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WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern Sharks began a three-game Sunshine State Conference series against the Rollins Tars with an 8-1 loss on Friday afternoon at Alfond Stadium. 

Records: Nova Southeastern 11-9, 5-2 SSC | Rollins 14-6, 6-1 SSC
Score: Nova Southeastern 1 | Rollins 8
Location: Alfond Stadium | Winter Park, Fla. 
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• The Tars took advantage of a pair of errors by the NSU defense and plated six runs in the bottom of the second inning. 
• The Sharks got into the run column with three hits in the top of the fifth inning, as Ronny Medina drove in Gabriel Esquivel with an RBI single.
• Rollins plated a run in the bottom of the fifth inning, taking a 7-1 lead. 
• Alexander Llinas entered in relief for NSU in the bottom of the fifth and held the Tars in check for the remainder of the game. The southpaw tossed 3.1 innings, striking out three, and allowed just one earned run. 
• NSU dropped the series opener 8-1 to the Tars. 

The Sharks will be back in action on Saturday, March 15th, with a doubleheader at Alfond Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Men’s Basketball, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Baseball. 

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VALDOSTA, GA. – In a high scoring contest that featured a combined 28 runs and 36 hits, the Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team was defeated 18-10 by the Valdosta State Blazers at Billy Grant Field on Wednesday afternoon. 

Records: Nova Southeastern 11-8 | Valdosta State 10-9
Score: Nova Southeastern 10 | Valdosta State 18
Location: Billy Grant Field | Valdosta, Ga.
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• NSU got the scoring started early, as Boris Pena came through with an RBI single and gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead. 
• Zeth Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the top of the second inning, extending the NSU advantage to 2-0 over the Blazer.
• Later in the frame, Jack Cue hit a two-run home run, pushing the Sharks’ lead to 4-0.
• Valdosta State tied the game with a four-run bottom of the third inning. 
•  Rodriguez came through with an RBI double, driving in Roylan Quevedo, and reclaiming the lead for NSU at 5-4 in the top of the fifth inning.
• Matthew Corpas brought in Rodriguez and Pena with a two-run single, extending the lead to 7-4.
• The Blazers responded with five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, taking a 9-7 lead.
• Gabriel Esquivel sparked a three-run top of the sixth inning for Nova Southeastern with a solo home run. 
• Rodriguez tallied his third run batted in of the contest with a sacrifice fly, tying the game at 9-9.
• NSU once again took the lead courtesy of an RBI single by Medina.
• VSU totaled nine runs across the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, as the Blazers defeated the Sharks 18-10. 

The Sharks will resume Sunshine State Conference play on Friday, March 14th,  as NSU takes on the Rollins Tars in Winter Park, Fla. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Nova Southeastern Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Baseball. 

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VALDOSTA, GA. – The Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team was defeated 17-8 by the Valdosta State Blazers on Tuesday afternoon at Billy Grant Field. 

Records: Nova Southeastern 11-7 | Valdosta State 9-9
Scores: Nova Southeastern 8 | Valdosta State 17
Location: Valdosta, Ga. | Billy Grant Field
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• Valdosta State took an early lead in the 1st inning when DJ Banks hit an RBI double to bring in Pedro Moreno, making it 1-0.

• A 6-run second inning for Valdosta State broke the game open extending the lead to 7-0.

• In the 5th inning, Valdosta State added four more runs to push the score to 11-0.

• Nova Southeastern responded in the 6th inning with four runs, highlighted by a two-run double from Justin Wachs, cutting the deficit to 11-4.

• Boris Pena hit a solo home run in the 7th inning to give Nova Southeastern another spark, making it 11-5.

• In the bottom of the 7th Valdosta State scored six runs stretching the lead to 17-6.

• The Sharks added two more runs in the final innings, including an RBI double from Michael Arnold in the 9th making the final score 17-8.

Nova Southeastern is back in action tomorrow March 5th, at Billy Grant Field. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram and X at NSU_Baseball. 

