Baseball Set for Four-Game Series at Stanford

Friday, February 28

Palo Alto, CA

5:05 PM ET

Xavier University

Stanford

Baseball Set for Four-Game Series at Stanford

02.27.25 | Baseball

Musketeers open series with Cardinal on Friday at 5 PM ET, will play a DH on Saturday and wrap up series on Sunday

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – Xavier Baseball heads out west again this weekend, traveling to Palo Alto, Calif., for four games against Stanford. The series with the Cardinal gets underway on Friday, Feb. 28, with a double-header scheduled for Saturday, March 1, and the series finale set for Sunday, March 2. All four games of the series will be available to live stream through the ACCNX on the WatchESPN platform.

The Musketeers are 5-3 on the season after taking two of three over Liberty last weekend in Virginia, and picking up a midweek win at Indiana on Wednesday, moving Xavier to 2-0 against the Hoosiers this season.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Game 1: Friday, February 28 - 5:05 PM ET - RHP Jake Hooker (XU) vs. RHP Matt Scott (STAN)
Game 2: Saturday, March 1 (DH 1) - 4:05 PM ET - RHP Ryan Piech (XU) vs. LHP Christian Lim (STAN)
Game 3: Saturday, March 1 (DH 2) - Following DH Game 1 - RHP Jack Nobe (XU) vs. RHP Joey Volchko (STAN)
Game 4: Sunday, March 2 - 4:05 PM ET - RHP Joseph Chavana (XU) vs. TBD (STAN)

STANFORD CARDINAL

Stanford, which was receiving votes in the most recent NCBWA and USA Today Coaches Poll, is 8-0 on the season, sweeping a four-game series against Cal State Fullerton during the opening weekend, and going 4-0 against Washington in week two.
Senior infielder Trevor Haskins was named NCBWA National Player of the Week and ACC Player of the week after homering in all four games against Washington last weekend, batting 7-for-18 with six runs scored, a double, four homers and 12 RBIs to help Stanford go 4-0 against the Huskies.
Stanford's roster features a pair of preseason All-Americans, as selected by Perfect Game and Baseball America, junior RHP Matt Scott and sophomore RHP Joey Volchko, the projected starter for the second game of Saturday's double header.
The Cardinal also welcomed Baseball America's Preseason Freshman of the Year, first baseman Rintaro Sasaki, to the roster this season. Sasaki is batting .364 with 10 RBI early in his freshman campaign.
Stanford was selected to finish eighth in their inaugural season playing in the ACC, as voted on by league coaches.
The Cardinal went 22-33 overall last season with an 11-19 in the final season of Pac-12 play. Stanford advanced to the Pac-12 Semifinal round, falling to No. 18 Arizona.
This is the first time the two programs will face each other.

MUSKETEER PITCHING

Jake Hooker will make his third start of the season in the series opener on Friday. He's posted a 3.24 ERA though 8.1 innings pitched, allowing just three earned runs on the season. He has five strikeouts to five walks though his two appearances.
Ryan Piech is set to start the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, his third start of the season. Through 7.0 innings of work, he's allowed six earned runs on five hits and nine walks. He matches for team-high with eight Ks.
Jack Nobe is set to make his first collegiate start in game two of Saturday's doubleheader. Nobe, the reigning BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week, has a 0.00 ERA through 7.0 innings pitched, allowing just two hits in his two appearances out of the bullpen for a .091 opposing batting average, best among Xavier's qualifying pitchers. He has four strikeouts to three walks on the season.
Joseph Chavana's scheduled to make his third start of the season on Sunday. He has a 2.79 ERA through 9.2 innings of work. allowing just three earned runs in his two starts, as well as an appearance out of the bullpen at Indiana. He has six strikeouts to four walks.
Ben Weber has made four appearances this season, including the start at Indiana, allowing just seven earned runs through a team-high 10.1 innings pitched.
Ashton Chronister has made a team-high matching five appearances out of the bullpen, with a 4.26 ERA through 6.1 innings pitched, allowing three earned runs. He has five strikeouts to three walks.
Logan Schmidt has pitched 7.1 innings through four appearances out of the bullpen, allowing six earned runs on 10 hits. Schmidt has five Ks to just two walks.
Luke Hoskins has a team-high matching eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work across four appearances.
Eli Bridenthal has made two appearances out of the bullpen, not allowing a run or a hit in 1.1 innings of work.
Trevor Geddes has made a team-high matching five appearances, allowing just one earned run on two hits in 3.2 innings of work, striking out three and walking a pair.
Jake Lambdin, Jack DeTienne and Jon Wylie have each made a pair of appearances out of the bullpen for the Musketeers.

