Lions Secure Series Win, Defeat Dons on Saturday

Saturday, April 12

San Francisco, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

14-21, 0

LMU

18-17, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
LMU	3	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	3	12	13	2
San Francisco	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1

Photo by: Christina Leung

4/12/2025 4:22:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The University of San Francisco baseball team (14-21, 4-7 WCC) fell 12-4 to LMU (18-17, 6-5 WCC) in a West Coast Conference contest Saturday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Nate Savoie opened up the scoring for LMU in the first inning with a long three-run home run over the left-field wall for an early 3-0 advantage.
San Francisco responded in the bottom of the second, tallying three runs to level the game at three. After a pair of errors and a Zack Ramppen RBI single, Kenny DeCelle sliced a single through the right side of the infield, scoring Ramppen and Tyler Harries to tie the game.
Following two scoreless frames, the Lions took charge and recorded five runs in the fifth to take a commanding 8-3 lead. Two home runs highlighted the inning as Beau Ankeney and Zion Williams left the ballpark.
The Lions added four more tallies in the seventh and ninth innings to break open the game, 12-3.
Brendan Burke added a late run on the board in the final half inning, connecting on a solo home run over the left-center field wall to bring the Dons to within 12-4. Despite the late rally, the green and gold failed to score in the bottom of the ninth as the Lions secured the victory.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Five players recorded base hits throughout the contest as Decelle extended his hitting streak to four with a one-for-three performance. Driving in a pair of runs, DeCelle added to his season total of 22 while recording his seventh multi-RBI game this season.
Hunter Holzemer was solid on the mound, pitching 3.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out three batters.
Coming off the bench in the eighth inning, Charles-Etienne Pelletier recorded a double in his one at-bat of the game.

POSTGAME WITH THE DONS:

To view the full highlights of today's contest, please click here.
To view the full postgame interview with head coach Rob DiToma, please click here.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco concludes the series against LMU at Benedetti Diamond on Sunday, Apr. 13, at 1:00 p.m.

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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge our department sponsor – Planet Orange - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.