With Sunday's win, Louisville holds a 17-3 advantage in the all-time series with Villanova.
Louisville has a 17-4 record this season at Jim Patterson Stadium and is 172-65 (.725) all-time in the ballpark, which opened in April 2005.
With three runs in the first and two more in the second, Louisville is outscoring its opponents 54-5 in the first inning this season and 80-19 in the first two innings.
The Cardinals are 13-3 this season when scoring in the first inning.
The Cardinals improved to 20-0 this season when leading after the seventh inning.
As a team, the Cardinals are 51-of-61 on stolen bases this season, while their opponents are just 18-of-29.
Sunday marked the 19th time in 28 games this season Louisville has finished with 10 or more hits, while last season, they achieved that total just 16 times in 61 games.
In the four games this season, Louisville pitching allowed just four earned runs in 36.1 innings pitched for an ERA of just 0.99.
In the Cardinals' six BIG EAST games, they have an ERA of just 1.50 with 69 strikeouts in 54.0 innings pitched.
With his two stolen bases on Sunday, sophomore Ty Young is 9-for-9 on stolen bases this season.
Overall, Young leads the Cardinals in hitting this season at .413 and is third on the team with 19 RBI.
Junior Nick Ratajczak finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and reached base with two HBPs.
Ratajczak leads the team with 31 runs scored and in HBPs with 10 and is hitting .391 overall this season.
Along with his 2-for-4 performance at the plate, senior Stewart Ijames had two RBI for his team-leading 10th multiple RBI game of the season.
With his 2-for-4 outing on Sunday, sophomore Cole Sturgeon leads the Cardinals in hitting through the first six BIG EAST games with a .476 average (10-for-21). He also has seven RBI in conference action.
Overall, Sturgeon is hitting .348 this season with 16 RBI and 14 runs scored.
With his 0-for-3 day at the plate on Sunday, freshman Zach Lucas had his 12-game hitting streak halted.
Despite Sunday's outing, Lucas is hitting .392 this season with 15 RBI and extra base hits in 13 starts.
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