EUGENE, Ore. – The magical 2026 season for the Yale baseball team came to an end on Saturday afternoon at PK Park at the University of Oregon in the NCAA Eugene Regional. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs were eliminated by second-seeded Oregon State. The Beavers topped the Bulldogs 9-2.
Yale dropped its opening game of the Eugene Regional on Friday to No. 11 national seed Oregon. Saturday's loss marked the end of a remarkable season for the Bulldogs, culminating in Ivy League Regular Season and Tournament Championships. Yale finished the 2026 campaign with a 30-15-1 record.
Oregon State improved to 44-13 overall and will advance to play the loser of the winner's bracket matchup between Oregon and third-seeded Washington State.
Key Performers
• Tate Evans delivered a strong performance on the mound in his final collegiate game. Evans tossed 5.1 innings while allowing three earned runs.
• Garrett Larsen tallied two extra-base hits, including a solo home run in the seventh.
Scoring Summary
• T1 | The Beavers scored the game's opening run on an RBI single by Paul Vazquez. 1-0 OSU
• T2 | Oregon State tallied two more runs in the second. The first came on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Inge, and the second on a two-out RBI bunt single by Easton Talt. 3-0 OSU
• B7 | Larsen launched a solo shot to left field to get the Bulldogs on the scoreboard. 3-1 OSU
• T8 | Oregon State scored six runs in the eighth to break open the game. 9-1 OSU
• B9 | Davis Hanson drove in Chris DiPrima with an RBI single. 9-2 OSU
Game Notes
• The Bulldogs and Beavers played for the third time in program history. The first two meetings came at the 2017 NCAA Corvallis Regional, where Oregon State won both games by scores of 11-0 and 8-1.
• Kaiden Dossa finished the season with 28 stolen bases, the most by a Bulldog since Simon Whiteman recorded 34 in 2019.
• Larsen recorded two extra-base hits, registering his 16th double and third home run of the season.
• Yale graduates four seniors: Evans, Daniel Cohen, Davis Hanson, and Ethan Lewis.
Season Highlights
• The Bulldogs recorded the fourth-highest single-season win total in program history, trailing only 2017 (34), 1993 (33), and 2025 (31).
• The team registered back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in Yale baseball history.
• The Elis won their second consecutive Ivy League Regular Season Title and 10th in program history.
• The Bulldogs captured their first Ivy League Tournament Championship.
• Yale reached the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in program history and the first time since 2017.
• Senior Tate Evans was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, becoming the second consecutive Bulldog to earn the honor (Jack Ohman – 2025).
• Six Bulldogs earned All-Ivy honors: Evans (First Team, Academic), Larsen (First Team), Dossa (Second Team), Chris DiPrima (Second Team), Jack Dauer (Second Team), and Daniel Cohen (Honorable Mention).
