LAFAYETTE, Ind. – MATC's baseball team opened up its 2025 spring season in Lafayette, Ind., where they picked up a pair of wins against Highland and Marian University's Ancilla College this past weekend.

The Stormers, who are coming off a 25-33 record from last season, opened regular season play with a one-run loss to Highland Sunday before bouncing back to secure back-to-back wins against the Cougars and Marian University's Ancilla on Monday.

"I'm super proud of the boys for going 2-1 in the opening weekend," MATC head baseball coach Caleb Bounds said. "They showed grit to tie the game in the 7th to get us into extra innings against Marian Ancilla. Our pitching did a great job by keeping us in the game! We knew the bats would come along, but I wasn't expecting a 10-run 11th inning. We have the pieces to be very solid, but still have a lot of aspects of the game to clean up."

Game 1: Highland 8, Stormers 7 (7 innings)

• The Stormers lost despite out-hitting Highland 10-7
• Robert Crawford's two-out RBI walk tied the game 1-1 in the 3rd
• Camdin Jansen, Jaiden Jung and Marco Falletti each scored on passed balls in the 4th
• Highland outscored MATC 6-1 between the 5th and 6th innings
• Jung hit an RBI double, followed by an RBI triple from Falletti in the 7th
• Crawford led, going 3-for-4 with one triple and one double
• Jung collected three hits (two doubles), two RBIs and two runs scored
• Justin Schnell suffered the loss, allowing five runs (four earned) on three hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts

Game 2: Stormers 9, Highland 5 (7 Innings)

• Highland broke the 0-0 tie with an RBI walk in the top of the 2nd
• Stormers respond in bottom half of the 2nd after Marco Falletti (wild pitch) and Ryan Quello (passed ball) scored to give the Stormers a 2-1 lead
• Brady Johnson barreled a RBI double in the 2nd, scoring Bryant Armijo-Martin
• Falletti and Quello scored on a fielding error in the 3rd
• Highland knotted things up at five runs apiece following a three-run 4th inning
• Robert Crawford's RBI single broke the 5-5 tie in the 4th
• Connor Ziman earned the win in relief, throwing ⅓ innings and giving up zero hits
• Jakeb Lequia picked up the save in relief, giving up zero runs on one hit and two walks while striking out three
• Crawford led, going 1-for-4 with a triple and one run scored
• Johnson had one double and two RBIs

Game 3: Stormers 14, Marian Ancilla 5 (11 Innings)

• MATC picked up the win in extras thanks to an 10-run 11th inning
• In the top of the 11th, Marco Falletti singled, scoring two runs, Jaiden Jung singled, scoring two runs, Leonardo Zerillo drew a walk, scoring one run, Nico Galea induced Easton Morehouse to hit into a fielder's choice, but one run scored, Robert Crawford tripled, scoring two runs, Camden Jansen singled, scoring one run, and Falletti singled again, scoring one run
• MATC totaled 15 hits and a dozen drawn walks
• Lucas Hernandez led the Stormers' offense with four hits, including one triple
• Falletti went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored
• Jansen went 3-for-3 with one triple and an RBI
• Crawford reached on an error that scored Leonardo Zerillo to tie the game 5-5 in the 7th and eventually force extra inning
• Alex Dvorak picked up the win in relief, allowing one run on one hit and one walk while striking out six
• Starting pitcher Jake Catalano suffered two runs (one earned) on three hits with four strikeouts over four innings of work
• Michael Merline allowed one earned run on a pair of hits while striking out six over four innings of relief