LANGHORNE, Pa. – The Cairn University baseball team won, 17-7, at home in game one of their Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) series with Clarks Summit University inside the Stillman Complex on Friday evening.
 
Clarks Summit (4-25, 0-13 CSAC) posted the first run of the contest before Cairn (12-17, 5-5 CSAC) responded with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Highlanders added two more runs in the second frame (5-1) off of back-to-back RBI-knocks by senior Tyler Fox (Boyertown, PA / West-Mont Christian Academy) and freshman Zach Bauers (Cooper City, FL / Cooper City). The Defenders plated one in the top of the third, before taking their first lead of the contest following a four-spot in the top of the fifth (6-5). Cairn quickly answered with runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth frames to re-take the lead (7-6), before doing the majority of their damage in the seventh, putting up 10 runs to take firm control of the contest (17-6). Cairn threw up nine hits in the inning, and batted around in the frame.
 
Cairn was led offensively by Fox with a game-high four hits, to pair with three runs and a pair of RBIs. Sophomore Tyler Warr (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy) followed with three hits and three RBIs, including an RBI-triple in the seventh (his fifth of the season). Classmate Jared Sucro (Kamloops, BC / St. Ann's Academy) added two hits and a career-high four RBIs. Junior Ethan Fineman (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy) got the win out of the pen, hurling 3.2 scoreless inning and striking out three, while senior Luke Weaver (Little Rock, AK / Baptist Prep) and graduate student Jarrett Johnson (Edison, NJ / Timothy Christian) paired together to close out the final inning for Cairn.
 
The Highlanders will be back on the diamond tomorrow when they travel to Clarks Summit to complete their three-game series with the Defenders in a doubleheader at Akerly Field at 12 p.m.