Fredericksburg, Va – Washington College freshman right-hander Joe Morrissey earned his first career victory after turning in a dominant performance against Stevenson on Saturday afternoon at Mary Washington University. Morrissey tossed seven scoreless innings of three-hit ball to help lead the Shoremen to a 5-0 victory over the Mustangs. Washington improves to 2-3 while Stevenson drops to 1-6-1.

How It Happened

- The Shoremen pounced for three runs in the bottom of the third inning and never looked back. Freshman catcher Mike Bukowski reached on an error to open the frame, freshman center fielder Cael Magill singled, and then Bukowski came around to score on a fielder's choice off the bat off senior right fielder Chris Baker. Senior left fielder Max Ruvo produced an RBI sacrifice fly to plate Magill and senior third baseman Joe Curtin followed with another RBI sacrifice fly to bring Baker home.
- Washington added a run in the bottom of the fifth with two outs as Ruvo singled to right to bring Magill (walk) home.
- The Shoremen extended their lead to 5-0 in their half of the fifth as they struck again with two men out. Senior second baseman Jack Kingman reached on a one-out single to right and then senior pinch-runner Brandon Hoffman advanced to second on a groundout. Hoffman would come all the way around to score on an error by second baseman Trevor Smoot with Bukowski at the plate.

For the Shoremen
Hitting
- Ruvo drove in a pair of runs and went 1-for-2 on the day.
- Magill reached base a team-high three times as he went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and pair of walks.
- Curtin drove in a run with a sac fly.
Pitching
-Morrissey completely outclassed the Mustangs in just his second career start.  He faced 25 batters, induced 10 ground ball outs versus six fly ball outs. In addition, leadoff batters went 0-for-7.
-Sophomore left-hander Izaiah Santiago worked two scoreless innings and whiffed a pair of Mustangs to close out the game.

For the Mustangs
Hitting
-Second baseman Trevor Smoot went 2-for-3 with a walk.
Pitching
-Starter Kyle Pellegrino took the loss as he allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks over 4.2 innings of work.

Notes
- Stevenson made four costly errors on the day while the Shoremen were flawless in the field.
- Magill is hitting .444 (8-for-18) with a .600 on base clip, has scored nine runs, and drawn seven walks through his first five games.
- Morrissey has allowed just one earned run over his first 11.0 innings of work.
- The shutout was the first for the Shoremen since an 8-0 win against Marywood on March, 13 2020 in Fort Pierce, Florida. Senior Nick Brauer tossed seven scoreless in a comple-game shutout.
- Morrissey becomes the first Shorman to toss seven or more innings without allowing a run since left-hander Matt Swanson on March 4, 2006. Swanson fired a one-hit complete-game shutout against Neumann in the second game of a doubleheader in Chestertown.

Up Next
The Shoremen will take on host Mary Washington on Sunday at 2:15 p.m.