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Lander LU 36-20
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Winner North Greenville NGU 48-10
Lander LU
36-20
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Final
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North Greenville NGU
48-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lander LU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 9 1
North Greenville NGU 5 0 2 0 4 0 3 3 X 17 17 0

W: Matty Brown (9-3) L: Larson, Jake (5-3)

Oliver Zohn NCAA SER
Turner Kirby

Game Recap: Baseball | | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

Lander Drops Southeast Regional Opener to No. 3 North Greenville

TIGERVILLE, S.C. - The eighth-seeded Lander baseball team dropped its opening game of the 2026 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, 17-6, to top-seeded and third-ranked North Greenville on a windy, chilly Thursday evening at Ray & Bea Dillard Field.

Lander will now face fourth-seeded and 14th-ranked North Georgia at 2 p.m. Friday in an elimination game. The Nighthawks fell earlier in the day to fifth-seeded and 15th-ranked Francis Marion. North Greenville and Francis Marion will meet in the winner's bracket game at 6 p.m. Friday.

North Greenville jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and eventually scored the first 11 runs of the game to take an 11-0 advantage after five innings.

Lander got on the board in the seventh inning on a balk to make it 11-1, but North Greenville answered with three more runs in the bottom half of the inning to stretch the lead to 14-1.

The Bearcats plated five runs in the eighth inning on RBIs from Cooper Backman, Zach Cowart, Ryan Hansen and Oliver Zohn to cut the deficit to 14-6, but the Trailblazers responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning to put the game away.

The Bearcats and Nighthawks will meet for the third time in seven days and sixth time overall this season with both teams facing elimination. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LU NGU
NGU BOT 1st Josh Foulks singled to right field, RBI (3-2 BFBFBFFF); Cj Dean advanced to second; Skyler Hegler scored. 0 1
NGU BOT 1st Lane McGaha doubled to left field, RBI (1-2 BFK); Josh Foulks advanced to third; Cj Dean scored. 0 2
NGU BOT 1st Landon Peavy doubled to left field, 2 RBI (3-1 BBKB); Lane McGaha scored; Josh Foulks scored. 0 4
NGU BOT 1st Connor McKee singled to left center, RBI (2-1 KBB); Landon Peavy scored. 0 5
NGU BOT 3rd Connor McKee flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Kai Tullos advanced to third; Lane McGaha scored. 0 6
NGU BOT 3rd Kai Tullos scored on a wild pitch. 0 7
NGU BOT 5th Kai Tullos homered to left center, 3 RBI (3-2 BKBBF); Lane McGaha scored; Josh Foulks scored. 0 10
NGU BOT 5th Skyler Hegler doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-2 KBF); Landon Peavy scored. 0 11
LU TOP 7th Oliver Zohn advanced to second; Ryan Hansen advanced to third; Zach Cowart scored on a balk. 1 11
NGU BOT 7th Connor McKee grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0 B); Landon Peavy advanced to second; Cooper Noble scored. 1 12
NGU BOT 7th Thomas Powell singled to right field, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf, 2 RBI (0-0); Mason Swinney scored; Landon Peavy scored. 1 14
LU TOP 8th Cooper Backman singled to left center, RBI (2-1 BBK); Kyle Murphy advanced to second; Carter McCormick scored. 2 14
LU TOP 8th Zach Cowart hit by pitch, RBI (1-1 KH); Caden Crews advanced to second; Cooper Backman advanced to third; Kyle Murphy scored. 3 14
LU TOP 8th Ryan Hansen walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); Caleb McKitrick advanced to second; Caden Crews advanced to third; Cooper Backman scored. 4 14
LU TOP 8th Ryan Hansen advanced to second; Caleb McKitrick advanced to third; Caden Crews scored on a wild pitch. 5 14
LU TOP 8th Oliver Zohn grounded out to 2b, RBI (3-2 KBFBFB); Ryan Hansen advanced to third; Caleb McKitrick scored. 6 14
NGU BOT 8th Joe Cash advanced to second; Jan Pospisil advanced to third; Cooper Noble scored on a wild pitch. 6 15
NGU BOT 8th Thomas Powell singled to right field, 2 RBI (1-1 KB); Joe Cash scored; Jan Pospisil scored. 6 17

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