series opening win.
• Cocolis was 3-3 with Will Merriken going 3-4 and Smith 2-4. De Meo scored a pair of runs.
• Tanner James started and went the first three innings and was relieved by Aiden Kuhle. Kuhle went six innings, giving up six hits, one earned run and striking out seven. 

The Basics
Game 2
Score: #3 Roanoke 4 | #6 Bridgewater 6
Records: Maroons 23-10 | Eagles 13-13
Location: Salem, Va.

How it Happened:

• The game would be scoreless for the first four innings. In the top of the fifth, Roanoke would start the inning with a Wall base on balls but was eliminated by a pickoff. Cale Agee singled and would advance to third on a De Meo base hit. Smith delivered a two RBI single to left to get the Maroons out to a 2-0 lead.
• One inning later, Cocolis and Gandrick singled and advanced into scoring position on a wild pitch. However, the Eagles would record back-to-back K's to keep it a 2-0 game.
• Bottom of the sixth would see three straight Bridgewater singles load the bases. Clean-up hitter Kevin Navedo delivered a grand slam over the left field wall to put the Eagles in front 4-2.
• De Meo and Smith singled to start the seventh. Staz sent a base right to right that would score De Meo as Smith and Staz advanced on the throw home. Merriken tied the score with a deep SAC fly to centerfield, 4-4.
• After a two-run home run put Bridgewater back in front, the Maroons threatened in the top of the eighth with back-to-back-to-back walks by Wall and Jack Marshall, and DeMeo to load the bases. The Eagles would record a strikeout and induce a fly to right that ended the Roanoke rally.
• Merriken walked to start off the bottom of the ninth. After two outs, Kandrick drew a walk to put the tying runner on but a diving catch on a fly to right center would end the game and eliminate the Maroons from the Tournament.
• Will Turner drew the start and pitched six innings, giving up four runs while striking out four. De Meo was 3-3 with two runs scored while Smith, Cocolis, and Merriken each recorded two hits.