TACOMA, Wash. - The Pacific Lutheran University baseball team edged Northwest Conference Champion Pacific University 3-2 to open the day on Saturday before falling 8-3 to Willamette University in the season finale at PLU Field. 
 
Tommy Snyder went 8 1/3 innings of the hill in game one against the NWC Champs, striking out seven in the 3-2 win.
 
Andy Schmitz got the Lutes (22-18) on the board in the third inning, belting a single down the right field line to score Garret Wong who reached base on an error.
 
PLU extended its advantage in the fifth with Tori Doten belting a leadoff double and scoring the next at bat as a Connor Lemma single down the right field line made it 2-0. The Lutes kept on the gas with a Braeden Lundberg sacrifice fly scoring Wong.
 
The Boxers (27-15) pushed across two runs in the sixth but were shut down the rest of the way.
 
Lemma finished the game two-for-three at the plate while Wong scored a pair of runs. 
 
Snyder walked just two and allowed just four hits in his 8 1/3 innings of labor. Alex Gregory slammed the door on the Boxers, netting career save number 19 after retiring the final two batters of the game.
 
In game two against Willamette, a hit batter and a home run put the visiting Bearcats up 2-0 after one inning of play. WU added two more runs in the fourth on a home run before adding four more runs in the seventh, building an 8-0 advantage. 
 
PLU rallied in the ninth with Lukas Delisle scoring Stevan Rodriquez before a Rowan Amann double scored Sam Richardson and Delisle but the Lutes were unable to muster any more runs, falling 8-3 in the final curtain call for the 2022 seniors who racked up 78 wins over the past four seasons.
 
John Graham, Cole Trotignon, and Connor Lemma all finished with a pair of hits in the nightcap. 
 
Spencer Howell was saddled with the decision, tossing the opening four innings and fanning two. Jonathan Cohen struck out two in 2 1/3 innings of middle relief while Alex Gregory finished off the game, striking out four of the six batters he faced. 

"The 2022 senior class is a special group. They overcame a lot of adversity over the last few years and really did a great job on the field and in the classroom. The guys that were here for 5 years won 103 games and all of them participated in the conference tournament every year. The program is going to miss their hard work and dedication to PLU baseball," said Head Coach Nolan Soete.