CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Notre Dame baseball team (31-22) fell in a 17-10 final against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament on Wednesday night at Truist Field.
The Irish took a 4-0 lead through the top of the first inning. Drew Berkland drew a lead-off walk, and Bino Watters laced a double to right field to drive in Berkland. Mark Quatrani then blasted a 410-foot home run to left-center field. Noah Coy kept things going with a sharply-hit single to center field, and Jayce Lee added a single through the left side. Mason Barth drew a walk two batters later, and Jamie Zee used a sacrifice fly to drive in Coy for the 4-0 advantage.
Ty Uber retired the Hokies in order in the bottom half of the first inning.
The Hokies, however, got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second with a three-spot to make it a one-run game heading into the third.
Jayce Lee hit a one-out single to short right field, and Dylan Passo found the left-center gap with a double to put a pair of runners into scoring position for the Irish in the third. Mason Barth went the other way with an RBI single through the right side to make it a 5-3 game.
Virginia Tech posted three runs in the bottom of the third to go up 6-5. Caden Crowell retired the side in order in the bottom of the fourth. The Hokies, however, scored two runs in the bottom half of the fifth for an 8-5 lead through five complete.
Jamie Zee gave the Irish a spark in the top of the sixth with a lead-off home run to left field. Virginia Tech countered with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to push the difference to 12-6.
Noah Coy drew a one-out walk, and Dylan Passo drew a two-out walk to keep the inning alive. Mason Barth then delivered a single to right-center to drive in Coy. Jamie Zee drew a full-count walk, and Shane Miranda drilled a bases-clearing double off the left field wall to make it a 12-10 game in the top of the seventh.
A run by Virginia Tech in the bottom of the seventh and four in the eighth for a 17-10 lead.
Jamie Zee laced a two-out double to keep the game alive, but the Irish were unable to mount the comeback in the 17-10 final.
Jamie Zee posted a 2-for-3 effort with a walk, a double, two runs and two RBI. Jayce Lee went 3-for-5 with a run, and Shane Miranda was 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI. Mark Quatrani was 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and a run scored. Mason Barth went 2-for-4, driving in two and scoring once. Bino Watters and Dylan Passo each had a double and scored a run while Watters drove in a run. Noah Coy tallied a hit and scored twice.
Ty Uber shouldered the loss on the mound and struck out two. Caden Crowell added three strikeouts while Noah Rooney and Chase Van Ameyde each struck out one. Radek Birkholz, Will Jaisle and Oisin Lee each had scoreless efforts in their outings on the night.