York, Neb.—
 
Game One:

Tannen Buss broke a tie with a solo home run to left-center in the top of the ninth inning, and the University of Saint Mary edged the York University Panthers 4-3 in game on this afternoon, in the final conference match up for the Spires that turned late after USM erased a two-run deficit.

The Spires struck first in the opening inning when Jaxon Sloan delivered an RBI ground-rule double to center, scoring Lucas Barta for a 1-0 lead. York answered in the bottom of the second and briefly seized control. Eisenmenger hit a two-run homer to left, and the Panthers added another run on run-scoring hits from Gorecki and Martinez to move in front 3-1.

The Spires chipped away in the fifth. Buss singled to center to bring home Saul Vazquez-Alvarado and cut the deficit to 3-2. Saint Mary continued to pressure to the Panthers throughout the afternoon, finishing with 12 hits and four walks, though the Spires also left 12 runners on base.

The tying run came in the eighth. Saul Vazquez-Alvarado lined a single down the line that brought home senior Sean Goings on a play scored with a throwing error, allowing USM to even the game at 3-3. That set the stage for Buss in the ninth, and the sophomore answered with his second RBI of the day and the game's decisive swing.

Buss paced the Spires offensively, going 4 for 5 with a double, a home run and two RBIs. Vazquez-Alvarado added two hits, an RBI, a walk and a run scored. Sloan also supplied an early extra-base hit as Saint Mary matched York with 12 hits.

On the mound, Moises Soriano worked the first five innings for Saint Mary, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out three and walking three. The Spires' pitching staff kept York off the board over the final four innings to preserve the comeback after the Panthers stranded 13 runners. York was led by Eisenmenger's two-hit, two-RBI day and Morgan's three-hit performance, but Buss' ninth-inning homer proved to be the difference.

Game Two:

York broke open a scoreless game two with two runs in the third inning and never let the Spires recover Friday night, handing the Spires a 7-1 loss in the second game of day one's doubleheader in York, Nebraska.

The decisive stretch came in the middle innings when the Panthers scored twice in the third, added another run in the fourth, then pushed across three more in the fifth to build a 6-0 cushion. Tarin helped start the surge with an RBI groundout in the third that brought home Prasad, and Petersen followed with an RBI single to right to make it 2-0. Tarin added another RBI in the fourth when he drew a bases-loaded walk.

York kept the pressure on in the fifth. Gomez singled through the left side to drive in a run, and Gorecki added a sacrifice fly to center as the lead grew to 5-0. Hodoly tacked on another sacrifice fly in the sixth, scoring Tarin for York's seventh run. York finished with nine hits and five walks, overcoming four errors in the field.

The Spires did not get on the board until the seventh, when Ian Maldonado reached on a fielder's choice to third base and Tim Wood scored the Spires' lone run. The Spires finished with five hits, one RBI and four errors, while also leaving nine runners on base.

York starter Ramos controlled the game from the outset. Ramos worked all seven innings, allowed five hits and one run, walked one and struck out 12 on 104 pitches. USM struck out 12 times against him and managed only one extra-base hit, a double.

The Spires will finish their final game of the 2025-26 season tomorrow wrapping up the series against YU. The last game of the USM season is slated for noon tomorrow afternoon at Levitt Stadium.