Bourbonnais, Ill. – The Saint Xavier University baseball team (25-21/17-11 CCAC) fell to Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.), losing both games of their Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) match-up by scores of 13-5 and 19-8 Monday afternoon at Watson Field in Bourbonnais, Ill. Freshman outfielder Nick Altobelli (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) tallied three RBI while going 1-for-3 at the plate in game one. Freshman pinch-hitter/infielder Noah Dreier (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) homered twice in both of his at-bats, both three-run blasts, and he drew a bases loaded walk in the second game.

Game One:

• Fifth-year senior catcher Evan Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
• Freshman infielder Troy Stukenberg (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) was 1-for-4 with an RBI double.
• Junior outfielder Sean Moore (Chicago, Ill./Calumet St. Joseph/Thornwood) scored a pair of runs, drew a walk and went 1-for-3.
• Junior outfielder Justin Massingale (Carbondale, Ill./St. Charles CC/Carbondale Community) walked three times and finished 0-for-1.
• Junior pitcher Logan McCleery (Patterson, Calif./Patterson) gave up six hits, 10 runs (six earned), a walk and a strikeout in 2.2 innings to take the loss (3-6).
• Freshman pitcher Garrett Benko (Chesterton, Ind./Andrean) worked 3.1 innings of relief with four hits, three earned runs and two walks.
• Altobelli gave the Cougars a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1^st with an RBI sacrifice fly.
• The Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the 1^st on an RBI single. They added five runs in the bottom of the 2^nd off a two-run double, a balk, a wild pitch and an RBI groundout. ONU made it 10-1 in bottom of the 3^rd with a two-run single and an SXU error that allowed a run to cross the plate.
• In the top of the 5^th, Orzech pulled an RBI single through the right side of the infield, Stukenberg lined an RBI double and Altobelli lashed a two-run single back up the middle.
• Olivet Nazarene went up 12-5 in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI double and a Saint Xavier miscue. They added a run in the bottom of the 6^th off an RBI base hit.

Game Two:

• Stukenberg had two hits in two at-bats with a run scored.
• Orzech was 1-for-3 with two runs and a walk.
• Sophomore pitcher Trent Markezich (Mount Olive, Ill./Mount Olive) pitched 1.2 innings, surrendering six hits, five earned runs, four walks and striking out a batter to take the loss (1-4).
• Junior pitcher Logan Antrim (Effingham, Ill./Lincoln Land/St. Anthony) threw 1.1 innings out of the bullpen with four hits, three earned runs, two walks and a strikeout.
• Senior pitcher Tzu-Chun Yen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan/Ohlone/Meiho) also worked 1.1 innings, allowing five hits, five runs (four earned) and a strikeout.
• Junior pitcher/infielder Sebastian Parchomenko (Algonquin, Ill./Southwest Mississippi/Dundee Crown) logged 0.2 innings with two hits and an unearned run.
• Junior pitcher Tommy Dougherty (Alsip, Ill./South Suburban/Shepard) tossed an inning, giving up two hits, five earned runs, four walks and a strikeout.
• The Tigers went up 2-0 in the bottom of the 1^st on a sac fly and an RBI single.
• A double steal allowed Stukenberg to score to cut the deficit to 2-1 in the top of the 2^nd.
• ONU hit a sac fly, an RBI double and drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 2^nd. They hit a two-run single and an RBI base hit to extend the advantage to 8-1 in the bottom of the 3^rd.
• Dreier pinch-hit in the top of the 4^th and clubbed a three-run home run and he picked up an RBI by walking with the bases loaded in the top of the 5^th.
• Olivet Nazarene plated six runs in the bottom of the 5^th and five more runs in the bottom of the 6^th.
• Dreier slugged his ninth home run of the season, driving in three runs, in the top of the 7^th.

Saint Xavier (25-21/17-11 CCAC) makes the trip to Palos Heights, Ill. to play Trinity Christian College (Ill.) in a CCAC doubleheader on Friday, April 26. Game one is scheduled for a 1:00 pm first pitch.