Dan McDonnell improved to 13-4 in season openers during his time at Louisville as the Cards proved to be too much for Bucknell on opening day. In the first meeting between the two programs, Louisville overpowered the Bison by a final score of 7-1.
In between snowflakes throughout the afternoon, Ryan Hawks was dominant on the mound in his first Friday night start. Hawks twirled 6.1 strong innings of three hit baseball, striking out nine batters, allowing just one walk, and one run. He walked the first batter of the game and did not surrender another free pass for the duration of his outing.