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team combined to hit three home runs, while Keyler Gonzalez struck out eight across seven innings of work, in a walk-off 6-5 victory over the Florida Tech Panthers in game one of the Sunshine State Conference series on Friday night at the NSU Baseball Complex. NSU has won five consecutive games, improving to 4-0 in SSC play, and now have two walk-off victories in the 2025 season.

Records: Nova Southeastern 10-5, 4-0 SSC | Florida Tech 8-9, 1-3 SSC
Score: Nova Southeastern 6 | Florida Tech 5
Location: NSU Baseball Complex | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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• Keyler Gonzalez began the contest by setting down the Panthers in order in each of the first three innings, recording four strikeouts.
• Zeth Rodriguez got the Sharks on the scoreboard first, hitting a solo home run, giving NSU a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. 
• The pitchers dual continued as Gonzalez and Jacob Pino, the reigning Sunshine State Conference Pitcher of the Week, matched each other pitch for pitch through six innings. 
• Florida Tech tied the game with a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning
• The Sharks quickly responded as Boris Pena reclaimed the lead for NSU with a home run, before Zeth Rodriguez drove in Ronny Medina with an RBI single and Justin Wachs capped off a four-run frame with a two-run home run. 
• The Panthers cut into the Sharks 5-1 advantage with a three-run home run, putting the score at 5-4 and chasing Gonzalez from the game. 
• Julian Hernandez entered out of the bullpen for NSU and ended the inning by recording three consecutive outs. 
• Florida Tech tied the game in the top of the ninth inning with an RBI single
• Pena led off the bottom of the ninth with a double, but was stranded in scoring position as the game went into extra innings. 
• Edwin Alicea tossed a shutout frame in the tenth inning for Nova Southeastern
• Nova Southeastern found a way to walk-off the Panthers without recording a hit in the extra frame, capitalizing on a pair of errors, a walk and a hit-by-pitch, taking the first game of the Sunshine State Conference series 6-5.

Boris Pena: 2-4, 2B, HR
Zeth Rodriguez: 2-4, HR, two RBIs
Justin Wach: 1-4, 2R-HR
Keyler Gonzalez: 7 ip, 8 strikeouts (fifth consecutive start of at least seven innings)

NSU continues the Sunshine State Conference series against Florida Tech with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. from the NSU Baseball Complex. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram and X at NSU_Baseball. 

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SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team began Sunshine State Conference play and completed a three-game sweep against the Eckerd Tritons. The Sharks took both games of the doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, taking game one 11-9 to win the series and winning the finale 11-10. 

Records: Nova Southeastern 9-5, 3-0 SSC | Eckerd 2-11, 0-3 SSC
Scores: Nova Southeastern 11, Eckerd 9 (Game One) | Nova Southeastern 11, Eckerd 10 (Game Two)
Location: Turley Athletic Complex | Saint Petersburg, Fla. 
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• Xavier Moronta got the Sharks on the scoreboard first, driving in Justin Wachs with his third RBI hit of the series, giving NSU a 1-0 lead in the top of the third. 
• Kyler Heyne (2-0) pitched five scoreless innings and limited the Tritons to just two base-runners. 
• In the top of the sixth inning, Ty Torti brought in Boris Pena on a sacrifice fly and pushed the Sharks lead to 2-0.
• Nova Southeastern plated six runs in the top of the seventh inning, as Roylan Quevedo, Jorge DeGoti, Torti and Anthony Stinson all drove in runs, as NSU extended the lead to 8-0.
• DeGoti hit a three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning, giving NSU an 11-0 lead. 
• The Tritons responded with nine runs across the final two innings, but were unable to tie the game, as NSU claimed the Sunshine State Conference series victory by defeating Eckerd 11-9. 

