DAVENPORT, Fla. (March 12, 2026) – Albertus Magnus University jumped out to an 11-3 lead after five innings and then held off a furious Emerson College comeback to secure a 17-14 victory in a non-conference baseball matchup at Lake Myrtle Park tonight.
Senior Adriel Espada homered twice and finished 2-for-3 with a pair of walks, a stolen base, four runs scored and four RBI to pace the Albertus Magnus lineup that produced 14 hits, including eight for extra bases. Sophomore Joey O'Hara hit 4-for-6 with a double, home run, three RBI and four runs scored for the Falcons, while senior Eric Galarza went 2-for-5 with a double, triple, two RBI and three runs scored. Freshman Brayden Hastings doubled and drove in three.
Senior righthander Riley Corgan took the win (1-0) on the mound for Albertus Magnus, allowing ten runs, nine earned, on 11 hits with three strikeouts and two walks over 6.1 innings. Sophomore Joshua Santiago picked up the save with 1.2 scoreless, striking out one and yielding a hit for the Falcons.
Senior Charlie Coors powered the Emerson lineup with six RBI as he finished 3-for-5 at the plate with a grand slam and two runs scored. Sophomore Xavier Hall hit 3-for-5 with a run scored, while classmate Aidan Callahan was 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. First year Jack McCoy chipped in with his second home run of the season for the Lions, while junior Justin Fields and sophomore John Churchward each recorded two hits.
Senior lefthander Russell Silverman took the loss (0-1) on the mound for Emerson, yielding five earned runs on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts over two-plus innings.
Albertus Magnus staked out an 11-3 lead after five innings, but Emerson stormed back with 11 runs over the final four innings to pull back withing one (15-14) in the eighth after Coors followed back to back bases loaded walks by first year Vincent Fuller and junior Braeden O'Connell with a two-run single to left. Coors chased two pitchers on the night as his one out grand slam to center in the sixth ended Corgan's night and pulled Emerson back in the game (13-10).
While Emerson scored 11 runs between the sixth and eighth innings, Albertus Magnus was able to keep the Lions at bay by scoring two runs in the home half of each of those frames. Hastings delivered a two-run double in the seventh after the Coors grand slam to restore a five-run cushion (15-10), while Galarza provided insurance in the eighth with an RBI double and then scored on a single to center by freshman Noah Grosso.
Santiago worked around a leadoff single by Hall in the ninth to clinch the win, ending the game with a strikeout.
Up Next
Emerson (0-5, 0-0 NEWMAC) is right back in action tomorrow for a doubleheader against Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts at Lake Myrtle Park starting at 2 p.m. The Lions next home game is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, when they host Wentworth Institute of Technology at New England Baseball Complex in Marlborough, Massachusetts, at 3:30 p.m. Albertus Magnus (3-4, 0-0 GNAC) will play Keuka College tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
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