WINTER PARK, Fla. (February 14, 2026) - Baseball turned in a couple of solid efforts on Saturday, taking both ends of a doubleheader against Assumption by scores of 5-3 and 6-2. The Tars now stand at 5-4 on the year, while the Greyhounds sit at 0-3.
Game One
Rollins 5, Assumption 3
Starter
Brett Dennis was phenomenal in game one, completely shutting down the Greyhounds. The junior transfer was perfect in his six innings of work, retiring all eighteen batters he faced. After striking out the first batter and then inducing two groundouts, the Tars got on the board early when
Matthew Mateo singled through the right side to plate
Joey Rubin, who had walked to lead off the inning.
The second and third innings were quiet for both teams. In the fourth, Dennis struck out the side in the top half.
Ethan Beal led off the bottom with a single, stole second, and moved to third on an error. He was left stranded however, as the score remained 1-0.
Dennis racked up two more strikeouts in the fifth, and was rewarded with some insurance from his offense. A single from
Michael Furry, a walk to
Connor O'Sullivan, and an infield single from
Mason Elrod loaded the bases with no outs. A groundball double play scored a run, but also killed the momentum, making it 2-0 after five. Dennis set the Greyhounds down in order in the sixth, putting a bow on his perfect day with 18 outs on 65 pitches.
AJ Seymour was called on out of the pen, and tallied a pair of punchouts in a clean seventh. The big sticks woke up for Rollins in the bottom half as Furry doubled, O'Sullivan doubled to plate him, and Mateo launched a two-run bomb to right-center to make it 5-0.
Assumption broke up the perfect game in the eighth, reaching on an error to lead things off. The no-hitter and shutout were then denied two batters later when they received a pinch-hit home run from Eric Giarnese. The Greyhounds also added a run in the ninth, but Seymour retired the potential tying run with a flyout to wrap things up.
Mateo had two hits, and three RBI to lead the offense. Furry chipped in two hits, two runs, and a stolen base as well. Dennis earned his second win of the year, striking out six.
Game Two
Rollins 6, Assumption 2
7 Innings
After a quick break, the two teams were back at it. Both squads left a runner in scoring position in the first, followed by Assumption taking their first lead of the series with a solo home run in the second. With the bases loaded,
Brody Meyers was able to strike out Jack Mahoney to quell the threat. In the bottom half,
Jimmy Thies was hit by a pitch, stole second, moved to third on an error, and scored on a squeeze bunt from
Mauri Bejarano to tie the game.
The Tars blew the game open in the third.
Collin Hughes opened the inning with a double and moved to third on a warning-track flyball from Furry. O'Sullivan followed with a double to plate Hughes, and then scored on a double steal as both he and Mateo swiped a bag moments later.
AJ Barrios moved Mateo to third with a single to right, and
Jayden Brown scored him with an infield single. The scored was 4-1 after three.
The Greyhounds got one back in the fourth on an RBI single from Giarnese to make it 4-2. After a pitching change in the fifth, Rollins had the offense working again. Brown doubled to right and moved to third on a wild pitch. Bejarano brought him in with a single, followed by a sac fly from
Joey Rubin that plated Thies, who had walked earlier.
JR Struk, who had entered in the fifth inning, fired clean frames in both the sixth and seventh to wrap up the 6-2 win, earning him his first save of the year. He had five strikeouts in three innings of work.
Hughes had two hits in game two, his fifth-straight game with multiple knocks, and sixth overall this season. Brown joined him with two hits of his own, and Bejarano had two RBI from the nine-hole.
Rollins and Assumption will have one final battle in the series on Sunday, February 15. First pitch is scheduled for noon on Sunday from Alfond Stadium.
