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Nathan Tondreault, 3-10-26
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Winner Messiah MES 3-6
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Salisbury SAL 8-3
Winner
Messiah MES
3-6
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Final
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Salisbury SAL
8-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Messiah MES 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 8 12 0
Salisbury SAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 10 0

W: Zachary Harris (1-1) L: Villa, Tyler (1-1) S: Devin Aponte (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Will DeBoer

Late rally falls short for No. 2 Baseball against Messiah

SALISBURY, Md. – Down 8-3 in the ninth inning, the second-ranked Salisbury University baseball team scored four runs but couldn't push the tying marker across the plate in a narrow 8-7 loss to the Messiah Falcons on Tuesday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
 
The Sea Gulls put a run across early as Nathan Tondreault led off the first inning with a double and scored on a Jackson Inman RBI single. The Falcons countered in the third, loading the bases with one out and seeing the tying run come home on a base knock by Drew Hurst.
 
In the fourth, Messiah put men on the corners with one out, setting up Matt Luchovik to tag a three-run homer to right and give the Falcons a 4-1 cushion. Then in the seventh Isaiah Parido led off with a solo shot to right center, and with men on second and third later in the frame Carter Reid dunked a run-scoring knock into right to make it 6-1.
 
Mike Delgaudio provided SU a spark in the home seventh with a solo dinger to get it to 6-2. Then in the eighth after the Falcons tacked on two more, Tondreault tripled and Ethan Ruiz singled him home to keep the Sea Gulls in it, 8-3.
 
Max Ehrhardt singled to lead off the ninth, then after a fielder's choice and Charlie Hartman knock, Jay Newton belted a pinch-hit ground-rule double to plate a run. Tondreault followed with his own two-sacker to chase home two more and get it to 8-6, and a walk and a hit batsman loaded the bases to put the tying and winning runs on base. Delgaudio worked a walk to force in a run, bringing up Dawson Daniels, who hit a sharp grounder to third. Hurst saved the day for Messiah, though, smothering the hot shot, touching third, and firing across the diamond for the game-ending double play.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Nathan Tondreault locked in from the leadoff slot, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles, two RBIs, and three runs scored.
  • Mike Delgaudio cracked his first collegiate home run as part of a 1-for-2 day that included two walks and two rib-eyes.
  • Jackson Inman finished 1-for-4 with one run driven in, extending his RBI streak to five games.
  • Jay Newton contributed a pinch-hit RBI double in the ninth.
  • Tyler Villa (1-1) was saddled with the loss after surrendering three runs on six hits over 3.1 innings.
 
The Sea Gulls will now shift attention to a three-day, three-game homestand over the weekend, starting with a tilt against Centenary (N.J.) on Saturday. First pitch from Donnie Williams Stadium is set for 11 a.m.
 
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 207 conference championships, and have produced 54 Academic All-Americans.

To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
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