Buies Creek, N.C.- Freshman infielder, Jake Hajdu, delivered the finest performance of his young, Elon (24-25, 13-9 CAA) career in a 10-8 win over Campbell (20-28, 11-11 CAA). Hajdu's 3-for-4 performance out of the nine-hole was crucial in Elon's win over the Camels as Hajdu drove in a game high four runs and contributed his first-career three-hit game.
 
Ryan Sprock continues to deliver for the Phoenix at the plate and in the box. For the seventh time this year, Sprock homered and pitched in the same game. Sprock has now achieved this two-way feat ten times during his Elon career. Sprock's home run was his 13^th on the season and his eighth in CAA play which is good for second in conference.
 
 
How It Happened

• The Phoenix offense has become accustomed to scoring early and Friday was no different. Elon's offense got a two-out boost from veteran Charlie Granatell when Granatell delivered a two-RBI single to give Elon a 2-0 lead.
• Campbell would answer the Phoenix offensive surge with a surge of their own with five runs in the second inning.
• After a clean top and bottom of the third inning, the Phoenix offense would resurge in the fourth. Back-to-back singles from Vince Fattore and Hajdu put two runners on for Tank Yaghoubi. Yaghoubi laced a fastball through the left side to trim the Camel lead to two. In the following at-bat, Ryan Sprock launched a ball down the right field line that curved inside the foul pole for a three-run home run to give the Phoenix a 6-5 lead.
• Elon added on in the fifth with another pair of runs. With one out, Elon loaded the bases for Hajdu who laced a single up the middle which scored a pair of runs and increase the Elon lead to three.
• After being kept quiet for three innings, the Camels put two more runs on the board in the sixth. It could have been three but a heads up play by the Phoenix defense to turn two on a lineout in the infield stopped the scoring threat.
• The Phoenix responded in kind with two runs of their own again off the bat of Jake Hajdu. Following a double steal from Mallory and Vergantino, Hajdu rolled a double down the left field line that just stayed fair and scored both runners to give the Phoenix a 10-7 lead.
• Sam Nomura would come in for the seventh inning and surrendered an unearned run in the seventh but put together a clean eighth to give the Pheonix a two-run lead going into the ninth.
• Sprock slammed the door on Campbell with a 1-2-3 inning in the ninth and a pair of strikeouts to give Elon the win. 

 
Notes and Stats

• Elon improves to 24-25 on the season and 13-9 in CAA play.  
• With the win, Elon surges into a tie for third place with William & Mary following the Tribe's loss to Northeastern on Friday.  
• Elon has been on a tear in recent CAA play and has won eight of its last nine conference games. Six straight wins have taken the Phoenix from 10^th in the standings at 6-9 to a tie for third at 13-9.
• Jake Hajdu had his best game as a Phoenix on Friday. The freshman put together his first career three-hit performance and delivered a career high four RBI in the win.
• Ryan Sprock hit his 13^th home run in the win over Campbell. His home run gives him 29 for his career, putting him in a tie for 10^th place all-time on Elon's career home run list. Sprock, with a double and home run Saturday, becomes just the second player since 2016 with a combined 30 extra-base hits in a season, joining Cam Devanney (2019).
• Charlie Granatell started in his 200^th career game in the win Friday night. Granatell also delivered a two-hit game with a pair of RBI.
• Tank Yaghoubi collected a hit, run scored and RBI in the win.
• Vince Fattore and Will Vergantino both collected a hit and reached base a total of three times.
• Elon's offense has been on a tear this season with five players now eclipsing the 50-hit mark. For the second time in three years, the Phoenix have five players with 50 or more hits.

 
Up Next
The Phoenix continues its series with the Fighting Camels on Saturday. The first pitch time has been moved up to 1 PM for tomorrow's game against Campbell with potential changes. Stay tuned to Elon Baseball on X for more updates.