SYRACUSE, N.Y. (May 1, 2026) – The Stonehill College baseball team fell to NEC rival Le Moyne College, 5-4, Friday afternoon at Dick Rockwell Field. With the result, the Skyhawks dropped to 18-22 overall and 14-8 in conference play, while the Dolphins improved to 15-22 overall and 15-10 in league action.
Highlights
- Junior Cam Morrison led the Skyhawks at the plate, reaching base in all four plate appearances to post a perfect 1.000 on-base percentage (3-for-3, walk) with a run scored.
- Junior Jamison Howland recorded his team-leading 16th multi-hit game of the season, while junior John Bureau and senior Michael Rickert added two hits each—marking their third and 10th multi-hit games, respectively.
- Junior Nathan Kearney drove in a team-high two runs to pace the offense.
- Junior Ryan LeClair extended his team-best on-base streak to 35 games, finishing 1-for-4 with two runs scored.
- Senior Jimmy Gilleran made the start, allowing one earned run over 5.0 innings while striking out three.
- Sophomore Jack Welsch delivered 3.0 innings of scoreless, two-hit relief.
How It Happened
Le Moyne struck first in the second inning, stringing together three consecutive RBI singles to take an early 3-0 lead over Stonehill. The Skyhawks responded in the third when] Kearney lifted a sacrifice fly to score Morrison and get Stonehill on the board.
Le Moyne added another run in the fourth on an RBI single, but Stonehill answered right back in the fifth. After LeClair and Rickert reached to open the inning, Kearney drove in a run on a groundout before Howland followed with an RBI single to trim the deficit to 4-3.
Both pitching staffs settled in from there, keeping it a one-run game into the late innings. The Skyhawks broke through in the ninth, as LeClair reached to start the inning and later scored on an RBI single from Bureau to tie the game at four.
However, Le Moyne delivered the final blow in the bottom half, using a walk-off RBI single to secure the 5-4 victory.
Up Next
Stonehill (18-22, 14-8 NEC) continues its three-game weekend series against Le Moyne in Syracuse, New York tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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