Baseball Hosts Seton Hall for Three Games at Hayden Field

Friday, May 2

Cincinnati, OH

12 PM

Xavier University

Seton Hall

Baseball Hosts Seton Hall for Three Games at Hayden Field

05.01.25 | Baseball

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Musketeers and Pirates will play a doubleheader on Friday at noon; Game three is scheduled for Saturday at 2 PM

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – Xavier baseball wraps up a seven-game homestand with a three-game series against Seton Hall at Hayden Field this weekend. The series schedule with the Pirates has been adjusted due to weather, and will now get underway on Friday, May 2, with a doubleheader set for a noon first pitch in game one with game two to follow. Game three is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start on Saturday, May 3. The two teams will continue play on Sunday, May 4, if necessary. All three games will be live streamed through FloCollege.

The Musketeers are 27-20 overall after going 8-2 in the last 10 games, including a pair of wins over Cincinnati and 3-0 sweeps of Villanova and Georgetown. XU ranks in the top 35 in the most recent RPI ratings, with a top 30 overall Strength of Schedule and a top 5 Non-Conference Strength of Schedule. The Musketeers are 11-4 in BIG EAST play, matching UConn for the most wins and the second-best winning percentage in the league standings.

BIG EAST STANDINGS

School	Conf	Cpct.	Overall	Pct.	Streak
Creighton	9-3	.750	28-13	.683	L1
UConn	11-4	.733	27-18	.600	W1
Xavier	11-4	.733	27-20	.574	L1
St. John's	6-6	.500	21-20	.512	W1
Seton Hall	5-7	.417	19-26	.422	W5
Villanova	4-8	.333	20-21	.488	L4
Butler	3-9	.250	14-30	.318	L5
Georgetown	2-10	.167	14-31	.311	L1

SETON HALL

The Pirates are 19-26 overall with a 5-7 record in BIG EAST play, going 2-1 against Creighton and 3-0 against Butler. SHU has also faced St. John's and UConn.
Seton Hall, which was picked to finish sixth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll, went 24-30 overall last season, with a 7-14 mark in BIG EAST play, finishing seventh in the league standings.
Xavier is 17-18 all-time against the Pirates after taking 2-of-3 in last season's series in South Orange.

XAVIER NOTES

RHP Ben Weber has pitched a team-high 65.1 innings through 14 appearances, with a 3.58 ERA, best among Xavier's qualified pitchers, and a WHIP of 1.30. He has 31 strikeouts to 15 walks, and a team high five wins on the season.
RHP Ryan Piech has made a team-leading 10 starts, allowing 23 earned runs through 44.2 innings of work and limiting opposing batters to a team-best .182 average at the plate with a WHIP of 1.78. Piech has a team-high 50 strikeouts.
RHP Logan Schmidt has made 15 appearances, including six starts, allowing 27 earned runs through 50.2 innings of work, striking out 42 and walking just 15, with a WHIP of 1.34.
2B Nolan Tucker leads the Musketeers with a .336 average at the plate, with 41 hits on the season, including six doubles, two triples and three home runs.
1B Connor Misch is batting .308 on the season, with 14 hits for extra bases among his 48 hits, driving in 36 RBI. He also has 37 walks and 15 hit-by-pitches, for a .474 on-base percentage, scoring 30 runs.
OF Carter Hendrickson has a team-high 51 hits on the season to go with 33 walks and 16 hit-by-pitches, scoring a team high-matching 44 runs and driving in 33 RBI.
SS Jake Lambdin has 49 hits to go with a team-best 41 walks, coming around to score a team high-matching 44 runs.
OF Clay Burdette has 18 hits for extra bases on the season, including a team high matching 10 home runs among his 46 hits for a .545 slugging percentage. He's driven in 33 RBI and scored 36 runs for the season.
DH Isaac Wachsmann has a team-high 24 hits for extra bases, leading the team with 13 doubles to go with a team high-matching 10 home runs. He leads the Musketeers with 38 RBI.
Xavier has 58 stolen bases on the season, led by OF Aedan Anderson (11-11) and Carter Hendrickson (11-12).

UPCOMING opponents

Xavier heads to Creighton for the final series of BIG EAST play next weekend, running from Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 11 in Omaha, Neb.
The Musketeers wrap up the regular season with a three-game series at Penn State, running May 15-17.

WEEKLY AWARDS

Xavier baseball picked up BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors for a second-straight week, with right-handed pitcher Logan Schmidt earning the honor, the league office announced on Monday. Clay Burdette also earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after helping the Musketeers to a win over Cincinnati and a three-game sweep of Georgetown last week.
Schmidt, a senior from Orange Park, Fla., earned Pitcher of the Week honors after throwing 7.0 scoreless innings in the start in game one against Georgetown. Schmidt allowed just two hits and walked one, facing the minimum in three frames, and finished with a season-high matching six strikeouts as Xavier took the 6-2 win in 10 innings.
Burdette, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, led the team with a .438 average at the plate as the Musketeers went 4-1 last week. Burdette collected seven hits and got aboard with five walks, leading the Musketeers with a .609 on-base percentage, and scored a team-high seven runs. In the three-game series with Georgetown, Burdette posted a .556 average average at the plate, finishing with five hits and four walks, and coming around to score four runs as the Musketeers took the 3-0 sweep of the Hoyas.

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.

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 played the first 21 games of the season on the road, traveling to six different states before hosting Ball State at Hayden Field on March 21.
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