Hensley (2-0) baffled Delaware State hitters all afternoon before Justin Bittner doubled to left with two down in the sixth.  The Phoenix hurler ended up surrendering three hits in 6.2 innings of work while fanning seven Hornets.

Scoreless into the fourth inning, Elon got on the board with a Neal Pritchard bases loaded sacrifice fly to center which plated Bennett Davis.

The big inning for the Phoenix came in the fifth as Elon struck four five runs on six hits.  For the second straight game, Dove led off an inning with a home run.  Following a pitching change, Pat Irvine laced a one-out double to center and went to third when the outfielder booted the ball.  Davis' single knocked home Irvine to put the Phoenix on top 3-0.  Dallas Tarleton's single to right put runners on the corners for Chase Austin.  Austin sent an 0-1 pitch just inside the bag at third to drive in Davis.  Mike Lobacz walked to load the bases before Pritchard lined a single to right to score both Tarleton and Austin to give Elon a 6-0 advantage.  The hit also extended his hitting streak to seven games.

Davis' double to the leftfield gap allowed Irvine to score Elon's final run in the sixth inning.

The Hornets ended the shutout in the seventh.  Ryne Mailen led off with a single before going to third on a Jose Sanchez single.  Chris Kidd then grounded into a double play which scored Mailen.

Davis finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a team-best three RBI while Tarleton (2-for-4) and Austin (2-for-3) also had multi-hit outings.  Donny Jobe singled in the bottom of the eighth to run his hitting streak to seven games.

David Langton (0-2) took the loss after giving up two runs on three hits and four walks in 4.0 innings.  Chase Kornemann was tagged for four runs on four hits in just 0.1 inning of work.

For Elon, Brian Bodjiak threw the final 2.1 innings and did not allow a hit while striking out three.

The two teams will play game two of this three-game set at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.