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Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Baseball Senior Day vs. No. 16 UConn
5
UConn UCONN 43-13
6
Winner Georgetown GU 32-22
UConn UCONN
43-13
5
Final
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Georgetown GU
32-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UConn UCONN 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 10 1
Georgetown GU 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 6 8 1

W: Redfern, Anthony (2-1) L: Coe, Garrett (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hoyas Sweep No. 16 UConn with Second Walk-Off Win

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Just one day after Nolan Matsko walked off on No. 16 UConn, junior Christian Ficca knocked home the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly in the ninth to complete Georgetown's sweep over the Huskies 6-5 at Shirley Povich Field on Saturday. The Hoyas finished the regular season 32-22 overall with an 11-10 BIG EAST record while the Huskies dropped to 43-13 overall and 16-5 in conference action.

"What a great way to finish the regular season. I'm proud of our guys, our fight, our grit, our competitiveness, that's what Georgetown stands for. We needed all of our guys today and all six of our pitchers came on and did what was needed of them. Ubaldo Lopez and Cam Meyer came up with big hits in times when we needed them and were big momentum boosts. Matt Stone made a heads up play behind the plate, saving a run by tagging a guy out. Everyone stepped up, did their job and it's really fun to see our guys compete at a high level. Now, we're on to the next season."  - Head Coach Edwin Thompson on today's win

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Ficca delivered Georgetown's fifth walk-off of the season with his sacrifice fly, finishing the weekend with six RBIs in total.
  • Ubaldo Lopez surpassed Jake Hyde for the team lead and program record with his 19th homer of the season.
  • Ethan Stern extended his reached base streak to 31 games, going his 1-for-2 on the day with two walks and a tally. The Hoya second baseman finished the weekend 6-for-11 (.545) with four homers, five runs scored and eight RBIs.
  • Kyle Salley tossed 1.1 scoreless innings and toppled the Husky lineup for the second-straight game with two punchouts.
  • Angelo Tonas also threw a blank frame out of the pen, finishing the weekend with four scoreless innings across two outings, allowing just two hits and earning a save.
  • Cam Meyer belted his eighth homer of the year, smacking a solo shot in the third.
  • Georgetown forced UConn to strand 16 runners on base on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UConn opened the scoring with one run in the opening frame.
  • Nick Borek worked himself into trouble in the second, loading the bases with no outs but kept the Huskies off the board by recording three-straight putouts.
  • In the top of the third, UConn took a 2-0 lead on a Hoya balk.
  • Georgetown quickly responded in the bottom half of the third with a Meyer solo shot to left (2-1).
  • After a blank fourth, the Huskies knocked one across in the fifth for a 3-1 edge.
  • The Hoyas knotted the game at three with a two-run shot by Lopez in the bottom of the sixth.
  • In the bottom of the seventh, GU capitalized on a UConn miscue, scoring one on a throwing error and another an RBI single by Ficca.
  • UConn battled back in the eighth and tied the game at five with a two-run frame.
  • Georgetown retaliated in the ninth with one-out walks to Hyde and Meyer and an intentional walk to Stern to load the bases. With a 3-2 count, Ficca slaps a deep fly ball to left center and drives in pinch runner Tony Barreca for the winning run.
 
OF NOTE
  • Georgetown swept UConn for the first time since March 25-26, 1995.
  • As a team, the Hoyas slashed .353/.429/.793 with 33 runs scored, 41 hits and 14 homers in three games.
  • The Hoyas finished the year 9-0 at Shirley Povich Field while going 19-5 overall at our four home locations this season.
  • Barreca scored the game-winning run for the second-straight game.

UP NEXT
Georgetown will head to Mason, Ohio for the BIG EAST Baseball Championship, presented by Jeep, at Prasco Park, facing the top-seeded UConn Huskies on Thursday, May 26 with first pitch slated for 2:30 p.m.
 
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