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Winner Neumann NUBB 3-1
7
St. Joseph's (L.I.) STJ-LI 0-1
Winner
Neumann NUBB
3-1
11
Final
7
St. Joseph's (L.I.) STJ-LI
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Neumann NUBB 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 11 11 2
St. Joseph's (L.I.) STJ-LI 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 15 1

W: Cam Leighton (1-0) L: Roy, Mike (0-1)

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Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Drops Season Opener in Extras

When and Where:

March 5, 2026 – Myrtle Beach, SC

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 0-1; Neumann, 1-0

Results:

The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) baseball team dropped an extra-inning contest to Neumann University, 11-7, on Friday afternoon.

Top Performers:

  • Joe Hackal finished with four hits (4-for-6) including a triple, while scoring two runs and stealing a base
  • Joe Thatcher went 2-for-6 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored
  • Connor Bunce recorded two hits (2-for-5) with a double and a run scored

How it happened:

  • Neumann struck first with a run in the opening inning before the Golden Eagles responded to even the score in the middle innings
  • The Knights took a control of the game in the third inning on a grand slam over the left centerfield wall to take a 6-2 lead
  • Jake Hall cut into the Knights lead in the fourth inning as a single up the middle brought in Paul McNally to score
  • St. Joseph's rallied in the next inning with an RBI single from Marco Gullo, followed by an RBI double to right center field from Thatcher; One more run would score for SJLI to close out the inning 6-5
  • After trading runs score in back-to-back innings the Golden Eagles still trailed by one until Neumann's fielding error allowed Hackal to come to score the game tying run in the ninth inning
  • The Knights would finish out the game in the 11th inning on a two RBI double down the left field line and a two RBI single to center field 

Notes:

  • SJLI totaled 15 hits in the contest compared to 11 for Neumann
  • Hackal led the offense with four of the team's hits and scored twice from the leadoff spot
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play NUBB STJ-LI
NUBB TOP 1st Andrew Brown flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Donovan Brooks scored. 1 0
STJ-LI BOT 1st Joe Thatcher grounded out to ss, RBI (0-0); Joe Hackal scored. 1 1
NUBB TOP 3rd Nick Ciesielka flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Donovan Brooks scored. 2 1
NUBB TOP 3rd JerVal Shuler homered to left center, 4 RBI (0-0); Aj Nardo scored; Tyler Kilmer scored; Andrew Brown scored. 6 1
STJ-LI BOT 4th Jake Hall singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Paul McNally scored. 6 2
STJ-LI BOT 5th Marco Gullo singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Connor Bunce scored. 6 3
STJ-LI BOT 5th Joe Thatcher doubled to right center, RBI (0-0); Marco Gullo scored. 6 4
STJ-LI BOT 5th Paul McNally reached first on a throwing error by 3b (0-0); Joe Thatcher scored, unearned. 6 5
NUBB TOP 6th Blake Decker grounded out to p, SAC, bunt, RBI (0-0); JerVal Shuler scored. 7 5
STJ-LI BOT 7th Paul McNally flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Owen Shortell scored. 7 6
STJ-LI BOT 9th Joe Thatcher reached first on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second (0-0); Joe Hackal scored, unearned. 7 7
NUBB TOP 11th Anthony Rakotz doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (0-0); Donovan Brooks scored; Yoan Feliz scored, unearned. 9 7
NUBB TOP 11th Tyler Kilmer singled to center field, 2 RBI (0-0); Nick Ciesielka scored, unearned; Anthony Rakotz scored, unearned. 11 7

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