Baseball

American Schools Go 5-2 on Sunday; Houston's Scheiner Hits Three Home Runs



Sunday, March 19 Results:
 
Cincinnati 4, Northeastern 2 RECAP BOXSCORE
rv USF 14, Harvard 2 RECAP BOXSCORE
Mercer 8, No. 8 East Carolina 2 RECAP BOXSCORE
Jacksonville 7, No. 28 UCF 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
Tulane 8, Columbia 7 RECAP BOXSCORE
Memphis 5, Missouri State 4 RECAP BOXSCORE
rv Houston 19, Alabama State 11 RECAP BOXSCORE
 
Highlights
 
- USF has now won 17-straight games after completing a four-game sweep of Harvard.  David Villar had a career-high five RBIs on 2-for-3 batting with a home run and three runs scored.
 
- Cincinnati beat Northeastern as Connor McVey (1-for-4), R.J Thompson (1-for-3) and Ryan Noda (2-for-4) each had RBIs for the Bearcats.
 
- Tyler Webb went 2-for-5 for Memphis including a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the seventh to help the Tigers beat Missouri State. Alec Trela also hit a home run for the Tigers.
 
- Houston’s Jake Scheiner tied an American Athletic Conference record with three home runs in the Cougars’ win over Alabama State. Scheiner went 5-for-5 with seven RBIs as the Cougars had 19 hits and score 19 runs.
 
- Paul Gozzo’s single to left field in the bottom of the ninth brought home the winning run for Tulane. Hunter Williams (3-for-4) had a home run and three RBIs while crossing the plate twice for the Green Wave.