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Yates Bland SoCon
4
Winner Mercer MER 35-24
2
The Citadel CIT 31-26
Winner
Mercer MER
35-24
4
Final
2
The Citadel CIT
31-26
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mercer MER 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 0
The Citadel CIT 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 1

W: Terry Busse (4-2) L: Hausner, Anthony (2-4) S: Collin Ewaldsen (4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | The Citadel Athletics

Bulldogs Fall Short to the Bears 4-2

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Citadel lost to the Mercer Bears, 4-2, in the 2025 Southern Conference Baseball Championships elimination game on Saturday afternoon.  
 
Score: Mercer 4, The Citadel 2
Records: The Citadel (31-26), Mercer (35-24)
Location: Fluor Field (Greenville, South Carolina)
 
How It Happened
  • Mercer scored three runs in the top of the third inning with a two-run home run by Ty Dalley and an RBI double from Bradley Frye, bringing the score to 3-0.
  • Thomas Rollauer put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI single up the middle, bringing in Travis Elliott.
  • Lane Tobin drove in the second run of the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly RBI, scoring Anthony Hausner and making it a one-run game at 3-2.  
  • Mercer added a late run in the top of the ninth inning from Titan Kamaka on an RBI single to make it 4-3.
  • The Bulldogs had a chance in the bottom of the ninth inning with runners on first and second, but they couldn't bring them home, ending the game at 4-2.  
 
Inside the Box Score
  • The Citadel scored two runs on 11 hits.
  • Five Bulldogs recorded a multi-hit game.
  • Phillips Daniels went 2-for-5 with two doubles.
  • Travis Elliott had two singles and a run scored.
  • Anthony Hausner went 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored.
  • Thomas Rollauer went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
  • Aryan Patel went 2-for-4 at the plate and stole a base. He finished the season with a perfect record of 21-for-21 in stolen bases.
  • Anthony Hausner (2-4) took the loss for The Citadel after pitching two innings and allowing three earned runs.
  • Yates Bland took over for Hausner on the mound and pitched seven innings, striking out four and allowing one earned run.  
  • Terry Busse (4-2) earned the win for Mercer after pitching 4.1 innings, recording four strikeouts and allowing zero earned runs.  
  • Collin Ewaldsen (S, 4) recorded the save for Mercer after throwing the ninth inning. 
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