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BB: Cairn Baseball Set to Contend for United East Championship

| By: James Patterson
LANGHORNE, PA - The 2024 United East Baseball field is set, as the League schedule ended on Saturday afternoon. The Cairn University Baseball team will travel up to the host site of Keystone College to face off in the 2024 United East Baseball Championship - Divisional Round starting with No. 3 Wilson College on Friday, May 3 at 3 p.m.

THE FIELD: The No.1 seed belongs to Keystone College (28-11 / 16-2 SKYE DIVISION) after dropping only two conference match ups through the regular season. The Highlanders (24-15 / 14-4 SKYE DIVISION) were able to secure the No. 2 seed after taking two of three in the regular season from No. 3 Wilson College (19-15 / 13-5 SKYE DIVISION). The fourth and final seed belongs to to Rosemont (11-26 / 8-10 SKYE DIVISION). The Untied East Baseball Championship - Divisional Round will start on Friday, May 3 beginning with No. 1 Keystone hosting the No. 4 Rosemont Ravens at noon followed by game two in which the No. 2 Highlanders will face off against the No. 3 Wilson Phoenix at 3 p.m.

On Saturday, May 4 the Divisional Round action continues. The losers of Friday's games will face off in an elimination game with an early start of 9 a.m. Friday's victors will face off in a decisive game four as the winner will advance to Sunday. Game five will be for the winner of the 9 a.m. match up and loser of the noon game in another elimination bout. The final match up of Saturday will be one last elimination game between the remaining teams of one loss for the second spot on Sunday. On Sunday, the remaining two squads will face off at 10 a.m. and a second game if necessary as double-elimination continues. The winner of the weekend will host the victor of the Volt Division next weekend with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line.

OUR TEAM: This season The Highlanders were 24-15 on the year and 14-4 in United East Skye Division play. The team has had a lot of success this season from both sides. Freshman starter Mikey Gutierrez (Cooper City, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas) had amazing first year with the team, compiling a 2.39 ERA and record of 7-3, the most in a single season in program history and five strikeouts away from the single season record (59 - Ronaldinho Alcin in 2023). His battery mate, sophomore catcher Zach Bauers (Cooper City, FL / Cooper City) hit .341 while throwing out 16 would-be base thieves. Senior righty Eli Schooley (Horseheads, NY / Horseheads) was also a conference starter for the Highlanders with a 4-2 record with a 3.55 ERA in eight starts. Junior lefty Joe Battaglia (Franklin, TN / Brentwood Academy) and sophomore righty Greg Jessup (Tyler, TX / McKinney Christian) were the top relief options with 12 and 14 appearances, respectively, the former with a 5-1 record and the later going 4-0 on a team lading 2.17 ERA. 


At the plate, junior First Baseman Tyler Warr (Langhorne, PA / Neshaminy) hit a conference-leading .447 on the season, collecting 63 hits and 46 RBI. Classmate right fielder Dylan Jackson (Levittown, PA / Chestnut Hill College) has been a source of power, leading the team wth seven home runs.

THE MATCHUP: The Highlanders will go up against No. 3 Wilson College for the fourth time this season on Friday to start the Divisional Round. As mentioned earlier, Cairn has won two out of three games, dropping game one 13-9 and then winning the home doubleheader 8-2 and 12-2 as one might expect a high-scoring affair. 

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