Millennia Atlantic is your NSAC Champion

MILTON, Fl. – Millennia Atlantic won four straight games on Saturday to claim the 2026 NSAC Baseball Championship.

In the day’s first game, Nolan Colwell drove in five runs on two hits to lead Mid-Atlantic Christian past Lighthouse 10-4 to advance to the championship. Colwell hit a home run to left field in the first inning, scoring three runs, and singled in the second inning, scoring one.

Then Millennia took an elimination game in dramatic fashion with a 6-5 walk-off victory over Atlantis.

In the third game of the day, the Macaws snatched the lead late in their 2-1 elimination victory over Lighthouse, setting up the finals.

MAU’s Sergio Hernandez drove in four runs on three hits, including a three-run home run, to lead Millennia Atlantic University to a 5-2 win over MACU in the first game of the championship series.

The Mustangs opened the scoring in the first inning on a fielder’s choice by Brian Sanchez, but MAU answered in the bottom half when Pablo Contreras singled home a run to tie the game.

Hernandez put Millennia ahead in the second with an RBI single, making it 2-1. The game remained close until the sixth, when Hernandez broke it open with a three-run homer to right field.

Wandy Soto earned the win, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits over 6 2/3 innings while striking out five and walking seven.

Then in the nightcap, Pablo Contreras went 3-for-3 and drove the offense as Millennia Atlantic erased an early deficit to defeat MACU 8-6 for the NSAC title.

Mid-Atlantic Christian jumped ahead in the third inning when Brian Sanchez tripled to score two runs, part of a surge that built a five-run advantage. But Millennia answered in the bottom half, erupting for seven runs on six hits to take a 7-2 lead. A two-run double by Andrew Gonzalez highlighted the inning.

The Mustangs chipped away, including a two-run home run by Titus Bleckley in the fifth, but could not complete the comeback.

Rafael Romero earned the win for the Macaws, allowing six runs on nine hits over seven innings while striking out 12 and walking two. Trevor Capela took the loss after giving up five runs over 2 1/3 innings.

MAU totaled nine hits, with Contreras, Lenox Muñoz and Gonzalez each driving in two runs. Bleckley led Mid-Atlantic Christian with three RBIs.

Images courtesy Danielle Meredith