LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Bellarmine University baseball team is set for four games in the city this week, although the Knights are on the road for one of them.

Bellarmine (1-18, 0-3 ASUN) will make the short trip to the University of Louisville (13-7) on Tuesday to face the Cardinals at 5 p.m. (ET) in Jim Patterson Stadium before hosting Jacksonville (7-12, 2-1) from Friday-Sunday (2:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and noon) in an Atlantic Sun Conference series.

Louisville dropped its first four games of 2024 but proceeded to win its next 10 and 13 of 14 before falling in the last two contests of a three-game ACC home series last weekend to Virginia Tech. The Cardinals are hitting .344 as a team and stolen 50 bases in 60 attempts.

Thirteen players with at least 29 at-bats are above .300 for Louisville. Lucas Moore is the chart-topper at .411 and Michael Lippe is at .390. Luke Napleton, a transfer from Bellarmine's former GLVC rival in Division II Quincy, had a three-homer game against Virginia Tech and leads U of L with six round-trippers. The team ERA is 5.02.

Louisville is the alma mater of Bellarmine head coach Chris Dominguez, who was a two-time All-American and two-time Big East Player of the Year (both coming in 2008 and 2009) with the Cardinals. Assistant coach Adam Elliott is another former Cardinal and was a cornerstone reliever for U of L, with his last season in 2021.

Jacksonville opened ASUN play by winning a series over Stetson at home. The Dolphins recovered from a 7-2 loss in the opener with victories of 8-6 and 5-2.

Jacksonville, which plays Tuesday at Florida, is paced by Preason All-ASUN selection Justin Nadeau, who had four three-hit performances in his first eight starts and is hitting .393. Josh Steidl's six homers and 23 RBI are team highs. Evan Chrest (1-3, 6.75 ERA) was the ASUN Preseason Pitcher of the Year after being the 2023 ASUN Freshman of the Year.

Bellarmine was swept last weekend at FGCU. Junior utility Casey Sorg hit .410 (16-of-39) over his last 10 games with five multi-hit outings, two homers, three doubles, a triple, eight RBI and nine runs scored.

Senior center fielder Will Aubel had a standout series against FGCU after hitting .545 (6-for-11) with a double, two RBI and two stolen bases. Senior right-hander Ryan Johnson has fired 5.1 scoreless innings of relief over his last two out­ings while allowing only one hit with seven strikeouts.

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