Kyler Heyne: (2-0), 5 IP, 0 ER, 0 R
Jorge Degoti: 2-5, three-run HR, five RBIs
Ty Torti: 1-4, two RBIs
Anthony Stinson: 2-5, two RBIs

• Gabriel Esquivel gave NSU an early 2-0 lead, driving in Justin Wachs and Quevedo with a two-run double. 
• NSU broke the game open in the top of the third inning scoring six runs and taking an 8-0 lead. 
• During the inning, Quevedo hit a two-run home and Stinson added an RBI double. 
• Eckerd responded with four runs in the bottom half of the frame, cutting their deficit to 8-4. 
• In the top of the fourth, Moronta scored on an error by the Tritons, extending the NSU lead to 9-4. 
• Later in the game, Joel Cabrera and Pena both scored on wild pitches, putting the Sharks in front 11-6. 
• Eckerd scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but the Sharks prevailed and sealed the SSC series sweep with an 11-10 win. 

Roylan Quevedo: 3-4, three runs, two-run HR
Gabriel Esquivel: 1-3, two RBI

The Sharks welcome the Florida Tech Panthers to the NSU Baseball Complex with a three-game series beginning on Friday, February 28th. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Baseball. 

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SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – Each of the first four hitters in the Sharks lineup recorded multiple hits, while Keyler Gonzalez tossed his fourth consecutive start of at least seven innings, as the Nova Southeastern Baseball team began Sunshine State Conference play with a 9-1 victory over the Eckerd Tritons on Friday evening at the Turley Complex. 

Xavier Moronta (2-5, two-run HR, 2B, three RBIs) and Justin Wachs (2-4, two RBIs) carried the Sharks’ offense and Keyler Gonzalez (3-1; 7 IP, 9 Ks) became the first Sharks pitcher to throw seven or more innings in each of his first four starts in a season. 

Records: Nova Southeastern 7-5, 1-0 SSC | Eckerd 2-9, 0-1 SSC
Score: Nova Southeastern 9 | Eckerd 1
Location: Turley Complex | Saint Petersburg, Fla. 
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• The first five innings of the Sunshine State Conference opener was a pitcher’s duel, as Keyler Gonzalez and Edens matched each other pitch for pitch and kept each opposing offense off the scoreboard. 
• Justin Wachs led off the top of the sixth inning with a base hit and scored on an RBI double from Xavier Moronta, giving the Sharks the first run of the game. 
• Roylan Quevedo later added an RBI single, bringing in Moronta, as NSU extended the advantage to 2-0 over the Tritons. 
• Eckerd responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning, putting the score at 2-1. 
• Wachs and Moronta sparked a two-out rally in the top of the seventh inning. Wachs drove in Jorge DeGoti following a sacrifice bunt from Richard Benitez and Moronta added a two-run home run, extending the lead to 5-1. 
• Gonzalez set down the Tritons in order in his final inning of work. 
• Benitez and Wachs each added RBIs for the Sharks, pushing the lead to 7-1 in the top of the eighth inning. 
• Carlos Nolasco pitched a scoreless bottom half of the frame for NSU. 
• Ronny Medina scored on a wild pitch before Gabriel Esquivel added an RBI double, giving the Sharks a 9-1 advantage. 
• Chase Campbell pitched the ninth inning for the Sharks, sealing the SSC victory. 

Xavier Moronta: 2-5, two-run HR, three RBI
Keylar Gonzalez: (3-1), 7 IP, 9 strikeouts
Justin Wachs: 2-4, two RBI

The Sharks continue their Sunshine State Conference series against Eckerd on Saturday, February 22, with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Baseball. 
 

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AMERICUS, Ga. – The Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team snapped their four-game losing streak with an 11-9 comeback victory in the series finale against the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes. Despite allowing nine runs in the first three innings, Alexander Llinas, Julian Hernandez, Edwin Alicea, Anthony Karoly and Pedro Acosta combined to toss six shutout innings in relief.

Xavier Moronta (3-6, 2B, HR, two RBI), Jack Cue (2-6, two RBI), Ryan Cainzos (2-4, two RBI) and Zeth Rodriguez (1-3, two RBI) and Ty Torti (4-4, three runs) all contributed solid efforts at the plate for the Sharks’ offense. 

