Box Score
Senior Dante Plassio went 1-4 with three RBI, junior Bill Torre was 2-4 with an RBI and two runs scored and Eric Morrison was 2-3 with a run and an RBI.
Freshman Joe Lombardo pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit while striking out three.
Xavier opened with three runs in the first, one in the second and five in the third to take a 9-0 lead. The Dukes lit the scoreboard with a run in the fourth before three scoreless innings ensued. The bats of the never-say-die Dukes awoke in the eighth though as the Red and Blue rallied for four runs to cut the lead to 9-5.
Sophomore Danny Brown and senior Nick Jones shut XU down in the ninth, but the Dukes could not muster any runs in the final inning.
Notes:
- The Musketeers will face Rhode Island tonight @ 7:30 p.m. at Campbell's Field.
- The winner takes on Charlotte for the A-10 Conference Title Saturday, May 24, 2008, at 12:00 noon.