ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The No. 13 Lewis University baseball team defeated Southwest Baptist 6-2 Saturday (April 19) as the team honored its 17 seniors before the game. Lewis recognized
Ian Nguyen (Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids),
Cole Nelson (St. Charles, Ill/Lenoir Rhyne),
Cain Headrick (Custer Park, Ill./Providence Catholic),
Daniel Rosado (Burbank, Ill.),
Will Bruno (Upton, MA/UNC Pembroke),
Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita), Chris Seropian,
Anthony Sorrentino (Burr Ridge, Ill./Lyons Township),
Abraham Sanchez (San Diego, CA/Monte Vista High School),
Dylan Wolff (Joliet, Ill.),
Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence),
Logan Schwarting (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West),
Mikey Kocen (Beach Park, Ill./UNC-Pembroke),
Kaleb Schulist (Shantytown, WI/UW Parkside),
Brendan Lawry (Bolingbrook, Ill./Eckerd College),
Luke Carlson (Granville, Ill./Putnam County),
Ray Cantelo (Blue Island, Ill./Marian Catholic).
HEAD COACH MIKE VUCSKO
"I'm really happy for the seniors to be able to get 4 wins in their last GLVC weekend series at Brennan. Offensively that was one of the more impressive series I've been a part of. I am really grateful to coach such a special group of young men, led by all 17 seniors. I thanked all 17 of them thus morning, but I want to say thank you again to 17 seniors. They are all good baseball players, but more importantly they're all better people."
TEAM RECORDS
No. 13 Lewis 32-8, 21-3 GLVC | Southwest Baptist 14-28, 7-17 GLVC
SUMMARY
Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo home run, his third consecutive game with a lead-off home run, making it 1-0.
Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) extended the lead to 2-0 after an RBI single drove home
George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist), who doubled in the previous at-bat.
Mikey Kocen (Beach Park, Ill./UNC-Pembroke) added another run in the bottom of the second by hitting a sacrifice fly to center, scoring
Tyler Phommachanhom (Plainfield, Ill/Parkland CC) from third.
Southwest Baptist got one run back in the top of the third inning by narrowing the score to 3-1 in favor of Lewis.
McDevitt extended the lead to 4-1 after reaching on an error from the left fielder in the fourth inning, scoring
Jackson Hunley (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie).
The Bearcats cut the deficit to 4-2 after scoring a run in the seventh inning. Lewis responded with two runs in the bottom of the seventh when Bilecki connected on his 20
th home run of the season with a two-run shot to right center making it 6-2 and that score held up as the Flyers secured the win.
Rosado recorded the win on the mound after pitching two innings, allowing two hits, giving up one run, walking two and striking out two.
Schulist and Endisch pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless and hitless baseball in relief, with both recording three strikeouts.
UP NEXT
No. 13 Lewis wraps up its home schedule with a non-conference contest against University of St. Francis (Ill.) Tuesday, April 22 at 2 p.m. CT.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Be sure to join us Friday, June 13 as we host our 45th annual Golf Outing at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club starting at 1 p.m. For more information and to register visit:
https://www.alumni.lewisu.edu/2025-athletics-golf-outing
FLYERS ANNUAL FUND
Support the Flyers by making a gift to the Flyers Athletics Fund at
https://lewisflyers.com/202425AnnualFund
