CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Holy Cross baseball team's run at the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament Chapel Hill Regional ended on Saturday afternoon following a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Nebraska at Boshamer Stadium.

The loss wraps up the Crusaders record at 31-27 while the Cornhuskers improve to 33-28 and await the loser of the North Carolina/Oklahoma game for an elimination game on Sunday, June 1 at noon.

STARTING ON THE MOUND:

• Ty Horn (W, 4-4), 7.1 innings pitched, five hits allowed, one earned run, one walk, six strikeouts.
• Junior Jaden Wywoda (L, 9-3), 5.1 innings pitched, five hits allowed, two earned runs, two walks, one strikeout.

OUT OF THE BULLPEN:

• Luke Broderick: (S, 13): 1.2 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, zero earned runs, one walk, zero strikeouts.
• Freshman Jake Lenahan: 2.2 innings pitched, five hits allowed, two earned runs, zero walks, two strikeouts.

STEPPING TO THE PLATE:

• Senior Sean Scanlon: 1-for-3, home run, RBI, run scored.
• Junior CJ Egrie: 1-for-3, double.
• Sophomore John LaFleur: 1-for-3, walk.
• Devin Nunez: 4-for-4, two doubles, run scored.
• Cayden Brumbaugh: 2-for-4, home run, two RBI, run scored.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Egrie began the game belting a double off the wall followed by LaFleur flaring a single down the right field line. Horn retired the next three batters to strand the runners at their bases.
• Wywoda walked the opening batter than hit the second in the bottom of the third. A single loaded the bases with no outs for the Huskers. Wywoda struck out a batter swinging, got a foul out to first on a full count and a lineout to senior Connor Peek to leave the runners at bay.
• Scanlon broke the scoring in the top of the fifth when he demolished a solo homer over the right field fence for a 1-0 Crusader lead.
• Nebraska took the lead in bottom of the fifth via a two-run shot off the light tower in left with one down making the score 2-1.
• A solo shot in the home half of the seventh expanded the lead to 3-1. Lenahan stranded a runner at third base with a strikeout and fly out to right field.
• Holy Cross stayed patient at the plate in the eighth and loaded the bases with one out, but grounded into a 6-4-3 inning ending double play.
• The Huskers produced another run in the eighth adding on to their edge.

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