PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – The Villanova University baseball team will close its 2025 season with a three-game series against Seton Hall this weekend (May 15-17) at Villanova Ballpark.
QUICK HITTERS
- Saturday's game will be the 200th all-time matchup between two of the oldest programs in college baseball. Seton Hall leads the series, 116-81.
- Villanova's senior day ceremony will be held before Saturday's game. Four seniors and seven graduate students will be recognized.
- Shortstop Michael Whooley has an active 27-game on-base streak, the program's longest since Jeremy Hunt in 2006.
- Whooley and second baseman Brayden Leonard are the only Wild[1]cats to start and play in all 47 games.
- Catcher Jason Neff leads Villanova with 15 home runs and 62 RBI. He's tied for fifth in homers and tied for eighth in RBI on the Wildcats' single-season all-time leaderboard.
- Alec Sachais' six saves are the most in a season by a VU pitcher since 2021.
SENIOR STUDS
The 2025 senior class will be honored in its final home game at Villanova Ballpark before the series finale on Saturday. Four seniors (
Connor Hale,
Marcus LaBuda,
Shane Solari and
Josue Valdez) and seven graduate students (
Luke McCollough,
Jake McElroy,
Jason Neff,
Bobby Olsen,
Alec Sachais,
Tyler Shaw and
Stephen Turzai) will be recognized. Together, the class accumulated eight BIG EAST Weekly Honors, including four positional player of the week awards (3x Pitcher, 1x Player). Additionally, the class has been incredible in the classroom, earning a combined 13 BIG EAST All-Academic Team selections and 22 mentions on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll. The seven position players in the class made 377 starts in 484 games, while the five pitchers made 162 appearances with 359 innings pitched.
COOL HAND LUKE
Starting pitcher
Luke McCollough has been a consistent force in the rotation for the Wildcats over the last several weeks. Last Saturday (May 10) at St. John's, McCollough threw seven strong innings to earn the win. The righty retired 10 straight Johnnies throughout the middle innings to lift Villanova to a 7-5 victory. McCollough has gone at least 6 1/3 innings and given up three earned runs or fewer in each of his last three starts. He has tallied 15 strikeouts and just six walks over that span.
SETON HALL AT A GLANCE
The Pirates enter the weekend at 22-29, with an 8-10 record in the BIG EAST. Last weekend, Seton Hall took two of three games against Georgetown. Outfielder Aidan Robbins leads the conference in batting average (.411).
Thursday's series opener will begin at 3 p.m. ET. All three games of the series will be streamed live on FloSports.