THE LINEUP

Left fielder Carter Hendrickson has batted lead off for the Musketeers in all eight game this season. He's batting .313 on the season, with four of his 10 hits going for extra bases, including two home runs. Hendrickson, who has reached safely in all eight games this season, has a team-high 10 RBI and seven runs scored.
Center fielder Aedan Anderson batted in the two-hole in every game this season. Anderson, who has reached safely in all eight games and enters the weekend with a seven-game hitting streak, has six hits for extra bases, with a team-high matching four doubles and two home runs. He's driven in nine RBI and scored six runs.
Isaac Wachsmann has batted in the third spot in all eight games this season, starting at DH in four games and in right field in four games. Two of his three hits were home runs, and he has six walks on the season.
Connor Misch has batted clean-up in all eight games, starting six at first base and a pair at designated hitter. He has five hits and eight walks on the season, reaching safely in all eight games, has driven in two RBI and scored six runs.
Landon Mensik has started at second base in seven games this season, batting in the five-hole in five of those games. He has a .333 average at the plate, with four of his eight hits going for extra bases, including a pair of home runs, and leads the Musketeers' starters with a .667 slugging percentage. Mensik also has seven walks on the season, reaching base in all seven games he's played in, has driven in five RBI, and matches for team-high with eight runs scored.
Clay Burdette has made four starts at right field, a pair at first and a pair at DH, batting sixth in five of his eight games played. He's recorded a hit in all eight games this season, among his nine hits are a pair of home runs. Burdette's driven in eight RBI and scored five runs.
Short stop Eddie Peters has batted seventh in seven of the eight games this season. He has eight hits, including a team-high matching eight doubles, has driven in three RBI and scored seven runs.
Jason Jelic has made six starts at catcher, batting eighth in five of those starts. Jelic has six hits and five walks, has driven in three RBI and scored three runs.
Third baseman Jake Lambdin batted in the nine-hole in seven of his eight starts this season. Lambdin leads the Musketeers with a .478 average at the plate, with a team-high 11 hits. He also leads the Musketeers with 10 walks, and has a .636 on-base percentage to lead the squad. Lambdin has reached safely in all eight games this season, and leads the Musketeers with four multi-hit games.

WEEKLY AWARDS

Xavier right-handed pitcher Jack Nobe picked up BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors after helping the Musketeers to a win in game two at Liberty, the league office announced on Monday.
Nobe, a freshman from Washington, Mo., posted a 0.00 ERA through a team-high matching 5.0 innings pitched last week and matched for team high with four strikeouts. He entered in the fifth inning of game two against Liberty and went the final 5.0 innings without allowing a run and giving up just one hit. The freshman faced the minimum in three innings and collected four strikeouts on the way to his first collegiate win.

UPCOMING opponents

Following the trip to California, Xavier heads south for the next two weeks, facing SEC opponents in the next five games.
The Musketeers open up the trip at defending National Champions, No. 2 Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 5, set for a 6:00 p.m. start.
Following the game with the Volunteers, Xavier heads to Nashville for a three-game series with No. 14 Vanderbilt, running from Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9.
The Musketeers then heads to Louisiana for Xavier's spring break schedule, starting with midweek games at No. 3 LSU and Southeastern Louisiana, and wrapping up the trip with a three-game series at Tulane.

