Baseball Drops NCAA Program Opener at Home to Nichols on Tuesday
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Nichols | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 3 |
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Saint Joseph (Conn.) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) baseball team dropped its NCAA program opener to the Nichols College Bison, 21-4, in a non-conference game at home Tuesday afternoon at the newly-built USJ Baseball Field in West Hartford, Conn. With the result, the Blue Jays start their inaugural varsity season 0-1, while the Bison pick up their first win of the 2024 campaign and level their record at 1-1.
Junior infielder Ryan Shaw (Ellington, Conn.) recorded the first hit in program history with a single to left-center field in the bottom of the first inning and sophomore infielder Dom Scalia (Northford, Conn.) registered the program's first home run and RBI with a two-run blast over the left field wall in the bottom of the third inning. Shaw and Scalia paced the USJ offense on the day with two hits apiece.
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Baseball returns to the diamond on Saturday, March 2 at home for a non-conference doubleheader versus Westfield State University. First pitch of game one between the Blue Jays and Owls is set for 11:00 a.m. at the USJ Baseball Field in West Hartford, Conn.
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