Tuesday, May 20
Tysons, VA
11 a.m.
Davidson College
vs
(No. 5) Saint Joseph's
Photo by: Tim Cowie/DavidsonPhotos.com
'Cats Open A-10 Tourney Play Tuesday
5/19/2025 8:15:00 PM | Baseball
In the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament for the eighth time, the Davidson baseball team opens play in the seven-team, double-elimination event Tuesday when the fourth-seeded Wildcats face No. 5 Saint Joseph's.
First pitch is set for 11 a.m. at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. The tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+.
Davidson enters 25-27 overall and 18-12 in the A-10 after closing the regular season with a 2-1 series win at Richmond.
The Wildcats are seeking their second A-10 tournament championship after most recently winning the 2022 regular season title.
A-10 TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The Wildcats' only A-10 tournament crown came in 2017, when Davidson, seeded sixth, went 5-1 to win the event in St. Louis.
• That 2017 postseason run ultimately ended with an NCAA Chapel Hill Regional championship and a trip to the College Station Super Regionals.
• The Wildcats are 16-13 all-time in the A-10 Tournament and have won at least a game in each postseason.
• Davidson is 7-8 this year against the A-10 Tournament field, including 3-0 against Fordham and 1-2 against Dayton, George Mason, Saint Joseph's and Saint Louis.
• The Wildcats did not play top-seeded Rhode Island during the 10-series regular season.
LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• The Wildcats have relied on their offensive firepower and lead the A-10 with 97 home runs (11th nationally) and a .535 slugging percentage (13th).
• The home run total is a program record, topping the 92-homer mark set in 2023. Eli Putnam (18), Cider Canon (17) and Michael O'Shaughnessy (16) have combined for 51 round-trippers.
• Canon (RF) ranks second in the A-10 with a 1.237 OPS and a .769 slugging percentage and leads the Wildcats with a .382 average.
• O'Shaughnessy (3B) ranks fourth in the A-10 with a school-record 66 RBIs. He's hitting .374 with a 1.182 OPS and a team-best 18 doubles. In conference play, he's batting a team-best .412.
• Putnam (2B) is tied for second in the league in home runs and is hitting .344 with a 1.071 OPS. He's the team leader with 12 stolen bases.
• On the mound, Davidson is second in the A-10 with 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Left-hander Matt Weber has five saves, second-most in the league. He is coming off the best performance of his career, a six-inning, no-hit outing at Richmond last Thursday. He faced the minimum of 18 batters, held the Spiders scoreless and struck out three.
NUMBERS, ETC.
• The Wildcats set a single-game program record for home runs (9) in an April game at Saint Joseph's. It bested the previous mark of eight the Wildcats set at Dayton in March.
• The nine-homer game ranks third in the nation this year, only behind the performances of High Point (11 against Radford) and BYU (10 against CSUN).
• Canon led the way that day and matched two school records by hitting four home runs and compiling 18 total bases. Both equaled the single-game marks of Gus Quattlebaum, who hit four homers and singled twice in a 1997 game at VCU. Canon added a double to finish 5-for-5 with eight RBIs.
• Canon is one of four players in the nation who have hit four homers in a game this year.
• O'Shaughnessy had a three-homer, nine-RBI game at Dayton on March 29.
• O'Shaughnessy also had a 23-game hit streak that ended in late April, one game shy of matching the school record set by Jazz Freitas in 1994.
• Catcher Noah Jouras is currently on a 28-game reached-base streak.
• Designated hitter Anthony Torreso had a 27-game reached-base streak that ended in early May.
• Right-hander Wilson Perkins had an eight-inning, 15-strikeout, two-hit performance against Saint Louis.
First pitch is set for 11 a.m. at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. The tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+.
Davidson enters 25-27 overall and 18-12 in the A-10 after closing the regular season with a 2-1 series win at Richmond.
The Wildcats are seeking their second A-10 tournament championship after most recently winning the 2022 regular season title.
A-10 TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The Wildcats' only A-10 tournament crown came in 2017, when Davidson, seeded sixth, went 5-1 to win the event in St. Louis.
• That 2017 postseason run ultimately ended with an NCAA Chapel Hill Regional championship and a trip to the College Station Super Regionals.
• The Wildcats are 16-13 all-time in the A-10 Tournament and have won at least a game in each postseason.
• Davidson is 7-8 this year against the A-10 Tournament field, including 3-0 against Fordham and 1-2 against Dayton, George Mason, Saint Joseph's and Saint Louis.
• The Wildcats did not play top-seeded Rhode Island during the 10-series regular season.
LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• The Wildcats have relied on their offensive firepower and lead the A-10 with 97 home runs (11th nationally) and a .535 slugging percentage (13th).
• The home run total is a program record, topping the 92-homer mark set in 2023. Eli Putnam (18), Cider Canon (17) and Michael O'Shaughnessy (16) have combined for 51 round-trippers.
• Canon (RF) ranks second in the A-10 with a 1.237 OPS and a .769 slugging percentage and leads the Wildcats with a .382 average.
• O'Shaughnessy (3B) ranks fourth in the A-10 with a school-record 66 RBIs. He's hitting .374 with a 1.182 OPS and a team-best 18 doubles. In conference play, he's batting a team-best .412.
• Putnam (2B) is tied for second in the league in home runs and is hitting .344 with a 1.071 OPS. He's the team leader with 12 stolen bases.
• On the mound, Davidson is second in the A-10 with 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Left-hander Matt Weber has five saves, second-most in the league. He is coming off the best performance of his career, a six-inning, no-hit outing at Richmond last Thursday. He faced the minimum of 18 batters, held the Spiders scoreless and struck out three.
NUMBERS, ETC.
• The Wildcats set a single-game program record for home runs (9) in an April game at Saint Joseph's. It bested the previous mark of eight the Wildcats set at Dayton in March.
• The nine-homer game ranks third in the nation this year, only behind the performances of High Point (11 against Radford) and BYU (10 against CSUN).
• Canon led the way that day and matched two school records by hitting four home runs and compiling 18 total bases. Both equaled the single-game marks of Gus Quattlebaum, who hit four homers and singled twice in a 1997 game at VCU. Canon added a double to finish 5-for-5 with eight RBIs.
• Canon is one of four players in the nation who have hit four homers in a game this year.
• O'Shaughnessy had a three-homer, nine-RBI game at Dayton on March 29.
• O'Shaughnessy also had a 23-game hit streak that ended in late April, one game shy of matching the school record set by Jazz Freitas in 1994.
• Catcher Noah Jouras is currently on a 28-game reached-base streak.
• Designated hitter Anthony Torreso had a 27-game reached-base streak that ended in early May.
• Right-hander Wilson Perkins had an eight-inning, 15-strikeout, two-hit performance against Saint Louis.
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