COMING UP: vs. College of Idaho (DH), Saturday, 12 p.m.; vs. College of Idaho (DH), Sunday, 11 a.m.
 
GAME DAY INFORMATION: Live Stats of all games will be available through OIT's SIDEARM Stats Portal, with all remaining Cascade Conference games to be carried live on the Urban Edge Network with Mike Safford on the call.
 
OPPONENT PREVIEW – COLLEGE OF IDAHO: Tech closes the regular season with the second meeting of the year against College of Idaho, looking to avenge a series loss to the Yotes (27-17, 18-15 CCC) last month. C of I clinched a spot in the CCC Tournament last weekend with a series sweep vs. Eastern Oregon, improving to 18-6 at home in 2026. The club relies on speed (CCC best 113 stolen bases) to average over seven runs per game, despite a .277 team batting average. Shortstop James Hull (.345 3 HR 36 RBI, 22 SB) is the table setter, with the quartet of catcher Caden Casagrande (.300 4 HR 33 RBI), first baseman Darren Smith (.312 2 HR 27 RBI), outfielder Austin Moon (.331 1 HR 29 RBI) and designated hitter Cody Guy (.301 5 HR 25 RBI) leading the attack. The pitching staff is paced by starters Jackson Cummins (5-2 6.67 ERA), Heath Sasser-Gunson (3-3 3.62 ERA) and Zaylor Brueggeman (2-2 4.79 ERA), with relievers Willy Shirts (6-1 4.76 ERA) and Calvin Euper (2-1 3.46 ERA) leading the team in appearances. C of I won 3-of-4 in the first series this year and holds a 112-51 series lead, but are 2-6 in games at Bocchi Field.
 
PLAYOFF PICTURE: OIT heads into the C of I series with a Magic Number of three – a combination of wins or Corban losses this weekend at Eastern Oregon equaling three – to clinch a spot in the 5-team Cascade Conference Championships. The Owls can finish as high as the No. 3 seed or be left out of the tournament entirely – depending on the outcome of weekend games. Tech could vault to the No. 3 spot with a sweep of C of I and Bushnell dropping at least two games at UBC (OIT would hold a 3-way tiebreak between the teams); the Owls would be the No. 4 seed with three wins and a UBC sweep over Bushnell; with Tech the No. 5 seed in all other scenarios if the Magic Number is reached. UBC holds a one-game lead on LC State, which hosts Warner Pacific, for the right to host the CCC Championships – with LC owning the head-to-head tiebreaker.
 
TOUGH SERIES VS. UBC: The Owls had opportunities last weekend to earn quality wins against a quality opponent – but eventually dropped all four games of a series to league-leading UBC. OIT had command in both Saturday games, holding leads in the ninth inning, while on Sunday, were within one run heading into the ninth inning of the contest. The series did have a suspended game due to darkness (Game 2) – the second-straight season the Owls have had to suspend a game at home (a 2025 game vs. Bushnell was suspended due to rain).
 
LATE INNING STRUGGLES: The eighth and ninth innings have not been friendly to the Hustlin' Owls this season, as Tech is 19-8 when tied or leading heading into the eighth and 16-5 when tied or leading heading into the ninth inning. The 2026 team is an anomaly, as over the past four seasons, OIT has a combined 93-3 record when taking a lead into the ninth inning – including a 26-2 record in 2025.
 
BATS STAY HOT VS. QUALITY ARMS: The OIT offense was on full display against UBC – a team that came into the weekend with an ERA ranking among the Top-15 in the NAIA. The Owls became the only team this season to record 4-straight double-digit hit games against the T-Birds, with the squad combining to score 36 runs in the series.  Tech will take a streak of 9-straight games with 10-or-more hits into the C of I series.
 
EDWARDS HAS HUGE WEEK: A big boost from outfielder Dylan Edwards was key for the Hustlin' Owls, recording five 2-hit games during the week (including Monday's finale vs. Corban). The transfer was 8-for-14 in the series, hitting his second home run of the year and adding five RBI – helping his season batting average jump from .229 to .284.
 
SHARP BREAKS WALKS RECORD: Tech elevated Andrew Sharp into the leadoff role against UBC and the senior continued to find his way on base, going 7-for-13 with a double, triple and two RBI, adding five walks. The catcher pushed his season walk total to 42 – No. 8 in the NAIA and the most ever in a single-season by an OIT player. Sharp had his team-leading seventh game with 3-or-more hits, pushing his batting average to .384, No. 3 in the CCC.
 
MACY EXTENDS HIT STREAK TO 24: Logan Macy continued to hit against UBC, extending a month-long hitting streak to 24 games – the second-longest in program history (Patrick Barry hit in 37-straight games in 2025). Macy had a monster Game 1 of the series, going 3-for-5 with two homers and five RBI and finished the series 6-for-15 with five runs scored and seven RBI. The sophomore sits two hits away from 100 for his OIT career.
 
