SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team is set to compete in the Live Like Lou Jax Baseball Classic from February 20-22 at VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville, Florida. The Irish take on the University of Central Florida, Louisiana State University and Indiana University in the three-day round robin weekend.
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Opponent |
Location |
Probable Starters |
Watch |
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Feb. 20 |
6:00 PM |
UCF |
VyStar Ballpark – Jacksonville, Fla. |
RHP Jack Radel vs. RHP Braden Smith |
D1Baseball |
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Feb. 21 |
12:00 PM |
LSU |
VyStar Ballpark – Jacksonville, Fla. |
LHP Caden Crowell vs. RHP Cooper Moore |
D1Baseball |
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Feb. 22 |
11:00 AM |
Indiana |
VyStar Ballpark – Jacksonville, Fla. |
TBA vs. TBA |
D1Baseball |
LIVE LIKE LOU JAX BASEBALL CLASSIC
- The Live Like Lou Jax College Baseball Classic is an early-season NCAA Div I college baseball tournament that takes place annually each year on the second weekend of the college baseball season at VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville, Florida.
- The event hosts four NCAA Div I Baseball teams in a round-robin format over three days resulting in two games per day for a total of six games.
- Peak Events strives to exemplify the #BestOutsideOfOmaha brand at all Peak Events-owned events by providing the best tournament experience for both the attending fans and participating teams second only the the College World Series in Omaha.
THE MATCHUPS
- The Irish lead the all-time series against UCF by a 4-3 margin.
- The Notre Dame vs. LSU series is tied 5-5 as this marks the first neutral-site contest between the two programs.
- Notre Dame holds a 68-34-1 lead all-time against in-state foe Indiana.
- Indiana is one of nine teams the Irish have faced 100 or more times in program history, joining Detroit Mercy (discontinued team), Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue, Valparaiso, Western Michigan and Wisconsin in the century-plus club.
LAST TIME OUT
The Irish took games two and three at Florida Atlantic University during opening weekend to take the series against the Owls.
- Feb. 13 – The Irish struck first against the Owls when Jamie Zee drove in Noah Coy from second base with his first career hit and RBI in his first collegiate at-bat. FAU, however, put up seven unanswered runs in a 7-1 final on opening night.
- Feb. 14 – Notre Dame put the first eight runs on the scoreboard and never looked back in a 14-1 win over FAU to set up a Sunday rubber match showdown. Bino Watters and Jayce Lee each had three hits with a solo homer apiece. Xavier Hirsch posted a career-high six strikeouts and picked up the relief win for the Irish.
- Feb. 15 – After a scoreless four innings to start the game, the Irish put a pair of runs on the scoreboard in the fifth. Notre Dame tacked on a four-run eighth and a run in the ninth for a 7-1 win to capture the series. Bino Watters tallied his second three-hit game of the weekend, and Ty Uber earned the pitch-count win on the bump in his first start in an Irish uniform.
TOP TALENT
The Irish have six players listed in the D1baseball.com Preseason rankings by position.
- Sophomore Bino Watters was the 17th ranked first baseman.
- Junior Jack Radel was 29th on the starting pitchers list.
- Junior Mark Quatrani was 49th on the catchers list.
- Graduate student Drew Berkland was 63rd on the outfielders report.
- Sophomore Oisin Lee came in at 74th on the relief pitchers list.
- Junior Davis Johnson was listed at 132nd in the outfielder rankings.
Additionally, Notre Dame had representation on the D1Baseball Impact Freshman List as Caden Crowell came in at No. 9 on the ranking.