West Long Branch, N.J. - The Elon University baseball team (12-7, 4-1 CAA) defeated the Monmouth Hawks (7-8, 1-4 CAA) Saturday afternoon, 12-1, to earn a fifth straight victory. The win also secures the fourth straight weekend series victory and Elon's fourth straight win in the CAA.
 
Following his two-homer day, freshman Ryan Sprock took the mound for the Phoenix and silenced the Monmouth bats. Sprock threw six innings, giving up no runs, walking just one and striking out seven Hawks.
 
Charlie Granatell and James Broderick both contributed three RBI in the Phoenix victory. Granatell finished 3-for-5 with a double while Broderick finished 2-for-5 and scored two runs. Tanner Holliman continued to swing a hot bat, clubbing another homer, his second in as many days and fifth in CAA play.
 
Elon's winning streak is the longest in the conference at five games and has the Phoenix positioned in a tie for first in the Colonial Athletic Association standings with UNCW and College of Charleston at 4-1.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Cole Reynolds got things going for the offense early. The junior notched his first career triple to score Adam Berry and put the Phoenix on the board first in the top of the first.
• Following Reynolds' triple, Tanner Holliman stepped to the plate and launched his fifth home run in the last seven days to extend Elon's lead to three.
• The Phoenix would extend their lead in the top of the third with two doubles from Charlie Granatell and Luke Stephenson, with the designated hitter's two-bagger scoring Granatell.
• James Broderick added to the Phoenix lead with the bases loaded and two outs. The former Wake Forest Demon Deacon delivered a single to right field that produced two more Phoenix runs.
• Elon would get a fantastic performance on the mound from freshman two-way player Ryan Sprock. Sprock would limit any Monmouth attack, only surrendering five singles in his six innings of work.
• The Phoenix gave Sprock more support in the top of the fifth. Following a leadoff double by Holliman, Broderick singled home another run for his third RBI of the day. Granatell would knock home two more runs with a bases loaded single to increase the Phoenix lead to 9-0.
• Parker Haskin scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh to give the Phoenix their third consecutive game with double digit runs.
• Elon would score their final run of the game in the top of the eighth with Charlie Granatell gaining another RBI single to his tally.
• Monmouth answered with a run in the bottom of the eighth on a sacrifice fly, and the Phoenix bullpen took care of the rest of the outing with the final tally ending 12-1 in favor of Elon.

 
NOTES AND STATS

• With the Saturday victory, the Phoenix have extended the winning streak to five games, the longest streak in the CAA.
• Cole Reynolds achieved the first triple of his career on Saturday against the Hawks. Reynolds also collected the second stolen base of his career, the first since he swiped a bag against William & Mary on April 11, 2021.
• Tanner Holliman continued his hot streak against CAA opponents. Holliman has clubbed five home runs in the last week and now has six on the season to lead the club. Holliman is on a club-high seven game hitting streak, and is hitting .400 over the hitting streak. His five homers in CAA play are tied for the conference lead. 
• Following his six-inning performance, Ryan Sprock now leads Elon's three weekend starters with an even 2.00 ERA. In his last two outings, the freshman has a combined 19 strikeouts and leads the club with 31 punchouts on the year.
• Charlie Granatell continues to swing a hot bat this week. The sophomore is now batting 6-for-14 in his last three games and has bumped up his average to .319.
• Connor Coolahan continues to pace the Phoenix in on-base percentage, leading the club with a .462 clip.
• The Phoenix walked 13 times during their Saturday matchup with the Hawks. That is the most base on balls collectively in the CAA era and the most since at least 2013.
• Cole Reynolds extended his 13-game reached base streak.
• Elon has scored 10+ runs in three straight games, the first time the Phoenix has done that since 2018.
• Elon's 38 runs in the last three games are the most for the program since scoring 47 in a three-game stretch from March 16-18, 2018.
• Elon finished the game with four swiped bags which is their highest tally on the season.
• Elon is currently rated 36th in the nation in RPI, the second highest in the CAA. Elon also has been rated as having the 14th toughest strength of schedule in the nation.
• The Phoenix now have a road record of 4-1. The 2022 team achieved their fourth road win of the season on April 10th. The .800 winning percentage on the road is tops in the CAA.

 
UP NEXT

• The Phoenix will take on the Hawks in the series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Phoenix will complete their five-game road trip at nationally-ranked Wake Forest on Tuesday before returning to Latham Park next weekend to battle Delaware.