KING, NC- The Chowan University baseball team picked up a 10-1 win over West Liberty on Saturday afternoon at the CIAA/WVIA Tournament.  Ryan Moore earned the win on the mound, hurling eight innings and collecting eight strike outs. 
 
Drew Mason's solo homerun in the second inning put the Hawks ahead 1-0.  Tyler Burden followed up with a single and stole second and third, allowing Michael Strobel to hit him in for a 2-0 advantage.
 
The Hilltoppers cut the lead in half in the bottom of the fifth after a leadoff homerun from Jonathon Entenmann.  The Hawks answered back in the top of the sixth.  Burden's one out double scored D. Mason to extend Chowan's lead to 3-1.  Justin Shockley's three-run homerun with two runners on pushed the Hawks' lead to 6-1 in the sixth. 
 
Shockley led off the top of the ninth with a solo homerun.  Colby Wiggins added an RBI double, followed by a two-run homerun from  Mason.
 
Mason and Burden both finished the contest 3-5.   Mason hit two homeruns in the win, and collected 3 RBI.   Shockley was 2-2  at the plate on Saturday afternoon, knocking in four RBI .  Both of his hits were homeruns. 
 
The Hawks improve to 3-10 on the season.  They return to the diamond on Sunday to take on Fairmont State University.  First pitch is slated for 11:00am.