PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. - Ethan Bosacker put together a complete game victory on the mound to help Xavier baseball to an 8-4 win in the series opener at Villanova. Xavier moves to 23-15 overall and 5-2 in BIG EAST play with the win.
Xavier took the lead early, scoring a pair of runs in the first on a hit and four walks, with Jack Housinger and Matthew DePrey scoring, and Jared Cushing and Alex Helmin picking up the RBIs. Xavier extended the lead to 3-0 after Grant Stephenson turned a lead-off walk into a run in the second, and made it a 6-0 lead on a three-run homer from Matt McCormick in the fourth.