Oct. 15, 2007

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. - After rain wiped out two schedules days of play and temperatures plummeted 20 degrees, the Villanova baseball team wrapped up its fall season with the conclusion of the Intra-Squad World Series. In an abbreviated doubleheader played on Friday, the White team swept two games by scores of 5-4 and 3-2 to take the series two games to one.

Both games of the doubleheader featured a last at-bat rally by the White team to attain the victory. The opening game went to an extra inning after the Blue team was unable to win in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the seventh inning. With the bases loaded and one out, the White team turned an inning-ending 6-2-5 double play to escape the jam.

Freshman Dain Hall (Barrington, Ill.) hit a go-ahead double in the top of the eighth inning and sophomore Brian Streilein (Staten Island, N.Y.) worked the bottom half to pick up the save. Senior Jordan Ellis (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) started the game for the White team and was opposed by senior Bill Hoffman (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.).

The second game was a five-inning affair that was scoreless through the first four frames as senior Ryan Wendler (Conshohocken, Pa.) dueled against junior Josh Eidell (Norristown, Pa.) of the Blue team. In the top of the fifth inning, the Blue team plated two runs off of sophomore A.J. Anido (Devon, Pa.) to hold what turned out to be a brief lead. In the bottom half of the inning the White team rallied for three runs to take the game 3-2.

Each season the Intra-Squad World Series and the preceding professional Scout Day highlight the fall season for Villanova. The team opens the 2008 campaign on February 22 against Michigan.