After a 1-9 start to the season, the Washington Huskies have officially made it back to .500 on the season following a 6-0 win over the Valparaiso Beacons on Friday night.

Shortstop Sam DeCarlo put coach Eddie Smith’s team ahead early with a run-scoring single as part of a 2-for-5 day where he also scored a run, before catcher Ethan Swidler added an RBI double in the second inning as the Huskies poured on 10 hits in the contest.

The Huskies took advantage of 5 Valparaiso errors on the day to score a trio of unearned runs in the fifth inning, before left fielder Jackson Hotchkiss added a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, giving starter Noah Kenney plenty of breathing room on a dominant day.

Have a day, Noah 👏

7.0 IP, 4H, 0R, 2 BB, 1️⃣4️⃣ Ks pic.twitter.com/zbw2xXNdbj

— Washington Baseball (@UW_Baseball) April 4, 2026

The junior had no trouble with the Beacons, surrendering just 4 hits and 2 walks over 7 innings of work to go along with a career-high 14 strikeouts as he improved to 3-3 with the win and didn’t find himself in any trouble throughout the night. He gave way to Gunnar Nichols, who was perfect through the last 2 innings with a trio of strikeouts, giving the UW pitching staff 17 punchouts in the contest.

Connor Lockwood took the loss for the Beacons and dropped to 3-4 on the year after getting through 5 innings and letting up 5 runs (1 earned) on 7 hits with a walk and 4 strikeouts.

With the win, the Huskies improved to 15-15 on the season, and they’ll return to the diamond on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. PT in search of a sweep of the Beacons.

This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Kenney K’s 14 in Washington Huskies’ 6-0 win over Valparaiso