NACOGDOCHES, TX—The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team lost its final series of the season against Stephen F. Austin University. The sweep ends the Cardinals' 2025 season.

Game 1: UIW 12, SFA 14 

Rob Liddington Jr. started the scoring for the Cardinals by crushing a solo homer over the left field wall, giving UIW a 1-0 lead in the first. Later in the inning, the Lumberjacks scored one on a solo homer to tie the game at 1-1. 

SFA scored on a double play in the second to go up 2-1. 

After two scoreless innings, the Cardinals scored four runs in the fifth to take a 5-2 lead. Ryder Hernandez tied the game with a sacrifice fly, and AJ Herrera drove in three runs with a double down the left field line. In the home half of the inning, the Lumberjacks drove in four runs to retake the lead, 6-5. 

In the sixth inning, the Cardinals scored five to retake the lead, 9-6. Gray Bane started the scoring with a sacrifice fly. Thomas Lyssy singled in a run. Mendoza followed with a two-run double, and Herrera singled in Mendoza to conclude the scoring. SFA responded with a six-run sixth inning to lead 12-10. 

Tyler Cowan tied the game in the seventh on a two-run single, bringing the score to 12-12. Later in the inning, SFA scored two, bringing the final score to 14-12.  

Game 2: UIW 2, SFA 6 

The Lumberjacks got on the board first, scoring a run in the second on a solo homer to lead 1-0. 

After three scoreless innings, the Cardinals got on the board in the sixth to tie the game at 1-1. Daniel Calabrese tied the game with a sacrifice fly to center field. In the bottom of the inning, SFA scored two to retake the lead, 3-1. 

JD Gregson hit a solo homer over the wall in the seventh to pull UIW within one, 3-2. Later in the inning, the Lumberjacks responded with a three-run seventh inning to bring the final score to 6-2. 

Game 3: UIW 12, SFA 13  

The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead in the first inning on a solo homer by Rob Liddington Jr. SFA tied the game at 1-1 in the home half of the first inning. 

Ryan Scott sent his seventh homer of the season over the wall in the second to give UIW a 2-1 lead. The Lumberjacks tied the game in the bottom of the inning, bringing the score to 2-2. 

Scott and Tyler Cowan singled in runs in the third to retake the lead, 4-2.  

A wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Rey Mendoza extended the Cardinal lead to 6-2 entering the bottom of the fourth. SFA scored two in the home half of the fourth inning, bringing the score to 6-4. 

In the fifth, the Lumberjacks pulled within one, 6-5. 

Brandon Burckel and Cowan recorded RBI singles in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-5. 

Liddington singled in a run in the seventh to stretch the Cardinal lead to 9-5. In the bottom of the seventh, the Lumberjacks took their first lead by scoring six runs to pull ahead 11-9. 

In the eighth, SFA added two runs to extend the lead to 13-9. 

Thomas Lyssy homered to lead off the top of the ninth. Mendoza finished his collegiate career with a two-run homer, bringing the final score to 13-12. 

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