CINCINNATI, OH - In what may have been the most important game of the season to date, Xavier baseball delivered. The Musketeers had it working on both sides of the ball, including five home runs while striking out 13 Villanova batters in a commanding 11-5 victory.
Action started early off the bat of Tyler DeMartino yet again, as he hit another first-inning two run home run. Jared Cushing homered in the second, and Luke Franzoni added on with a two-RBI double to give Xavier an early 5-0 lead.
Villanova got one back in the third, and as the Xavier bats cooled, they scored two more in the fifth and one in the sixth.