Donovan Thacker delivers a pitch against Union; Crusaders fall to Mount Vernon Nazarene 3-2 and St. Thomas 3-1
Jay Stancil, Union College
2
Madonna University MU2019M 14-7
3
Winner Mount Vernon MVNU20~1 15-4
Madonna University MU2019M
14-7
2
Final
3
Mount Vernon MVNU20~1
15-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Madonna University MU2019M 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 1
Mount Vernon MVNU20~1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 3 4 4

W: Josh Pettit (1-0) L: Case Jaworski (0-1)

3
Winner STU Baseball STUBS20 15-3
1
Madonna MU2019M 14-8
Winner
STU Baseball STUBS20
15-3
3
Final
1
Madonna MU2019M
14-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
STU Baseball STUBS20 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 0
Madonna MU2019M 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0

W: Kenyon, Justin (1-0) L: Thacker, Donovan (2-1) S: Grana, Jason (4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Zachary Shore

#RV @MUCrusadersBSB drops pair of one-run games at Warner Tournament

THE BASICS
WARNER UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT
Score: #RV MU 2, MVNU 3; MU 1, #2 STU 3
Records: Madonna University (14-8), Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio)(15-4), St. Thomas University (Fla.) (15-3)
Location: Avon Park, Fla. (Head Field); Lake Wales, Fla. (Warner Stadium)
 

AVON PARK/LAKE WALES, Fla. - The Madonna University baseball team set out to defend its Warner University tournament title on Thursday afternoon, but dropped a pair of games to Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) (3-2) and No. 2 St. Thomas University (Fla.) (3-1) at two different fields. 

GAME 1
The Crusaders and Cougars met for the second time in three days and fared better the second time around, but still couldn't come away with the win as a fourth-inning home run proved to be the difference at Head Field in Avon Park. 

MVNU score first in the second, but Frankie Lucska delivered a sacrifice fly in the third to plate Noah Renaud and tie the game. The Cougars added single runs in the third and fourth for the 3-1 lead. MU took advantage of a pair of MVNU miscues in the sixth, including an error on a strikeout, to cut the margin to one, 3-2, but could not get the two-out hit they needed. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
  • 4: Both teams had four hits, while MVNU struck out four times and left four on base...four different Crusaders recorded a hit
  • 8: The Blue and Gold struck out eight times and left eight men on base
TOP PERFORMERS
  • Case Jaworski - took the loss, but pitched well as he allowed three runs on four hits with four strikeouts and a walked one five innings
  • Ross Rickel - allowed just one walk and got the final two outs for MU
GAME 2
Kyle Aniol and Adrian Reed combined for the first run as Aniol led off the third with a double and scored on Reed's base hit for the 1-0 lead at Warner Stadium in Lake Wales.

STU played small ball in the fourth as a leadoff double scored on a groundout then a leadoff home run in the fifth and three hits accounted for the 3-1 final. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
  • 6-3: St. Thomas outhit Madonna 6-3 in the contest
  • 2: Both teams left two men on base
  • 9/1: The teams combined to strikeout nine times while the pitching staffs allowed just one walk on the day
TOP PERFORMERS
  • Donovan Thacker - allowed three runs on six hits over seven innings with five strikeouts
  • Noah Moore - only Crusader to reach base twice as he went 1-for-2 and drew a walk
  • Reed - drove in the lone MU run
UP NEXT
  • Madonna wraps up the round-robin play of the Warner University tournament on Friday, March 6 with another two-team, two-field doubleheader as they begin the day against Spring Arbor University at 10 a.m. at Head Field in Avon Park then face host Warner University (Fla.) at 6:30 p.m. at Warner Stadium in Lake Wales. 
  • Live coverage links, if available, will be posted at www.mucrusaders.com/live. 
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