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Paul Vossen running the bases
Paul Vossen had seven stolen bases Sunday, breaking the SBU record and finishing one off the national mark.
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Winner St. Bonaventure SBU 7-3
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UT Martin UTM 4-6
Winner
St. Bonaventure SBU
7-3
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Final
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UT Martin UTM
4-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 1 1 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 13 10 4
UT Martin UTM 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 9 4

W: Walker, Kade (1-0) L: THORNTON, Quincy (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Eddy, Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications

Vossen Swipes Stolen Base Record as Bonnies Race Past UT Martin

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Paul Vossen set a new program record for stolen bases in a game as the St. Bonaventure baseball team raced past UT Martin to complete a three-game round robin sweep at Middle Tennessee this weekend with a 13-6 victory over the Skyhawks Sunday night.

St. Bonaventure (7-3) scored a run in three of the opening four innings, but trailed 4-3 after the first four frames.

Bona turned the tide with a five-run fifth.

Vossen and Conner Vercollone registered run-scoring singles before Jayce Tharnish plated two more with a two-out hit to left. One batter later, Chris Hoalcraft brought in two runs with his two-bagger to center for an 8-4 advantage.

From there, the Bonnies played tack-on.

Vossen walked, then stole second and third and came home on a single through the right side by David Marshall Jr. in the seventh that also scored a second run as a Skyhawks error paved the way for Hoalcraft to come in with the lead moving to 10-4.

The Bonnies added two more in the seventh for a 12-4 cushion and held on late.

The Skyhawks (4-6) threatened in the eighth with a run home and the bases loaded before Luke Roggenburk closed the door in relief.

As a team, the Bonnies blistered the basepaths all night.

Vossen swiped an astounding seven bases – not only good for the St. Bonaventure single-game record, but also a total that stands just one off the NCAA Division I record of eight. He was perfect in his stolen base attempts, 7-for-7.

The Nevada native recorded the most stolen bases in a game by any Division I player since 2001 when Bobby Kingsbury of Fordham tied the national record set by King Lewis of Bethune-Cookman in 1994.

Bona's previous record of five stolen bases in a game stood since 1992 when Glenn Hamel set that mark in a game against Davis & Elkins.

It wasn't just Vossen making noise on the bases, though. SBU finished with an eye-popping 15 stolen bases. Tharnish swiped four while Mike Gunning had three and Hoalcraft one.

Tharnish again set the tone in the leadoff spot, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs, two runs and his four stolen bases. Vossen had two hits and scored four runs in addition to his record-setting night stealing bags.

Vercollone recorded two hits and two RBIs as well.

Chance Moore made his first start of the season and pitched well, working three innings while allowing only one earned run on two hits. Kade Walker followed and picked up the win with two innings. The senior southpaw did not allow an earned run.

Gabe Watts (2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K) and Roggenburk (1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K) finished up the win.

GAME NOTES
  • At 7-3, the Bonnies have their best 10-game start to a season since opening up the 2016 campaign 8-2.
  • The Bonnies swept the weekend of round robin competition hosted by MTSU. St. Bonaventure defeated Old Dominion on Friday night before beating host Middle Tennessee on Saturday.
  • Both Vossen and Tharnish had the most stolen bases by any Bonnies player in a single game since Jason Milleisen swiped four bags in a 1999 game at Canisius.
  • Vossen is now one of six players ever to go 7-for-7 or better in stolen base attempts in a Division I game.
  • Roggenburk now has 13 strikeouts against zero walks in his five appearances covering 14.0 innings this season.
  • As a team in Sunday's game, the Bonnies were one off their total for stolen bases for the entire 2023 season when they had 16 for the whole spring. Tharnish is now 13-for-13 in stolen base attempts to lead the squad while Vossen is 9-for-9.
UP NEXT
The Bonnies remain in the Volunteer State for four challenging games over Spring Break as they have two of the top programs in the country on deck. First up is a trip to Nashville as the Bonnies take on nationally-ranked Vanderbilt Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Central/5:30 p.m. Eastern on SEC Network+ before a weekend series at defending national champion Tennessee starting Friday night.
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