Baseball Announces 2026 Schedule

1/22/2026 12:00:00 AM

(2026 schedule)

Coming off its latest trip to the NCAA Tournament, Goldey-Beacom announced its 2026 schedule that once again will feature squads which also are used to playing on the national stage.

The season opens with two weekend trips to Cary, NC, site of the NCAA College World Series. The first weekend from February 13-15 features games against Franklin Pierce and Mercy with the second from the 20th-22nd seeing contests versus Frostburg State, Kutztown and Slippery Rock.

Goldey-Beacom from February 28-March 1 plays Millersville, one of five NCAA Tournament teams from last season on the schedule, before a four-game set March 7-8 against Queens (NY). Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play opens March 11 at home vs. Jefferson, which last year competed in the same NCAA regional as GBC.

Another early test in league play will be March 21-22 against Felician, last year's NCAA East Regional champion and World Series participant. Goldey-Beacom ends the month with three-game sets vs. Lincoln (PA) and Bridgeport.

Dominican (NY) from April 11-12 once again will provide solid competition before a visit April 15 to West Chester. The latter was the number two seed in the NCAA Tournament from the Atlantic Region and Millersville was number one.

Goldey-Beacom ends the season April 28 at home vs. Wilmington, last season's CACC champion and winner of the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. These schools have faced each other in the first round of the CACC Tournament each of the last two seasons.

Teams in the CACC will face each other three times with division play eliminated. The league's top eight schools compete in the first round of the conference tournament May 1-2 in a best-of-three series. The four winners go to championship weekend May 7-9 in Waterbury, CT.

Junior Bobby Stewart (Newark, DE) is one of the key hitters returning and will be a key either at second base or shortstop after getting 11 home runs and 21 stolen bases last season. Sophomore Brent Williams (Woodstown, NJ) had a solid campaign last year with a .306 batting average and has the inside track at third base. Sophomore Zach Smethers (Nazareth, PA) batted .397 a season ago despite only playing 25 games and will be a key both at first base and as the designated hitter.

Owen Knerr (Ocean City, MD) is a power hitter who seeks time in the infield, fellow sophomore Jaime Neris Jr. (Philadelphia, PA) is another solid hitter who also is an energy guy and sophomore Roman Keith (Selbyville, DE) is an outfielder who makes the squad better both on offense and defense. Newcomers who seek a lineup spot thanks to their overall great play include junior Trey Mason (Germantown, MD) from Montgomery Community College, freshman Kaden Barmer (Edgewood, MD) from Calvert Hall and senior Joey Current (Denver, PA) from Towson University and Delaware State University.

A key player on the bump returning is Nate Miller (Mechanicsburg, PA), who over his first three years is tied for sixth in team history with three complete games, seventh with 10 wins, seventh with 114 strikeouts and seventh with 128 innings. Kevin Dillon (Mount Bethel, PA) returns for a fourth campaign sitting tied for third in team history with 13 wins, ninth with 98 strikeouts and 10th with 115 innings.

George Starr (Franklinville, NJ) had a solid freshman campaign with four wins over 50 innings and 38 strikeouts to just 18 walks. Sophomore Zach Davis (Newport News, VA) was outstanding last year with a 5-0 mark over eight appearances, notching 22 strikeouts and a .222 batting average against over 19 innings.

Kory Williams (Pennsauken, NJ) notched 51 strikeouts over 41 innings, fellow senior Connor Blence (Downingtown, PA) recorded a 5-1 record over 51 innings and sophomore Britton Wildasin (New Market, MD) saw hitters bat just .229 against him over 22 innings. Freshmen Tyler Leech (Wilmington, DE) and Reed Thompson (Rehoboth Beach, DE) both are coming back from injury and junior Timmy Jones (Bridgeville, DE) is a strike thrower from Allegheny College who can see time in multiple roles.

Goldey-Beacom (34-21, 23-11 CACC) last year, in only its ninth season since the program's reinstatement, made the NCAA Tournament a fourth time with all coming in the last five years. It was nationally ranked for the third time in the last four campaigns, regionally ranked all season in reaching number one and made the CACC Tournament a fifth straight year.

The Lightning recorded a school-record 15-game winning streak, a team-best 23 conference wins, tied the school record with 20 home wins and started a team-best 12-0 in the CACC, making it 14 straight league triumphs dating to 2024.

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