LEWISBURG, Pa. – No. 4 Holy Cross completed a two-game sweep over top-seeded Army West Point, and No. 2 Bucknell defeated No. 3 Navy in Game 1 of the 2026 Patriot League Baseball Championship semifinals Sunday.
 
The defending champion Crusaders advanced to the Patriot League Championship Series for the second straight season with a 6-2 victory over the Black Knights, as RHP Jake Lenahan earned the win, allowing two runs on four hits with nine strikeouts through a career-long 7.1 innings. DH Gianni Royer went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs, and 3B Ryan Grundy went 2-for-2 with two RBIs.
 
No. 2 Bucknell exploded for a season-high 16 runs, plating six in the fourth and five in the sixth inning to take a one-game advantage over No. 3 Navy with a 16-4 win in Game 1 of the best-of-three-game series. 3B Zach Selfon drove in four runs, and SS Ty Lagoni finished with three RBIs and scored four times, while RHP Jackson Schultz earned the win, allowing three runs over 6.0 innings.
 
The third-seeded Midshipmen will look to avoid elimination in Game 2 against the second-seeded Bison on Monday, May 11. Live coverage on ESPN+ is scheduled for 1 p.m. from Depew Field at Marren Park in Lewisburg, Pa.
 
No. 4 Holy Cross awaits the winner of the Bison - Midshipmen series to set the matchup for the best-of-three Patriot League Baseball Championship Series at the home site of the highest-remaining seed. The Patriot League Championship Series winner will receive the League’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Regionals. All games during the Patriot League Baseball Championship will be available on ESPN+.
 
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No. 4 Holy Cross def. No. 1 Army West Point, 2-0 (Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field/West Point, N.Y.)

Date	Game	Time/Result	Coverage
Saturday, May 9	Semifinals Game 1 – Holy Cross at Army West Point	HC, W, 5-3	BOX SCORE
Sunday, May 10	Semifinals Game 2– Holy Cross at Army West Point	HC, W, 6-2	BOX SCORE

 
At No. 2 Bucknell leads No. 3 Navy, 1-0 (Depew Field at Marren Park/Lewisburg, Pa.

Date	Game	Time/Result	Coverage
Sunday, May 10	Semifinals Game 1 – Navy at Bucknell	Bucknell, W, 16-4	BOX SCORE
Monday, May 11	Semifinals Game 2– Navy at Bucknell	1 p.m.	ESPN+
Tuesday, May 12	Semifinals Game 3 – Navy at Bucknell (if necessary)	1 p.m.	ESPN+

 
 2026 Patriot League Baseball Championship - Semifinal Round
NO. 4 HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (23-27, 13-13 PL) 6, AT NO. 1 ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (28-20, 17-9 PL) 2
Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field/West Point, N.Y.                                    3:55 p.m. (ESPN+)
GAME 2 BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Holy Cross RHP Jake Lenahan tossed a career-long 7.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with nine strikeouts to earn the win as the fourth-seeded Crusaders defeated No. 1 Army West Point, 6-2, to complete a two-game sweep and advance to the Patriot League Championship Series for the second straight season.
*DH Gianni Royer batted 3-for-5 with a solo home run and three RBIs, while 3B Ryan Grundy went 2-for-2 with two RBIs to lead the defending League champion Crusaders’ offense.
*Two-time Patriot League Player of the Year CJ Egrie got Holy Cross started early, leading off the game with a double and scoring three batters later on Royer’s double to take a 1-0 lead.
*Lenahan retired the first 11 Black Knights batters, allowing just two baserunners through the first five innings.
*The Crusaders tacked on three runs in the fifth inning on a one-run single from Royer and a two-run double by Grundy.
*Patriot League Rookie of the Year Josiah Overbeek hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, his second homer of the series, to cut the lead in half.
*Holy Cross added runs in the final two frames, as Braden Connors singled to score Grundy in the eighth before Royer capped the win with a solo home run in the ninth inning. Connors went 3-for-5 at the plate.
*Crusaders’ RHP Pedro Leon tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save.
*Army West Point SS Thomas Schreck and LF William Parker each went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Black Knights.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | ARMY WEST POINT
 
AT NO. 2 BUCKNELL BISON (25-22, 17-9 PL) 16, NO. 3 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (30-18, 16-10 PL) 4
Depew Field at Marren Park/Lewisburg, Pa.                                                             2:05 p.m. (ESPN+)
GAME 1 BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – No. 2 Bucknell exploded for a season-high 16 runs to defeat No. 3 Navy, 16-4, in Game 1 of the Patriot League Championship semifinals at Depew Field at Marren Park.
*Bucknell scored in each inning from the second through the sixth, plating six runs in the fourth and five in the sixth to break the game open.
*3B Zach Selfon went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, while Ty Lagoni went 1-for-3 with three RBIs and four runs scored. RF Michael Chiaravallo went 1-for-2 with a double and three RBIs.
*RHP Jackson Schultz picked up the win, allowing three runs on eight hits over 6.0 innings while striking out three and walking one.
*Navy CF Jake Hooten went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run and two runs scored to lead the Mids. LF Chris Klug and RF Andrew Manning each drove in one run apiece for Navy.
*The Bison scored first in the bottom of the second inning when John Calabrese scored on a sacrifice fly by Selfon.  
*Bucknell added three more runs in the third inning, as Billy Fluharty scored on a wild pitch before Calabrese’s sacrifice fly and Selfon’s one-run single extended the lead to 4-0.
*The Bison brought 11 batters to the plate in the fourth inning, scoring six runs on four hits to break the game open, as Selfon was at the center of the action again with a two-run single and a run scored.
*Navy answered in the top of the fifth inning, as Hooten’s two-run home run put the Mids on the board for the first time.
*Bucknell scored five more runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by a three-run triple from Lagoni to stretch the Bison’s lead to 16-3.
*Navy LF Chris Klug singled to drive in Hooten in the top of the seventh inning to provide the Mids’ final offense of the day.
RECAPS: NAVY | BUCKNELL
 
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