NEW LONDON, Conn. – The JWU (Providence) baseball team saw its 2024 campaign come to a close with a 5-4 loss at Mitchell College Friday afternoon in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship at Alumni Field.

Senior Riley Hasson finished the afternoon 2-for-5 with a two-run single in the ninth for the Wildcats, who entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed and finish the season with a record of 27-13. Junior Trevor Juan collected three hits, including an RBI single, and sophomore Jack Obert drew a pair of walks and drove in a run with a sac fly.

The Wildcats entered the ninth trailing 5-1 before a pair of two-out hits made it a one-run game. Juan plated Obert with a double to left to make it 5-2, followed by a single to right off the bat of Hasson that brought in Juan and junior Zachary Amero. Following a walk to senior EJ Leone that put runners on first and second, Mitchell graduate student and Tournament MVP Camren Varney fanned junior Owen Davis for the third out.

JWU sophomore Aidan Vining allowed nine hits and four runs in eight innings of work to see his final record move to 6-2. He walked one and struck out seven, holding the top-seeded Mariners (32-11) to one run through seven before surrendering five hits and three runs in the eighth.

Hasson, Leone, and junior Ryan Schultz were named to the All-Tournament Team.