University of St. Thomas Athletics
1-3
Abilene Christian University
3-1
Baseball falls to Abilene Christian in weekend finale
2/15/2026 2:34:00 PM | Baseball
Tommies go 1-3 on the weekend
ABILENE, TEXAS – St. Thomas baseball falls 13-2 to Abilene Christian in weekend finale. Lucas McNellis tallies an RBI for the Tommies
Game one:
The Wildcats opened the scoring early in the bottom of the first scoring seven off six hits, one of which was a grand slam. Abilene Christian then tacked on two more in the bottom of the second off a two-run homerun to take a 9-0 lead.
The Tommies then scored their first run as Adam Puder scored on a wild pitch in the top of the third. Abeline Christian then plated two to take a 11-1 lead. The Wildcats then plated another in the bottom of the fourth, making the score 12-1.
Lucas McNellis helped tack on a Tommie run by driving in Tanner Recchio in the sixth to make the score 12-2. Abilene responded with a run of their own in the bottom half to extend their lead to 11.
UP NEXT
St. Thomas will be back on the road next weekend as the head to St. Charles, MO to take on the Lindenwood Lions. Four games are slated for Feb. 20-22.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mannis, Baron (1-0)
L: Esch, Evan (0-1)
Batting:
RBI: McNellis, Lucas 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Recchio, Tanner 1 ; Puder, Adam 1
HBP: Recchio, Tanner 1
Batting:
2B: Hardcastle, Sam 1 ; Ladusau, Brady 1 ; Regala, Braden 1 ; Miesse, Maddox 1
3B: Payne, Zandt 1 ; Ladusau, Brady 1
HR: Hardcastle, Sam 1 ; Miesse, Maddox 1
RBI: Hardcastle, Sam 3 ; Cardenas, Diego 2 ; Payne, Zandt 1 ; Brzozowski, Gavin 1 ; Ladusau, Brady 2 ; Miesse, Maddox 4
SF: Brzozowski, Gavin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thompson, JT 1 ; Hardcastle, Sam 2 ; Cardenas, Diego 1 ; Payne, Zandt 1 ; Ladusau, Brady 3 ; Regala, Braden 1 ; Watkins, Grant 1 ; Miesse, Maddox 3
HBP: Miesse, Maddox 1