ARMS / GLOVES STRUGGLE IN WEEKEND SET: While the bats had a dominant weekend, struggles on the mound and in the field set the Owls back – as Tech surrendered 55 runs and 56 hits in the 4-game series. Tech pitchers combined for 30 walks, eight wild pitches and four hit-by-pitches against the Canadian side, with only two players – Ezra Oster and Matthew Peterman – working clean performances (no runs, no hits, no walks). Defensively, OIT committed 15 errors over the four games – including tying a season-high with six errors in Game 3. In 16 games played at Bocchi Field, the Owls have committed a combined 43 errors, while in 30 road games, Tech has just 32 errors.
 
SENIOR DAY: The Owls will honor 14 senior student-athletes twice this week – once at the 6th Annual First-Pitch Dinner on Friday night and again Sunday during the doubleheader vs. College of Idaho. Andrew Sharp, Jojo Roman, Aiden McAuliffe, Michael O'Daniel, Caleb Randolph, Kaden Melzer, Trevin Paulson, Carson Glavich, Hayden Van Acker, Jacob Cook, Chase Southern, Hunter Hough, Landon Cheney and Matthew Peterman are set to put an OIT uniform on in Klamath Falls for a final time.
 
AROUND THE CONFERENCE: The final weekend of league play has each of the four series holding tons of weight in the playoff picture. UBC returns home to host a Bushnell team that has never won in Canada, LC State plays host to Warner Pacific, Corban travels to Eastern Oregon, with Tech hosting C of I.
 
CCC TEAM LEADERS: Batting Average – Lewis-Clark State .321, British Columbia .311, Oregon Tech .308, Bushnell .299, College of Idaho .277; Runs Per Game – LCSC 9.54, UBC 8.87, OIT 8.20, C of I 7.18, BU 7.00; Home Runs – LCSC 57, UBC 53, BU 52, Eastern Oregon 42, OIT 37; Stolen Bases – C of I 113, UBC 105, CRB 104, BU 81, OIT 79; ERA – LCSC 3.29, UBC 4.44, C of I 5.22, BU 5.23, Warner Pacific 5.77; Fielding Percentage –EOU .974, BU .971, LCSC .969, UBC .969, C of I .966.
 
CCC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: Batting Average –Jackson Jaha (LCSC) .433, Albert Jennings (BU) .401, Izzy Madariaga (LCSC) .397, Andrew Sharp (OIT) .384, Jace Nagler (EOU) .369; Runs Scored –Brandon Nguyen (LCSC) 56, Nagler 47, Jaha 45, Madariaga 44, James Hull (CI) 44; Hits –Jennings 69, Peyton Rickard (CRB) 64, David Krahn (UBC) 62, Logan Macy (OIT) 61, Hull 61; Home Runs – Nate Stevens (BU) 14, Dylan Carson (BU) 13, Nagler 12, Josh Cote (UBC) 12, Nguyen 11; RBI – Jennings 49, Stevens 44, Krahn 44, Madariaga 43, Kellen Bourne (UBC) 43; Stolen Bases – Chase Elliott (CRB) 29, Hull 22, Nagler 19, Danny Womack (BU) 19, Isaac Bateman (CRB) 18; ERA – Landon Webb (LCSC) 2.47, Myles Chamberlain (UBC) 3.12, Donny Tober (WPU) 3.50, Heath Sasser-Gunson (CI) 3.62, Daniel Orfaly (UBC) 3.99; Pitching Strikeouts – Anderson 70, Kai Keamo (BU) 69, Mason DeVerna (WPU) 66, Austin Wolfe (BU) 62, James Brock (UBC) 58.
 
RECORD BOOK: Currently, seven players rank among the Top-25 in the OIT career record book. Landon Cheney leads the way, ranking No. 7 in wins (13), No. 8 in appearances (51), No. 13 in pitching starts (25) and strikeouts (116), ranking No. 14 in innings pitched (165.1); Carson Glavich is No. 17 in wins (10) and No. 14 in pitching starts (24); Logan Macy is No. 12 in sacrifice flies (7) and just outside the Top-25 in stolen bases (19), RBI (62) and doubles (22); Michael O'Daniel is No. 21 in stolen bases (26) and No. 23 in triples (5); Kaden Melzer and Caleb Randolph are both No. 8 in saves (4) and Marcos Ulloa-Ford is No. 20 in saves (2). Four players have cracked the single-season record book – as Andrew Sharp holds the record for walks (42), O'Daniel is No. 3 in triples (5), Aiden Corkery is No. 10 in triples (4), with Cal Pickhardt No. 16 in home runs (9).
 
NEXT WEEK: If the Owls qualify for the Cascade Conference Tournament, the squad will head to either Vancouver, B.C. or Lewiston, Idaho, for the 4-day event, beginning May 1.