Marian University baseball (1-1, 0-0 NACC) earned its first victory of the season defeating Hope 5-3.
 

• Hope was on the board first scoring in the bottom of the second but Marian scored in the next three innings to immediately take the lead.
• Junior Ryan O’Toole scored off of an error in the third to open the scoring for the Sabres.
• Marian then took the lead in the fourth when junior Jason Sims crossed the plate.
• A double from junior Keon Booker in the fifth plated a pair of Sabres to give Marian a 4-1 advantage.
• The Sabre lead was cut to one in the sixth when Hope plated a pair of runs.
• Some insurance came in the eighth with a single from junior Will Strehl that brought home O’Toole.
• The first two hitters were able to reach in the bottom of the ninth but sophomore Jackson Spejcher retired the next three hitters to slam the door shut.

• Marian led in hits for the game by an 8-6 margin.
• Each team had one error on the defensive side but no runs were unearned.
• The Sabres are now 1-2 all-time against Hope with this being the first meeting since 2005.

	Junior Ryan O’Toole was 2-for-4 and scored a pair of runs.
	Sophomre Blake Griesbach (1-0) went 5.0 innings allowing just one run on two hits.
	Junior Wyatt Blaskowski provided 3.0 innings of relief allowing only two hits.