WILMINGTON, NC -- Evansville southpaw Vince Serafini held the Monarchs ofOld Dominionto three hits over eight innings as Evansville defeated ODU, 5-0 in thesixth game of the HughesBrothers/UNCW Baseball Challange. ODU is now 0-8, Evansville is 4-1.
Serafini struck out ten through eight innings of work. Wes Carroll went3-4 , while Andy Rohleder, MattSerafini and Blake Whealy each had two hits for Evansville. Serafiniknocked in two of the fiveruns for the Purple Aces.
Monarch senior lefty Parker Friske (Va. Beach, Va.) allowed five runs andnine hits. David Vilardi(Fishkill, NY.), Ryan Dunn(Bristol, Va.), and Jeff Eure (Pillow, Pa.) eachhad one hit for Old Dominion.
Old Dominion faces Appalachian State at 1:30 on Sunday.
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Battery: Evansville: V.Serafini, Obenchain(9) and Matt SerafiniBattery: ODU:Friske, Brumfield(6) and Silver
WP: V.Serafini(2-0) LP: Friske (0-2)