RETURNING MUSKETEERS

Xavier returns 10 players who appeared in the lineup last season, including eight who played in at least a third of Xavier's games. The returnees accounted for 307 of the Musketeers' 531 total hits last season, including over 67 percent of Xavier's home runs (62 of 92). The returning Musketeers drove in 195 RBI last season and scored nearly 60 percent of Xavier's runs (216 of 363).
Aedan Anderson, a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection in the outfield, played in 55 games last season, starting 42 in the outfield. He batted .271 overall, with 46 hits and a team-high 44 runs scored. Among his hits were 26 for extra bases, including a BIG EAST-leading 18 home runs. He posted a .641 slugging percentage for the season, trailing only teammate Isaac Wachsmann among league players. He also led the Musketeers with 35 walks on the season.
Connor Misch, the league's selection to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team at designated hitter, played in 46 games last season, making 40 starts and earning a spot on the All-BIG EAST second team. He batted .268 for the season overall finishing with 41 hits and 27 runs scored. He had 19 hits for extra bases, with 11 doubles and eight home runs.
Luke Hammond, the Preseason All-BIG EAST selection at third base, started at third in all 56 games he played in last season. He batted .290 overall for 2024, collecting 64 hits and scoring 43 runs, both marks ranking second on the team. Among his 64 hits were 25 for extra bases, including 14 doubles and 11 home runs, posting a .502 slugging percentage on the season. He also had 26 walks for the season.
Isaac Wachsmann played in 28 games last season, starting in 27, despite dealing with a mid-season injury. He batted .330, the best average among Xavier's everyday players, finishing with 31 hits, including 10 home runs, drove in 20 RBI, and scored 21 runs. Wachsmann also led Xavier's everyday players in slugging percentage (.691) and on-base percentage (.434). He was picked as the 2025 BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year by D1Baseball.com.
Carter Hendrickson started in 42 of the 49 games he played in, collecting 50 hits, including 19 for extra bases. He drove in 18 RBI and came around to score 37 runs. His .303 batting average and .407 on-base percentage ranked second among Xavier's everyday players. Hendrickson led the team in doubles with 15 and was second on the team in stolen bases with 12, the most among the returning Musketeers.
Hayden Christiansen played in 52 games in 2024, starting in 44. He totaled 53 hits, including 15 for extra bases, drove in 34 RBI, and scored 24 runs. His .288 average at the plate was fourth best among Xavier's everyday players.
Jake Lambdin played in 21 games as a position player, collecting 11 hits, including two extra-base hits, nine RBI, and nine runs scored. He finished with nine walks and went 2-2 on stolen base attempts.
Tyler Stack started at designated hitter in 12 of the 19 games he played in last season. He finished his freshman season with nine hits, including three for extra bases, drove in six RBI and scored six runs.

XAVIER BULLPEN

The Musketeers' bullpen returns nine who made an appearance last season, including five who pitched at least 15.0 innings. Xavier also returns a pair who missed all of 2024 due to injury, graduate student Jared Gadd and sophomore Ryan Piech, who will make the start on Saturday against IU.
Jake Hooker, who is set to make the start in Xavier's season opener against Oregon State, appeared in 11 games and started in one in 2024 before an injury brought his season to an end in mid-April. He posted a 2.20 ERA through 16.1 innings pitched and tallied 16 strike outs. Hooker finished his shortened freshman season with a pair of saves.
Nick Boyle, who is set to make Monday's start against Oregon State, made 19 appearances, including eight starts in 2024. In 46.1 innings of work had a 6.02 ERA and held opposing batters to a .256 batting average, the second best among Xavier's starters. Boyle finished with 58 strikeouts, the most among returning Musketeers.
Luke Hoskins made a team-high 15 starts last season, leading the team in innings pitched with 70.1. He posted an ERA of 6.78 and finished the season with 49 strikeouts to just 15 walks, the fewest bases on balls allowed among Xavier's regular starters.
Logan Schmidt made 16 appearances for the Musketeers in 2024, starting in 11 games. He had a 7.01 ERA and collected 52 strikeouts in 68.0 innings of work, second most innings pitched on the team. He finished the season with five wins, matching the team high for 2024.
Jake Lambdin made 17 appearances on the mound in 2024, compiling a 3.43 ERA in 21.0 innings of work. He finished with 26 strikeouts and 15 walks and held opposing batters to a .171 batting average. Lambdin collected three saves and had a W-L record of 2-0.

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2025 schedule

The Musketeers face teams from 10 conferences outside of BIG EAST play, as well as Pac-12 member Oregon State, which is competing as an independent in baseball this season.
Nine of the teams on Xavier's schedule played in last season's NCAA Tournament, including four teams that advanced to Super Regionals and two teams that took part in the College World Series, including defending National Champions Tennessee.
The Musketeers play the first 22 games of the season on the road, traveling to seven different states before hosting Ball State at Hayden Field on March 21 for the first of three games.
Six of Xavier's non-conference opponents are ranked in Preseason Polls, including four squads that earned top 15 rankings from NCBWA: No. 2 Tennessee, No. 4 LSU, No. 7 Oregon State and No. 14 Vanderbilt.

PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST SELECTIONS

Three Musketeers, Luke Hammond, Connor Misch and Aedan Anderson, where selected to the 2025 Preseason Baseball All-BIG EAST Team, as voted on by the coaches.
Luke Hammond, a senior from Cincinnati, Ohio, was picked to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team at third base. Hammond started at third in all 56 games he played in last season. He batted .290 overall for 2024, collecting 64 hits and scoring 43 runs, both marks ranking second on the team. Among his 64 hits were 25 for extra bases, including 14 doubles and 11 home runs, posting a .502 slugging percentage on the season. He also had 26 walks for the season.
In BIG EAST play, Hammond batted .292 through 21 games, finishing with 26 hits and a team-high matching 18 runs scored against league opponents. He drove in 15 of his 36 RBI in conference action. Hammond was named to the CSC Academic All-District Team following the season.
Connor Misch, a junior from Dyer, Ind., was the league's selection to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team at DH. He played in 46 games last season, making 40 starts. He batted .268 for the season overall finishing with 41 hits and 27 runs scored. He had 19 hits for extra bases, with 11 doubles and eight home runs.
In 19 games played in BIG EAST play, Misch had a .315 average at the plate with 23 hits and 16 runs scored. Eleven of his extra base hits came against league opponents, including six home runs, third most among league players. Of his 23 RBI on the season, 14 came in BIG EAST action. Misch was named to the 2024 All-BIG EAST Second Team following the regular season.
Aedan Anderson, a senior from Laguna Niguel, Calif., was named a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection in the outfield. Anderson played in 55 games last season, starting 42 in the outfield. He batted .271 overall, with 46 hits and a team-high 44 runs scored. Among his hits were 26 for extra bases, including a BIG EAST-leading 18 home runs. He posted a .641 slugging percentage for the season, trailing only teammate Isaac Wachsmann among league players. He also led the Musketeers with 35 walks on the season.
Anderson made 20 starts in BIG EAST play, finishing with a .267 average at the plate. Thirteen of his 20 hits in conference play went for extra bases including a team-high eight home runs against league foes. He led the Musketeers in conference play with 17 walks and matched Hammond for team-high with 18 runs scored. He also led the Musketeers with 22 runs batted in during league play, third most among BIG EAST players. His 17 walks in conference play led the league.

BIG (EAST) SUCCESS

Xavier is coming off a 2024 season where the Musketeers posted 30 wins for a third-straight year, going 30-27 overall with a 12-9 record in BIG EAST play to earn the No. 4 seed the BIG EAST Tournament. Xavier opened the league tournament with a win over No. 1 seed UConn before falling to St. John's and Georgetown.
The Musketeers have made the four-team BIG EAST Tournament eight times since joining the conference in 2013, including every season the event has been held since 2019.
Xavier has advanced to the conference championship series seven times in the Musketeers' eight trips to the league tournament, claiming the tournament championship four times (2014, 2016, 2017, 2023) and finishing runners up three times (2019, 2021, 2022). Xavier also won the regular season title in 2016.

XU TO HOST THE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

The 2025 BIG EAST Baseball Championship presented by Jeep will be co-hosted by Xavier baseball at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, during Memorial Day Weekend.
The four-team tournament opens on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 and is scheduled to run through Saturday, May 24, 2025.
The BIG EAST announced in 2023 that Prasco Park would extend the partnership, which began in 2018, with Xavier remaining the co-host of the annual postseason tournament through 2028.

BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL

Preseason Player of the Year
Maddix Dalena, 1B, Jr., UConn

Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Ian Cooke, RHP, Sr., UConn ^

Preseason All-BIG EAST Team*
C – Owen Carapellotti, Georgetown
1B – Maddix Dalena, UConn
2B – Kyle Hess, Creighton
3B – Tyler Minick, UConn
3B – Luke Hammond, Xavier
SS – Bryan Padilla, UConn
SS – Luke Orbon, St. John's
DH – Connor Misch, Xavier
OF – Jack Moroknek, Butler
OF – Caleb Shpur, UConn
OF – Nolan Sailors, Creighton ^
OF – Kavi Caster, Georgetown
OF – Jackson Tucker, St. John's
OF – Aedan Anderson, Xavier
SP – Ian Cooke, UConn ^
SP – Dominic Cancellieri, Creighton
SP – Andrew Williams, Georgetown
SP – Evan Chaffee, St. John's
SP – Ryan Reich, Seton Hall ^
RP – Brady Afthim, UConn
RP – Louis Marinaro, St. John's

^ - denotes unanimous selection
* due to a tie in voting, there are extra members on the preseason all-conference team.

BIG EAST Baseball Preseason Poll
First place votes in ( )
1. UConn (7) – 49
2. Xavier – 38
3. St. John's (1) – 37
4. Creighton – 30
5. Georgetown – 25
6. Seton Hall – 24
7. Villanova – 12
8. Butler – 9