Elon, N.C.- The Elon Phoenix (17-23) threw their first shutout of the season in route to a 3-0 victory over the eighth-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons (26-14) Tuesday night.
 
The Phoenix pitching staff tossed their most complete game of the season with four different Phoenix hurlers contributing to the combined shutout. Carson Wehner picked up his first career win while Sam Nomura tossed the final three innings and earned the save.
 
Alex Duffey increased his hitting streak to eight games with a two-run, 408-foot blast that proved to be the winning runs for the Phoenix. Seven different Phoenix put together the eight hits on the night with Ryan Sprock collecting the lone multi-hit night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Kolby Pascarelli got the start for the Phoenix on the mound and sat down the opening three Demon Deacon batters to get some early momentum.
• Pascarelli retired the first two batters in the second inning but got into a jam following back-to-back singles. Carson Wehner relieved Pascarelli and retired the next batter via a flyout to retire the side.
• Elon picked up their first hit of the game on a Ryan Sprock single in the bottom of the second inning. Will Vergantino reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to third on two wild pitches but couldn't come around to score.
• Wehner sat the next six Demon Deacons he saw down in order to get through the top of the third and fourth innings.
• Elon got on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning. Following a leadoff single from Charlie Granatell, Alex Duffey gave the Phoenix the lead with a 408-foot blast to right field.
• The Phoenix plated another run in the bottom of the fourth when with two-outs, Will Vergantino stole second and then scored on a double down the right field line from former Demon Deacon, James Broderick. Broderick's double gave the Phoenix a 3-0 lead going into the fifth.
• The Phoenix was able to turn a double play following a leadoff single from the Deacs in the fifth.
• Tristan Corcoran delivered a clean sixth inning and got out of a two-on, two-out jam to keep the shutout intact.
• After getting two runners on in the seventh, Sam Nomura dug deep and forced a round out right back to himself to get out of a two-on jam.
• Nomura had to dig deep again in the eighth inning. With a runner in scoring position, Nomura put away Jack Winnay with a strikeout swinging to get the Phoenix to the bottom half of the frame with the 3-0 lead.
• In the ninth inning, Nomura retired the first two batters, but two singles and a walk loaded the bases for the top of the Demon Deacon lineup. With the go-ahead run at the plate, Nomura caught the batter swinging and held onto Elon's first shutout of the season and their third straight win at Latham Park over a top-10 team.

 
NOTES AND STATS

• Kolby Pascarelli got his first start of the season on the mound for the Phoenix. Pascarelli went 1.2 innings and struck out two.
• Carson Wehner picked up the first win of his Elon career on Tuesday night. The redshirt-freshman pitched 3.1 innings while allowing just one hit and striking out one batter.
• Tristan Corcoran tossed an inning of work before Sam Nomura picked up the third save of his season by going three innings out of the bullpen to close out the game.
• Alex Duffey homered for the fifth time this season becoming the fourth Elon hitter to reach five home runs. Duffey finished the night 1-3 at the plate with a walk, run scored and two RBIs.
• Ryan Sprock finished the night 2-for-4 at the plate with a pair of singles.
• James Broderick slapped a double down the left field line that gave Elon a three-run lead in the fourth. This was Broderick's third double of the season.
• Will Vergantino finished with a base hit and his sixth stolen base of the season in the win.
• Kenny Mallory Jr. and Charlie Granatell both picked up hits with Mallory Jr. doubling in the eighth inning and Granatell singling and scoring in the fourth.
• Tank Yaghoubi also picked up a base-hit as well in his 14^th start of the season.
• The Elon Phoenix have now won back-to-back games over a top-10 ranked Wake Forest team at home over the last two seasons. Elon defeated #2 Wake Forest last season at Latham Park by the score of 5-3.
• Dating back to last season, Elon has won three straight games at home over top-10 opponents with the pair of wins against Wake Forest sandwiching a win against #9 Campbell last season.
• Elon is 3-2 in its last five games against ranked ACC opponents with two wins over Wake Forest and a victory over NC State in Raleigh last season.
• This was Elon's first shutout of the season and first since Elon shutout William & Mary in Williamsburg last season. This is the first shutout of a Power Five team since the Phoenix shutout Kentucky last season, 2-0 at Latham Park.
• This was Elon's first shutout victory over an ACC opponent since the Phoenix defeated Wake Forest at Latham Park 5-0 in 2012.
• The listed attendance was 1,035 fans at Latham Park.
• Elon finishes its longest home stretch of the season with a 6-2 record and a 5-1 record in CAA play during the eight-game home stand.  
• Elon now trails the all-time series with Wake Forest, 41-66.  

 
UP NEXT

• The Phoenix will hit the road for a crucial CAA weekend series with the Northeastern Huskies. First pitch on Friday will be at 2 pm.