BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Cairn University baseball team hit the road to take on NCAA Division I adversary and Patriot League member Lehigh University on Thursday afternoon, falling to the host Mountain Hawks by a score of 15-1.
 
Lehigh (21-25, 7-14 Patriot League) plated runs in each of the first five innings of the contest, running to a 10-0 lead after five innings. The Mountain Hawks crossed five more runs in the contest, before Cairn (19-18, 10-5 CSAC) got on the board in the top of the ninth, when a pair of knocks followed up by an RBI-fielder's choice by senior Brooks Price (Nashville, TN / Franklin Road Academy) gave Cairn its lone run of the contest.
 
Cairn mustered four hits in the contest courtesy of seniors Sam Spadea (Yardley, PA / Neshaminy) and Cam Culver (Croydon, PA / Truman) and sophomores Dylan Jackson (Levittown, PA / Chestnut Hill College) and Tyler Warr (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy). Warr extended what is believed to be a program record hitting streak to 24 games and maintained his lead in the CSAC's batting title race (.496). Junior Ethan Fineman (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy) put forth a formidable effort in relief on the bump, giving Cairn 4.2 innings, giving up just two earned runs and striking out three.
 
The Highlanders will be back on the field tomorrow when they travel to Maplezone Sports Institute in Aston for the first game of their final Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) series with the University of Valley Forge at 4 p.m.