Records: Nova Southeastern 6-5 | Georgia Southwestern 7-4
Score: Nova Southeastern 11 | Georgia Southwestern 9
Location: Americus, GA. | Hurricane Stadium
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• Ronny Medina sparked a two-out rally, which featured three consecutive hits, as Ryan Cainzos drove in both Medina and Torti and gave NSU an early 2-0 lead. 
• GSW wasted no time responding, as the Hurricanes took advantage of a pair of Sharks miscues and plated five runs in the bottom of the first. 
• Jack Cue cut into the deficit with an RBI single, bringing in Nick Rodriguez, as NSU trailed Georgia Southwestern 5-3 in the top of the second. 
• GSW opened up their lead to 9-3 over the Sharks with a four-run bottom of the fourth inning. 
• Cue’s second RBI base hit of the game brought in Zeth Rodriguez and set up a two-run home run by Xavier Moronta, bringing the score to 9-6 in the top of the fourth. 
• Ty Torti led off the top of the fifth inning with a double and with two outs came into score on a wild pitch. 
• Head Coach Adrian Morales continued hitting all the right buttons as he called upon Roylan Quevedo, pinch-hitting for Nick Rodriguez, who delivered a two-out base hit which drove in Z. Rodriguez cutting the deficit to 9-8. 
• The Sharks bullpen continued to keep NSU in the ballgame as Julian Hernandez and Edwin Alicea pitched scoreless innings in the fifth, sixth and seventh frames. 
• Moronta led off the top of the eighth inning with a double and scored on an RBI single by Medina, tying the game at 9-9. 
• Zeth Rodriguez came through with a two-run single with the bases loaded, giving NSU an 11-9 advantage, the first lead for the Sharks since the opening frame. 
• Anthony Karoly set down the Hurricanes in order in the bottom of the frame, providing another much needed shutdown inning for NSU. 
• Pedro Acosta entered the game in the ninth inning for the Sharks and pitched out of a jam with the winning run at the plate, earning his first collegiate save, as the Sharks defeated GSW 11-9. 

Xavier Moronta: 3-6, 2B, HR, two RBI
Jack Cue: 2-6, two RBI
Ryan Cainzos: 2-4, two RBI
Ty Torti: 4-4, three runs
Pedro Acosta: first career save

The Sharks hit the road and begin Sunshine State Conference play on Friday, February 21st, taking on the Eckerd Tritons. First pitch s scheduled for 6 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Baseball. 

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team dropped both contests in Friday’s doubleheader against the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes, losing game one (4-2) before dropping the second game (3-2). Keyler Gonzalez pitched a new career high in innings (7.2 IP) while striking out 5 in game 1, and Kyler Heyne pitched 7.0 innings and set a new career high in strikeouts (11).

Records: Nova Southeastern 5-5 | Georgia Southwestern 7-3

Scores: Nova Southeastern 2 , Georgia Southwestern 4  (Game One) | Nova Southeastern 2 , Georgia Southwestern 3 (Game Two)

Location: Americus, Ga. | Hurricane Stadium

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Game One

• Georgia Southwestern scored the game’s first run, taking a 1-0 lead on a wild pitch in the fourth inning.

• In the sixth inning, Georgia Southwestern put another run on the board with an RBI single. 

• The Sharks attempted to come back in the seventh inning, as Jorge DeGoti led off the inning with a single down the middle, followed by Xavier Moronta driving in DeGoti with an RBI triple. Boris Pena came up to the plate and drove in Moronta with a game-tying RBI single. 

• In the bottom of the eighth inning, Georgia Southwestern doubled, leading to two more runs on the board, extending their lead 4-2.

Game Two

• The Sharks opened up the scoring in game 2 with Boris Pena scoring on a wild pitch. 

• A wild pitch in the bottom of the fourth inning allowed the Hurricanes to tie the game (1-1).

• Jorge DeGoti started the rally in the top of the sixth, doubling down the left-field line, and Anthony Stinson drove in the go-ahead run on an RBI single.

