2026 Lakeland Baseball Recap
 
Head Coach: Kevin Post (3rd year)
Assistant Coach: Justin Jurek (7th year)
Record: 14-26 overall, 7-17 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
NACC Regular Season Finish: tie-11th
Home Record: 4-8
Away Record: 6-12
Neutral Record: 4-6
Long Winning Streak: 4 games
Long Losing Streak: 7 games
All-NACC Team: Sean Gregorius (Honorable Mention)
NACC Scholar-Athlete Award Winners: Bryce Backus, Caleb Bullock, J.T. Cortinas, Dylan Costello, Thor Dunham, Owen Fekety, Tucker Gegenfurtner, Sam Goodrum, Sean Gregorius, Matthew Hernandez, Kaden Kowalewsky, Gavin Larson, Zach McMahon, Rily Roberts, Charles Schaefer, Ian Scherbring, Braeden Schley, Sutton Shurley, Hayden Smith, Logan South, Nathan Stephany, Caleb Sumsion, Connor Veith, Eli Watkins
CSC Academic All-District Team: Bryce Backus, Logan South, Eli Watkins
Leader in Games Played: Sean Gregorius (40)
Leader in Hits: Sean Gregorius (60)
Leader in Runs Scored: Sean Gregorius (34)
Leader in Doubles: Sean Gregorius (12)
Leader in Triples: Bryce Backus/Sean Gregorius/Sawyer Laffoon (1)
Leader in Home Runs: Chris Finn/Mikey Hernandez (6)
Leader in Runs Batted In: Chris Finn (32)
Leader in Batting Average: Sean Gregorius (.366)
Leader in Stolen Bases: J.T. Cortinas (12)
Leader in Multiple-Hit Games: Sean Gregorius (18)
Leader in Multiple-RBI Games: Sean Gregorius (9)
Longest Hit Streak: Sean Gregorius (10)
Longest Streak of Games Reaching Base: Logan South (18)
Leader in Games Pitched: Eli Watkins (15)
Leader in Wins: Owen Fekety (4)
Lowest Earned Run Average: Byron Lupian (4.22)
Leader in Innings Pitched: Mikey Hernandez (57.0)
Leader in Strikeouts: Owen Fekety (38)
Leader in Complete Games: Mikey Hernandez (1)
Leader in Saves: Rily Roberts (2) 

Single-game highs:
Hits: Sean Gregorius, 5 at Wisconsin Lutheran, April 22
RBIs: 5, on three occasions. First by Mikey Hernandez at Cornell (Iowa), Feb. 27, and also by Chris Finn vs. Concordia Chicago, March 29 and again by Hernandez vs. Benedictine, May 1
Runs Scored: J.T. Cortinas, 4 at Wisconsin Lutheran, April 22
Innings Pitched: Mikey Hernandez, 9  at Dominican, April 4
Strikeouts: Mikey Hernandez, 8 at Carthage, April 9 


Season Highlights 

• Muskies improved their overall win total for the third straight year, and their 14 wins are the program's most since 2022
• Team also improved its conference win total for second straight year
• Lakeland split five conference doubleheaders including four against teams who qualified for the NACC Tournament
• Swept Wisconsin Lutheran for first time since 2019
• Team played in 13 games decided by two or less runs, posting a 4-9 record
• The Muskies had 10 or more hits in 16 games, including season-high 19 hits against both Marian and Wisconsin Lutheran
• Sean Gregorius's 60 hits in the season are tied for the fourth-most all-time in a season in program history
• Five players (Gregorius, Bryce Backus, J.T. Cortinas, Chris Day and Chris Finn) recorded 30+ hits
• The team finished 2nd in the NACC in runners thrown out stealing (19) and sacrifice hits (38), 4th in fewest walks allowed (146) and 5th in stolen bases
• South finished 2nd in the NACC in sacrifice bunts (7) and 4th in runners caught stealing (14)
• Gregorius finished tied for 7th in the NACC in sacrifice flies (4) and tied for 10th in hits (60)
• Day tied for 3rd in NACC in sacrifice bunts (6)
• Finn tied for 5th in NACC in sacrifice bunts (5)
• Cortinas tied for 9th in the NACC in times hit by pitch (12)
• Mikey Hernandez led NACC in fewest walks allowed (5) and ranked tied for 10th in innings pitched (57.0)
• Fekety finished 2nd in the NACC in fewest walks allowed (7)
• Watkins finished 3rd in NACC in fewest walks allowed (9)