Final

Illinois vs Penn St.

Penn St. beat Illinois 9–8 in NCAA Division I baseball on Fri, Mar 27, 2026.

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park · University Park, PA

Illinois
8
Penn St.
9

Line score

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Penn St.000251019110

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Lineups

IllinoisPenn St.
CD CONTRERAS
RFC JENNINGS
1BA PUTTY
3BK SCHUPMANN
SSJ NELSON
2BM FARINA
DHJ ZEBIG
CFB MAZZACANO
LFN GROVES
PM DYE

Scoring plays

Bot 8
Anderson homered to center field, RBI (0-0).
Bot 6
Davis singled up the middle, RBI (2-2 KBBF); Molinaro advanced to second; Anderson scored.
Top 6
J ZEBIG singled to left field, RBI (3-1 KBBB); M FARINA advanced to second; N GROVES scored.
Bot 5
Yaucher reached on a throwing error by ss (0-0); McDonald advanced to second; Davis advanced to third; Molinaro scored, unearned.
Bot 5
Smith flied out to lf, SF, RBI (1-2 FBK); Barnett scored.
Bot 5
Davis singled to center field, RBI (2-0 BB); Molinaro advanced to second; Barnett advanced to third; Porter scored.
Bot 5
Barnett singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); Porter advanced to second; Mercado scored.
Bot 5
Anderson flied out to cf, SF, RBI (3-2 FBBFBF); Yaucher scored.
Top 5
C JENNINGS homered to right field, RBI (3-1 FBBB).
Bot 4
Smith grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0 B); Davis scored.
Bot 4
Davis tripled to right field, RBI (2-2 BKSB); Molinaro scored.
Top 2
C JENNINGS singled up the middle, 2 RBI (2-2 SFBB); A PUTTY scored; M FARINA scored.
Top 2
A PUTTY reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-1 F); J ZEBIG out at second p to ss; M FARINA advanced to third; N GROVES scored.
Top 2
J ZEBIG walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); M FARINA advanced to second; N GROVES advanced to third; B MAZZACANO scored.
Top 1
K SCHUPMANN singled through the left side, RBI (0-0); A PUTTY advanced to second; J ZEBIG scored.
Top 1
C JENNINGS flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-2 BKF); N GROVES scored.