BSB - Voyageurs win not enough to qualify for OUA finals

On Thanksgiving weekend, the men's baseball team traveled to Toronto to play for a spot in the OUA finals. The Voyageurs earned a spot in the Central Qualifier, where they were set to play York University, Toronto Metropolitan University, and the University of Toronto. The Vees finished off the weekend with two losses and one win, which unfortunately was not enough to qualify them for the OUA Championship.

For the first game of the weekend, the Vees played the TMU Bold Saturday morning. The Bold opened up scoring with the first run of the game in the first inning. While both teams made runs in the second inning, the Bold were still in the lead by 1, until the fourth inning, where they upped the score by 4 points, making it 6-1. The Voyageurs came back in the next inning, crossing the plate 3 times to make it 6-4. With both teams adding one run to the scoreboard in the sixth inning and blanking each other in the last inning, the Bold won the match with a score of 7-5. Standout performers included pitchers Ryan Lacasse and Liam Socransky with 3 strikeouts each, and Brayden Grech scoring two runs.

To continue the day, the Voyageurs played the YorkU Lions in the afternoon. The men bounced back and took the win 1-0 in a fairly nerve-racking game. Up until the fourth inning, the game was scoreless until the Voyageurs added the only run of the game on their side of the board. The standout performers of this game included pitcher Nich Verbeek, with two strikeouts and only allowing 5 hits and catcher Matt Obradovich for scoring the lone run of the game.

To finish off the weekend, the Voyageurs faced U of T at noon the following day. The Voyageurs dropped the game 20-1, closing out the weekend and their season.

-Madison Boileau