WEST POINT, N.Y. – The senior captain duo of
Jaden Wywoda and
CJ Egrie led the Holy Cross baseball program to a 6-1 win Friday in a rematch of the 2025 Patriot League Championship Series over Army West Point at Doubleday Field.
The win snapped a four game losing streak for the Crusaders (5-11, 1-0 PL) while the Black Knights (6-9, 0-1 PL) have lost for the fifth time over the last six games. Holy Cross has won the last four meetings against Army outscoring them 40-15 in that stretch as well as six of the last eight meetings.
Wywoda earned a win for the second time in 2026 tossing a quality start working around base runners and getting key outs when needed. All though he did not record a hit, Egrie's athleticism was on full display legging out a two RBI fielder's choice in which junior
Alex Sandell scored from second base, recording a stolen base and making a sensational diving catch in right field. Â
Egrie has 61 stolen bases and needs three more to become the program's all-time career leader.
Sophomore
Jake Lenahan earned the save striking out five across three innings of relief.
STARTING ON THE MOUND:
- Senior Jaden Wywoda: (W, 2-1), 6.0 innings pitched, seven hits allowed, one run, one walk, four strikeouts, 109 pitches
- Andrew Berg: (L, 2-1), 4.0 innings pitched, three hits allowed, six runs – two earned, four walks, three strikeouts, 95 pitches
OUT OF THE BULLPEN:
- Sophomore Jake Lenahan: (S, 2), 3.0 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, zero runs, two walks, five strikeouts, 49 pitches
STEPPING TO THE PLATE:
- Junior Braden Connors: 1-for-4, two RBI
- Alex Sandell: 1-for-3, double, two runs scored
- Freshman Owen Stelzer: 0-for-2, run scored, RBI, two walks
- CJ Egrie: 0-for-4, two RBI, run scored, stolen base
- Chris Barr: 2-for-4, double, RBI, two stolen bases
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Holy Cross scored first in the second inning when sophomore Simon Landry walked and stole second base. Junior John LaFleur struck out on a dropped third strike and Landry advanced to third. Sandell was hit by a pitch and Stelzer, the nine hole hitter walked with the bases loaded on a 3-2 count for the 1-0 edge. Egrie with the bases still jacked grounded into a two-RBI fielder's choice as Sandell scored from second to increase the margin to 3-0.
- Egrie ended the bottom of the second with a diving catch in right field and Wywoda struck out a batter in the third swinging to strand a pair at first and second.
- In the fourth, Connors lofted an RBI single to score a pair with the bases loaded and two outs and an error brought another run home for the 6-0 advantage.
- An RBI single from Army up the middle plated their first run in the fifth to trail 6-1.
- Wywoda worked around two base knocks in the sixth and struck out the final two batters to end his outing.
- Lenahan scattered a pair of walks in his three innings of relief.
POSTGAME THOUGHTS:
DUE UP:
- Holy Cross continues its series on Saturday, March 14 with sophomore right-handed pitcher Pedro Leon (0-2, 10.22 ERA) on the hill.
- First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
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