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Ashley Monjaras
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Villanova VU 0-2
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Winner Incarnate Word UIW 2-0
Villanova VU
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Final
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Incarnate Word UIW
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Villanova VU 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 10 1
Incarnate Word UIW 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 X 7 7 2

W: Johnson , Dave (1-0) L: MINTZ, RYAN (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Gabriel (Gabe) Garza

Baseball Clinches Opening Weekend Series with Come-From-Behind Win

SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team defeated Villanova 7-6 on Saturday at Sullivan Field, sponsored by H-E-B to clinch the first series of the 2024 season. 

The Cardinals went down early in the first, falling in a 3-0 deficit after one. 

UIW put up two runs in the second on a two-run single by Cameron Caley, bringing the score to 3-2. 

The Wildcats added a run in the third, but the Cardinals put up three to go up 5-4.  

Villanova tied the game up at 5-5 in the fourth on a solo home run. 

After two scoreless innings, the Wildcats took a 6-5 lead in the top of the seventh. 

The Cardinals responded by putting up the go-ahead run in the home half of the eighth on a two-run single by Rob Liddington Jr.  

Dave Johnson closed the door on Villanova to secure the 7-6 win for UIW.  

The Cardinals look to close out the series on Sunday at 12 p.m.  

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