Creighton vs Villanova (Apr 18, 2026)



Box Score

                            2026 Creighton Baseball
                        Creighton at Villanova (Game 2)
           Apr 18, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa (Villanova Ballpark)

Creighton 14 (21-16,7-2 BIG EAST)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Lew Rice lf..............  3  1  1  0   3  0  2  0   1
Nate McHugh dh...........  6  1  2  2   0  2  0  0   2
Ben North ss.............  4  2  1  0   1  2  3  5   0
Isaac Wachsmann cf.......  3  2  1  1   2  0  0  0   1
Connor Capece c..........  4  2  3  6   1  1  6  0   2
Teddy Deters rf..........  4  1  0  0   0  0  1  0   3
Chris Baillargeon 1b.....  4  2  1  1   0  2  6  0   2
Rocco Gump 3b............  4  2  1  0   0  0  3  2   1
Nick Venteicher 2b.......  2  1  1  2   2  0  3  2   0
Wilson Magers p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ian Koosman p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Joe Hauser p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Henry Prindl p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jimmy Burke p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 34 14 11 12   9  7 24  9  12

Villanova 3 (12-23,0-9 BIG EAST)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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JoJo Montgomery rf.......  3  0  1  0   1  0  1  0   0
Brayden Leonard 2b.......  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  1   3
Michael Whooley ss.......  4  1  2  1   0  0  1  3   0
John Freitag dh..........  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
Carter Richey c..........  4  0  0  0   0  0  7  1   0
Larry Hotaling 3b........  2  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
Austin Lemon lf..........  3  0  2  0   1  1  4  0   2
Aidan Barry 1b...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  7  1   0
Jack Roventini cf........  3  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   2
Bobby Finn p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Matthew Kahn p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Will Parkinson p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jeremiah Holder p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Pat McKenzie p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jake Francis p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 29  3  6  1   3  6 24  7   7

Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Creighton........... 050 520 02 - 14 11  1
Villanova........... 100 000 20 -  3  6  1
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E - Gump; Richey. DP - Bluejays 1. LOB - Bluejays 12; Wildcats 7. 2B -
McHugh; North; Capece. 3B - Gump. HR - Whooley. HBP - North; Wachsmann;
Capece; Deters; Baillargeon; Gump; Hotaling 2. SF - Venteicher. SB - North;
Wachsmann; Venteicher; Hotaling 2; Roventini.

Creighton              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Wilson Magers.......  4.0  2  1  1  1  4 14 15   -
Ian Koosman.........  1.0  1  0  0  1  1  4  5   -
Joe Hauser..........  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  3  3   -
Henry Prindl........  0.0  1  2  1  0  0  1  2   -
Jimmy Burke.........  2.0  1  0  0  1  1  7  9   -

Villanova              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Bobby Finn..........  1.2  1  5  5  4  2  5 13   -
Matthew Kahn........  1.1  2  4  4  3  1  6 10   -
Will Parkinson......  2.0  3  3  2  1  0  9 12   -
Jeremiah Holder.....  2.0  2  0  0  0  2  8  8   -
Pat McKenzie........  0.0  2  2  2  1  0  2  3   -
Jake Francis........  1.0  1  0  0  0  2  4  4   -

Win - Magers (1-0).  Loss - Finn (1-2).  Save - None.
WP - Koosman; Kahn; McKenzie. HBP - by Finn (Deters); by Finn (Gump); by Finn
(North); by Kahn (Capece); by Parkinson (Baillargeon); by Parkinson (Wachsmann);
by Prindl (Hotaling); by Burke (Hotaling). PB - Capece. Pitches/strikes: None.
Umpires - HP: Ethan Gorsak  1B: Brian Campbell  3B: Joseph Cruz
Start: 2:35 pm   Time: 3:16   Attendance: 101
Weather: 65-Cool
Kahn faced 4 batters in the 4th.
Prindl faced 2 batters in the 7th.
McKenzie faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Game: BSB26-37


Play-by-Play

                            2026 Creighton Baseball
                 Creighton at Villanova (Game 2) - Play-by-Play
           Apr 18, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa (Villanova Ballpark)


Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Creighton........... 050 520 02 - 14 11  1
Villanova........... 100 000 20 -  3  6  1
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Creighton starters: 3/lf Rice; 5/dh McHugh; 11/ss North; 6/cf Wachsmann; 2/c
Capece; 4/rf Deters; 22/1b Baillargeon; 15/3b Gump; 12/2b Venteicher; 33/p
Magers;
Villanova starters: 1/rf Montgomery; 5/2b Leonard; 13/ss Whooley; 4/dh Freitag;
15/c Richey; 23/3b Hotaling; 24/lf Lemon; 29/1b Barry; 34/cf Roventini; 16/p
Finn;

Creighton 1st - Rice walked. McHugh struck out swinging. North struck
out looking. Wachsmann fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Villanova 1st - Montgomery flied out to lf. Leonard struck out swinging.
Whooley homered to left field, RBI. Freitag grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 2nd - Capece walked. Deters hit by pitch; Capece advanced to
second. Baillargeon singled to right center, RBI; Deters advanced to third;
Capece scored. Gump hit by pitch; Baillargeon advanced to second. Venteicher
flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Baillargeon advanced to third; Deters scored. Rice
walked; Gump advanced to second. McHugh grounded out to ss, RBI; Rice advanced
to second; Gump advanced to third; Baillargeon scored. North hit by pitch.
Wachsmann walked, RBI; North advanced to second; Rice advanced to third; Gump
scored. Kahn to p for Finn. Capece hit by pitch, RBI; Wachsmann advanced to
second; North advanced to third; Rice scored. Deters reached on a fielder's
choice to shortstop; Capece out at second ss to 2b. 5 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
3 LOB.

