Box Score Crestwood, Ill. – On an afternoon where hits were hard to come by, both teams combined for five hits, the Saint Xavier University baseball team (15-18/7-5 CCAC) defeated Roosevelt University by a score of 1-0 in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) play Friday afternoon at Ozinga Field in Crestwood, Ill. Senior infielder Patrick Hayes (Chicago, Ill./Moraine Valley/Parkland/Brother Rice) collected both hits for SXU and scored the lone run in the contest. Junior pitcher Julian Vargas (Tinley Park, Ill./Tinley Park) worked 4.0 innings of relief to come away with the win (3-5), while junior pitcher Tzu-Chun Yen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan/Ohlone/Meiho) earned his first save of the season.

• Freshman catcher Aaron Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) tallied his ninth RBI of the year when he hit into a fielder's choice in the top of the 7^th. He finished the day 0-for-3 with a walk.
• Sophomore pitcher Nico Saldias (Ajax, Ontartio/Connors State/Pickering) made his 11^th start of the season and went 3.0 innings without allowing a hit, walking one batter and posting six strikeouts.
• Vargas surrendered two hits while not letting a Laker baserunner advance beyond second base. Yen pitched the final two innings and gave up just one hit.
• The Cougars loaded the bases in the top of the 1^st inning by drawing three walks, however they were unable to score.
• Hayes recorded the first hit of the game for Saint Xavier when he singled through the left side of the infield with one out in the top of the 7^th. Senior infielder Darren Zarrillo (Grapevine, Texas/Frank Phillips/Grapevine) put down a sacrifice bunt and reached base safely on an error. Senior pinch hitter Sam Ryan (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Conant) worked a walk before Orzech legged out a ground ball to shortstop to stay out of the double play and scored Hayes.
• Hayes led off the top of the 9^th with a base hit. Zarillo sacrificed him over and Hayes would take third on a wild pitch but was left stranded.
• Yen gave up a one out base hit in the bottom of the 9^th and would roll back-to-back groundballs to Zarrillo at third to give SXU the win in game one of the three game series.

Saint Xavier (15-18/7-5 CCAC) concludes its series with Roosevelt University (Ill.) on Saturday, April 8 with a doubleheader at Richard R. Ferrell Field. Game one of the doubleheader is scheduled for 12:00 pm.