
Six-Run Inning Propels Bulldogs to Victory
2/17/2025 7:56:00 PM | Baseball
Score: The Citadel 10, UIC 4
Records: The Citadel (2-2), UIC (1-3)
Location: Joe Riley Park (Charleston, South Carolina)
How It Happened
- UIC scored two early runs in the first inning with a ground-out RBI and a single to left field to put the Flames up 2-0.
- The Citadel scored their first run of the game in the fourth inning from a Travis Elliott RBI single through the right side, scoring Garrett Dill to make it 2-1.
- UIC increased their lead to three runs at 4-1 when they scored on a wild pitch and a fielding error committed by the Bulldogs.
- The Bulldogs' late-game heroics came in the sixth when Matthew Lively recorded a bases-clearing RBI triple that scored Phillips Daniels and Elliott to erase the deficit to just one at 4-3.
- The game was tied at 4-4 when Lively scored on a wild pitch; following that, Thomas Rollauer hit a double down the right field line, scoring Cole Canty to give the Bulldogs their first lead at 5-4.
- TJ Anderson kept things rolling for The Citadel as he recorded an RBI groundout, scoring Aryan Patel to go up by two at 6-4.
- Dill roped one up the middle that would score Rollauer to put the Bulldogs up at 7-4.
- Lively continued the hot bats as he would single in the seventh to score Elliott to make it a four-run game.
- The Bulldogs executed a double steal where Patel stole second and Lively stole home to increase the lead to 9-4.
- The Citadel added their tenth run of the game from a fielding error committed by the UIC, which would put the Bulldogs up 10-4.
Inside the Box Score
- The Citadel scored ten runs on 12 hits against UIC.
- Five different Bulldogs recorded an RBI.
- Travis Elliott led the Bulldogs with three hits, going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
- Matthew Lively played a vital role in the Bulldogs' late-game success as he recorded two hits, one of which was a bases-clearing RBI triple and a single up the middle.
- The Citadel pitching staff had an impressive performance, only giving up three earned runs on the day.
- Maddox Webb (1-0) picked up the win from the bullpen after throwing 3.0 innings with two hits and zero earned.
- Zak Gould (0-1) suffered the loss for UIC by giving up four runs on three hits.
MATTY ICE DOES IT AGAIN 🧊‼️
— The Citadel Baseball (@CitadelBaseball) February 17, 2025
Two run TRIPLE and scores from third to tie the game 🤩🔥#jOURney pic.twitter.com/DXz25gjmgI
Up Next
The Citadel hosts Maine for a three-game series on Feb. 21-23 inside Joe Riley Park.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Webb, Maddox (1-0)
L: Gould, Zak (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Thompson-Allen, Terr 1
RBI: Flanigan, Will 1 ; Snyder, Jack 1
SH: Butler, DJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nowak, Luke 1 ; Bessette, Jackson 1 ; Flanigan, Will 1 ; Snyder, Jack 1
CS: Butler, DJ 1
HBP: Bessette, Jackson 1 ; Colon, Vidal 1

Batting:
2B: Rollauer, Thomas 1 ; Elliott, Travis 1
3B: Lively, Matthew 1
RBI: Rollauer, Thomas 1 ; Anderson, TJ 1 ; Dill, Garrett 1 ; Elliott, Travis 1 ; Lively, Matthew 3
SH: Daniels, Phillips 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rollauer, Thomas 1 ; Dill, Garrett 1 ; Elliott, Travis 2 ; Daniels, Phillips 1 ; Lively, Matthew 2 ; Canty, Cole 1 ; Patel, Aryan 2
SB: Anderson, TJ 1 ; Lively, Matthew 2 ; Patel, Aryan 2
HBP: Dill, Garrett 1






























