University of St. Thomas Athletics

St. Thomas falls to Oral Roberts in game one
5/1/2026 6:08:00 PM | Baseball
Fritcher and Bond lead offense
ST. PAUL, MINN.- The St. Thomas fell 7-4 in game one against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. Easton Fritcher and Owen Bond led the Tommie offense with two hits.
Scoring Summary
The Golden Eagles opened the scoring first, plating one in the top of the first inning. Oral Roberts then hit a two-run home run in the second to take a 3-0 lead. The Golden Eagles then took a 5-0 lead in the top of the third.
St. Thomas got on the board in the bottom half of the third, plating three off RBIs from Joe Roder and Easton Fritcher; cutting the deficit to two. The Tommies then plated another in the fourth, making it 5-4. Tanner Recchio brought Adam Puder in via a sacrifice fly.
Oral Roberts then broke open the gap by scoring twice in the eighth and taking a 7-4 lead.
Up Next:
The Tommies will continue the conference series with Oral Roberts May 2-3.
Follow Along
Any and all information pertaining to the St. Thomas baseball team can be found at tommiesports.com and on Twitter @TommieBase and Instagram at @TommieBaseball.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jack Hill (5-0)
L: Olson, Brayden (0-7)
Batting:
2B: Wailele Kane Yates 1
HR: Will Edmunson 1 ; Ethan Fender 1
RBI: Will Edmunson 3 ; Wailele Kane Yates 1 ; Cooper Combs 1 ; Ethan Fender 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Will Edmunson 2 ; Makani Tanaka 1 ; Martell Davis 1 ; Ethan Fender 1 ; Hudson Ellis 2
SB: Hudson Ellis 2

Batting:
2B: Recchio, Tanner 1 ; Roder, Joe 1
3B: Bond, Owen 1
RBI: Recchio, Tanner 1 ; Fritcher, Easton 1 ; Roder, Joe 2
SF: Recchio, Tanner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Recchio, Tanner 1 ; Fritcher, Easton 1 ; Puder, Adam 1 ; Von Schlegell, Zan 1
HBP: Berrisford, Max 1
























