Game No. 53
San Francisco Dons (23-29, 15-10 WCC) vs. Loyola Marymount (28-20-1, 14-11 WCC)
May 16 | 1 p.m.
Benedetti Diamond | San Francisco, Calif.
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WIN AND WE'RE WIN
Despite the loss on Friday afternoon, the Dons come into today at 15-10 and need only one win to secure a spot in the WCC Championship tournament. Senior left hander Christian Cecilio will start for USF. 
 
ABOUT BENEDETTI DIAMOND
The Dons' home field is named after Dante Benedetti, USF's head coach from 1962 to 1980. Benedetti attended then-Saint Ignatius College from 1937 to 1940, during which he lettered in Baseball, Football, and Boxing. During his tenure as head coach, he accumulated 373 career wins, and has been inducted into the university's athletic hall of fame. Also during his tenure as head coach, the university wanted to cut the program for financial reasons. However to keep the program alive Benedetti agreed to lower his salary. For the remaining 16 years of his coaching career he was paid $1 a year. The field is also named after Max Ulrich, a benefactor of the University of San Francisco. Built in 1953, the venue was originally called simply Max Ulrich Field. After its 1953 construction, it was named after Max Ulrich, a San Francisco resident who donated in his will $358,000 to the university. The field took on its current name in 1980. In that year, Dons baseball coach Dante Benedetti retired after 29 years in charge of the program. The diamond was dedicated to him that same year. Until Nino Giarratano surpassed him in 2012, Benedetti was the program's all-time winningest coach, with 373 wins.

TICKETS
Tickets for Diamond Dons baseball are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors, and free for children 12 or younger. They can be purchased at the gate or online at USFDons.com/tickets.

PARKING
Street parking is available near Benedetti Diamond. Two-hour pakring is enforced in many parts of the neighborhood and runs until 6 p.m. Non-timed parking is also available but limited.