It was a mixed bag week of results for the John Carroll baseball team during their week in Florida. 

Blow out wins, close losses, sluggish bats and terrific pitching efforts were all part of the eight-game story line for the Blue Streaks. But at the end of the trip, thanks to a win in its final contest, John Carroll was able to leave the Sunshine State on a high note and a 5-3 record.

Box Scores:  vs. North Carolina Wesleyan (Mar. 3)

Box Scores:  vs. Cedarville (Mar. 4)  /  vs. Cedarville (Mar. 5)  /  vs. Capital (Mar. 5)

Box Scores:  vs. Juniata (Mar. 6 - Game 1)  /  vs. Juniata (Mar. 6 - Game 2)

JCU began the week with a blow out win over John Jay (23-0) on Sunday and then a close victory against North Carolina Wesleyan (4-3) on Monday. 

After rains wiped out Tuesday's schedule, the Blue Streaks would play their final six games over a four-day stretch. A rematch with North Carolina Wesleyan kicked off play Wednesday morning and produced yet another tight affair.
 
Most of the scoring took place early as the two teams combined for ten runs over the first five innings. reliever John Moonan (Rochester, NY, McQuaid Jesuit) gave up a base hit to the first batter he faced in the fifth, and then retired 13 in a row. that allowed JCU's run in the sixth -- scored by Ryan Konsler (Lake Forest, Lake Forest) on an RBI double by Mike Carbo (Coral Springs, FL, J.P. Taravella) -- to stand up for a 6-5 win.

JCU then played Cedarville, an NAIA school from Ohio -- on back-to-back days. The first game was a heartbreaking 10-9 loss Thursday night in which JCU rallied from 9-7 down in the top of the ninth only to have Cedarville's Mike Davenport hit a two-out solo home run to seal the victory.

The Blue Streaks also lost to Cedarville on Friday morning by an 8-5 score.

In a wild affair against Ohio Athletic Conference rival Capital, John Carroll fell behind 9-0 in the first inning but rallied for a 15-14 win on Friday afternoon. While reliver Joe Bossard (Sagamore Hills, OH, Trinity) did his best to keep JCU in the game, John Carroll would need all 11 of the runs it scored in the final two innings to pull out the win. Brian Benander (Richmond Heights, OH, Cleveland St. Ignatius), Tom Hickey (Orland Park, IL, Brother Rice), Connor Marrero (Hinsdale, Hinsdale Central) and Jonathan Hill (Fairlawn, OH, Copley) combined to drive in the six runs in the eighth and Michael Konya (Twinsburg, OH, St. Ignatius) earned the save in the ninth.

The Blue Streaks concluded the trip with a split against Juniata. After falling 8-1 in the opener, JCU rallied to take the nightcap, 4-1. Moonan picked up his second win of the week and Konsler had two hits and scored two runs.

JCU batted .333 as a team for the week, with Tim O'Brien leading the way with his .467 average (12-28, seven runs)