BUFFALO – The D'Youville University baseball team will travel to St. Thomas Aquinas College this weekend for four conference games beginning on Saturday.
 
D'Youville vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
Saturday, April 13^th – 12:00 p.m. (DH)
Sparkill, N.Y.
 
D'Youville vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
Sunday, April 14^th – 11:00 a.m. (DH)
Sparkill, N.Y.
 
Last Time Out
The Saints swept Gannon University in a doubleheader on Tuesday. In their 8-7 win in game one, Jake Hollins (Orchard Park, N.Y.), Billy Morris (Lancaster, N.Y.), Jon Simpson (Grand Island, N.Y.), and Alec Boucher (Essex, Ontario) all tallied multi-hit games. Zach Penner (Leamington, Ontario) threw 4.1 innings in relief, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out a season-high five batters. Down to their final out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Morris launched a walk-off two-run homer to give DYU the win. In the Saints' 7-4 win in game two, Alex Dzimian (Lakeview, N.Y.) did it all. Getting the start on the mound, he threw five solid innings, allowing three unearned runs on just three hits and striking out five. With the bat, he collected two hits, including a three-run double in the bottom of the sixth that proved to be the game-winning hit. Hunter Nowak (Hamburg, N.Y.) also tallied a multi-hit game and Boucher extended his hitting streak to six games. Mike Pasquarella (Hamburg, N.Y.) got his first win of the season, throwing two innings giving up just one run on one hit and striking out one.
 
Saints Stats

• DYU enters the weekend with a 16-15 (5-3 ECC) record
• The Saints' offense is second in the ECC in doubles (51), third in home runs (21) and fourth in batting average (.275), hits (263), and slugging percentage (.406)
• The Saints' pitching staff is third in the ECC in ERA (5.23) and opposing batting average (.294), and fourth in strikeouts (209)
• Jeremy Glinski is second in the ECC in slugging percentage (.663), on-base percentage (.496), and doubles (10); fourth in home runs (6); fifth in hits (35); sixth in RBI (25); and seventh in batting average (.357)
• Jon Simpson leads the ECC in RBI (35), is second in home runs (9) and doubles (10), and fifth in slugging percentage (.596)
• Billy Morris is fourth in the ECC in doubles (8) and ninth in RBI (24)
• Chris Auclair is fourth in the ECC in ERA (3.00) and sixth in strikeouts (36)
• Morris is seventh in the ECC in strikeouts (33) and seventh in ERA (4.25)

 
About St. Thomas Aquinas

• The Spartans enter the weekend with a 13-17 (4-3 ECC) record
• STAC's offense is fourth in the ECC in home runs (21), fifth in slugging percentage (.372), and seventh in batting average (.237)
• The Spartans' pitching staff is first in the ECC in opposing batting average (.256), fourth in ERA (5.43), and fifth in strikeouts (198)
• Sean Lynch is sixth in the ECC in home runs (6) and slugging percentage (.583), eighth in RBI (25), and ninth in doubles (7)
• Joseph Scamardella is sixth in the ECC in doubles (8) and tenth in home runs (4) and slugging percentage (.526)
• Andrew Alameda is first in the ECC in opposing batting average (.226), sixth in ERA (4.11)