The Ocelots Open The 2026 Season With A Split DH Against Vincennes

OVERVIEW – VINCENNES UNIVERSITY

SCORES: Schoolcraft 4, Vincennes 5/Schoolcraft 13, Vincennes 2

RECORDS: Schoolcraft 1-1, Vincennes 1-5

LOCATION: Vincennes, IN

RECAP: The Ocelots Open The 2026 Season With A Split DH Against Vincennes

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Schoolcraft started the 2026 season by plating their first run in the top of the 2^nd as Noah McCann crossed home plate on a wild pitch.
• Things would remain 1-0 until the bottom of the 4^th when Vincennes would tie the game on a sacrifice fly.
• The Ocelots would take a 4-1 lead in the top of the 5^th as McCann would single home Tony Mendez and Elijah Schroeder would single home McCann and Kevin Cruz.
• Vincennes would score 3 runs themselves in the bottom half as the game would remain tied after 5 innings.
• Vincennes would walk the Ocelots off in the bottom of the 7^th on a throwing error with 2 outs.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Schoolcraft 4/6/2, Vincennes 5/5/0
• Runners Left on Base: Schoolcraft: 6, Vincennes: 9
• Winning Pitcher – Drake Hoffa (1-0): 2.1 IP, 1 BB, 4 K, 0 H
• Losing Pitcher – Taylor Coffman (0-1): 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 K, 1 BB

GAME ONE TOP SC PERFORMERS

• Elijah Schroeder: 2-4, 2 RBI
• Noah McCann: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Lucas Clune: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Vincennes would plate the 1^st run of game 2 in the bottom of the 1^st on an RBI single.
• Schoolcraft would quickly get that run back plus 1 in the top of the 2^nd on an RBI single from Cruz and a sac-fly from Joey Tobe.
• Vincennes would tie the game in the bottom of the 3^rd on a home run but once again, Schoolcraft would quickly strike back with 3 in the top of the 4^th, highlighted by a 2-RBI double from Joey Tobe.
• In the top of the 5^th, Mendz would score on a wild pitch and Jace Walerski would log a sacrifice fly to score Devin Edler to make it 702 in the 5^th.
• 2 more RBI singles from McCann and Mendez would make it 10-2 in the top of the 6^th.
• The scoring would be capped off in the top of the 7^th as Braylon Schroeder would hit a 3-run blast for this 1^st home run of the season.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Schoolcraft: 13/13/1, Vincennes: 2/5/3
• Runners Left on Base: Schoolcraft: 9, Vincennes: 10
• Winning Pitcher – Jennings Rusznak (1-0): 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 2 BB
• Losing Pitcher – Talan Meyers (0-1): 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

GAME TWO TOP SC PERFORMERS

• Braylon Schroeder: 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR
• Noah McCann: 3-4, 2 R, 1 BB
• Joey Tobe: 1-3, 1 R, 3 RBI
• Devin Elder: 2-4, 1 R
• Tony Mendez: 2-3, 1 R, 2 RBI

UP NEXT

Schoolcraft and Vincennes will play another DH tomorrow, wrapping up a 4-game set, beginning at 11:00AM at Jerry Blemker Field.