EASTON, Pa. – Senior
CJ Egrie became the first player in program history to record 40 steals in a season as the Holy Cross baseball team dropped a pair of contests 3-1 in seven innings and 7-4 in nine innings to Patriot League foe Lafayette Sunday afternoon at Kamine Stadium.
The setbacks send the Crusaders to 21-27 and 13-13 PL on the year. They qualified as the No. 4 seed in the upcoming 2026 Patriot League Tournament Semifinal Series and will take on No. 1 seeded Army West Point (28-18, 17-9 PL) from Saturday, May 9 to Monday, May 11. Lafayette's season concludes at 12-33, 7-19 PL.
Egrie's 40th theft of 2026 came in game one of the doubleheader in the top of the third inning. Egrie (92 career steals) moved to third place on the Patriot League's all-time stolen base list passing Shawn Harris (91, Fordham, 1992-1994). It is the sixth time in Patriot League history a student-athlete has recorded 40+ steals in a single-season.
In game two, freshman
Liam Daly belted his fourth home run of the year and second over his last three games.
GAME ONE: LAFAYETTE 3, HOLY CROSS 1 – 7 INN.
STARTING ON THE MOUND:
- Gregory Quintana: (W, 1-4), 5.2 innings pitched, four hits allowed, zero runs, two walks, five strikeouts
- Sophomore Jake Lenahan (L, 2-5), 5.0 innings pitched, four hits allowed, two runs, one walk, sox strikeouts
OUT OF THE BULLPEN:
- Antonio Correra: (S, 1), 0.2 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, zero runs, one walk, one strikeout
STEPPING TO THE PLATE:
- Junior Alex Sandell: 2-for-4, double, RBI
- Egrie: 1-for-3, walk, stolen base
- Junior Gianni Royer: 1-for-3, double, walk
- Brandon Doubek: 1-for-3, home run, two RBI, run scored
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lafayette hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to lead 2-0.
- Lenahan retired five straight from the third to the fifth inning getting three consecutive punch outs during that stretch.
- Junior Colin Brown threw out his third runner of the series trying to steal in bottom of the fifth.
- The Crusaders loaded the bases in the top of the sixth, but could not crack the scoring column.
- A triple and a wild pitch added an important insurance tally for the Leopards in the sixth.
- Junior Braden Connors doubled in the top of the seventh to lead off the inning. Egrie reached with one out and Sandell followed with an RBI double dropping the deficit to 3-1. A foul pop up and intentional walk packed the bases full for the Crusaders again down to their last strike, but they could not score again.
GAME TWO: LAFAYETTE 7, HOLY CROSS 4
STARTING ON THE MOUND:
- Ben Waterman: (W, 3-2), 7.0 innings pitched, one hit allowed, two runs, three walks, six strikeouts
- Sophomore Aidan Gilbert (L, 1-1), 2.2 innings pitched, three hits allowed, four runs, four walks, two strikeouts
OUT OF THE BULLPEN:
- Sophomore Pedro Leon: 1.0 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, zero runs, zero walks, one strikeout
STEPPING TO THE PLATE:
- Daly: 1-for-2, home run, RBI, run scored, walk
- Freshman Owen Stelzer: 1-for-3
- Royer: 0-for-2, two walks, two runs scored
- Boden Fernsler: 1-for-3, home run, three RBI, run scored, walk
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lafayette drilled a three-run home run in the bottom of the first to lead 3-0. Another solo shot upped the margin to 4-0.
- An RBI groundout and a double steal attempt resulted in a pair of runs for the Crusaders in the top of the fourth as they trailed 4-2.
- A wild pitch for Lafayette upped the edge to 5-2 through four.
- A two-RBI single in the fifth expanded the edge to 7-2.
- Daly homered in the top of the eighth, a solo shot to pull his team within four, 7-3.
- A wild pitch in the ninth trimmed the margin for Holy Cross.
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