Jamestown, N.Y. - Senior Chas McCormick totaled three hits, tying the PSAC career hits record with a first inning single and breaking the mark with a two-run triple in the fourth. But Winston-Salem State held off a pair of rallies from the Marauders to win Saturday's NCAA Atlantic Regional elimination game, 10-8.

Millersville (34-19) totaled 14 hits, and McCormick reached base four times. The Marauder outfielder moved past West Chester's Matt Cotellese with his 305th career hit when he smacked a two-out triple that pulled Millersville to within two at 6-4. McCormick drove in another run and tallied hit No. 306 in the seventh, making Millersville's deficit 9-8 with two innings to play.

But after taking a 3-2 lead in the third, Winston-Salem State never relinquished it. Twice the Rams led by four runs (6-2 and 9-5), but Millersville slashed into the deficit both yet stranded the tying or go-ahead run in scoring position in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings.

The Rams matched Millersville's 14 hits. John Garcia reached base five times, Ivan Acuna reached four times, and Landon Steiner hit the go-ahead, two-run home run in the third before adding a key RBI double in the fourth.

Freshman Tyler Yankosky made his postseason debut for the Marauders and exited after allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits and three walks in 3 2/3. Reliever Matt Ulrich walked the first two batters in the fifth, and freshman Drew Miller gave up a walk, double and two inherited runs scored before he settled in and provided three solid innings of relief.

But Winston-Salem State added a run in the sixth on three singles, building the advantage to 9-5. In the bottom of the inning the Marauders received a double from Ted Williams, McCormick reached on an error, and Dan Neff hit a sacrifice fly to score Williams. Mitch Stoltzfus singled, and Ben Snyder laced a double to right field to pull Millersville within two at 9-7. But two runners were stranded by Rams' reliever Kanoa Hironaka.

Miller tossed a 1-2-3 seventh--Millersville's first and only of the game--and McCormick's RBI single pulled the Marauders within one at 9-8. For the second inning in a row, however, the tying run was left standing at third.

Using a single, sacrifice bunt and a throwing error on a bunt from Randy Norris, the Rams retaliated with a run of their own in the eighth off of Millersville closer Mike Mock. In Millersville's half of the eighth, a leadoff single from Mitch Stoltzfus was quickly erased by a 6-4-3 double play. David Summerfield and Jimmy Cain both singled, but Hironaka got Manning Brookens to pop up to the catcher. Millersville went down in order in the ninth.

The loss capped a 34-19 season for the Marauders, who reached the NCAA Atlantic Regional for a record fifth consecutive season and sixth time in seven years. Stoltzfus closed his Marauder career by reaching base three times with two hits and a walk. Fellow senior David Summerfield tallied two singles and a walk, and Neff, also a senior drove in two runs and stole a base.

All four Marauder seniors closed their careers ranked in program's top 10 in career hits. McCormick set Millersville records for hits, runs and RBIs while also setting the PSAC's hits record. His 306th hit came in his 820th at bat, giving him a career batting average of .373--the sixth-highest in school history.