Skip To Main Content

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Athletics

The Official Home of the UW-Oshkosh Titans Home of the UW-Oshkosh Titans

Schedule

Baseball

Nationally Ranked Panthers Defeat Titans In Season Opener

Box Score

Nationally ranked Birmingham-Southern College sent nine batters to the plate in both of the first two innings and defeated the UW-Oshkosh baseball team, 14-7, during the Titans' season opener Friday (Feb. 25) in Birmingham, Ala.

UW-Oshkosh (0-1) scored four times in the top of the first inning, drawing five walks before Zach Taylor hit a two-out, three-run double. Connor Giusti plated UW-Oshkosh's first run of the year via a bases-loaded walk. The Titans capped the scoring on Eli Davila's bases-loaded walk and Benjamin Jung's pinch-hit, two-run double in the eighth inning.

Birmingham-Southern College (5-2), ranked seventh in the NCAA Division III by D3baseball.com, answered the Titans' four-run outburst with five runs of its own in the home half of the first inning and scored six more during the second frame. The Panthers have now won all five of their meetings with UW-Oshkosh.

The Panthers outhit UW-Oshkosh, 10-7, and launched a pair of home runs on the way to improving their home record to 3-1 this season. Birmingham-Southern College, the 2019 national runner-up, has made seven NCAA postseason appearances since 2012. Two-time Division III champion and three-time national runner-up UW-Oshkosh advanced to the regional finals in 2018.

Ian Hancock went 2-for-3 with six runs batted in to pace the Panthers. Hancock's grand slam provided Birmingham-Southern College a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the first inning and his two-run single during the second frame upped the Panthers' advantage to 7-4.

Wes Diamantis later added a three-run homer in the second inning to up the Panthers lead to 11-4.

Birmingham-Southern College relief pitcher Oliver Livingston (1-0) picked up the win, tossing two scoreless innings and allowing one hit with three strikeouts during the fourth and fifth frames.

Taylor finished 2-for-3 at the plate for the Titans, who also received singles from Giusti, Ethan Schreier, Sean Cummins and Braydon Skenandore.

UW-Oshkosh's Grant Yakimisky (0-1) suffered the loss after yielding five runs (four earned) without recording an out in the first inning.

Aaron Huibregtse, Trey Tennessen, Connor Brinkman and LJ Waco each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for UW-Oshkosh. Waco struck out all three batters he faced in the seventh frame.

UW-Oshkosh remains in Birmingham to face fifth-ranked Adrian College (Mich.) on Saturday (Feb. 26).

Photo by Jennifer Zuberbier

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Sean Cummins

#18 Sean Cummins

OF
6' 0"
Senior
Eli Davila

#5 Eli Davila

C
5' 10"
Junior
e-lie, dah-vill-ah
Benjamin Jung

#2 Benjamin Jung

OF
5' 10"
Senior
young
Grant Yakimisky

#17 Grant Yakimisky

P
6' 3"
Senior
yack-ah-miss-key
Connor Brinkman

#12 Connor Brinkman

P
6' 0"
Sophomore
Connor Giusti

#23 Connor Giusti

IF
6' 1"
Senior
juice-tee
Aaron Huibregtse

#4 Aaron Huibregtse

P
5' 9"
Sophomore
hew-bricks
Ethan Schreier

#29 Ethan Schreier

OF
6' 3"
Senior
schri-er
Braydon Skenandore

#30 Braydon Skenandore

IF
6' 2"
Freshman
sken-en-door
Zach Taylor

#16 Zach Taylor

IF
6' 1"
Junior
Trey Tennessen

#6 Trey Tennessen

P
6' 0"
Senior
ten-ah-sen
LJ Waco

#46 LJ Waco

P
6' 3"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Sean Cummins

#18 Sean Cummins

6' 0"
Senior
OF
Eli Davila

#5 Eli Davila

5' 10"
Junior
e-lie, dah-vill-ah
C
Benjamin Jung

#2 Benjamin Jung

5' 10"
Senior
young
OF
Grant Yakimisky

#17 Grant Yakimisky

6' 3"
Senior
yack-ah-miss-key
P
Connor Brinkman

#12 Connor Brinkman

6' 0"
Sophomore
P
Connor Giusti

#23 Connor Giusti

6' 1"
Senior
juice-tee
IF
Aaron Huibregtse

#4 Aaron Huibregtse

5' 9"
Sophomore
hew-bricks
P
Ethan Schreier

#29 Ethan Schreier

6' 3"
Senior
schri-er
OF
Braydon Skenandore

#30 Braydon Skenandore

6' 2"
Freshman
sken-en-door
IF
Zach Taylor

#16 Zach Taylor

6' 1"
Junior
IF
Trey Tennessen

#6 Trey Tennessen

6' 0"
Senior
ten-ah-sen
P
LJ Waco

#46 LJ Waco

6' 3"
Senior
P
Skip Ad
Skip Sponsors