Stephen F. Austin
9-5
Abilene Christian
7-6
Jacks on Wrong End of High-Scoring Affair in Abilene
3/4/2026 9:53:00 PM | Baseball
ACU plates 19 unanswered runs following SFA’s 10-1 start through 4.5
The Jacks plated a pair of runs in the second, third and fourth innings and added four more in the fifth, before the Wildcats responded with consecutive 7+ run frames to grab the lead.
ACU collected five extra base hits over the fifth and sixth innings with the Wildcats, a top 25 team nationally in home runs, belting two round trippers in the sixth as part of the eight-run frame to take the lead. SFA hit two home runs on the night with both Jhett Creel and Julian Swift leaving the yard with two-run blasts.
Eight SFA arms took the hill in the loss. Seanan Farney tossed 4.0 innings facing just two over the minimum in a starting capacity.
POSTGAME NOTES
- ACU improves to 19-15 overall against SFA since 2014
- The last two meetings have seen a combined 58 runs after a 15-13 SFA win last March
- The combined 30 runs are the most in an SFA game coached by second-year head coach Matt Vanderburg
- It was SFA's ninth game with 10+ hits this season as six of the team's 11 hits went for extra bases
- Ethan Adkisson led with three RBI as three other Jacks recorded two RBI
- Mark Henning scored three times and Cermodrick Bland and Julian Swift each collected two hits
- The Jacks stranded six runners with half of those left on in the eighth
- SFA committed just one error and walked five with three of those coming in the seven-run fifth and two more in the eight-run sixth
The Jacks return home to host Lamar in a three-game Southland Conference series on March 6-8. The Cardinals swept UTRGV to open league play. First-pitch in Friday's series opener is set for 6 p.m. Live coverage links will be available at www.SFAjacks.com.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gonzalez, OJ (1-1)
L: Greer, Brennan (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Swift, Julian 1 ; Adkisson, Ethan 1 ; Peña, Ethan 1 ; Henning, Mark 1
HR: Swift, Julian 1 ; Creel, Jhett 1
RBI: Schneider, Cooper 1 ; Swift, Julian 2 ; Adkisson, Ethan 3 ; Creel, Jhett 2 ; Peña, Ethan 2
SF: Peña, Ethan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bland, Cermodrick 1 ; Schneider, Cooper 1 ; Ibe, Josh 1 ; Swift, Julian 2 ; Creel, Jhett 1 ; Peña, Ethan 1 ; Henning, Mark 3
HBP: Bland, Cermodrick 1
Batting:
2B: Cardenas, Diego 1 ; Watkins, Grant 2 ; Regala, Braden 1 ; Thompson, JT 1
HR: Cardenas, Diego 2 ; Payne, Zandt 1
RBI: Cardenas, Diego 9 ; Arias, Nick 2 ; Watkins, Grant 2 ; Regala, Braden 1 ; Borho, Reese 1 ; Thompson, JT 1 ; Payne, Zandt 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Cardenas, Diego 3 ; Arias, Nick 2 ; Gray, Brady 1 ; Watkins, Grant 4 ; Regala, Braden 2 ; Borho, Reese 2 ; Thompson, JT 2 ; Jones, Ryan 1 ; Payne, Zandt 3
HBP: Watkins, Grant 2