Villanova 2nd - Richey grounded out to 3b. Hotaling singled up the
middle. Hotaling stole second. Lemon walked. Barry struck out looking.
Roventini reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Lemon out at second ss to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Creighton 3rd - Baillargeon struck out swinging. Gump out at first 1b to
p. Venteicher walked. Rice fouled out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Villanova 3rd - Montgomery grounded out to ss. Leonard grounded out to
3b. Whooley lined out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 4th - McHugh doubled through the left side. North walked.
North advanced to second on a wild pitch; McHugh advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Wachsmann walked. Capece doubled to left center, 3 RBI; Wachsmann
scored; North scored; McHugh scored. Parkinson to p for Kahn. Deters fouled out
to c. Baillargeon hit by pitch. Gump fouled out to 3b. Venteicher singled to
right field, RBI; Baillargeon advanced to third; Capece scored. Venteicher
stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c; Baillargeon scored,
unearned. Rice walked. McHugh popped up to 1b. 5 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2
LOB.

Villanova 4th - Freitag struck out looking. Richey lined out to ss.
Hotaling struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 5th - North doubled through the left side. Wachsmann hit by
pitch. Wachsmann stole second; North stole third. Capece singled to right
field, 2 RBI; Wachsmann scored; North scored. Deters flied out to cf.
Baillargeon fouled out to 1b. Gump reached on a fielder's choice to second
base; Capece out at second 2b to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Villanova 5th - Koosman to p for Magers. Lemon singled through the left
side. Barry flied out to lf. Lemon advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Roventini struck out swinging. Montgomery walked. Leonard reached on a
fielder's choice to shortstop; Montgomery out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Creighton 6th - Holder to p for Parkinson. Venteicher flied out to lf.
Rice grounded out to ss. McHugh struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Villanova 6th - Hauser to p for Koosman. Whooley singled through the
right side. Freitag grounded out to ss; Whooley advanced to second. Richey
lined into double play 3b unassisted; Whooley out on the play. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 7th - North flied out to lf. Wachsmann singled to shortstop.
Capece singled through the right side; Wachsmann advanced to second. Deters
grounded out to p; Capece advanced to second; Wachsmann advanced to third.
Baillargeon struck out looking. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Villanova 7th - Prindl to p for Hauser. Hotaling hit by pitch. Lemon
singled to right center; Hotaling advanced to second. Burke to p for Prindl.
Barry popped up to ss. Roventini reached on a fielder's choice to second base;
Lemon out at second 2b to ss; Hotaling advanced to third. Roventini stole
second; Hotaling stole home. Montgomery singled to third base, advanced to
second on a throwing error by 3b; Roventini advanced to third, scored on the
error, unearned. Leonard grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.

Creighton 8th - McKenzie to p for Holder. Gump tripled down the rf line.
Gump scored on a wild pitch. Venteicher walked. Rice singled to right field;
Venteicher advanced to third. Francis to p for McKenzie. McHugh singled to left
field, RBI; Rice advanced to second; Venteicher scored. North struck out
swinging. Wachsmann flied out to lf. Capece struck out swinging, out at first c
to 1b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Villanova 8th - Whooley popped up to 2b. Freitag walked. Richey fouled
out to 3b. Hotaling hit by pitch; Freitag advanced to second. Hotaling advanced
to second on a passed ball; Freitag advanced to third on a passed ball. Lemon
struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Line score


Creighton 14, Villanova 3 (Apr 18, 2026 at Plymouth Meeting, Pa) (Game 2)
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Creighton........... 050 520 02 - 14 11  1      (21-16, 7-2 BIG EAST)
Villanova........... 100 000 20 -  3  6  1      (12-23, 0-9 BIG EAST)
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Pitchers: Creighton - Wilson Magers; Ian Koosman(5); Joe Hauser(6); Henry Prindl(7);
Jimmy Burke(7) and Connor Capece. Villanova - Bobby Finn; Matthew Kahn(2); Will Parkinson(4);
Jeremiah Holder(6); Pat McKenzie(8); Jake Francis(8) and Carter Richey.
Win-Wilson Magers(1-0)  Loss-Bobby Finn(1-2)  T-3:16  A-101
HR NOVA - Michael Whooley.
Weather: 65-Cool
Kahn faced 4 batters in the 4th.
Prindl faced 2 batters in the 7th.
McKenzie faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Game: BSB26-37