MILTON, Fl. – Lighthouse Christian picked up two wins and Mid-Atlantic Christian chalked another on day one of the 2026 NSAC Baseball Tournament at East Milton Park.
Ethan Lopez went 3-for-4 and Brandon Williams allowed no earned runs over seven innings as fifth seed Lighthouse defeated fourth seed Virginia State 9-1 in the opener.
Lopez singled in the first, doubled in the third and singled again in the fourth. His first-inning single gave the Makos an early lead, and they added two runs in the second on an error and Trevor Walker’s RBI single.
Harelth Molina’s fielder’s choice pushed the lead to 4-0 in the third.
Williams earned the win, allowing four hits and one unearned run while striking out three and walking two. Preston Branzelle took the loss after giving up nine runs, one earned, on 11 hits in five innings.
LCC finished with 12 hits. Walker and Horacio Ojeda each had multiple hits, and Makos turned two double plays.
Norman Jackson drove in Virginia State’s lone run.
The day’s second game also ended in a 9-1 score with third seed MACU taking the win over second seed Atlantis.
The Mustangs opened the scoring in the top of the first when Nolan Colwell drew a walk and later came home, and a balk by Atlantis starter Fransisco Bracho brought in another run for a 2-0 lead.
Cutter Williams earned the win in relief, allowing four hits over 4 2/3 scoreless innings while striking out three and walking two. Starter Markell Simmons gave up one unearned run on two hits across 2 1/3 innings, striking out one and issuing four walks.
MACU’s offense was paced by Julius Burke, who went 3-for-3, while Colwell and Brian Sanchez each drove in two runs.
Bracho took the loss for the Atlanteans, surrendering two runs, one earned, on one hit over 1 1/3 innings while striking out three and walking two.
Duilio Prosposito led Atlantis with two hits, and Traves Knowles Jr. recorded the team’s lone RBI.
The nightcap proved to be the closest game of the day as Lighthouse needed an extra inning to get its second upset win of the day, 7-5 over top-seed Millennia Atlantic.
The Makos opened the scoring in the first on Brandon Williams’ sacrifice fly, but MAU answered in the bottom half on Pablo Contreras’ sacrifice fly. The Macaws took a 2-1 lead in the second on Patrick Tavarez’s RBI single.
Jamarkus Jefferson tied the game for Lighthouse in the fourth with a solo homer to center. The Makos regained control in the fifth when Williams drove in a run on a groundout and Ethan Lopez followed with an RBI single to make it 5-2.
Millennia rallied to tie the game in the seventh on a sacrifice fly and Rodrigo Ruiz’s RBI single, sending the game to extra innings.
Lighthouse broke the tie for good in the eighth on Trevor Medlin’s RBI single and Harelth Molina’s sacrifice fly.
Gabe Brown earned the win, allowing four runs over six innings. Christopher Pinales took the loss.
Williams and Lopez each drove in two runs for Makos, which totaled 11 hits.
This sets up Day Two as follows:
FRIDAY, MAY 1 (All times Central)
Game 4 – 11:00 AM (Elimination Game)
Virginia State vs. Atlantis
Game 5 – 2:00 PM
MACU vs. Lighthouse
Game 6 – 5:00 PM (Elimination Game)
Millennia Atlantic vs. Winner Game 4
All games are streamed live here.
