HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Penn State Altoona baseball team ended its 2025 season on the road Thursday afternoon, when the Lions split a doubleheader with non-conference opponent Juniata College at Langdon-Goodale Field.

Juniata (10-27) jumped out to an early lead in game one and successfully held onto it the rest of the way, prevailing 9-3. Penn State Altoona (13-24-1) salvaged the split with an extra-innings victory in the nightcap, winning 2-1 in eight innings in game two.

Game One: Juniata 9, Penn State Altoona 3

Juniata jumped on the Lions early, getting six runs across in the bottom of the first, and Penn State Altoona was unable to dig out of the hole.

Jake Hillard (State College, PA/State College) went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, and Aidan Donovan (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's) was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Brian Chelli (West Hartford, CT/Hall) had a double and a run scored, Tyreke Green (Altoona, PA/Altoona) had a hit, a run, and a stolen base, and Zach Ingold (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) had a hit and a walk.

Kyle Latham (Milton, GA/Cambridge) started on the mound and took the loss, after going five innings and striking out five Juniata batters. Brycen Flinton (Denver, PA/Cocalico) added an inning in relief.

In the bottom of the first inning, Jace Irvin opened the scoring for Juniata with an RBI single before Jackson Cunnane's grand slam to left made it 5-0. Charlie Bakken's RBI single to center put the home team up by six.

Penn State Altoona got a run in the top of the second to cut the Eagles' advantage to five. Corey Chamberlain (Claysburg, PA/Claysburg-Kimmel) reached on an infield error to start the inning, and Ingold followed with a base hit to put runners at the corners. James St. Laurent-Friend (Wake Forest, NC/Wake Forest) brought Chamberlain home with a sacrifice fly to right, making it 6-1.

Juniata got that run back in the third on Jordan Chui's RBI single through the left side, reestablishing a six-run lead, 7-1.

The Lions got back to within five in the top of the fourth. With two outs, Fred Guarino IV (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) drew a walk, and Donovan followed with an RBI single to right to make it 7-2.

Juniata increased its advantage to 9-2 in the bottom of the sixth, when Zach Johnston's bases-loaded walk brought home one run and Ricky Scott's RBI single to center added another.

Penn State Altoona picked up a third and final run in the top of the seventh. Green led off with an infield single to third, stole second, and later came home on a Chelli sac fly to left, putting the score at 9-3.

Game Two: Penn State Altoona 2, Juniata 1 (Final/8 innings)

Each team scored a run in the first inning, but the 1-1 score remained until the eighth, when Penn State Altoona was finally able to break the tie and ultimately finish its season with a win.

Green was 3-for-4 for Penn State Altoona with a double and a run scored, and Chamberlain was 2-for-3 with a double and a run. Alex Hlivia (Pennsylvania Furnace, PA/State College) and Harrison Knaupe (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna) also had one hit apiece, and Dominic McCaffrey (Spotswood, NJ/St. John Vianney) had a hit, an RBI, and a walk.

Hlivia made the start at pitcher and went four innings, allowed just one run, and struck out two batters in a no decision. Sam Homan (Altoona, PA/Bishop Guilfoyle) and Hillard each tossed a scoreless inning in relief with one strikeout apiece, and Green added a scoreless frame on the mound to notch his first collegiate pitching win. Chamberlain finished the game by tossing a perfect bottom of the eighth, striking out the side to record his second save of the season.

The teams traded runs in the first inning. In the top half, Green led off with a double to left, moved to third on a groundout, then scored on Chelli's fielder's choice to give the Lions a 1-0 lead. Juniata responded with a run in the bottom of the inning, when Scott's RBI double to right tied the score at 1-1.

The 1-1 score remained until the top of the eighth, when Penn State Altoona broke through for the go-ahead run. Chamberlain led off with a double down the left-field line, and he moved up to third on a wild pitch with one out. McCaffrey followed that with the game-winning hit, sending an RBI single to center to put Penn State Altoona in front, 2-1.

Chamberlain retired the Eagles in order via a trio of strikeouts in the bottom of the eighth, and Penn State Altoona wrapped up its 2025 season with a victory.