Belmont Abbey BAC 8-3

Lander LANDER 6-5

Belmont Abbey BAC

8-3

Final

Feb. 18, 2025

Lander LANDER

6-5

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Belmont Abbey BAC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1
Lander LANDER	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	6	7	2

W: Larson, Jake (1-1) L: R. Weller (0-1)

Summary
Box Score

Hailey Franklin

Game Recap: Baseball | 2/18/2025 10:15:00 PM | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Larson Throws Gem as Lander Wins Fourth Straight

GREENWOOD - Jake Larson (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) held the Belmont Abbey Crusaders without a hit through six innings and kept them off the scoreboard through 7.2 innings to help lead the Lander Baseball team to their fourth-straight win on Tuesday evening in a 6-1 victory over the Crusaders.

Lander improves to 6-5 with the win while Belmont Abbey drops to 8-3.

Lander scored all six of their runs in the first three innings - including three in the first inning.

After an Evan Wickeri (Middleburg, Fla.) single and Connor Droze (Roebuck, S.C.) walk, Grant Sherrod (Sumner, Wash.) drove home the Bearcat two-hole hitter with an RBI single to break the ice. Zach Cowart (Lexington, S.C.) then walked to load the bases which allowed Droze to come home on a wild pitch the next batter and Sherrod came home on an RBI groundout to make it 3-0 in favor of the home side after the first inning.

Wickeri added another hit in the second inning, this time a two-RBI single to score Garrett Chun (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Cooper Backman (Sarasota, Fla.) and make it 5-0, Bearcats. Cowart came home on a wild pitch in the third to give Lander their sixth and final run.

From there, Larson took over as he held a perfect game until a Lander error in the fourth inning and a no-hitter until the first batter of the seventh inning. The Ponte Verda, Fla. native struck out six batters and only faced four batters over the minimum in his outing, giving up one hit and one walk.

Evan Demurias (Miami, Fla.) came in in relief and kept the Crusaders at bay the rest of the way to close out the win.

Lander continues their homestand on Saturday as they open a three-game set against the Chowan Hawks for the first-ever meeting between the two programs. The series opens with a doubleheader on Saturday with the first game set to begin at 1:00 PM.

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Score By Innings
		BAC	LANDER
*BOT 1st*	G. Sherrod singled up the middle, RBI; C. Droze advanced to second; E. Wickeri scored.	0	1
*BOT 1st*	Z. Cowart advanced to second on a wild pitch; G. Sherrod advanced to third on a wild pitch; C. Droze scored on a wild pitch.	0	2
*BOT 1st*	Lopez, Jr grounded out to ss, RBI; Z. Cowart advanced to third; G. Sherrod scored.	0	3
*BOT 2nd*	E. Wickeri singled through the right side, 2 RBI; G. Chun scored; C. Backman scored.	0	5
*BOT 3rd*	Z. Cowart advanced to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third; G. Sherrod scored on a wild pitch.	0	6
*TOP 8th*	T. Velotta singled to left field, RBI; J. Boyles scored, unearned.	1	6