GRANVILLE, Ohio (May 9, 2022) – The No. 20 Denison University baseball team closed out the regular season by reaching the 30-win mark for the third time in the last four full seasons while also earning a win in 19 of its last 20 games as the Big Red defeated Otterbein University 10-0 at home on Monday night.

In what was the first matchup between the Big Red and the Cardinals since Denison's 2020 home opener, it did not take the Big Red long to get going offensively as a pair of two RBI-hits in the first inning by Danny Alvarez and Noah Leib made it 4-0.

Denison then added runs on sacrifice flies in the second, fourth and fifth innings to go ahead 7-0.

After leading off the bottom off the first inning with a single and then stealing second base, freshman Eric Colaco would lead of the bottom off the sixth with a walk before stealing both second and third base to break Denison's single-season record for stolen bases with 28.

Then with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, three straight two-out RBI-doubles by Alvarez, Jake Welsch and Daniel Spencer made it 10-0.

Taylor Perrett, George Viebrock (2-0) and Henry Haack combined to limit the Cardinals to four hits with no walks through all seven innings.

Offensive for Denison, Alvarez finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI's while Colaco was 2-for-2 with three runs scored and his record-breaking three stolen bases.

In all, the Big Red finished with five doubles and six stolen bases in the game.

Denison's first game of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament in Chillicothe, Ohio, will be at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, against DePauw University, as the Big Red begin their quest to earn the NCAC's automatic bid to the national tournament for the third time in a row.