DOYLESTOWN (Pa.) – Senior Garrett Zimmerman had four of the 16 hits posted by the Delaware Valley University baseball team in a big 13-3 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom victory over visiting Wilkes University on Friday afternoon.

The Aggies improved to 8-14 overall and 3-9 in league play while the Colonels fell to 12-15 and 6-9.

Wilkes scored first thanks to a double by Zach Luksic followed by an RBI single from Chase Vrabel. The Aggies responded in the next half inning with three runs on two hits and three free bases. Garrett Zimmerman plated two with an RBI single and Jonathan Drews drove in one with a bases loaded sacrifice fly to make it 3-1.

The Colonels got one back in the top of the third with an RBI single to left field from AJ Brosious.

In the bottom of the third, Nate Rice laced a single to center field that plated Sean Gledhill and Zimmerman delivered again, this time with a triple to right field to score Rice and give the Aggies a 5-2 advantage after three.

DelVal' offense continued to roll in the fourth as it took advantage of an error and posted two unearned runs thanks to a two-RBI single from Andrew Schneider.

Trailing 7-2, the Colonels put runners on first and second for Luksic who singled up the middle to make it 7-3. The Aggies loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the frame, but could not capitalize.

Reliever Colin Foley gave DelVal three innings of two-hit ball and did not allow a run while the offense posted one in the seventh and five more in the eighth to blow the game open. Connor Esbenshade got the final three outs on the mound to secure the 13-3 victory.

Zimmerman led the Aggies with four hits, four RBIs, and two runs scored including a double and a triple. Nine-hole hitter James Miskanic added a 3-for-4 effort with two runs scored. DelVal finished with 16 hits from seven different players and surrendered 11 while striking out five.

Dalton Moore earned the win with five innings pitched, nine hits allowed, three runs, and two earned.