4/1/25
 
ROCHESTER, NY – Lackawanna College baseball saw its ten-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday afternoon, as the Falcons split the doubleheader at Monroe CC, winning game one 12-1 in five innings, then losing game two 10-3 at the Tribunes Baseball Field in western New York.
 
Lackawanna College (17-11) had two very different games, plating 12 runs on 12 hits in game one, while getting great combined pitching. In game two, the Falcons had only four hits, while the pitching staff gave up ten runs on eleven hits, with six walks and four hit batters.
 
Jake Kelleher (Exeter, PA) had five combined hits in two games, scoring two runs and driving in two RBIs, while Brooks Henderson IV (Feasterville, PA) had four combined hits and three RBIs on the day. John Hughes (Hamilton, NJ) had two hits in game one, one that was a two-run homer, and he had three RBIs, while Louis Kegerreis (Murrysville, PA) was 2-for-3 with three runs, all in game one.
 
In game one, Hughes hit a two-run homer with two outs in the first to get things started positively for the Falcons, then Jay Creighton (Somers, NY) took the mound, pitching around a two-out walk to keep the Tribunes off the board.
 
After the Falcons stranded a pair of runners in the second, Creighton came out and struck out the side in the bottom half, firing up the Falcons for what was a big inning in the top of the third. A one-out single from Hughes scored a run, then Henderson followed with his own RBI single to make it 4-0, Falcons. Lackawanna traded a ground out for a run to get to five, then an RBI single from Jordan Czerniak (Levittown, PA) made it 6-0, Falcons. Later, with the bases loaded, Kelleher singled to right to score a pair of runners, pushing the Lackawanna lead out to 8-0 heading into the bottom of the third.
 
Creighton stranded a pair of runners in the bottom half, getting some help from a runner caught stealing and a strikeout to end the inning. The Falcons then added two more in the fourth, getting a passed ball and a sac fly to make it a 10-0 lead.
 
Landon Brandt (Wapakoneta, OH) came on in the fourth, pitching around a hit and a walk to leave two runners on, and the Falcons scored again in the fifth when Kegerreis hit an RBI ground-rule double, then Henderson singled home another run to make it 12-0, Falcons.
 
In the bottom half, Geoffrey Moore took the mound, giving up the only run on a two-out RBI single, but getting a strikeout to end the game early via run rule.
 
Lackawanna led early in game two thanks to a Kenny Hirschfeld (New Hyde Park, NY) single to center in the second inning, but the hits were few and far between for the Falcons from there.
 
Monroe took the lead in the bottom half, hitting a two-run homer off starter Brant Barilaro (Monaca, PA). Lackawanna stranded a pair in the top of the third, and the Tribunes added two more when reliever Cole Long (Burnettsville, IN) came into the contest. Long walked three batters in the inning and let runs come home on a wild pitch and a single to make it 4-1, Monroe. Antonio Digrigoli (Brooklyn, NY) made a rare pitching appearance and got two straight outs to get the Falcons out of the third.
 
An error and a walk put two on for the Falcons in the top half, and Kelleher singled to left with one out to load the bases. A Henderson sac fly made it 4-2, and an error on a throw to third allowed another run to cross, cutting the deficit to 4-3. A walk put runners on the corners, but a ground out to the pitcher stranded those runners and kept Monroe ahead by a run.
 
Jack Hansen (Holden, MA) kept Monroe off the board in the bottom half, helped by a 6-4-3 double play, but the Falcons were quiet in the top of the fifth. Things unraveled for Hansen and the Falcons in the bottom half, as the Tribunes scored five runs, all with two outs, to break things open at 9-3. Highlights include a one-run double, then a two-run error, then a wild pitch and an RBI single.
 
Kelleher doubled with two down in the sixth, and Henderson walked to put two on, but a fly out stranded the pair. Monroe CC added another run, this coming on a wild pitch, in the bottom of the sixth.
 
The Falcons were retired in order in the top of the seventh to close out the game and the doubleheader.
 
The loss snaps a ten-game unbeaten run by the Falcons. Lackawanna will get back to Region XIX DII play on Friday, April 4^th, with a doubleheader against Sussex County CC. First pitch of game one is at 2:00pm ET at the University of Scranton's Volpe Field in south Scranton.