{"id":164369,"date":"2026-02-14T06:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/164369\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:58:10","slug":"baseball-drops-season-opener-to-texas-am-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/164369\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Drops Season Opener to Texas A&#038;M-Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tStory Links&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771052290_57_corpus_christi.png\" alt=\"Texas A&amp;M - Corpus Christi\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Texas A&amp;M &#8211; Corpus Christi<\/p>\n<p>2\/14\/2026 | 3 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 14 (Sat) \/ 3 p.m. ET&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771052290_57_corpus_christi.png\" alt=\"Texas A&amp;M - Corpus Christi\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Texas A&amp;M &#8211; Corpus Christi&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/texas-am-corpus-christi\/436\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (February 13, 2026) \u2013 The Stonehill College baseball team opened its 2026 season with an 11-1 loss at Texas A&amp;M-Corpus Christi Friday night. The defeat dropped the Skyhawks to 0-1 on the year, while the Islanders improved to 1-0 to start their campaign.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHighlights<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe junior trio of <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jamison-howland\/10358\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10358\" target=\"_blank\">Jamison Howland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/nathan-kearney\/10336\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10336\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Kearney<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/will-christopher\/10330\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10330\" target=\"_blank\">Will Christopher<\/a> accounted for Stonehill&#8217;s only hits of the game.&#13;<br \/>\n\tJunior <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ryan-leclair\/10338\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10338\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan LeClair<\/a> drew a team-high two walks on the night.&#13;<br \/>\n\tGraduate student <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-parks\/10343\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10343\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Parks<\/a> extended his on-base streak to 21 consecutive games (dating back to last season) after working a walk against the Islanders.&#13;<br \/>\n\tGraduate student <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ryan-douglas\/10333\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10333\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Douglas<\/a> made the start on the mound, striking out two over 4.0 innings of work.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshman <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sean-connolly\/10364\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10364\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Connolly<\/a> made his collegiate debut on the mound, while sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/stonehillskyhawks.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tanyon-weber\/10349\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10349\" target=\"_blank\">Tanyon Weber<\/a> fanned a team-best three batters across 1.2 innings in relief.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nHow It Happened<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFollowing a scoreless inning and a half to open the game, Texas A&amp;M-Corpus Christi broke through in the bottom of the second with a pair of runs. An RBI double off the bat of Noah Cassie put the Islanders on the board before a sacrifice fly by Max Towchik later in the frame capped the two-run outburst.<\/p>\n<p>In the top of the third, Christopher recorded the Skyhawks&#8217; first hit of the 2026 campaign with a single into shallow left field. He moved into scoring position a batter later when LeClair drew his first of two walks on the day, but Stonehill was unable to capitalize, stranding a pair and remaining scoreless through three innings.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders extended their advantage with three runs in the bottom of the third, highlighted by a two-run double from Cade Sanchez. Two more crossed in the fifth on a two-run home run by Jackson Smith, and Corpus Christi added two additional runs in the sixth on an RBI triple by Isaiah Afework and a sacrifice fly from Smith, stretching the lead to 9-0 heading into the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Stonehill broke through in the top of the seventh when Christopher lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, driving in Howland for the team&#8217;s first run of the night. However, the Islanders responded with two more runs in the eighth to secure an 11-1 victory over the Skyhawks.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUp Next<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nStonehill (0-1, 0-0 NEC) continues its season opening four-game series at Texas A&amp;M-Corpus Christi with a doubleheader tomorrow. Game one of the day between the Skyhawks and Islanders is set for 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest on Stonehill Athletics, follow the Skyhawks via social media on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoStonehill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stonehillskyhawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stonehillskyhawks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Texas A&amp;M &#8211; Corpus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-164369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}