
Wildcats Close Regular Season with Loss at Richmond
5/17/2025 4:13:00 PM | Baseball
Settling for their sixth Atlantic 10 series win, the Wildcats concluded the regular season 25-27 and 18-12 in the Atlantic 10, tied with Saint Louis for third place.
Noah Jouras' two-run homer nudged the Wildcats ahead 6-5 in the fifth inning, capping a comeback against a 5-0 Richmond start. But the Spiders answered with two homers in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead for good.
Eli Putnam hit his team-leading 18th homer in the third, and Cider Canon hit his 17th in the fourth.
Chris Schuchart, Michael O'Shaughnessy, Anthony Torreso and JD Woodall added RBI-singles.
Putnam, Torreso, O'Shaughnessy, Woodall and Gavin Thomas had two hits apiece.
After scoring five runs in the second, Richmond (33-19, 14-16) had three-run innings in the fifth, seventh and eighth.
Up Next
The Wildcats will open play in the A-10 Tournament on Tuesday in Tysons, Va.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Josh Willitts (1-0)
L: Champey, Brycen (1-9)
S: Brian Reinke (1)

Batting:
2B: Thomas, Gavin 1
HR: Canon, Cider 1 ; Putnam, Eli 1 ; Jouras, Noah 1
RBI: Canon, Cider 1 ; Putnam, Eli 1 ; Torreso, Anthony 1 ; O'Shaughnessy, Michael 1 ; Schuchart, Chris 1 ; Jouras, Noah 2 ; Woodall, JD 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Canon, Cider 1 ; Putnam, Eli 3 ; Torreso, Anthony 1 ; Thomas, Gavin 2 ; Jouras, Noah 1
SB: Putnam, Eli 1
HBP: Putnam, Eli 1 ; Torreso, Anthony 1 ; Thomas, Gavin 1

Batting:
2B: Aaron Whitley 1 ; Michael Elko 1 ; Cole Palmeri 1
3B: Cole Palmeri 1
HR: Brady O'Brien 1 ; Michael Elko 1 ; DJ Pacheco 1 ; Cole Palmeri 1
RBI: Aaron Whitley 2 ; Jordan Jaffe 2 ; Phil Bernstein 2 ; Jack Arcamone 1 ; Brady O'Brien 2 ; Michael Elko 1 ; DJ Pacheco 1 ; Cole Palmeri 2 ; Connor Larson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Aaron Whitley 2 ; Jordan Jaffe 1 ; Jack Arcamone 1 ; Brady O'Brien 2 ; Michael Elko 1 ; DJ Pacheco 3 ; Cole Palmeri 4
SB: Aaron Whitley 1 ; Michael Elko 1
HBP: Aaron Whitley 1 ; Connor Larson 1