Baseball Makes Second Straight Postseason Appearance
OWENSBORO, Ky. – The Brescia University baseball team earned the #5 seed in the River States Conference Tournament. The Bearcats finished the regular season 22-19 overall and 14-13 in RSC play.
April 28, 2026
The Bearcats make back-to-back conference tournament appearances after finishing over .500 this season. With tournament play beginning Thursday, April 30, BU will battle #2 Oakland City. Brescia is looking to avenge the regular season sweep against the Mighty Oaks as they see in the first round. The first two games of the series were close in proximity with a total deficit of just three runs. The Mighty Oaks cranked the offense up in game three taking the finale, 15-1.
Regular Season End Notes
- Bearcats finished the season with a series win over Shawnee State
- Hitting .307 as a team with 301 runs and 37 home runs
- Six Bearcats in top 25 in RSC for batting average (Joseph Massa, Koltyn Perez, Miguel Marcos, Hayden Jones, Grant Huebner, Max Johnson)
- Jones and Huebner in top 20 in RSC for RBIs
- Caysen Mitchell and Brian Gonzalez reached top 15 in RSC in earned run average
Individual Regular Season Statistics
- Massa leads team with a .379 batting average
- Huebner leads team in slugging percentage, .603, home runs with 9, and stolen bases with 16
- Jones leads team in RBIs with 62 and doubles with 16, sets program RBI record
- Gonzalez leads team in wins with five and ERA at 5.40
- Mitchell leads team in strikeouts with 36
UP NEXT
The Bearcats will travel to Chillicothe, OH for their first round game against Oakland City on Thursday, April 30 at 2pm CT.