Baseball Splits Doubleheader, Earn First Win of 2026

Saturday, February 14

Norfolk, VA

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-2

Old Dominion

2-0

Quinnipiac

Old Dominion

Peyton Vancas Against ODU (Feb. 14th, 2026 in Norfolk, VA)

Baseball Splits Doubleheader, Earn First Win of 2026

2/14/2026 8:27:00 PM | Baseball

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Hamden, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats split their doubleheader against the Old Dominion Monarchs on Saturday in Norfolk. After dropping the opening game to ODU, the Bobcats bounced back with an extra-inning win for their first victory of the season.

SCORE
Game One: Old Dominion 15, Quinnipiac 5
Game Two: Quinnipiac 6, Old Dominion 5 (Final/10)

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-2) | Old Dominion (2-1)

Game One
Winning Pitcher – J. Park (1-0)
Losing Pitcher – Sam Wright (0-1)

Game Two
Winning Pitcher – Matt Alduino (1-0)
Losing Pitcher – C. Pearce (0-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game One
Christian Smith got the Bobcats on the board in the opening inning, singling home Chase Camac for the game's first run.

Old Dominion answered with six runs in the first three innings, taking a 6-1 lead. After a scoreless fourth, the Monarchs exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning to make it a 13-1 game.

Quinnipiac got a run back in the sixth as Brendan Edvardsen singled to third and Peyton Vancas scored on a throwing error.

ODU made it a 15-2 game in the bottom half of the sixth, and the Bobcats scored three in the seventh, but the contest would end after that with the Monarchs winning 15-5 in seven innings.

Game Two
Quinnipiac struck first in the second straight game as Jack Balcer brought home Kyle Garbowski on a sacrifice fly. An inning later, Alex Irizarry made it a 2-0 game as he singled home Caden Williamson.

Old Dominion bounced back with five straight runs as they took a 5-2 lead into the sixth inning. The Bobcats struck for two runs in the sixth inning to cut it to a one-run game. Jack Balcer drove home his second run of the contest, singling home Irizarry with QU's third run of the game. Later in the inning, Chase Camac singled home Kyle Garbowski to make it a 5-4 game.
In the seventh inning, Alex Irizarry reached on a fielding error, and Peyton Vancas scored to knot the game up at five.

The game would stay knotted at five until the tenth inning when Kyle Garbowski brought home Alex Irizarry on a sac fly to take the lead. Matt Alduino would shut the door in the bottom half of the tenth as QU won their first game of the season.

NEWS AND NOTES

Six Bobcats recorded hits in the first game of the doubleheader, led by Christian Smith, who finished the day with three base knocks.
Christian Smith picked up two RBIs in the loss on three hits.
Two Bobcats recorded their first collegiate hits in the game one loss: Peyton Vancas and Brendan Edvardsen.
Vancas and Edvardsen each recorded their first RBIs as Bobcats in the opening game on Saturday.
Mason Ulsh returned to the mound and pitched a scoreless fourth inning, allowing just one hit.
Six Bobcats recorded hits in the second game of the day, with five picking up multiple hits in QU's first win of the season.
Jack Balcer recorded two RBIs in the win over ODU in game two.
Kyle Garbowski went 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in the game-winning run on a sac fly in the tenth inning.
Matt Alduino shut the door, pitching the final three innings, striking out three, and allowing just two hits.
James Pazdera pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless ball and picked up eight strikeouts.