Joliet, Ill. – Saint Xavier University junior right-hander Scott Vachon (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) earned a spot on the first team of the 2013 All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Baseball Team when the honors were announced by the conference office Monday morning.  Vachon went a perfect 7-0 on the mound for the Cougars this season and turned in a career-low 3.19 earned run average (ERA) and team-leading 51 strikeouts over 62.0 innings of work.  He finished the 2013 campaign tied for sixth overall in the conference in wins (7) and 10^th overall in strikeouts (51).  It is the first time in his SXU career he has earned all-conference recognition.  

Joliet, Ill. – Needing a doubleheader sweep Saturday to keep its postseason hopes alive, the Saint Xavier University baseball team did just that taking a pair from Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) rival University of St. Francis (Ill.) at Silver Cross Field in Joliet, Ill. The Cougars (23-18 overall/18-12 CCAC) got a huge pitching performance from junior right-hander Scott Vachon (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) in game one en route to a 4-1 victory, his seventh of the year at 7-0, and then scored a run in the top of the ninth of game two to complete the sweep with a 6-5 win. With Olivet Nazarene's sweep of Trinity Christian College Saturday, SXU still has a chance of qualifying for the six-team CCAC Baseball Tournament next week. TCC heads to Whiting, Ind., on Monday, April 29, for a make-up game against Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) and needs a win to take the final playoff berth or the Cougars get in.

CHICAGO – A two-run homer to left field by senior designated hitter Mike Pokers (Lansing, Ill./Andrean) in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Saint Xavier University baseball team score three late runs in the second game of a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) doubleheader with Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) and capture a 8-6 victory Wednesday afternoon at Richard R. Ferrell Memorial Field in Chicago.  The Cougars dropped the first game by a score of 8-5 and desperately needed a win in the late game to keep its postseason hopes alive as one of the six teams competing for a spot in next week's CCAC Tournament.  SXU also got a RBI single from sophomore third baseman Bryan Villanova (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) in the seventh inning to spark the late three-run surge.  With the split, Saint Xavier sits at 21-17 overall and 16-11 in conference play.