Lynn starter Dan Wright and reliever Tommy Kahnle limited Emporia State to six hits in a 2-1 title-game victory in the Division II Baseball Championship Saturday in Cary, North Carolina.

Wright allowed only one run in the first inning before departing after the seventh. Kahnle threw two perfect innings to record the save for the Fighting Knights, who won the program’s first baseball crown.

Kahnle, the tourney’s most outstanding player, was 1-0 with two saves in the finals. He retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced, including the last 13.

Emporia State’s duo of Ben Graham and Dominic King also was impressive. Graham struck out 10 in his eight innings of work.

“With those two pitchers going, it was going to be a low-scoring game,” said Lynn coach Rudy Garbalosa, whose team finished the season 46-16. “Danny Wright pitched extremely well, and I believe Graham did an extremely good job pitching. Graham pitched out of some big innings, and he really had us baffled with that slider.”

Wright, who earned his NCAA Division II-leading 15th win in the finale, struggled with his control early. After allowing a lead-off single to Emporia State’s Conner Crumbliss, Wright walked the bases loaded with one out.

A line drive by Emporia State’s Kellen Lane hit Wright in the shoulder, but the Knights’ starter was able to retrieve the ball and throw Lane out at first. A run scored on the play, but Wright struck out Mike Sharp to end the threat.

“Wright did a great job,” Garbalosa said. “He was a little rough out there in the first inning, but he settled down and put us in position.”

Lynn tied the game in the top of the second when Paddy Matera led off with a double and moved up a base on a single by catcher Kyle Holloway. Chad Crowe delivered a sacrifice fly to tie the score.

The Knights took the lead in the bottom on the third inning when Daniel Flores delivered a one-out single. He stole second, and Chris Chavez drove him home with a two-out single.

The Hornets, 49-14, held Lynn off the scoreboard from that point, which was a common occurrence in the tournament. Emporia State led the tournament with a 1.50 earned-run average and held the opposition to .232 batting average.

However, Lynn did manage to collect 10 hits in the championship game.

Matera, the Knights’ second baseman, had the honor of recording the final out to clinch the title when he secured a pop up.

“I lost it for a second when I looked at the sun,” Matera said. “It was either going to hit me in the face or I was going to catch it. So I got out there, and it was kind of like sandlot – I just put my glove up and made the catch.”

Like most things during this 8-0 run in the postseason, Lynn made all the plays.

Game No. 1

Belmont Abbey          200         000         000         --             2             8             2

Mesa State             100         200         40X         --             7             8             1

Tyler Powell, Andrew Morton (7) and Spencer Sobol; Brent Lamaster, Garrett Carpenter (6), Aaron Guinn (9) and Grant Vickers. W – Lamaster. L – Powell. 2B -- Justin Vasquez (BA); Kevin Becker (MS). 3B – Josh Frazier (BA). HR – Mike Provenche (MS); Craig Lanzarott (MS).

Game No. 2

Emporia St.             000         010         101         --             3             9              1

Grand Valley St.       000         000         000         --             0             4              1

Colby Killian, Dominic King (8), Diego Soto (9) and Mike Sharp; Andre Benjamin, Cory Rademacher (7), Jared Knuth (9), Joe Jablonski (9) and Jared Cowen. W – Killian. L – Rademacher. S – Soto. 2B – Kevin Wempe (ES); Josh Hillyard (GV). HR – Jacob White (ES).

Dowling                 000         200         010         --             3             10             2

UC San Diego            000         001         000         --             1              3             0

Gabriel Duran and David Wendt; Tim Shibuya, Ryland MacFadyen (8) and Kellen Lee. W – Duran. L – Shibuya. 2B -- Frank Intagliata (D); Josh Tanner (SD).

Game No. 4

Lynn                      202         200         010         --             7             13             1

West Chester            100         000         002         --             3              8             1

Dan Wright, Evan Ellison (9) and Kyle Holloway; Bret Moyer, Conor Kerins (4), Carmen Daddario (6), Eric Carmichael (8) and Bob Stumpo. W – Wright. L – Moyer. 2B – Paddy Matera (L); Kyle Holloway (L); Chad Crowe (L); Bob Stumpo (WC). 3B – Daniel Flores (L). HR – Gabe MacDougall (L); Matt Cotellese (WC).

Game No. 5

Grand Valley St.   000         000         004        --             4             10            3

Belmont Abbey      001         010        021         --             5             9             1

Kyle Schepel, Matt Cade (5), David Bowman (9), Joe Jablonski (9) and Jared Cowan; Michael Raymond, Jordan Cudney (9), Zach Horne (9) and Spencer Sobol. W – Horne. L – Bowman. 2B -- Casey Robrahn (GV); Roland Rodriguez (BA). HR -- Ben Knuth (GV).

