Marian University baseball (12-11, 5-5 NACC) was defeated 14-9 by Illinois Tech before salvaging a split with a 13-0 win in seven innings.
GAME 1
- Illinois Tech jumped out to a big lead scoring seven runs in the top half of the first.
- Marian responded scoring three runs in their half of the first followed by a solo home run from junior Andrew Schroeder in the second to cut the deficit down to 7-4.
- The Scarlet Hawks would score four in the third and built a 14-4 lead with three more unanswered runs.
- Marian stayed alive in the seventh scoring three runs highlighted by a triple from sophomore Gus Walker that scored two.
- The Sabres added a run in the eighth and ninth but fell 14-9.
GAME 2
- The Scarlet Hawks opened the game with a single but it was all they would manage as graduate student Jonah Landowski twirled a gem.
- The Marian offense opened with four runs in the first inning highlighted by a triple from senior Brady Zackrison that scored two runs.
- A bases-clearing double from Landowski in the second saw Marian extend its lead to 7-0.
- Schroeder then went yard in the third for his second long ball of the day, a three-run shot, that put the Sabres up 10-0.
- The Sabre offense added three runs in the fourth, highlighted by a run-producing double by Schroeder, to put the final at 13-0.
