Baseball Set to Play Three Against No. 12 Vanderbilt in Nashville

Friday, March 7

Nashville, TN

5:30 PM ET

Xavier University

Vanderbilt

Baseball Set to Play Three Against No. 12 Vanderbilt in Nashville

03.06.25 | Baseball

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Musketeers and Commodores get underway on Friday May 7 at 5:30 PM ET

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – Xavier baseball heads to Nashville for a three-game series with No. 12 Vanderbilt, starting on Friday, March 7, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Game two is set for Saturday, March 8, with a 3:00 p.m. ET first pitch, and the series wraps up on Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 p.m. ET. All three games with the Dores will be live streamed on SEC Network+.

The Musketeers, currently ranked in the top 5 for both RPI and strength of schedule, are 7-6, coming off a 2-2 weekend at Stanford, handing the Cardinal their first two losses of the season, and falling at No. 1 Tennessee on Wednesday.

VANDERBILT COMMODORES

The Commodores, who are a consensus top-20 team in the most recent polls, are 10-3 on the season with series wins over Air Force (2-0) and Saint Mary's (3-0) as well as wins over Grand Canyon, UC Irvine, Tennesse Tech, UCLA and St. Bonaventure.
Three Dores earned Preseason All-America honors, with left-handed pitchers Miller Green and JD Thompson were recognized as Third Team All-Americans on D1Baseball's Preseason list, and utility player RJ Austin earning a spot Baseball America Preseason All-America Third Team .
All three were also selected to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team by the league coaches, Vanderbilt was picked to finish seventh.
Vandy went 38-23 overall last season with a 13-17 record in SEC play, picking up three-straight wins in the SEC Tournament to advance to the Semifinals before falling to Tennessee.
The Dores earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, competing in the Clemson Regional.
Xavier is 4-8 against Vanderbilt all-time, last facing the Commodores in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, where the Musketeers took a 2-1 win to eliminate VU and advance to the Nashville Regional Final.

XAVIER LINEUP

INF Jake Lambdin leads Xavier's everyday players with a .400 average at the plate, with six multi-hit games on the season, and has gotten on base with a team high-matching 12 walks, coming around to score a team-leading 14 runs. He has a .526 on-base percentage, best among Xavier's starters, reaching safely in all 13 games this season.
LF Carter Hendrickson is batting .333 on the season, with six of his 16 hits going for extra bases. He has a .506 on-base percentage, with nine walks so far in 2025. Hendrickson leads the Musketeers with 13 runs batted in and has scored 12 runs.
CF Aedan Anderson matches Hendrickson for team high with six extra-base hits, and gas 10 walks on the season, driving in 10 RBI and scoring nine runs.
1B Connor Misch (.325/.517/.400) has 13 hits and a team-high matching 12 walks on the season, driving in 11 RBI and scoring seven runs. Misch has reached safely in all 13 games this season.
INF Landon Mensik has 12 hits and seven walks on the season, driving in eight RBI and scoring eight runs.
DH Isaac Wachsmann has a team-high three home runs among his five hits and has taken nine walks on the season, driving in four RBI and scoring six runs.
RF Clay Burdette has 11 hits, including two home runs, has driven in eight RBI and scored six runs.
C Jason Jelic has nine hits and seven walks on the season, driving in three RBI and coming around to score five runs
SS Eddie Peters has a team-high five doubles among his 10 hits, driving in three RBI and scoring eight runs.
C Hayden Christiansen has played in nine games, starting in one. He has three hits, two RBI and a run scored.
INF Nolan Tucker has played in seven games, starting in two, recording four hits.
Donavan Canterberry has played in seven games this season, with a pair of hits in four at bats.
Joe Karpierz has played in six games so far this season, recording a hit, a double, and driving in an RBI
Tyler Stack has started a pair of games at catcher and JD Crisp started game four at Stanford in right, scoring a pair of runs. INF Luke Hammond made the start at third base in Xavier's midweek game at Tennessee INF Luke Hammond made the start at third base in Xavier's midweek game at Tennessee, getting aboard with a walk.

MUSKETEER BULLPEN

Jake Hooker has made three starts, with a 3.77 ERA through 14.1 innings pitched. Hooker has allowed just six earned runs on 12 hits, striking out five and walking eight.
Ryan Piech has made three starts, allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits in 13.0 innings of work. He's struck out 14, a team high, and walked 10.
Joseph Chavana has made four appearances, including three starts. He's posted a 3.38 ERA through 13.1 innings of work, allowing five earned runs on 20 hits with eight Ks to five walks.
Jack Nobe has made three appearances, including making a start against Stanford. He has a 3.27 ERA through 11.0 innings pitched, best among Xavier's qualifying pitchers, allowing only four earned runs on 10 hits. He currently has eight Ks to four walks.
Ben Weber has pitched a team-high 16.0 innings across a team-high matching six appearances, including making the start at Indiana. He's allowed 10 earned runs on 21 hits, striking out 10 and walking seven.
Logan Schmidt has also made six appearances, making the start at Tennessee and five appearances out of the bullpen. He's allowed 14 earned runs in 12.1 innings of work, striking out 13 and walking seven.
Ashton Chronister matches for team-high with six appearances, all out of the bullpen, this season. He's allowed four earned runs on eight hits, striking out six and walking three in 7.1 innings of work, and has a pair of wins.
Trevor Geddes has also made six appearances out of the bullpen, allowing just one earned run in 3.2 innings of work.
Luke Hoskins has made five appearances out of the bullpen, allowing six earned runs and nine in 8.1 innings of work. Hoskins has 12 strikeouts to just two walks.
Eli Bridenthal has a 0.00 ERA through 1.1 innings of work across two appearances, not allowing a hit.
Jon Wylie and Jack DeTienne have each made four appearances out of the bullpen.
Jake Lambdin has moved over to the mound for three relief appearances, picking up a pair of saves.
Jared Gadd pitched the ninth inning in the series finale against Stanford, picking up two strikeouts while not allowing a run in 1.0 innings. Evan Whiteaker and Sam Stevens have both made one appearance out of the bullpen.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After leading Xavier at the plate through five games last week, first baseman Connor Misch was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week by the conference office.
Misch, a junior from Dyer, Ind., posted a team-best .444 average at the plate though the five-game week for the Musketeers. He finished with a team-high eight hits, took a team-high matching four walks, and led the Musketeers with 10 RBI as Xavier picked up the win at Indiana and went 2-2 at Stanford.
Against IU on Wednesday, Misch got aboard with a walk, scoring a run in the Musketeers' 8-4 win over the Hoosiers. In game one at Stanford on Friday, Misch went 2-3 at the plate with a walk, driving in a pair of RBI with a single in the third inning. On Saturday, Misch finished game one of the doubleheader 2-3 at the plate with two walks, driving in three RBI and scoring three runs to help Xavier to a 5-4 win. In game two of the doubleheader, he picked up another hit, going 1-4.
In the series finale at Stanford, Misch went 3-5 at the plate, driving in a career-high four RBI and scoring a run as Xavier took the 11-3 win. For the four-game series at Stanford, Misch batted a team-best .533, finishing with eight hits and a team-high nine RBI. Misch has reached base in all 12 games this season.

UPCOMING opponents

The Musketeers head to Louisiana for Xavier's spring break schedule, starting with midweek games at No. 4 LSU and Southeastern Louisiana before wrapping up the trip with a three-game series at Tulane.
Following the series with Tulane, Xavier returns to Cincinnati to open up the home schedule, hosting Ball State for a three-game series at Hayden Field, set to get underway on Friday, March 21.

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.
Jake Hooker 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 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