Behrend Baseball Falls to No. 2 Lynchburg in NCAA Regional
No. 2 Lynchburg baseball team defeated Penn State Behrend 9-1 in game one of the 2026 NCAA Division III Regionals hosted by the Hornets at the Bank of James Stadium on Friday.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – No. 2 Lynchburg baseball team defeated Penn State Behrend 9-1 in game one of the 2026 NCAA Division III Regionals hosted by the Hornets at the Bank of James Stadium on Friday.
Score: No. 2 Lynchburg 9, Penn State Behrend 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (31-11), No. 2 Lynchburg (37-6-1)
Key Moments:
* Lynchburg registered nine runs on 11 hits, posting a pair of big innings to win the first game of the regional for the fourth straight year
* The Hornets scored twice in the third inning on RBI hits from Joe Munitz and Sean Pokorak
* Behrend answered in the fourth when Adam Cooper doubled to center to score David Gibson and cut the deficit to 2-1
* Gibson singled to right field and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Cayden Turner
* Cooper drove in Gibson with the double to get within one
* Lynchburg broke open a one-run game with four runs on three hits in the bottom of the fifth inning
* The Hornets managed to add three more runs in the eighth for the final margin
* Tyler Kaltreider earned his ninth win on the mound, allowing five hits and striking out seven
* Colin Bolla fanned five in four innings of work for only his second loss of the season, before giving way to Jack Baumgartel, Will McMahon and Ethan Tinker
* Gibson finished 2-for-3 with a run and a double
* The Hornets have been ranked in the top five in Division III all season
Next Up:
* The Lions will face the loser of Maryville and Christopher Newport tomorrow at 11 a.m.