Baseball Game Preview: Ursuline Fighting Irish vs. Archbishop Hoban Knights

By Team Reports Apr 4, 2025, 12:56am

Baseball Preview: Ursuline Fighting Irish vs. Archbishop Hoban Knights

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The Ursuline Fighting Irish will venture away from home to challenge the Archbishop Hoban Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Ursuline will bounce into Friday's contest after beating West Branch, who they had gone 0-7-1 against in their eight prior meetings. The Fighting Irish never let the Warriors get on the board and left with a 3-0 win on Tuesday.

Not much got past Joe Balog, who gave up just two hits to keep West Branch off the board.

At the plate, Luke Kollar was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Anthony Triveri, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Hoban strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They came out on top against Wadsworth by a score of 3-0.

Archbishop Hoban's record now sits at 3-0. As for Ursuline, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.

Ursuline might still be hurting after the 7-0 defeat they got from Archbishop Hoban in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Fighting Irish avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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