CINCINNATI, OHIO– Villanova drops season finale in Cincinnati, 16-5 against Xavier.
Xavier got off to a hot start in the first inning. After
Dylan Dennis got Villanova on the board with an RBI single, The Musketeers put up six runs in the bottom of the inning.
Jack O'Reilly and
Connor Hale both added a solo home run in the second and third inning, making the score 7-3 after three innings.
Xavier scored nine unanswered runs and Villanova added two more after that before the game ended after seven, 16-5 Xavier.
Nova Notes
How It Happened
- In the first, Dylan Dennis singled to left center, Michael Whooley scored, 1-0 Villanova.
- Isaac Wachsmann singled to left center in the first, Aedan Anderson scored, 1-1.
- In the first, Jared Cushing doubled to left field, Connor Misch scored, 2-1.
- Matt McCormick doubled to left field in the first, Cushing scored, Wachsmann scored, 4-1.
- In the first, Mathew DePrey hit a two-run home run, 6-1.
- In the second inning, Connor Hale hit a solo home run, 6-2.
- Anderson hit a solo home run in the second, 7-2.
- In the third inning, Jack O'Reilly homered to left field, 7-3.
- In the fourth, McCormick hit a two-run home run, 9-3.
- Anderson hit a two-run home run in the fifth, 11-3.
- In the sixth, McCormick scored on a walk, 12-3.
- Christiansen and Hammond scored on a throwing error in the sixth, 14-3.
- DePrey scored on a sac fly in the sixth inning, 15-3.
- In the sixth, Stephenson scored on a wild pitch, 16-3.
- In the seventh, Luke Mutz tripled to right center, AJ Hansen scored, 16-4.
- Cam Hassert singled to center field, Mutz scored, 16-5 in the seventh.
