The Golden Eagles were not able to take advantage of two consecutive solid starts by Junior Adam Jafine and Senior Tyler Shreve as they were bested by scores of 5-2 in 10 innings in game 1 and 2-0 in game 2.
GAME 1 WVWC 5-UC 2
UC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning on RBI singles by Austin Hathaway and Logan Valentine. The Bobcats would answer with single runs in the 3rd and the 5th; however the Golden Eagles were unable to produce the difference making run in regulation, sending the game into extras. The Bobcats offense would get to Junior Luke Yingling for 3 runs in the top of the 10th and proceeded to shut the door on UC in the bottom of the 10th.
Junior LHP Adam Jafine threw 7 and 1/3 innings while allowing 8 baserunners and striking out 8. Austin Hathaway collected 3 hits, while Anthony Brunetti and Zach Gunter each had 2.
GAME 2 WVWC 2-UC 0
Two WVWC sac flys would prove to be the difference in the pitcher's duel between UC's Tyler Shreve and WVWC's Riley Metz.Â
The UC offense scratched out 4 hits in Metz' dominating pitching performance. Tyler Shreve threw a complete game allowing 8 baserunners and striking out 7.