(NAMPA, IDAHO) No. 4 seed PLNU Baseball is alive and swinging.
 
Point Loma staved off elimination in emphatic fashion, hitting a season-high seven home runs on its way to a 20-6 victory over No. 1 seed Northwest Nazarene that kept the Sea Lions alive in the NCAA West Regional.
 
After a loss to Montana State Billings earlier on Thursday, PLNU needed a win to keep its season going and answered the call immediately, scoring 14 unanswered runs across the first three innings against NNU, including five in each of the first and second.
 
PLNU loaded the bases with no outs in the first before Josiah Rodriguez was hit by a pitch to score the first run of the game.
 

Matt Bernath goes YARD 🚀@PLNUBaseball adds on to its lead in the 2nd inning against NNU.

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— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 16, 2025

 
Noah Meffert followed that up with a two-RBI single to left, while Jake Schwartz's RBI-groundout and Owen May's sacrifice fly capped off a five-run first.
 

BACK-TO-BACK 💣

Luke Reece follows up Matt Bernath with a HR of his own to extend the @PLNUBaseball lead over NNU.

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— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 16, 2025

 
Matt Bernath and Luke Reece then hit back-to-back homers in the second before Meffert extended the Sea Lions' lead to double digits with a three-run blast.
 

MEFFERT MANIA 🤯

Noah Meffert hits the 3rd home run of the 2nd inning for @PLNUBaseball and his 2nd homer of the day, as Point Loma extends its lead over NNU to double digits.

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— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 16, 2025

Point Loma went back-to-back once more in the third, as Reece scored three with his second homer of the day, before Entrekin followed suit with a solo shot.
 

REECE x2 ⚾️

The @PLNUBaseball second baseman hits his 2nd homer of the game, as Point Loma keeps it rolling offensively.

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— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 16, 2025

 
Meffert then homered again in the seventh to take his RBI count to seven for the game, while Entrekin also left the yard once again in the eighth. Entrekin's three-run homer took his season total to 23 and his RBI count to 73, setting a new PLNU single-season program record for RBIs.
 

14 runs in 3 innings?!

Jake Entrekin hits the 5th homer of the game for @PLNUBaseball, as Point Loma leads NNU 14-0 after 3.

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— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 16, 2025

 
Point Loma's seven home runs ties its most ever in an NCAA West Regional game, equaling the seven the Sea Lions hit against NNU on May 20, 2022.
 

Have yourself a day, Noah 👏🏻

Meffert swats his 2nd homer of the game and 3rd of the day, extending the @PLNUBaseball lead to 16-4 in the 7th inning.

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— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 16, 2025

 
Ray Cebulski earned the win on the mound, pitching seven innings while allowing five runs (four earned). He retired the first 10 NNU batters he faced.
 

🚨 Jake Entrekin sets a new @PLNUBaseball single-season RBIs record with 7️⃣3️⃣ 🚨

Entrekin homers for the 2nd time in the game, as Point Loma reaches the 20-run mark.

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— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 16, 2025

 
Point Loma (38-17 overall) will have a rematch with Montana State Billings (33-20) on Friday at 5 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. MST.

Prior to that, MSUB will play NNU at 1 p.m. PST / 2 p.m. MST.
 
If MSUB wins, PLNU would need to beat the Yellowjackets two games in a row. If NNU wins, the loser between PLNU and MSUB would be eliminated, while the winner will advance to play NNU on Saturday at 5 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. MST with a Super Regionals berth on the line.
 
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