WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Interstat) — Jared Hall drove in four runs with a home run and a triple, and Elon held off William & Mary 7-5 on Sunday afternoon at Plumeri Park, winning the rubber match of a three-game Colonial Athletic Association series.

Hall, a first baseman, went 3 for 5, delivering the decisive blow in the seventh inning after William & Mary had pulled within one run. His two-run triple in the top of the seventh gave Elon a 6-4 lead, and he later scored on a double by Vincent Fattore. Hall also homered in the fifth inning, a two-run shot that capped a three-run inning and put the Phoenix ahead 5-2.

Elon improved to 19-27 overall and 8-12 in the Colonial. William & Mary dropped to 20-25 and 10-10.

The game turned in the fifth inning. With the score tied at 2, Elon’s Brian DuRoff singled up the middle to drive in James Alford, who had singled and stolen second base. Hall followed by homering to right field, scoring DuRoff and giving Elon a 5-2 lead.

William & Mary answered in the bottom of the fifth. Kevin Francella singled, and after an error, Luke Laskofski grounded out to score Francella, cutting the lead to 5-3. Elon then brought in reliever Cole Hansen, who ended the threat.

In the sixth, William & Mary’s Louis Bartletti homered to right center, making it 5-4.

Elon responded in the seventh. After James Hindle walked and DuRoff reached on an error, Hall tripled to right center, driving in both runners. Fattore then doubled to left field to score Hall, giving Elon a 7-4 advantage.

William & Mary scored once more in the bottom of the seventh. Francella doubled and scored on Laskofski’s sacrifice fly, making it 7-5. Elon’s Michael Staiano then entered and pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two to earn the save.

Elon starter Owen Winebarger worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run on zero hits while striking out two. He left with the lead. Hansen allowed two runs in 2 1/3 innings, and Staiano closed.

William & Mary used five pitchers. Charles Seneker threw three scoreless innings of relief, allowing three hits and striking out two. Owen Pierce also threw two scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.

Elon collected 12 hits. Fattore went 2 for 5 with an RBI. DuRoff was 2 for 5 with an RBI. Hindle went 2 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored. Bogdanchik added an RBI on a sacrifice fly.

William & Mary had nine hits. Francella went 3 for 4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Bartletti was 2 for 4 with a home run. Scafidi singled twice.

The game began as a pitchers’ duel. Neither team scored through the first two innings. William & Mary struck first in the second. After two singles, a walk and a Francella single, two runs scored on the play, helped by an error. The Tribe led 2-0.

Elon tied it in the fifth on Hall’s home run. After that, the teams traded blows until Elon’s three-run seventh.

The series opened Friday with William & Mary winning 5-4 in 12 innings. Elon won Saturday 5-2.

Elon next plays at South Carolina Upstate on Tuesday.

William & Mary hosts George Mason on Tuesday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of William & Mary 6, Elon 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected William & Mary with a 52.90 percent probability to win.