Canisius is 8-2 against St. Mary since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Canisius Crusaders will look to defend their home field against the St. Mary's Lancers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Canisius sitting on four straight wins and St. Mary's on six.
Canisius' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over Clarence.
Canisius got a great performance from Caleb Jackson as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Vito Verni was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. Josh Monti was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Monday St. Mary's sidestepped Nichols for a 6-4 win.
Anthony Higgins looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Gavin Corbett was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Landyn Elliott, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Canisius is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-6 record this season. As for St. Mary's, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Everything went Canisius' way against St. Mary's when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Canisius made off with a 7-0 win. Does Canisius have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Mary's turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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