ATLANTA - Head Coach Kellen Greer's fourth season came to a close on graduation day after another year of marked improvement.

The season began with a Sunday split against Brandeis with a close 3-2 loss in game one, then an 11-6 win. The Petrels also split their series with Kalamazoo, then Huntingdon handed them their first road loss.

Oglethorpe started a winning streak in late February, triumphing in seven straight games. Conference play began in mid-March with Berry ending the win streak. The Petrels did steal one game from Berry, then picked up a pair of wins against Centre. As the end of the regular season drew near, Oglethorpe started another winning streak thanks to Piedmont and Rhodes.

The Petrels swept the series against the latter before heading to the Southern Athletic Association tournament. The team faced Rhodes once again in the opening round, but could not repeat the energy from the previous weekend.

Award Winners

• Jonathan Cruz: All-SAA first team and SAA Athlete of the Week
• Jaxson Corr: All-SAA second team
• Trey Kinnan: All-SAA second team
• Isaiah Pou: All-SAA second team
• Tate Henderson: All-SAA honorable mention
• Cooper Krause: All-SAA honorable mention
• Nick Tarantino: All-SAA honorable mention
• JB Sain: SAA Athlete of the Week

Team Notes

• Eight freshmen made their debut: Sain, Cade Eidham, Ryan Causey, Konner Burrell, Hayden Partain, Aiden Holley, Will Lumpkin and Cian Khajavi.
• Six players made their Oglethorpe debut: Jace Armstrong, Tyler Hower, Rhett Wells, Jayson Barber, Alex Kerr and Sam Kates.
• Oglethorpe graduated 18 seniors/MBAs/dual degree players: Blair Barnes, Mason Pearcy, Sam Mills, Grant Guinther, Colin Stewart, Jake Hill, Matt Huckabee, Cooper Krause, Hunter Spence, Charlie Boyce, Cruz, Nick Tarantino, Greg Johnson, Brennan Boone, Gavin Latham, Shane Newsome, Jack Groh and Kates.
• Because the SAA tournament began the same weekend as Oglethorpe's graduation, the Petrels held their own private ceremony on Monday, May 5, in Lupton Auditorium.
• Freshman Brooks Gresehover worked the broadcast this season and Latham served as a team photographer.

Season Notes

• Record: 21-20.
• This was assistant coach Andy Hoyer's fourth season and Parker Hildebrecht's '23 second season.
• Oglethorpe faced Brandeis, Husson and Berea for the first time.
• The Petrels played Hanover for the first time since 1994.

Individual Leaders

• Cruz scored 44 runs, had 66 hits, 25 RBIs and stole nine bases. He also had a .522 slugging percentage. Cruz had the best batting average in the SAA (.433), led in hits, ranked second for assists, fourth for runs, and fifth for on-base percentage (.518).
• Pou recorded 37 runs, 43 hits, 10 home runs, 37 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases. He led the SAA in on-base percentage (.544), ranked third for home runs, second for slugging percentage (.750), eighth for batting average (.393) and RBIs, and sixth for stolen bases.
• Corr ranked third in the SAA for batting average (.404), had 35 hits and scored 28 runs.
• Jace Armstrong recorded a 7.01 ERA, ranking sixth in the SAA. He pitched 59.1 innings and struck out 32 batters.
• Kinnan had 61 hits and scored 28 runs. He ranked second in conference for stolen bases with 28 and also ranked 10th for batting average (.381), fifth for hits, and ninth for RBIs.
• Pearcy had 28 hits, scored 21 runs and had 20 RBIs. He ranked fifth in conference for putouts.
• Dylan Quintilio struck out 36 batters.
• Krause had 40 hits, scored 25 runs, hit four home runs, had 29 RBIs and stole seven bases. His batting average was .333, a slugging percentage of .492, and on-base percentage of .414.
• Brick Conway had 22 hits, scored 21 runs and stole nine bases.
• Henderson struck out 26 batters, Burrell made 25, and Sain followed with 24.
• Drew Jabaley scored 20 runs.
• Causey had 25 hits and 28 RBIs. 

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