Round of 32: Westwood defeats West Springfield 7 to 5 (6-1-2026)

Baseball: Westwood defeats West Springfield in Round of 32, 7 to 5 (June 1st 2026)

The #16 seeded Westwood Wolverines became the final TVL Baseball team standing following Monday Night’s action as they hung on to capture a 7 to 5 victory at home over #17 seeded West Springfield in the D2 Round of 32.

The Wolverines plated the first run of the game in the bottom of the 2nd inning when Dylan Kaplan (SR) hit a sacrifice fielders choice groundout to drive in Teddy Mcgowan (SO). It remained a 1-0 game until the bottom of the 3rd when Brendan Cengic (JR) hit a pop fly causing an error to drive in Jake Abdou (FR) and make it 2-0 Westwood.

West Springfield plated 3 runs in the top of the 5th and took a 3-2 lead but Westwood responded with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Westwood loaded the bases and with 1 out Warren doubled to drive in Ryan Petres (SO) & Brendan Cengic (JR), William Donahue (JR) followed with an RBI single to score Chase Warren (SO) and make it a 5-3 game and that’s how it stayed until the bottom of the 6th.

In the bottom of the 6th, the Wolverines plated 2 more runs; a Jonathan Bertone (SR) double scored Matt Donovan (JR) and that was followed up by an Abdou sacrifice fly to score Bertone. West Springfield loaded the bases with 2 outs and plated a pair of runs off a Matt Ashe double but that would be it. Westwood hangs on for the 7 to 5 win and became the only TVL Baseball team to advance to the Round of 16 this season.

The Wolverines will next head to Lynn for the Round of 16 where they will take on #1 seed St. Mary’s, date & time to be announced. St. Mary’s captured a 9-4 win over #32 Dartmouth in the Round of 32 and improved to 18 and 3 on the season. The 16th seeded Westwood Wolverines now have 13 wins & 8 losses overall.