Point Lookout, Mo. – Junior pitcher Julian Vargas (Tinley Park, Ill./Tinley Park) earned his first win of the season (1-3) after 6.0 strong innings in a 5-2 victory to help Saint Xavier University baseball (8-13/0-0 CCAC) earn a split with College of the Ozarks (Mo.) Friday afternoon in Point Lookout, Mo. The Cougars fell in game two by a score of 6-2. In the first game, Vargas allowed seven hits, two runs (one earned), walked one batter and recorded four strikeouts. Senior infielder Patrick Hayes (Chicago, Ill./Moraine Valley/Parkland/Brother Rice) had the big hit, a two-run double, in a three-run top of the 4th to aid in the win.

Game One:

• Hayes finished 2-for-2 with a run scored.
• Sophomore outfielder Kevin Dowling (Chicago, Ill./Murray State/Mount Carmel) collected two hits in four at-bats with a double.
• Junior infielder Trevor Hausherr (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) went 2-for-3 with a double and a run.
• Sophomore pitcher Tommy Dougherty (Alsip, Ill./South Suburban/Shepard) nailed down his first save of the season, coming in with two runners on base and leaving them stranded with a strikeout, an infield fly and a lineout to secure the win.
• Senior infielder Sam Ryan (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Conant) hit an RBI single in the top of the 3^rd to give SXU the lead.
• The Bobcats tied the game in the bottom half of the inning off an RBI base hit.
• Hayes clubbed a two-run double and another run scored on an error to put Saint Xavier ahead 4-1 in the top of the 4^th.
• Ozarks cut the deficit in half with an RBI single in the bottom of the 4^th.
• Senior pinch-hitter Sean Haddlesey (Ann Arbor, Mich./Albion/Skyline) came through with an RBI single in the top of the 5^th.

Game Two:

• Junior catcher Evan Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) finished 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a walk.
• Ryan was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly, and Hausherr went 2-for-3 with a double.
• Senior outfielder Daniel Barrios (Manteno, Ill./Manteno) had a base hit in his lone plate appearance with two walks and a run.
• Sophomore pitcher Logan McCleery (Patterson, Calif./Patterson) made the start (1-2) and went 4.1 innings, giving up eight hits, six runs (three earned), a walk and had two strikeouts.
• Junior pitcher Caleb Ziehr (Rockford, Ill./Rockford Lutheran) finished the game with just two hits allowed in 1.2 innings of work out of the bullpen.
• Ryan lifted a sac fly and Orzech lined an RBI double to give the Cougars a 2-0 lead in the top of the 3^rd.
• The Bobcats responded with four runs in the next half inning to go up 4-2 using an RBI groundout, a two-run double and an RBI single.
• Ozarks capped the scoring with a two-out rally in the bottom of the 5^th with a solo home run and an RBI double.

Saint Xavier (8-13/0-0 CCAC) wraps up play with College of the Ozarks (Mo.) on Saturday, March 11. The game is scheduled for a 12:00 pm first pitch.