The Class of 2026 ran wild on the day for the St. Lawrence University baseball team as they celebrated senior day with 9-4 and 23-12 wins to secure the series sweep over Clarkson on Saturday on Tom Fay Field.

The Scarlet and Brown improved to 16-14 overall and 9-8 in conference play with the wins, while Clarkson fell to 16-16 and 7-11 in Liberty League play. With the wins, St. Lawrence clinched the number three spot in the West and will head to Union, who clinched the number two spot in the East, for the Liberty League Crossover series next weekend.

The Class of 2026 celebrated senior day in style, combining to go 19-for-34 with 18 runs, 12 RBI, three home runs, including one grand slam, five doubles, four stolen bases, and four innings pitched.  

Outside of the senior class, Ethan Harris went 3-for-8 and walked off game two with a grand slam to run-rule the Knights, while Eddie Morrissey went 4-for-9 with a home run, four runs, and six RBI. Joe LaPrade was strong on the hill, pitching eight innings in game one, striking out six batters.
 

Game one: St. Lawrence 9, Clarkson 4 (9 Innings)

Clarkson jumped out early, plating two runs in the top of the first inning on a leadoff triple followed by a two‑run home run, but the Saints responded immediately and steadily worked their way back into control.

St. Lawrence answered in the second inning as John Donnellan opened the frame with a double down the left‑field line. Eddie Morrissey followed with an RBI single up the middle, and Jack Finnegan brought home another run with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2. Another fly out to left field in the bottom of the third tied the game as an errant throw allowed Willie Landman to score, knotting the game at 3-3.

Eddie Morrissey struck again in the fifth as he singled home Donnellan before Max Cloutier did the same with an RBI single to score Morrissey and make it 5-3. Clarkson made it a one-run game with a sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth, but the Saints scored three runs in the bottom half to make it 8-4. John Gannon doubled home a run before stealing third and taking advantage of an error to score himself. Eddie Morrissey stayed hot, scoring Owen McClintock to account for the damage.

Much like game one in Potsdam, Gannon put a stamp on the game in the bottom of the eighth as he swatted a 0-1 breaking ball over the center field wall to make it 9-4.

After eight innings of work from LaPrade on the hill, where he fanned six Golden Knights, Nathan Jackson slammed the door in the ninth to secure the win.



Game two: St. Lawrence 23, Clarkson 12 (7 Innings)

Game two was a roller coaster affair that began with an early Clarkson run in the first, followed by a six-run bottom half in which a pitch hit Landman to tie the game before Donnellan pulled an 0-1 pitch off of the left field foul pole for a grand slam. Mike Siano tacked on an RBI-double to end the onslaught.

Clarkson proceeded to plate a run in the second and six in the third to regain the lead at 8-6. St. Lawrence bounced back immediately in the bottom half of the third. Nolan Widrick singled home a pair of runs to tie the game, and the Saints took the lead in the next at-bat as Gannon reached on an error and Finnegan touched home. The score went to 10-8 when a throwing error in the outfield allowed Widrick to come home.

Another run in the fourth for the Saints was followed by a two-run inning from Clarkson in the fifth to make it 11-10. The Scarlet and Brown gave themselves a cushion in the fifth when a wild pitch, followed by a two-run home run from Eddie Morrissey, made it 14-10.

Clarkson made their final push in the sixth as they made it 14-12, but the Saints would pull away, beginning with another Gammon home run, which ran the score to 16-12. A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh made it a five-run game, and St. Lawrence ended up walking the game off in the eighth as they reached the 10-run threshold.

Landman singled home a run, and was followed by Eddie Morrissey, who walked to make the score and keep the bases loaded for Harris with the bases full. Harris walked off the game with a grand slam, hoisting the first pitch he saw deep into the Canton sky and securing the 23-12 win.

After closing game one, Jackson started game two, pitching two innings before coming out with an injury. JJ Humenay, Brendan Young, and James Morr each pitched two innings in relief to close things out.

Next up:

Before their date with Union in the crossover series, the Saints will dip their toes back into non-conference play on Tuesday, April 28, as the team hosts Plattsburgh State in a twin bill that will start at 2 p.m.