• Edwin Alicea started the bottom of the inning, walking the lead-off man and recording a strikeout.

• Kader Rabagh entered in relief, putting the first batter he faced on with a hit by pitch, striking out the next batter, and allowing the winning run to advance into scoring position. 

• The Hurricanes walked off the Sharks on a 2-run single, ending the game 3-2.

Nova Southeastern is back in action tomorrow February 15th, at the Hurricane Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram and X at NSU_Baseball. 

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MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference has announced the 2025 Preseason Coaches’ Poll on Thursday afternoon. The Nova Southeastern Sharks, under the direction of Head Coach Adrian Morales, are tied for second with Florida Southern, with both teams receiving 79 points. 

Tampa, the reigning NCAA Division II national champions and SSC regular season winners, were chosen to win the league for the 18th time in the last 19 polls. 

Nova Southeastern, in their first season under Morales, finished the regular season with a 28-18 record. The Sharks begin the 2025 season on Friday, January 31st, at the NSU Baseball Complex against Catawba. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
Below are the full results of the 2025 SSC preseason coaches’ poll. Coaches cannot vote for their teams (points: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, first-place votes in parentheses).

2025 SSC Baseball Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Total Points
1)	Tampa (10)	100
T2)	Florida Southern (1)	79
T2)	Nova Southeastern	79
4)	Rollins	78
5)	Embry-Riddle	64
6)	Lynn	56
7)	Saint Leo	43
8)	Barry	41
9)	Florida Tech	27
10)	Palm Beach Atlantic	25
11)	Eckerd	13

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – With the arrival of the new year, spring is just around the corner and so is the return of Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball. Entering year two under Head Coach Adrian Morales, the Sharks will begin their 2025 season on January 31st, with sights set on returning to the NCAA Tournament.  

“We’re excited to get back on the field and get the season started. We have a challenging schedule this year, playing several teams that advanced deep into the tournament last year,” said Morales. “We have a roster that we feel is ready to take the next step and that is committed to playing to the caliber and maintaining the tradition of Sharks Baseball.” 

Nova Southeastern starts the season with an eight-game home stand, hosting national semifinalist Catawba (1/31), a doubleheader versus Delta State (2/1) and closing the opening weekend against Wingate (2/2). The home stand continues the following weekend with Erskine (2/7), two games versus West Alabama (2/8) and finishing with Washburn (2/9).  

NSU’s hits the road traveling to Americus, GA., for a three-game series against Georgia Southwestern (2/13-2/15), before beginning Sunshine State Conference play versus Eckerd (2/21-2/22). Nova Southeastern welcomes Florida Tech to the NSU Baseball Complex for the first home SSC series of the year, beginning on February 28th. In the first week of March, the Sharks will hit the road for a pair of games versus South region opponent, Valdosta State, starting on March 4th.  

Sunshine State Conference play continues with a road-trip to Rollins for a three-game series (3/14-15), before the Sharks return home to host Barry in a mid-week contest (3/18), prior to four consecutive games, including the SSC series, versus Palm Beach Atlantic (3/21-3/22; 3/25). The calendar flips to April, as the home stretch of the season begins for the Sharks with an away game against the Moccasins of Florida Southern (4/1) and NSU resumes SSC play against the reigning NCAA Division II national champion Spartans from Tampa (4/4 – 4/5), before playing Barry in a non-conference tilt on April 9th.  

Nova Southeastern’s final stretch of the season consists of Sunshine State Conference series against Saint Leo (4/11 – 4/12), at Embry Riddle (4/17 – 4/18), Florida Southern (4/25 – 4/26), a mid-week tilt against Palm Beach Atlantic (4/29), on the road against Lynn (5/2 – 5/3) and closing the 2025 regular season with a three-game series versus Barry for the first rendition of the “County-Line Cup” starting on May 9th.  

To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram and X at NSU_Baseball. To purchase tickets for the 2025 season, click here.  

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