Xavier Musketeers

Who: Xavier Musketeers
When: February 24-26, 2023 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
Times: 12:00 (noon), 2 pm, & 1 pm
Where: Childress Field, Cullowhee, NC
TV/video: ESPN+ (Friday & Sunday only)
    -announcer: Daniel Hooker (PxP)
Live Stats: WCU Live Stats (all games)
Conference: Big East Conference
Nickname: Musketeers
Location: Cincinnati and Evanston, Ohio
Type: Private
Colors: Blue, White & Silver
Students: 13,582 (undergrad / grad / post-grad)
Mascot: Musketeers (D'Artagnan the Musketeer)

Message Board: XavierHoops.com

This season's record: 0-5 overall, 0-0 home, 0-5 away, 0-0 Big East
Last season's record: 33-27 overall, 12-5 home, 19-17 away, 2-5 neutral, 13-8 Big East

Head Coach: Billy O'Conner was named the seventh head coach of the Xavier baseball program in June of 2017 after a decorated playing career and six years on the staff as an assistant.

O'Conner's record vs. WCU: 1-2
Beck's record vs. Xavier: 0-0

The Series: The Cats are 4-2 overall vs. Xavier, the Cats won 2 of 3 games against the Musketeers last season in games played in Ohio. The Cats last played Xavier in 2007 in Cullowhee, winning 2 of 3 in that series in Childress Field.

Xavier graduate student Jack Housinger was selected as the Big East Preseason Player of the Year, as voted on by the league coaches. Housinger was also selected to the Preseason All-Big East Team, joined by fellow Musketeers Garrett Schultz and Luke Bell and the league's preseason squad. Xavier was picked to finish third in the Big East by the league coaches.

In 2022, Xavier went 33-27 overall and 13-8 in Big East play earning the No. 4 seed in the 2022 Big East Baseball Tournament where the Musketeers finished runners-up. Xavier's 33 wins were the most since Xavier's 34-win campaign in 2017 and the third most in a single season in program history.

To start the season the Musketeers traveled to Eugene, Oregon to face the #20 Oregon Ducks, where they were swept by the Ducks, then to #16 Louisville, where they lost 12-8 in a mid week series.


STARTING ROTATION
                      Xavier       -          Western Carolina
Friday: Ethan Bosacker (RHP) - Matt Schepel (RHP)
Saturday: Brant Alazaus (LHP) - Kyle Riesselmann (LHP)
Sunday: Nick Boyle (RHP)  -    Jonathan Todd (RHP)