Bronx, N.Y. -- The University of Dayton baseball team continued its stretch of success in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament with a 7-3 win over Davidson in the second round on Thursday morning. Eddie Pursinger And Riley Tirotta Both Left The Yard With Solo Home Runs, While Cole Pletka Tied A Career-High With 10 Strikeouts. Dayton will take on the winner of No. 1 VCU/No. 4 Fordham at noon tomorrow. The Flyers are now 31-24-1 this season, tying the win total from the 2012 season, while Davidson falls to 27-21 on the year.

KEY MOMENT
Alex Brickman singled up the middle to drive in Michael Cleary and Connor Wilson to give Dayton some insurance runs and extend the lead to 5-2 in the top of the eighth, which was too much for Davidson to overcome.

KEY STATS

• Cole Pletka tied his career-high in strikeouts with 10 on the day.
• Pletka now has nine of more strikeouts in five of his 10 starts this season.
• Four different Flyers had multihit games, with Mitchell Garrity, Connor Wilson, Riley Tirotta and Alex Brickman all recording two hits apiece.
• Tirotta and Eddie Pursinger both hit a solo home run and Pursinger's home run was his team-high seventh of the year.
• Brickman's two RBI were a team high for the day.

UP NEXT

• Dayton will take on the winner of No. 1 VCU/No. 4 Fordham at noon tomorrow.