Salisbury, MD - The Villa Julie Baseball Team finished 3rd in the CAC Tournament this weekend. The Mustangs caused the only upset of the tournament during the 2nd game on Saturday, when Villa thumped #3 seeded Wesley College 28-8. The Mustangs advanced to the semi-final against the University of Mary Washington but could not continue their winning form, losing 9-4.

Against the Wolverines, the Mustangs opened the scoring on a solo Home Run by Junior Ryan Baione in the first, but Wesley answered on a 2 run homer by Sophomore Grant Morlock in the bottom of the first.  After Villa notched it at 2 in the 2nd, the Stang's proceeded to score 11 in the 3rd, and 14 more in the final 3 innings to secure the 5th showdown between the Mustangs and the Eagles of Mary Washington.  Sophomore Derrick Nason picked up his 7th victory of the season, and Senior Phil Kraska finished the final 4 innings to earn his first save of the season.  Offensively, Freshman Kyle Van Beek was 4-6 with 4 runs scored, Baione was 4-7 with 3 runs scored, 1 HR and 2 RBI's, Junior Wade Keenan was 3-5 with 3 runs scored a double and 2 RBI's, Sophomore George Papuchis was 2-4 with 3 Runs scored and 4 RBI's, and Junior Griffin Stewart was 2-4 with a triple, a Home Run and 6 RBI's in the game.

In Game 2, the Mustangs had to go against #2 seed UMW to try and get to the final day of the tournament.  The Eagles had won the season series 2-1, but only outscored the Mustangs by 1 run.  In the first round they beat the Mustangs 8-5 and for the 2nd time in 4 days Jr starter Andrew Cox shut the Mustangs down and earned his 3rd victory of the year over Villa.  Offensively, Freshman Kyle Van Beek picked up 2 hits and Junior Wade Keenan picked up 2 hits while, Senior Buddy Breidenbaugh, Junior Griffin Stewart, Sophomore George Papuchis, and Senior Jimmy Smith all hit solo home runs for the Mustangs.  Junior Ryan Baione pitched 6 innings allowing 4 Earned Runs to take the loss.  

The Mustangs are back in action Tuesday at Gettysburg for a 3:30 start