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Penn State Abington
BSB - Horvath
9
Winner Lancaster Bible LANCASTE 21-17
5
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 32-13
Winner
Lancaster Bible LANCASTE
21-17
9
Final
5
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.
32-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lancaster Bible LANCASTE 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 9 12 0
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 7 0

W: Trevor Bertsch (5-4) L: Benson, Nick (5-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Abington Falls to Chargers in United East Tournament

Edwardsville, Pa. – The Penn State Abington baseball team came just shy of reaching the United East Conference (UEC) championship game after falling to fourth-seeded Lancaster Bible College, 9-5, in an elimination game on Saturday night at Wilkes University's Bruggerworth Field.  The Chargers will now face second-seeded Penn State Harrisburg in the championship game on Sunday.
 
Score: Lancaster Bible 9, Penn State Abington 5
WP: Trevor Bertsch (5-4) | LP: Nick Benson (5-3)
Records: Penn State Abington (32-13) | Lancaster Bible (21-17)
Location: Edwardsvills, Pa. (Bruggerworth Field)
 
How It Happened
 
* An eight-run fifth inning by Lancaster Bible turned out to be the difference in the game.  After Abington plated three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-0 lead, the Chargers answered with eight runs in the fifth. A three-run homer by CJ Peterson gave the Chargers a 6-3 lead.  A two-run triple by Dylan Witkowski capped the scoring in the inning to make the score 8-3.
 
* Abington got two runs back in the bottom of the fifth to cut the deficit to 8-5.  Junior Nathan Schurga drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run.  Two batters later, freshman Jaxon Horvath scored on a wild pitch after he reached base earlier in the inning with a single up the middle.
 
* Lancaster Bible added to its lead with a run in the top of the sixth.  Everett Bell, who kept the inning alive with a two-out single, scored on a wild pitch to give the Chargers a 9-5 advantage.
 
* The Chargers' Evan Sareyka held the Abington offense to just one hit the final four innings.  Sareyka pitched five innings of relief allowing just two runs and two hits in his appearance.
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* Horvath finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs.
 
* Schurga went 1-for-3 with a run and two RBI.
 
* Freshman John Busco also drove in two runs after going 1-for-5.  Busco had a two-run single in the fourth that capped a three-run inning for the Nittany Lions that gave them the game's first lead at 3-0.
 
* Senior Nick Benson went 4.2 innings in the start and struck out five batters to finish the season with 67 strikeouts.  Benson's 67 K's are the third most in a single season.  He tied Daniel Hill who finished with 67 in 2010.
 
* Junior Derek Aub pitched 4.1 innings of relief and finished with five strikeouts.

* For Lancaster Bible, Witkowski finished 3-for-4 with two runs, while Sareyka went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
 
All-Time Series
Tonight marked the 37th meeting between Abington and Lancaster Bible since the start of the 2011 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 27-10 versus the Chargers in the all-time series, including 1-2 in the postseason.
 
30-Win Season
The Nittany Lions finish the 2026 season with a 32-13 record marking the second most victories in a single season in program history.  The 2022 team went 33-11 for the program's first 30-win season.

 
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