AMBLER - The No. 2 seed Arcadia University baseball team opened the semifinals of the 2026 Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) Championship Tournament with a 6-3 win over No. 3 Misericordia from Skip Wilson Field on Friday afternoon.
FOR THE RECORD
-Arcadia improved to 26-13 with the win.
-Misericordia fell to 26-15 with the defeat.
ARCADIA 6, MISERICORDIA 3
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Misericordia opened the scoring in the top of the first with a run.
-
Solomon Abdullah tied the score in the bottom of the inning with a sacrifice fly that brought in
Kevin Wheeler.
-
Hunter Dicarlantonio gave Arcadia the lead in the bottom of the second with a sacrifice fly to center field plating
Will Childs.
-
Max Oswald increased the lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the seventh with a no-doubt two-run home run to left field that scored So. Abdullah.
-So. Abdullah finished the scoring for the Knights with a two-out, two-run single to right center that fell in no-man's land and allowed
Taro Pustilnik and
Noah Stennett to score.
-The Cougars scored twice in the top of the ninth.
-
LJ Wolff moved to 4-2 with the win, allowing one run on six hits across 6.0 innings with one walk and five strikeouts.
-
Gavin Kincs earned his fifth save, tossing the final three innings allowing two runs on five hits with zero walks and five punchouts.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: So. Abdullah (3)
Runs: So. Abdullah (1) / Stennett (1) / Pustilnik (1) / Wheeler (1) / Oswald (1) / Childs (1)
RBI: So. Abdullah (3)
Walks: Wheeler (2)
UP NEXT
-The Knights return to action tomorrow when they host game two of the MAC Freedom semifinals with first pitch scheduled for noon at Skip Wilson Field.
