BRIDGEWATER, Va. - Bridgewater baseball grabbed the weekend series sweep against McDaniel along with a sweep in the doubleheader Sunday afternoon at home. 

The Eagles took the first game, 7-3 and then nabbed the second game, 7-6 in a thrilling walk-off win off a solo shot by Zack Chadwell. 

The Basics 

Game 1 Score: Bridgewater 7 (BCE), McDaniel (MD) 3 

Game 2 Score: Bridgewater (BCE) 7, McDaniel (MD) 6 

Records: BCE (3-1), MD (0-3)  

How It Happened 

Game 1 

• The Eagles went on a comeback surge offensively to keep the Green Terror away from making up any serious ground. In the bottom of the third inning, BCE got the scoring going off a dialed single by Chandler Valbak to hit in Trent Holland. 1-0 was all the Eagles could muster for the next four innings.  

• MD returned the favor in the top of the fifth evening the score at one. Then, in the seventh, MD tacked on two more scored runs with a pair of singles. The next inning, the Eagles came storming back being down 3-1. Chadwell started the action with a single, scoring in Valbak. Camden Herron then knotted the game at three apiece with a ripped single down the left-field line, bringing home Jack Hayes.  

• The scoring was not done for the Eagles. Bransen Hensley walked to score in Bryce Suters then Spencer Sigmon and Ashton Smith both knocked two balls into the outfield for the Christian Harris and Herron scored runs.  

• Hunter Covill sealed the save in the ninth to give the Eagles the win in the first of two games on the day. 

Game 2 

• The Eagles continued to look for their scoring chance in game two and found it in the fifth inning. Chadwell left a no-doubter over the right-field wall to collect two RBIs with Jack Hayes crossing home plate from a single. Evan Bert got it to six innings until the Green Terror had bases loaded and walking in two runners.  

• BCE answered in the bottom of the sixth from the hot bat of Smith lining a single to left, earning two RBIs with Valbak and Stavros both scoring.    

• The next inning, MD fired back again, putting up three runs with a pair of walks and a single. At six apiece, BCE headed into the ninth looking for another walk-off chance and got it. Chadwell rocketed his second homer of the game into oblivion for the 7-6 win in the second game of the doubleheader.  

Game Notes 

Game 1 

• Pinch hitter Ashton Smith immediately did damage, going 2-2 with a pair of RBIs. 

• Gary Tompkins earned his first win on the season including two strikeouts. 

• Hunter Covill delivered his first save of the season. 

Game 2 

• Chadwell starred in the second half of the doubleheader outing with McDaniel with two homeruns, two hits, and going 2-3 at the plate.  

• Evan Bert put up a solid performance on the mound pitching six innings and logging a stat line of three hits, two earned runs, and five strikeouts. 

• Matthew Bishop got his first win of the season while also collecting two strikeouts. 

Up Next 

The Eagles are back in action on Tuesday, Feb. 25 against Dickinson at home.