DOVER, Del. – Sophomore Ethan Springston knocked three home runs as the Explorers outmuscled the Delaware State Hornets 20-14 at Soldier Field on Tuesday.

La Salle hit five home runs as a club for the second time this season while Springston became the first Explorer to hit three homers in game since at least 2004. The Blue and Gold also went deep five times at UNC Asheville on March 6.

Springston hit a two-run homer in the top of the 2^nd to put the Explorers on top 2-0 before Delaware State got a run back in the bottom half of the 2^nd.

 La Salle erupted for nine runs in the 3^rd to take an 11-1 lead, sparked by a Ryan Welling RBI single. Justin Korenblatt and Josh Savakinus had two-run doubles while Mark Williams doubled in a run and the Explorers worked three walks with the bases loaded.

Two-run homers from Delaware State's Justin Allen and Jake Bartlett made it 11-5 in the bottom of the 3^rd before Josh Savakinus delivered an RBI groundout in the 4^th and Springston had another two-run shot in the top of the 5^th to push the lead to 14-5.

Joey Ravert hit his fifth homer of the season with two outs in the 6^th, which Springston followed with another two-run dinger two batters later. Williams added a solo homer in the 7^th and Justin Korenblatt drove in two with a double in the 8^th to make it 20-7 in favor of the visitors.  

Springston finished with five runs scored and seven RBI's while Justin Korenblatt plated four as the Explorers scored a season-high 20 runs.

Luke Reilly (W, 2-1) tossed a scoreless 6^th inning, striking out two and getting a fly out after issuing  two-out walk.