Bobby Falese popped a two-run blast against Swarthmore to set the F&M program record for RBI in a season with 51. He passed Andy Myers' 49 RBI effort in 2002, after tying the record on Friday against Gettysburg.

• • • • Falese still ranks tops in the Centennial with his 51 RBI and tied for fourth in homers with nine.

Falese also broke the F&M record of total bases, besting Gary Kruger's 97 in 2006 with his homer against Swarthmore that had him finish the regular season with 101.

Spencer Berson has now reached base safely in 23 straight games, with two hits in every game last week to finish batting .381 for across four games.

• • • • Berson's stretch of reaching base via hit or walk in 31 of his last 32, and 34 of his 37 total games.

      • Even when he's not reaching base, Berson has been productive at the dish, hitting six sacrifice flies which ranks second in the Centennial. It's tied for the fifth-most in F&M history, and the most since Christopher Vincent hit eight in 2017.

He's no slouch in the field, either. Berson is one of just three players in the Centennial with 100+ total chances and a 1.000 fielding percentage.

Jakob Hoffman finished up a season-long hitting streak at 16 games, going hitless in the regular season finale against Swarthmore.

• • • • It's the longest hitting stretch for a Diplomat since Kelsey Launi went 14-straight games with a hit in 2019.

Dan Galef registered enough innings pitched through his last two starts, that he now leads the Centennial Conference in ERA with a miniscule 2.19 mark. His eight innings of scoreless pitching made it just a single run allowed in his last 28 innings (0.32 ERA).

• • • • Galef and the second-place finisher could be on a collision-course this Thursday in a crucial playoff matchup, as Joe Morrissey (2.35) could take the bump for Washington.

      • Galef and Morrissey have already squared off on April 19, as Galef tossed five innings of two-hit, one-run ball, while the Diplomats tagged Morrissey for five runs (three earned) in five innings.

AJ Desautels is ranked fourth in the conference in steals, swiping 18 bags this season. It's tied for the 13th-most in F&M history, and is the best mark since Aaron Gillette stole a record 30 bags in 2013.

Tommy Denlinger got bumped from the bottom of the lineup to the top in recent weeks, and for good reason. His .449 OBP has been setting the table for F&M, recently having his eight-game hitting streak snapped against Swarthmore.

• • • Prior to his 0-4 outing against the Garnet, Denlinger was hitting .473 as the leadoff hitter in five games, working six walks at the top of the order.

Charlie Wright's complete game, 11-hit, two-run effort against Gettysburg was one-of-a-kind, currently in the record books as the lone Diplomat to allow double-digit hits while pitching the entire game.

• • • • Wright worked quickly against the Bullets, facing 38 batters but only throwing 2.76 pitches per batter.

Patrick Cettina had quite the week for the Diplomats, driving in nine runs in F&M's three victories. He knocked in two on the road against Gettysburg, four at home versus the Bullets, then three more in the first game against Swarthmore.

Will Samuel had his six-game hitting streak snapped against Swarthmore, but had hit in nine of his last ten entering the season finale.

Greg Nieskens twirled seven innings of four-hit baseball against Swarthmore to collect his sixth win of the season. It currently sits in a tie for tenth in the F&M record books.

F&M will be sad to see the month of April come to a close, putting together their best ever stretch under Ryan Horning in the fourth month of the year. Their .736 winning percentage (14-5) is the best under their skipper, topping a .714 (15-6) month back in 2015.

• • • • The team finished the month of March 9-9, but then rattled off winning streaks of six and five games to grab a seat at the top of the conference.

The Diplomats have been fantastic when their pitching holds together, now 16-3 this year when allowing five runs or less. On the flip side, F&M is 20-5 this year when scoring more than five runs.

F&M's 14-4 record is the best in 15 years, when the Diplomats finished 15-3 in conference play.

Washington hits the tournament for the first time since 2012 and just the second time in their history in the Centennial Conference. They're 2-4 all-time in the CC Championship, going 2-2 in 2012.