DAYTON – The University of Dayton baseball team made it a second consecutive Atlantic 10 sweep with a 9-8 victory over George Washington in the series finale on Sunday at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.
 
The win pushed UD to 20-18 on the season and 10-5 in A-10 play, and also gave Flyers first-year head coach Scott Loiseau his 500th career victory.
 
Dayton jumped ahead early thanks to the home run ball, as sophomore Ryan MacDougall hit a two-run first-inning homer to put the FlyBoys ahead, and freshman Rylan Lujo followed an inning later with a grand slam to give UD a 6-0 advantage.
 
Just an inning later, sophomore Martin Howell launched the Flyers' third home run in as many innings, hitting a two-run blast over the left field wall to make it an 8-0 game.
 
GW battled back, but ultimately a two-out RBI single from freshman Alejandro Sardinas in the fifth inning proved to be the game-winner.
 
Freshman Lukasz Rondeau picked up the win, striking out four in 2.1 innings of work, and sophomore Bennett LaPalm got his first save of the campaign by throwing the final three frames.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
20 – consecutive game hitting streak for freshman Rylan Lujo
19 – multi-hit games for Lujo this season, who went 2-for-2 today
9 – strikeouts for Dayton pitching today (Malecha-2, Rondeau-4, Judy-1, LaPalm-2)
5 – home runs on the season for Ryan MacDougall
4 – homers for Martin Howell on the campaign
3 – walks for Mason Dobie in the game, pushing his league-high season total to 36
 
ON DECK
Dayton welcomes Ohio University to the Gem City for a non-conference bout on Tuesday, April 15 at 3 p.m. at Woerner Field at AES Ohio Stadium.
 
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