No. 18 Troy Clinches Series With 4-3 Win Over Old Dominion

Saturday, April 5

Norfolk, Va.

2 p.m.

Troy University

24-8, 8-3

Old Dominion

8-20, 4-7

Troy

Old Dominion

No. 18 Troy Clinches Series With 4-3 Win Over Old Dominion

4/5/2025 6:57:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

NORFOLK, Va. - A dominant performance on the mound from Noah Edders helped No. 18 Troy clinch the series over Old Dominion in a 4-3 win at Harbor Park.

Edders pitched five no-hit innings to start the ballgame, and finished the day with eight strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work, which was one shy of his season high. The junior right-hander held the Monarchs to three hits in total, allowing just two earned runs.

The Woodridge, Ill., native retired the first eleven batters he faced, and got some help from the errorless Troy defense. Shortstop Jakob Wax barehanded a ball that hopped off the second base bag, making it look like a routine play in the fourth inning, while second baseman Sean Darnell made a tremendous back-handed play in the fifth.

Troy got on the board early against Old Dominion lefty Dylan Brown, who entered the weekend as the Sun Belt strikeout leader with 54 punchouts on the season. The Trojans pegged Brown for three runs in 5.0 innings, striking out just four times as Brooks Bryan delivered an RBI single in the first inning while Jimmy Janicki launched a two-run homer out of the ballpark in left field in the fifth.

Darnell expanded Troy's lead to 4-2 with an RBI single in the seventh inning, and the Troy bullpen shut things down in the final 2.2 innings. Grayson Stewart got the Trojans out of the seventh with the 4-2 lead. When Stewart left after a leadoff double in the eighth, Jay Dill picked up him by allowing just one across to hold a 4-3 lead before sitting the Monarchs down 1-2-3 in the ninth, picking up his fifth save of the season.

Game 3 between No. 18 Troy (24-8, 8-3 Sun Belt) and Old Dominion (8-20, 4-7 Sun Belt) is slated for 12 p.m. CT. Senior righty Adam Falinski will get the start for the Trojans, while the senior lefty Blake Morgan will take the mound for the Monarchs.

Quick Hitters

Troy has won each of its first eight weekend series for the first time since 2011.
Troy is 7-3 in games decided by one run.
Troy struck out four times against ODU starter Dylan Brown, who entered the weekend as the Sun Belt leader with 54 strikeouts. It was the fewest strikeouts Brown has recorded this season.
Troy used the same starting lineup in back-to-back games for the first time since March 5 at Alabama and March 7 at USC Upstate.
Steven Meier extended his on-base streak to 38 games dating back to last season, drawing an HBP.
Meier's HBP was his his 17th of the season, which is tied for the fourth-most in a single season in Troy history.
Blake Cavill extended his on-base streak to 37 games dating back to last season, going 1-for-4 with a walk.
Harrison Bowman extended his on-base streak to 11 games, going 1-for-5.
Brooks Bryan went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. His RBI was his 44th of the season, which leads the Sun Belt Conference.
Bryan extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to five games.'
Sean Darnell recorded his 11th multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-4 with an HBP and an RBI.
Freshman Jimmy Janicki crushed a two-run home run in the fifth inning, his second of the season.
Janicki recorded his fourth multi-RBI game of the season with two RBIs.
Gavin Schrader extended his on-base streak to seven games, drawing an HBP.
Noah Edders struck out eight Old Dominion hitters, which is one shy of his season high.
Edders held ODU to just three hits in 6.1 innings. It was his third start this season holding the opponent to three or fewer hits.
Jay Dill recorded his fifth save of the season.

Quotables

Head coach Skylar Meade on Noah Edders…

"I thought is presence was off the charts, and his stuff coincided with it."

On the bullpen…

"No walks by the bullpen. I think that's a huge statistic. You've got to make them earn what they get."

Noah Edders on his performance…

"I just had a good mindset. I was going in there trying to get the leadoff hitters out. Just trying to get three outs every inning. I had a good slider to