ORONO, Maine – The right arms of Luke Delongchamp and Toby Scheidt and a five-run fifth helped the top-seeded Bryant baseball team force a winner-take-all championship game with a 7-3 victory over third-seeded Binghamton in game eight of the 2025 Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship on Sunday afternoon at Mahaney Diamond.
 
The Bulldogs improve to 36-18-1 overall with the victory and will face the Bearcats at 3:35 p.m. in the decisive America East title game. It marks the fourth time (2013, 2015, 2022) that Bryant has come through the loser's bracket to force an "if necessary" title game.
 
Delongchamp delivered five innings of three-run ball, while Scheidt followed with four shutout innings of relief to close it out. Scheidt faced the minimum 12 batters over his outing.
 
Drew Wyers and Pat D'Amico hit back-to-back home runs to spark Bryant's five-run fifth inning that broke a 2-2 deadlock. The duo combined to drive in five runs, while Matt D'Amato, Charlie Saul and Jacob Gaudreau – batting 7-8-9 – combined to go 4-for-10 with two runs scored.

Game Information
No. 1 Bryant 7, No. 3 Binghamton 3
Records: Bryant 36-18-1 | Binghamton 28-24
Location: Mahaney Diamond (Orono, Maine)
W|L|S: Delongchamp (1-4) | Tarsia (4-3) | Scheidt (3)
 
Key Moments

• Wyers hit a towering three-run home run to left field to give the Bulldogs a 6-2 lead. D'Amico followed with a solo home run to make it 7-2.

How it Happened

• Bryant opened the scoring with two in the bottom of the first. Zac Zyons fouled off three two-strike pitches before drawing a leadoff walk. D'Amico then plated him with a single into right center to make it 1-0. Gavin Greger then attempted a safety squeeze but popped it up. The ball, however, landed in no mans land between third and short for an RBI infield single.
• Binghamton was able to tie the game with a pair of runs in the third. Matt Bolton and Zach Rogacki both beat the shift with singles through the left side with one out. Devan Bade then hammered a single through the shift to bring in the first run. A fielding error on a potential double-play ball tied the game. Delongchamp kept it tied, however, striking out Haskell looking with the bases loaded.
• Bryant was able to break the deadlock with a five-run fifth. Saul opened the inning with a sharp double inside the third base bag and moved to third on a Gaudreau single. Zyons followed with a safety squeeze down the first base line that Binghamton's first baseman fielded and threw late to home as Saul scored. Wyers then hit a towering drive that carried over the left field wall for a three-run home run. D'Amico then went back-to-back as he drove 1-0 pitch to deep left to make it 7-2.
• The Bearcats looked to rally in the next half inning as Freddy Forgione's ground ball to third hit the lip of the turf patch and hopped over D'Amico's head for a double. After a wild pitch, Kent singled up the middle to make it 7-3. Bryant would bring on Toby Scheidt and he induced a 5-4-3 double play before getting a ground ball to short to end the inning.
• Scheidt would go on to allow just an eighth-inning single to Devan Bade to close the door.

Inside the Box Score

• Delongchamp matched his season-long for an outing, tossing 5.0+ innings. He allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits, walked three and struck out four.
• Scheidt worked 4.0 scoreless innings of relief. He allowed one hit, didn't walk a batter and struck out two.
• Zyons finished 1-for-3 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored.
• Wyers went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run.
• D'Amico homered and finished with two hits and two RBI.
• Gaudreau picked up a pair of singles in his first appearance of the tournament.

Game Notes

• Bryant improves to 10-3 all-time vs Binghamton. That marked the first postseason meeting between the two teams.
• Bryant is now 25-4 since the start of April.
• The Black and Gold have now worked through the loser's bracket to force the "if necessary" game for the fourth time in DI program history. Bryant also did it in 2013, 2015 and 2022.
• Wyers extended his on-base streak to 36 games with his first-inning single.
• Wyers' home run was his 11^th of the season and pushed him to 50 RBI on the year.
• D'Amato has reached safely in 31-straight games after walking in the sixth. He leads Bryant with 29 walks on the year.
• D'Amico's home run was his third of the tournament and his 11^th of the year. He now has eight RBI in the tournament.
• Gaudreau is now 7-for-17 this season against Binghamton.
• Delongchamp's outing matched his Apr. 13 start at Binghamton for his longest of the year.
• Scheidt's outing was the longest of his collegiate career.  

Up Next
Bryant and Binghamton will now meet in a winner-take-all championship game that is scheduled for a 3:35 p.m. first pitch.