DAVIDSON, N.C. – After falling behind early due to a first-inning sac fly, seventh-seeded Richmond (29-25, 11-13 A-10) opted to flip the team's offensive switch heading into early mid-game, initially swiping the lead with two runs in the third before adding a combined 14 to the board across a productive fifth, sixth and seventh frames en route to a 16-4 victory over No. 3 Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship Quarterfinals early Friday afternoon at Wilson Field.

With the win, the Spiders continue their domination of the consolation bracket, moving on to the tournament's second semifinal against the loser of Friday's mid-afternoon contest between top-seeded Davidson and No. 2 overall VCU. The contest will be broadcast live via ESPN+.

Saint Louis opened the scoring early in the first, as A-10 first-team selection Cam Redding collected an RBI via a long center-field sac fly. The Spiders fought back in the third, however, initially knotting the contest via an Alden Mathes RBI triple before bringing home the former by way of a Dominic Toso sac fly for the one-run advantage.

Richmond took over from that point on, breaking the game wide open in the fifth as the Spiders batted around and then some for a total seven runs, including a pair of RBI singles from Christian Beal, a grand slam off the bat of Jason Neff and a Jake Elbeery solo jack. UR kept up its offensive pace in the sixth and seventh, tacking on three in the former and four more in the latter for a monumental 15-run lead.

The Billikens finally found some more contact during an attempted ninth-inning rally, plating three runs on back-to-back-to-back RBI doubles from Matt Happ, Matt Turino and Redding, respectively.

On the mound, Eli Larson (W, 1-1) proved dominant across his 7.1 innings of work, striking out three while surrendering just the one run on six hits and three walks. Jack Buckley took over for the final 1.2 frames, allowing all three SLU runs on four total hits.