Release courtesy of Johns Hopkins Athletic Communications

EASTLAKE, OH – The top-ranked Johns Hopkins baseball team saw its remarkable season come to a close on Saturday afternoon at Classic Park, falling to Kean, 5-3, in the Division III Baseball Championship.
 
The loss brings to an end the illustrious 46-year career of Johns Hopkins head coach Bob Babb. Babb, the winningest active head coach in Division III baseball, guided the Blue Jays to a record of 1,346-483-16 with seven trips to the Division III World Series and a pair of national runner-up finishes in 2008 and 2023. Johns Hopkins won 19 Centennial Conference titles and made 26 of the program's 27 appearances in the NCAA Tournament under his direction since he took over in 1980.
 
The Cougars (41-10) threatened early, loading the bases in the first inning, but Hopkins starter Kieren Collins escaped the jam unscathed.
 
Through three innings, the game shaped up as a classic pitcher's duel. The Blue Jays (44-5) struck first in the bottom of the third when Alex Shane singled to put runners on the corners. Shawn Steuerer then lifted a sacrifice fly to center field, bringing home Jake Siani for the game's first run and a 1-0 Hopkins lead.
 
Kean answered in the fifth, capitalizing on an error by Dylan Whitney to put runners on the corners. A come-backer up the middle deflected off Collins' glove to tie the game at 1-1. Two batters later, Dan Reistle drove in two more with a single, giving the Cougars a 3-1 advantage.
 
Hopkins responded in the bottom of the inning, narrowing the gap to 3-2 on a solo home run from Siani over the right field fence.

Kean extended its lead to 4-2 in the seventh after the first batter Grant Meert faced singled, before striking out the next batter to end the inning. Siani answered once again in the bottom half for the Blue Jays, launching his second solo homer of the game to make it 4-3.
 
In the eighth, the Cougars added one final insurance run on a well-placed hit just out of the reach of second-baseman Jimmy Stevens, pushing the score to 5-3.
 
With the loss, Johns Hopkins concludes a stellar 2025 campaign, which included the program's 19^th Centennial Conference title, eighth NCAA Regional title, third NCAA Super Regional crown and seventh appearance in the Division III Baseball Championship.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
 
• Jake Siani led the Blue Jay offense going 2-of-4 with two home runs.
 
• Kieren Collins suffered his second loss of the season, moving to 9-2, throwing 6.2 innings, surrendering four runs – one earned – on eight hits and two walks, while collecting one strikeout.
 
• The 44 wins this season is tied for second-most in program history matching the 2010 total.