A recap from the opening weekend for division I baseball teams from Illinois.
Bradley went 1-2 in their opening weekend capturing a wind against Kennesaw and losing twice to Virginia Tech. The Braves one win came from John Nasshan who went 6 2/3rd's innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits and struck out four. Danny Gifford picked up his first save of the season while Max Murphy hit the first home run of his career.
Chicago State opens their 2012 season February 24th against Texas Southern in Houston Texas.
Eastern Illinois came home 1-1 defeating Mississippi Valley State and losing to Jackson State. Christian Slaznik picked up the win going six innings and striking out six. Jacob Reese went 3-4 with a double and an rbi and David Ciaglia went 2-4 with a double and a home run.
Illinois came up 1-2 beating St. John's and losing to Notre Dame and Louisville. John Kravetz earned the win in relief after coming in the game in the 1st inning with one out. Kravetz went 6 2/3rd's allowing no runs on two hits and striking out 6. Davis Henderson went 3-5 with an rbi, Kelly Norris-Jones was 2-4 and Brandon Hohl went 2-4 with a home run.
Illinois State came home 1-3 winning the final against Austin Peay 10-1. Matt Schmitt earned the win going 4 innings and not allowing a run. Kyle Stanton went 4-5 at the plate and Eric Aguilera hit a three run homer.
Northern Illinois came back 0-3 losing all three to Tennessee. Alex Beckman went 5-11 with a double and an rbi to lead the Huskies. Zach Badgley threw 3.1 innings giving up 1 hit and no runs.
Northwestern wound up 1-2 over the weekend beating Pittsburgh but losing to West Virginia and Seton Hall. Brandon Magallones picked up the win going 4 innings giving up 3 runs and Kyle Ruchim earned the save striking out all three batters in the ninth. Paul Snieder was 2-5 with 4 rbi's, Luke Dauch went 2-2 with a triple, a double and 2 rbi's and Klye Ruchim went 2-6 with 3 rbi's.
Southern Illinois Carbondale took 2 out of 3 from North Florida. Sam Coonrod earned the win in relief and Todd Eaton earned the save. Austin Montgomery homered going 2-4, Zach Duschinsky also went 2-4. In the series final Austin Montgomery went 3-5 with 5 rbi's, Zach Duschinsky went 3-6 with a homer, Rennie Troggio went 2-5 with 3 rbi's and Chris Serritella was 3-3 with two doubles.
UIC lost all three against Texas A&M. In the rough weekend against A&M the Flames only scored two runs and gave up 26. Alex De Larosa had the lone rbi over the weekend. Chris Hoffman and Tim Suminski both threw scoreless innings.
Western Illinois finished their opening weekend 1-3 against Georgia State. Earning the win was Rich Mascheri going 7 innings with no runs on four hits. Dan Dispensa went 3-3 with 3 rbi's, Austin Cowen was 3-4 with 2 rbi's, Jameson Henning 3-4 and scored 3 times.
Bradley went 1-2 in their opening weekend capturing a wind against Kennesaw and losing twice to Virginia Tech. The Braves one win came from John Nasshan who went 6 2/3rd's innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits and struck out four. Danny Gifford picked up his first save of the season while Max Murphy hit the first home run of his career.
Chicago State opens their 2012 season February 24th against Texas Southern in Houston Texas.
Illinois came up 1-2 beating St. John's and losing to Notre Dame and Louisville. John Kravetz earned the win in relief after coming in the game in the 1st inning with one out. Kravetz went 6 2/3rd's allowing no runs on two hits and striking out 6. Davis Henderson went 3-5 with an rbi, Kelly Norris-Jones was 2-4 and Brandon Hohl went 2-4 with a home run.
Northern Illinois came back 0-3 losing all three to Tennessee. Alex Beckman went 5-11 with a double and an rbi to lead the Huskies. Zach Badgley threw 3.1 innings giving up 1 hit and no runs.
Northwestern wound up 1-2 over the weekend beating Pittsburgh but losing to West Virginia and Seton Hall. Brandon Magallones picked up the win going 4 innings giving up 3 runs and Kyle Ruchim earned the save striking out all three batters in the ninth. Paul Snieder was 2-5 with 4 rbi's, Luke Dauch went 2-2 with a triple, a double and 2 rbi's and Klye Ruchim went 2-6 with 3 rbi's.
Southern Illinios Edwardsville went 2-1 against Memphis in their opening weekend. Travis Felax earned the first win going five innings giving up 4 hits and no earned runs. Devin Caldwell went 2-4 and drove in 2, Adam McClain was 3-4 with an rbi. In the series final, Brian Lorenz earned the win in relief going 3 1/3rd giving up two hits and no runs. Thad Hawkins earned the save. Zach Hawkins was 3-4 with 4 rbi's, Travis Becherer went 5-6 with an rbi.
Southern Illinois Carbondale took 2 out of 3 from North Florida. Sam Coonrod earned the win in relief and Todd Eaton earned the save. Austin Montgomery homered going 2-4, Zach Duschinsky also went 2-4. In the series final Austin Montgomery went 3-5 with 5 rbi's, Zach Duschinsky went 3-6 with a homer, Rennie Troggio went 2-5 with 3 rbi's and Chris Serritella was 3-3 with two doubles.UIC lost all three against Texas A&M. In the rough weekend against A&M the Flames only scored two runs and gave up 26. Alex De Larosa had the lone rbi over the weekend. Chris Hoffman and Tim Suminski both threw scoreless innings.