EASTLAKE, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University baseball team dropped its third contested game of the NCAA Division III College World Series against Denison University by a final score of 6-4 to conclude its 2026 season.
For the first time of the weekend, the Yellow Jackets started the game in front, leading 3-2 in the third inning before allowing runs in the third and fourth to lose control of the lead. They finish the season 37-12 while falling two games short of the Championship Series.
Scoring Summary
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Top 1st – Sophomore first baseman Matt DelDuca (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) got the scoring going for the Yellow Jackets, with an RBI single for the team's first time scoring in the first inning of the World Series
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Top 2nd – A little blooper to the third baseman by Senior OAC Player of the Year Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) saw a single as well as a fielding error, which scored two runs
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Top 7th – DelDuca had his second RBI single of the day to end a scoreless drought that lasted five innings for BW
At the Plate
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Junior designated hitter Colin West (Westborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) finished the day going 2-for-4 with a walk
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DelDuca was 2-for-4 on the day with two RBI hits to help the offense
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Senior right fielder John Panstares (Westlake/St. Ignatius) was 2-for-4 on the day while scoring one of the Yellow Jacket runs
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Senior shortstop Matt Terzola (Uniontown/Archbishop Hoban) had two walks to contribute to the offense
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Ritlinger-Nirider was 1-for-4 and walked in the top of the ninth to extend the game
On the Mound
- Senior left-hander Nolan Kellicker (Dover) was the starting pitcher for the Yellow Jackets on just one day's rest, going 1 2/3 innings, giving up one run, and not issuing a walk
- Freshman right-hander Matthew Anzalone (Buffalo, N.Y./St Joes Collegiate Institute) pitched two scoreless innings in the middle innings without issuing a walk
