WASHINGTON – Freshman Jayce Thoroughman tossed seven innings of one-run ball and senior Nick Bisaccia homered twice as the Drew University baseball team recorded a 10-2 victory at Catholic University in Landmark Conference action Sunday afternoon.
 
With the win, the Rangers (8-4, 2-1 LC) came away with the series victory by capturing two of three games for the weekend. It is Drew's first series win over the Cardinals since the Rangers also won two of three at Catholic in 2018.
 
Thoroughman (2-0) was masterful in his Landmark Conference debut, blanking the Cardinals through seven innings. He exited after allowing a leadoff single in the eighth, but by that point, the Rangers had built a 10-0 lead. Thoroughman struck out a season-high eight and yielded only two hits.
 
Bisaccia finished with three runs and three RBIs while blasting his first two homers as a Ranger. He became the first Ranger to go deep twice in a game since Nate Miller C'24 versus Elizabethtown on April 27, 2024.
 
Freshman Matteo Gruendig went 2-for-4 day at the plate for Drew.
 
Matt Perlin finished 2-for-3 for Catholic (10-5, 1-2 LC), the defending Landmark Conference champion.
 
Drew set the tone early, scoring four in the top of the first. Bisaccia drew a leadoff walk before Gruendig and sophomore Zach Maxwell reached on back-to-back bunt singles. Freshman Nick Donofrio followed up with a two-run single up the middle, and a two-out error allowed two more runs to score.
 
Throughman faced his biggest challenge in the bottom of the inning. He issued three walks to load the bases, but he struck out the No. 6 hitter to escape.
 
It was smooth sailing the rest of the way for Thoroughman, who allowed just four base runners after the first inning. He no-hit the Cardinals through the opening 4 2/3 innings before the Cardinals received a two-out single from Perlin, the team's leadoff hitter, in the fifth.
 
Bisaccia blasted his first homer with two outs in the seventh, making it 5-0, before the Rangers erupted for a five-run eighth to break it open. Donofrio worked a leadoff walk and was bunted to second by sophomore Anthony Vallaro before scoring on a two-out single from freshman Anthony Tetto. Two batters later, junior Aiden Mitchell cracked a two-run double before Bisaccia provided an exclamation mark, launching his second homer as the Rangers' lead ballooned to 10-0.
 
Senior Brandon Kobryn pitched the final two innings for Drew and allowed one run on two hits while striking out two.
 
The Rangers play their home opener on Thursday, when they take on The City College of New York in a non-conference affair starting at 3:30 p.m.