Box Score AMBLER, Pa. - The Husson University baseball team opened up the Glenside Regional in the NCAA Tournament on Friday morning as they battled with the host school and the fifth ranked team in the country, the Arcadia University Knights, as they fell 10-5.
Sophomore Jackson Curtis got the Eagles (24-16) on the board in the first inning as he wished the baseball a good morning and goodnight with his seventh homer of the season for a Husson, 1-0, lead.
The Knights would respond in the bottom of the first but the Eagles regained the lead with an RBI single from sophomore Austin Snow as he extended his RBI streak to five. Arcadia leveled the score at two in the second then scored three straight runs as they led 5-2 after five.
Husson would tie the game in the sixth as senior Ethan Stoddard singled then two errors allowed him to score and make it 5-3. Sophomore Akira Warren walked on four pitches to set up the green and gold with two on and two outs. The senior captain Tyler Parke stepped up and launched a double off the wall to bring home both runners and tie the game at five.
Five unanswered runs by the host put the game away as Arcadia won, 10-5.
The senior southpaw Cam Graham got the start on the mound as he went five-plus innings before senior Jake Gregoire and sophomore Alex Smith closed out the game.
It's a quick turnaround for the Eagles as they will take on Elizabethtown College tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. in an elimination game and a chance to play another game in the afternoon.