GAME DAY: Aggies in Austin beat Hilltoppers 5-1

Jack Connolly, Staff Writer|March 9, 2023

St. Edward’s third baseman Trevor Sebek awaits a pitch from Cameron University on Mar 3, 2023.

The Cameron University Aggies stormed into Austin and defeated the St. Edward’s baseball team 5-1 on March 3.

The Hilltoppers scored in the bottom of the first inning from Davis Drewek’s RBI groundout to first base, scoring Cullen Ainsworth. The Aggies responded by tying the game at 1-1 in the top of the second inning off a Kai Hershberger RBI double, scoring Holden Tate. The Aggies poked the Hilltoppers All-American pitcher Wes Gafford around in the top of the fifth inning, scoring four runs on three hits and one error to take a 5-1 lead. Gafford exited the game after the fifth inning, allowing six hits, four earned runs, three walks and striking out three. Jared Schaeffer relieved Gafford and went four shutout innings and gave up only one hit. Brendan Moran got the win for the Aggies (2-3). Gafford took the loss and fell to 2-2.

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Moments before the second goal was scored against the Patriots. “Those moments where you had to push yourself were a big highlight for me,” Reyes said. “This journey, this season, it was a moment. I think about how I started the season, focusing on things, on little things, and the things that were going to become big things too.”

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The women’s club basketball team poses after their first win of the season. “These girls come into practice and they work hard every single time,” Rae said. “They take their time out of their day outside of practice to work on their skills too, so they're not only coming to practice and working hard, but they're doing it on their own time too. They have a lot of dedication, they have commitment, and that's all I could ask for. They work really hard in practice. They help each other out. We're in practice, and if someone is struggling, whether it's a bad day or they just can't get a skill down, some of the other teammates are there to help 'em, pick 'em up, show 'em how to do it. We work as one unit and these girls have put in so much hard work, and even with just six of us, we have grown so much. And tonight we pulled off this win. And I think that it also wouldn't be fun without them. They have such great energy, especially in practice, keeping it lighthearted. We're always supporting each other, we're always making each other laugh, and it's just all making it worth it. And that's why I do this. That's why I want to manage the team, so that I can make the program possible for them to play.”

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