Box Score Joliet, Ill. – Senior infielder Patrick Doran (Evergreen Park, Ill./North Carolina Central/South Suburban/Evergreen Park) slugged two home runs and senior infielder Declan Smyth (Evergreen Park, Ill./North Central/Evergreen Park) also homered to lead Saint Xavier University baseball (13-16/5-3 CCAC) to a 6-2 triumph over University of St. Francis (Ill.) to conclude their three game series in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action Tuesday afternoon at Duly Health and Care Field in Joliet, Ill. Junior pitcher Julian Vargas (Tinley Park, Ill./Tinley Park) posted his second win of the season (2-4) after going 6.0 innings with five hits, one run, a walk and two strikeouts. Junior pitcher Caleb Ziehr (Rockford, Ill./Rockford Lutheran) recorded his first save of the season by getting a fielder's choice groundout with two outs and the bases loaded to end the ballgame.

• Doran finished 2-for-5 at the plate with three RBI and two runs. He also had 11 putouts and two assists defensively at first base.
• Smyth was 2-for-3 with two runs, a stolen base and a walk.
• Freshman catcher Aaron Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) collected three hits in four at-bats, including his first collegiate double.
• Junior pitcher Jimmy Fairley (Lake in the Hills, Ill./Rock Valley/Huntley) worked 1.2 innings out of the bullpen with three walks and had two strikeouts.
• Junior pitcher Tzu-Chun Yen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan/Ohlone/Meiho) pitched 0.1 innings by getting a lineout to end the bottom of the 8^th.
• Junior pitcher Ryan Martin (Whitestone, N.Y./Iona/St. Francis Prep) made his season debut in the bottom of the 9^th. He allowed a hit, a run (unearned), a walk and recorded a strikeout in 0.2 innings.
• Duran clubbed a two-out, two-run home run to the gap in right center to give the Cougars a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1^st.
• Smyth sliced his first home run of the year down the rightfield line to extend the advantage to 3-0 in the top of the 3^rd.
• The Fighting Saints got a run in the bottom of the 4^th off of a groundout.
• Sophomore outfielder Kevin Dowling (Chicago, Ill./Murray State/Mount Carmel) lined an RBI double to left to put SXU up 4-1 in the top of the 5^th.
• Duran hit his second home run of the game, and third of the season, to deep right and an error allowed a run to score to make it 6-1 in the top of the 8^th.
• USF scored off another RBI groundout in the bottom of the 9^th before Ziehr was able to shut the door.

Saint Xavier (13-16/5-3 CCAC) starts a three-game series with Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) on Friday, March 31 at Richard R. Ferrell Field. The game is scheduled for a 3:00 pm first pitch.