Lawrenceville, Ga. – The No. 5 seeded Saint Xavier University baseball team (31-27/17-10 CCAC) saw its season come to an end after a 10-3 loss to No. 3 Concordia University (Neb.) in the elimination bracket in the NAIA Opening Round Georgia Gwinnett Bracket in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tuesday morning. Senior infielder Sam Ryan (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Conant) finished the day 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored for the Cougars. SXU wraps up the 2023 season having won the CCAC Tournament Championship for the second ever in program history and qualified for the NAIA Opening Round for the third time in five seasons (2019, 2021 & 2023).

• Junior designated hitter Evan Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) went 2-for-4 with two runs, a double and a walk.
• Senior outfielder Sean Haddlesey (Ann Arbor, Mich./Albion/Skyline) was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.
• Senior infielder Patrick Doran (Evergreen Park, Ill./NC Central/DuPage/South Suburban/Evergreen Park) went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
• Senior infielder Declan Smyth (Evergreen Park, Ill./North Central/Evergreen Park) doubled in four at-bats.
• Junior pitcher Caleb Ziehr (Rockford, Ill./Rockford Lutheran) took the loss (3-1) after throwing 1.1 innings with four hits, four runs (three earned), a walk and a strikeout.
• Sophomore pitcher Tommy Dougherty (Alsip, Ill./South Suburban/Shepard) pitched 1.2 innings of relief with three hits allowed, three runs (two earned), two walks and a strikeout.
• Junior pitcher Julian Vargas (Tinley Park, Ill./Tinley Park) made just his second relief appearance on the season (14 starts) and threw 3.0 innings out of the bullpen and allowed two hits, one run, a walk and struck out two batters.
• Junior pitcher Tzu-Chun Yen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan/Ohlone/Meiho) worked 1.2 innings and surrendered four hits, two runs, a walk and had two strikeouts.
• Sophomore pitcher Logan McCleery (Patterson, Calif./Patterson) recorded the final four outs, two of which were strikeouts.
• The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1^st off of back-to-back doubles.
• CUNE tacked on four runs in the top of the 2^nd to extend the advantage to 5-0. An SXU error allowed a run to score, followed by a two-run single and a sacrifice fly.
• Concordia went up 7-0 in the top of the 3^rd after a double steal and an RBI base hit.
• A second sac fly in the top of the 5^th made it 8-0 in favor of the Bulldogs.
• Saint Xavier scored twice in the bottom of the 6^th on an RBI single by Doran and a bases loaded walk from Haddlesey.
• CUNE pushed its lead to 10-2 in the top of the 7^th on an RBI single and a wild pitch that allowed a run to score.
• Ryan lined an RBI single back up the middle for the Cougars in the bottom of the 7^th.