Campus News
April 6th, 2026
Dakan now 4-0 after helping Lakers to split
GC stops ACM, 8-1, in opener before taking 4-3 loss in nightcap
Cumberland, MD – Hunter Dakan improved to 4-0, yielding a run on two hits over 6 2/3 innings Friday afternoon, as Garrett College defeated Allegany College of Maryland, 8-1, as part of a doubleheader split.
Dakan struck out seven and walked three in Game 1 of the doubleheader. A Jesus Rodriguez homer in the second inning was the only run he permitted.
"We needed a big outing from him and he was dominant," said GC head coach Eric Hallenbeck. "He made one mistake to the guy who hit the home run, but he was in control all day."
ACM starter Christopher Fagot was nearly as dominant, yielding two runs – only one earned – on one hit and three walks over six innings while striking out seven. Things fell apart for Allegany in the seventh as three Trojan relievers combined to issue five walks.
Parker Ferraro had a run-scoring single, Jesus Fermin hit his second RBI sacrifice fly of the game, and Sebastian Mayfield doubled in two runs as part of GC's six-run seventh inning.
Rodriguez had staked ACM to a 1-0 lead with his homer, but Fagot balked in the tying run in the fifth. Fermin's first sacrifice fly of the game in the sixth gave Garrett a 2-1 lead.
Duke Psoras hit a three-run, fourth-inning homer that broke a 1-1 tie in the nightcap as the Trojans used a 4-3 win to split the doubleheader. Garrett pulled within 4-3 on Mayfield's two-run shot in the fifth, but the Lakers couldn't push across the tying run in the final two innings.
ACM's Ivan Sypa improved to 4-0 in the nightcap, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five in a complete-game effort.
Aiden Screen's second-inning homer erased an early, 1-0 Laker deficit.
"It was a great doubleheader – there was a lot of back-and-forth, and a lot of energy," said Hallenbeck. "We had our chances to win Game 2 – we just didn't get the big hit when we needed it."
GC starter Gregory Eddy took the loss, permitting four runs on four hits with four walks and five strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.
Both games count in the NJCAA Division II Region 20 standings. Garrett defeated ACM, 19-10, earlier this season in a game that doesn't count in the standings, but will serve as the tiebreaker if the teams finish with identical regional records.
"We have 14 more Division II games – and 10 of them are at home," said Hallenbeck.
Montgomery College (16-9 overall, 10-1 Region 20-West) currently leads the division with Garrett (16-9, 12-2) second and Hagerstown Community College (24-6, 13-5) third. The Lakers host Hagerstown Saturday in a divisional doubleheader that starts at noon and travel to Montgomery College a week later for another key divisional doubleheader.
"That's a big one," Hallenbeck said of the looming Hagerstown showdown.
Allegany is 16-14 overall, 8-6 in the division, with last Friday's split.
Hagerstown 9, GC 6
Hagerstown, MD – Quinn Illig and Nick Miller each homered and drove in three runs last Wednesday as host Hagerstown Community College claimed victory in a game that doesn't count in the divisional standings.
Nizeah Mummert and Bryan Benedict each had two hits and scored once for the Hawks. Unbeaten reliever Colby Hahn (5-0) earned the win, yielding one run on two hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in five innings.
Garrett's Noah Broadwater (run) went 3-for-5. Meyer Cabrera (double, two runs, RBI) and Ethan Earley (RBI) each had two hits for the Lakers, who dropped their third straight.
Jacob Hamilton, the second of five GC pitchers, took the loss. He yielded two runs on four hits with two walks and one strikeout in 3 1/3 innings.
The victory gave Hagerstown the tiebreaker if the Hawks and GC end up with identical divisional records.