Sean Mooney and Zac Lowther.
Two of the best the conference has to offer on the hill.
One, a freshman righty from Marmora, New Jersey.
The other, a 6’2 235 mound of mass and finesse, a junior from Brooklyn Heights, Ohio.
Mooney, the conference’s pitcher and freshman of the year, hit a wall of trouble in the first inning when he gave up a double, a single, and a walk to load the bases with no outs in the first.
With Xavier’s Chris Givin on third, Conor Grammes on second, and BIG EAST POtY Rylan Bannon on first, Joe Gellenbeck lifted a ball into medium-deep right field.