It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Francis had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They never let the Canisius Crusaders onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for St. Francis.
Landon Guzowski tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, St. Francis' victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was William Hanson, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run.
On Canisius' side, Joe Cheman was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
St. Francis has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season. As for Canisius, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-9.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat St. Francis by a score of 5-2.
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