The freshmen opened their fall season in Lancaster on Saturday with seventeen hits and a ninth inning that kept everyone in their seats.

Valencia scored first. Caleb Cook doubled in the second, stole third, and came home on the third baseman's error, and Chase Costella's double scored Dominik Tapia in the third. After Paraclete went ahead 4-2, the Vikings answered with three in the fifth: Kellan Laroe and Alex Josing singled, Laroe scored on a catcher's error, Tapia singled home Josing, and Cook singled home Tapia for a 5-4 lead.

Paraclete took over from there, scoring four in the fifth and four more in the sixth. Augie Johnson struck out two in a perfect second inning, Aaron Brenner set down the side in order in the first, and Taye Park retired all three batters he faced in the eighth.

Down 14-6 in the ninth, Valencia scored five runs after two were out. Lucas Luster had been hit by a pitch, Costella singled, and Janes singled Luster home. Costella scored on a passed ball, Cook was hit by a pitch, and Park drove a three-run home run to left. Paraclete got the run back in the bottom half. Janes finished with three hits, Cook and Josing two each, and Park went 2-for-2 with a double, the homer, a walk, and three RBIs.