Villanova Career: Durable right-handed pitcher who has worked mainly in relief and continues to grow at the collegiate level… Has made 26 appearances with five starts on the mound throughout his collegiate career … Owns a 3-5 record with a 7.81 ERA spanning 56.2 innings … Has issued 67 hits, 46 walks allowing a .296 batting average against him… Has given up 65 runs (51 earned) , seven doubles, four triples, six home runs to 271 batters faced.
2023: Appeared in 15 games with 4 starts… Went 1-2 with an ERA of 7.84 across 20.2 innings… Gave up 25 hits while striking out 11, held opponents to .301 batting average against him…Yielded 24 runs (18 earned) while issuing 16 walks, 4 wild pitches, and hit two batters by pitch… Allowed two home runs, two triples, and five doubles to 83 batters faced…He had two putouts, four assists, and a fielding percentage of .857.
2022: Appeared in 18 games out of the bullpen… Went 1-2 with an ERA of 10.07 across 22.1 innings… Gave up 36 hits while striking out 14, held opponents to a .360 batting average against him… Yielded 33 runs (25 earned) while issuing 20 walks, 10 wild pitches, hit five batter by pitch, one balk, three sacrifice bunts, and one sacrifice fly… Allowed two homerun, six doubles, and two triples to 129 batters faced…He had two putouts, four assists, one error, and a fielding percentage of .857… He had a season high of three strikeouts over 2.0 innings allowing two hits and walking one in the 6-5 win over Delaware… Had a season high of 2.1 innings pitched against Lafayette on March 8.
2021: Made five appearances out of the bullpen and worked 4 2/3 innings on the year … Had an 0-1 record while allowing four hits and eight runs (six earned) … Walked five and struck out two … Allowed only one extra-base hit to 26 batters faced … Worked a season-high two innings in his first outing of the year at Creighton on April 11 … Pitched a scoreless inning at St. John’s on the final day of the regular season.
2020: Pitched in three games with one start prior to the season being halted … Went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA … Logged nine innings pitched and gave up just two hits while holding opposing batters to going 2-for-25 against him … Charged with two earned runs while walking five and striking out five … Made his collegiate debut against Arizona State during the opening weekend of the season and pitched four innings of hitless relief … Walked two and struck out four while giving up an earned run … Started against Purdue and allowed an earned run on two hits over four innings of work … Pitched a hitless inning of relief against Bucknell to notch his first collegiate victory in a 6-4 decision.
St. Augustine Prep: Earned four varsity letters in both baseball and basketball … Pitched and played the outfield on the baseball team, and was a shooting guard on the basketball team … Earned second team all-state honors as a junior and was a first team All-South Jersey selection his sophomore and junior seasons … Helped his team win four straight South Jersey championships and a Non-Public A state title his junior year.
Personal: Born 8/29/2000 in Ocean City, N.J. … Youngest of four children of Harry and Dawn Vanderslice … Has two older sisters, Taylor and Devon, and an older brother, Disston … Nephew of Stephanie Vanderslice (Gaitley) who played basketball at Villanova from 1979-83 and is a member of the Villanova University Varsity Club Hall of Fame … Enjoys playing basketball, going to the beach and spending time with family in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova for the opportunity to play baseball in the BIG EAST and get a great education while staying close to home … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and has yet to declare a major.