Game No. 6

Mesa St.               020         000         000         --             2              7             2

Emporia St.            102         100         10X         --             5             11             1

Chris Carma, Kyle Davis (4), Scott Bachman (7), T.J. Butch (7), Aaron Guinn (8) and Grant Vickers; Tyler Applehans, Ben Graham (2), Diego Soto and Mike Sharp. W – Graham. L – Carma. S – Soto. 2B -- Kevin Becker (MS); Andrew Martinez (MS); Caleb Williamson (ES); Jacob White (ES). 3B – Kevin Becker (MS).

Game No. 7

West Chester         000         100         005         --             6             7              3

UC San Diego         103         001        12X          --             8             14             0

Jason Bowman, Carmen Daddario (6), Eric Carmichael (7), David Slusser (8) and Bob Stumpo; Matt Rossman, Ryland MacFadyen (9) and Kellen Lee. W – Rossman. L – Bowman. 2B – Blair Dameron (WC); Brandon Gregorich (SD); Evan Kehoe (SD); Tim Mort (SD). HR – Kevin McGrath (WC); Matt Baer (WC); Robert Sedin (SD).

Game No. 8

Dowling                   001         103         000         --             5              12           2

Lynn                      220         100         01X         --             6              10           1

Nicholas Albero, Buddy Cipoletti (5) and David Wendt; Kevin Rickert, Justin Figart (5), Evan Ellison (6), Tommy Kahnle (6) and Kyle Holloway. W – Kahnle. L – Cipoletti. 2B – David Wendt (D); Erik Cabrera (D); Ralph Tufano (D); Gabe MacDougall (L). 3B -- Daniel Flores (L).

Game No. 9

UC San Diego          010         106         212         --             13           23            0

Dowling                 000         100         000         --             1             3            1

Trevor Decker and Kellen Lee; Kevin McCormack, Marc Rutledge (6), Ryan Gemma (6), Andrew Varella (7), Andrew English (9) and David Wendt. W – Decker. L – McCormack. Brandon Gregorich (SD); Evan Kehoe (SD); Nick Burke (SD); Matt Cantele (SD) and Kellen Lee (SD). HR – Daniel Pembroke (D).

Game No. 10

Mesa St.                                001         000         100         --             2              7             0

Belmont Abbey     400         210         20X        --             9             13            0

Chris Shea, Andy Williams (1), Jason Fronczak (6), Scott Bachman (6), Aaron Guinn (7) and Grant Vickers; Andrew Morton and Spencer Sobol. W – Morton. L – Shea. 2B -- Matt Bodenchuk (MS); Marty Rover (MS); Daniel Kassouf (BA). 3B -- Tyler McKenzie (BA). HR -- Carlos Vasquez (BA).

Game No. 11

UC San Diego         010        001         010          --             3             8              1

Emporia St.               001         110         002         --             5             14             0

Kirby St. John, Tim Shibuya (5), Guido Knudson (9) and Kellen Lee; Colby Killian, Dominic King (6), Ryan Anthony (8), Diego Soto (8) and Mike Sharp. W – Soto. L – Shibuya. 2B – Kellen Lee (SD); Connor Crumbliss (ES); Andy Cotton (ES). HR – Kellen Lane (ES).

Game No. 12

Belmont Abbey          220         010         000         --             5             7              0

Lynn                      302         020         00X        --             7             7              0

Steven Thiele, Evan Jonas (3), Zach Horne (7) and Spencer Sobol; Daniel Rouah, Sam Jones (2), Justin Figart (5), Tommy Kahnle (8) and Kyle Holloway. W – Figart. L – Jonas. S – Kahnle. 2B -- Douglas Toro (L); Einar Atencio (L); Gabe MacDougall 2 (L). HR -- Daniel Flores (L).

Championship game

Lynn                                     AB          R            H            RBI

Douglas Toro dh                 4             0             2             0

Einar Atencio 3b                 5             0             2             0

Daniel Flores cf                  4             1             1             0

Gabe McDougall lf               4             0             0             0

Chris Chavez 1b                  4             0             1             1

Paddy Matera 2b                 4             1             2             0

Kyle Holloway c                   3             0             1             0

Jason Ten Eyck rf                3             0             1             0

Chad Crowe ss                    2             0             0             1

Tommy Kahnle p                  0             0             0             0

Totals                              33           2             10           2

Emporia St.                         AB          R            H            RBI

Connor Crumbliss cf             4             1             2             0

Kevin Wempe 3b                 3             0             0             0

Kenny Burkhead 1b             3             0             0             0

Caleb Williamson rf              3             0             1             0

Kellen Lane lf                     4             0             2             1

Mike Sharp c                     4             0             0             0

Anthony Dreiling dh            3             0             0             0

Jacob White 2b                 3             0             1             0

Andy Cotton ss                 3            0             0             0

Dominic King p                  0            0             0             0

Totals                            30           1             6             1

Lynn                      011         000         000         --             2             10            0

Emporia St.               100         000         000         --             1             6              0

DP – Emporia State. LOB – Lynn 10, Emporia State 7. 2B – Matera. 3B – White. SH – Toro; Crowe; Wempe. SF – Crowe. SB – