The Marquette Crusaders (Ottawa, IL) baseball nipped the host Hall Red Devils (Spring Valley, IL), 9-8 in Saturday's non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Crusaders play the Seneca Fighting Irish (Seneca, IL) in a Tri-County challenge, on Tuesday, April 30. Marquette will attempt to upgrade on its 18-1 season record. The Fighting Irish come into the challenge with a 18-5 record after their 2-1 league win over Roanoke-Benson/Lowpoint-Washburn (Roanoke, IL).

With the defeat, Hall falls to 12-8 on the season. The Red devils travel to Kewanee (Kewanee, IL) to encounter the Boilermakers in a Three Rivers challenge on Monday, April 29. The Boilermakers come into the challenge with a record of 6-12. Kewanee won 6-2 in their recent non-league challenge against Rock Falls (Rock Falls, IL)