DUBOIS, Pa. – The No. 4-seeded United States Sports University baseball team made its first postseason appearance in program history Monday, falling 6-2 to the No. 5 seed, Penn State Du Bois in the opening round of the USCAA Small College World Series at Showers Field.
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Du Bois (31-6) struck first in the opening inning with a sacrifice fly to take a 1-0 lead.
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The Eagles (23-20) answered in the second.
Daniel Howell singled and later scored on an RBI single by
Kade Wall to tie the game at 1-1.
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The Nittany Lions regained the lead in the fourth on a two-run double by Braylen Corter before USSU responded in the bottom half.
Chase Jones singled,
Hayden Jones advanced him with a sacrifice bunt and
Alexander (Alex) Maguire brought home the run with an RBI groundout to trim the deficit to 3-2.
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Du Bois added a run in the fifth on an RBI single and scored twice more in the sixth to extend the lead to 6-2.
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Wall and Maguire each drove in a run while
Cory Parker added a double. Seven different Eagles tallied a hit.
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Morgan (Henry) Sauber (7-2) took the loss, allowing six runs on 12 hits over six innings.
Giovanny Perez tossed a perfect seventh inning in relief.
Notables
- USSU marked its first appearance in the USCAA Small College World Series in its first season of postseason eligibility.
- Wall recorded the first postseason RBI in program history.
- Sauber made the first postseason start in program history.
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Up Next
USSU falls to the elimination bracket and will play No. 10-seeded Central Penn on Tuesday at 10 a.m. (ET) at Showers Field.
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