Quinnipiac Finishes Off the Series Sweep of Niagara

Saturday, April 5

Lewiston, NY

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

16-13-1, 10-5

Niagara

8-18, 4-8

QUINNIPIAC

Niagara University

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Quinnipiac Finishes Off the Series Sweep of Niagara

4/5/2025 3:11:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles 9-5 in the final game of the series to earn the series sweep. This is Quinnipiac's first sweep over the Purple Eagles since the 2019 season (Mar. 29-30).

SCORE
Quinnipiac 9, Niagara 5

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (16-13-1, 10-5 MAAC) | Niagara (8-18, 4-8 MAAC)
Winning Pitcher – Matt Alduino (3-2)
Losing Pitcher – Nate Bennett (1-6)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Both sides were held scoreless until the Bobcats came up to bat in the top of the fourth inning. After Kyle Garbowski started the inning with a double, CJ Willis continued to dominate the Purple Eagles as he hit a two-run home run to put Quinnipiac in front.

After the Purple Eagles got a run back in their half of the fourth inning, the Bobcats went right back to work. With Gabe Wright on third base, Sean McCulloch flew out to left field, scoring Wright and making it a 3-1 lead for the Bobcats.

Niagara responded by tying the game at three in the bottom half of the fifth inning. Quinnipiac had a quick response yet again as they scored six runs in the sixth inning to break the game open. Alex Irizarry put the Bobcats in front as he reached on a fielding error, which allowed CJ Willis to come in and score. Christian Smith made it 5-3 as he singled to right field and scored Mueller. With the bases loaded, Gabe Wright launched a triple into the gap to clear the bases and give the Bobcats an 8-3 lead. Sean McCulloch would single home Wright to give Quinnipiac a six-run lead.

Niagara would score two runs in the 8^th inning to make it 9-5, but that is the closest they would get as Quinnipiac completed the series sweep, their first over Niagara since the 2019 season.

NEWS AND NOTES

Six Bobcats recorded a hit in the win over Niagara and three of those six recorded multiple hits in the series finale.
Gabe Wright went 2-for-4 at the plate with three runs driven in to lead the offense.
Wright picked up his first triple of the season with his bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning.
CJ Willis continued to dominate the Purple Eagles as he went 2-for-4 with two runs driven in.
Willis went 8-for-12 (.667) in the three-game series and drove in seven runs.
Alex Irizarry picked up two hits in the win and has picked up at least one hit in ten of the last twelve games.
Christian Smith picked up a hit on the day, giving him 44 on the year.
Sean McCulloch extended his on-base streak to 28 games and has reached base safely in 28 of 29 games he has played this season.
Matt Alduino picked up his third win of the season after going 5.0 innings and striking out five.