May 4, 2026

Record Setting Weekend for the Hawks

EDMONTON, AB- It was a record setting weekend for the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks in Canadian Collegiate Baseball Conference action. The Hawks took three of four from the visiting University Baseball Club of UBC. Edmonton won 6-5 at RE/MAX Field on Sunday (May 3) to move to 18-10 on the season. This followed wins 5-4 on Friday (May 1) and 8-7 on Saturday (May 2). UBC won 9-7 on Saturday to finish the weekend at 14-18. During the course of the four games, Edmonton set the CCBC record for most home runs by a team in a single season (30). Infielder #55 Caeden Colford slugged a two-run homer on Friday for his 10th round tripper of the season-a new CCBC record. “He’s put a lot of hard work into his hitting this year,” stated Collegiate Hawk head coach Jake Lanferman about Colford’s record. “He’s had a really good approach this year. The opposition has tried to pitch around him or giving him off speed stuff. He has made adjustments to stay in the line up everyday and continued to hit with power.” Lanferman had this to say about the team moving past the 2017Prairie Baseball Academy record of 29 homers: “It means our guys are doing what they are supposed to be doing. Hitting balls hard. It’s fun to watch.” Pitching wise, # 12 Riley Starko collected two victories and a save for the Collegiate Hawks. “We haven’t had a weekend where it comes down to one or two runs that many times in a weekend,’ Lanferman explained about Starko’s three appearances in four starts. “ He is the guy we trust the most in the ninth inning. We will continue to do so. Trying to keep him in that pitch count where he can bounce back going day to day is key. Its nice we have had a 1-2-1 set (one game Friday, two Saturday and one Sunday). Lot of consistent effort on his part to be healthy and ready to go when need to call upon him.”. SERIES SUMMARY: Game 1-Friday, May 1-Edmonton Collegiate Hawks 5_UBC University Baseball Club 4_RE/MAX Field: A record setting and dramatic start to this series. Record setting as Collegiate Hawk infielder Colford belted a two-run homer in the fourth inning to erase a 2-0 deficit and give the home side the lead at 3-2. His round tripper brought in #4 Carson Friesen and was his 10th home run of the season. That set a new CCBC single season record as he hit the ball 112 MPH, 464 Feet with a launch angle of 19.26. Colford went 1 for 3 with two runs batted in and a run scored. After #46 Julian Fast hit a home run in the top of the ninth to tie the game at four, 23 Brayden Morris brought in pinch runner #9 David Browning on a single to give Edmonton the victory. Reliever Starko, the third of the Collegiate Hawks pitchers, earned the victory. He is 2 and 0 for the season. Starko pitched an inning, giving up a run on one hit with one strikeout. #22 Jackson Torrance came on in relief and was tagged with the loss. He went two and two thirds, surrendering four hits, one run and striking out two. His record dipped to 0 and 2. Game 2-Saturday, May 2-Edmonton Collegiate Hawks 8_ University Baseball Club of UBC 7_RE/MAX Field: For the second straight game, Starko was the winning pitcher out of the bull pen. He pitched an inning of one hit ball to record his third win of the season. He was the fourth pitcher utilized by the Collegiate Hawks, who led 2-0 after the first inning, retook the lead 3-2 after four, were down 5-3 after four and a half before scoring twice in the bottom of the fifth to tie it at 5. After UBC scored two in the sixth, Edmonton rallied with two in the seventh with the winning run coming in the bottom of the ninth inning. #21 Kolbe Blackburn led off the inning with a single and scored from third on a bases loaded walk delivered to # 24 Jake Roggensack. #1 Kolby Smith was 1 for 2 with a run scored and two runs batted in. #21 Kolbe Blackburn went 2 for 3 with two runs scored and two RBI. Game 3-Saturday May 2-University Baseball Club of UBC 9 Edmonton Collegiate Hawks 7_RE/MAX Field: The Collegiate Hawks saw their four-game winning streak snapped. They led 3-0 after two innings. UBC scored three times in the top of the third to tie things up before Edmonton went ahead by one after the fourth, and led 6-3 after four. UBC scored single runs the fifth and sixth innings and added two more in the seventh and eighth en route to the win. #4 Logan Cassidy hit a three-run homer in the third going 2 for 4 at the plate with four RBI and a run scored. #9 Elliot Mazer was 2 for 3 with three runs scored. Roggensack was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and an RBI for Edmonton. Morris was 2 for 5 with two RBI and a run scored. #42 Quinn Boreen, the second of three Collegiate Hawks pitchers went an inning and a third , giving up three runs on four hits to earn the loss and fall to 0 and 1 on the season. Reliever #35 Milo Coghill got the win for UBC. He is 2 and 3 on the season. He pitched five and two thirds, giving up a run on three hits while fanning seven. Game 4-Sunday, May 3-Edmonton Collegiate Hawks 6__UBC University Baseball Club 5_RE/MAX Field: UBC led 3-1 after the fifth thanks in part to a two run double off the bat of #46 Julian Fast. Fast wound up going 2 for 3 with three runs batted in. Edmonton cut the deficit to 3-2 after scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth and added three more in the seventh to take the lead 5-3. Both teams added runs in the eighth inning. The Collegiate Riverhawks adding the record setting team 30th homer of the season when Smith sent a two out shot over the fence in left field. Smith was 1-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Morris and # 18 Simon Virostek were also 1 for 3. Morris with two RBI’s while Virostek had one RBI. Both scored runs. Roggensack was 1 for 1 with a run scored and an RBI as well. Starko came on in the ninth inning to earn his fifth save of the season as he gave up a hit and a run. #41 Ayden Cote pitched two innings of relief to earn the victory (3-0 on the year). He pitched two innings, walking two, striking out two and giving up a hit. #12 Jake Spagrud pitched an inning and two thirds giving up a run, a hit and struck out one to see his season record even at 2 and 2. COMMENTS FROM COACH JAKE LANFERMAN: On working with this group (which has set a number of team and league records in a number of categories). “It is a really special group. You can tell in the clubhouse that the guys are playing for each other. The individual accolades and statistics are coming as a byproduct of their desire to win as a team.” NEXT UP FOR THE COLLEGIATE HAWKS: The homestand continues for Edmonton next weekend. They entertain the Vancouver Island University Mariners in a pair of doubleheaders on May 9-10th. The Collegiate Hawks are 11-6 all-time against Vancouver Island. Last season, the teams split their four-game set in Nanaimo. The last time the two teams played at RE/MAX Field was 2024 when Edmonton swept the four game weekend series.