UNION, N.J. (5/16/25) – CJ Tomalavage finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two doubles as the top seeded Kean University baseball team earned a 4-2 victory over fourth seeded Husson University in the opening game of the 2025 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament Union Regional.

HOW IT HAPPENED!!!

• Before a nearly three-and-a-half-hour weather delay, both sides struck with a run in the first.
• Cam Rendell opened with a homer for Husson, followed by a Dan Reistle sacrifice fly which tied the game in the bottom half.
• The Eagles reopened play with their second solo homerun of the afternoon, as Matt Holmes hit a shot to right field in the top of the fourth
• The Cougars answered with a Brett Hilsheimer sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth.
• Kean added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh with a Hilsheimer RBI fielder's choice and a Tyler Stone sacrifice fly.

INSIDE THE BOX

• Hilsheimer finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
• Dominic Masino, Kyle Adorno, Stone, Reistle, JT Abrusci and Nick Sellari all notched a hit.
• Lucas White struck out four batters over seven innings and earned the victory.

UP NEXT

• Kean moves into the winners bracket to face either Middlebury or SUNY Cortland tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.