Joliet, Ill. – Senior infielder Justin Massingale (Carbondale, Ill./St. Charles/Carbondale Community) went 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBI, including a home run, to help lead the No. 3 seeded Saint Xavier University baseball team (28-22/20-12 CCAC) to a 9-1 victory over No. 6 Indiana University South Bend on the first day of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Baseball Tournament Wednesday evening at Slammers Stadium in Joliet, Ill. Graduate student pitcher Jimmy Fairley (Lake in the Hills, Ill./Rock Valley/Huntley) threw 5.0 innings and he recorded a season-high seven strikeouts to improve to 9-1 on the mound this season. The win advances SXU to the quarterfinals of the winner's bracket in the six-team, double-elimination tournament.

• Massingale added a stolen base.
• Senior outfielder Sean Moore (Chicago, Ill./Calumet St. Joseph/Thornwood) drove in two runs, along with two runs scored and two stolen bases while finishing 1-for-4.
• Graduate student outfielder Travis Hammond (Stone Mountain, Ga./Southern Wesleyan/Emmanuel/Columbus State/Chamblee) was 1-for-3 with two steals and an RBI.
• Junior catcher Aaron Orzech (Shorewood, Ill./Crossroads Christian Academy) finished 2-for-4 with a double.
• Junior infielder Shea Zbrozek (Bloomington, Ill./Danville Area/Normal Community) scored a pair of runs while going 1-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base.
• Sophomore pitcher/infielder Noah Dreier (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) collected two hits in four at-bats with two runs and a steal.
• Fairley scattered four hits with two hit-batsmen and a walk.
• Junior pitcher Trent Markezich (Mount Olive, Ill./Mount Olive) logged 2.0 innings of relief with four strikeouts.
• Senior pitcher Logan Antrim (Effingham, Ill./Lincoln Land/St. Anthony) worked an inning out of the bullpen, giving up three hits, one run (unearned) and coming away with a strikeout.
• Junior pitcher Gannon Burns (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) pitched the top of the 9^th, allowing just a base hit.
• Massingale gave Saint Xavier a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1^st on an RBI single to center field.
• In the bottom of the 2^nd, a run scored on a wild pitch and Hammond laced an RBI single to make the score 3-0 in favor of Saint Xavier.
• Leading off the bottom of the 3^rd, Massingale connected for his 10^th home run of the season to push the lead to 4-0.
• Moore picked up an RBI on a groundout and another run scored on a wild pitch for a 6-0 advantage in the bottom of the 4^th.
• In the bottom of the 6^th, Moore tallied another RBI off a fielder's choice and Massingale lined a two-run base hit to extend the lead to 9-0.
• The Titans got on the board in the top of the 8^th on a two-out RBI single. IUSB loaded the bases, however Antrim got out of the jam by registering a strikeout to end the inning.
• Burns allowed a one-out single but he rolled a groundout and induced a flyout to end the game.

No. 3 Saint Xavier (28-22/20-12 CCAC) takes on No. 2 St. Ambrose University (Iowa) on day two of the CCAC Tournament on Thursday, May 1. The game is scheduled for a 1:00 pm first pitch in Joliet, Ill.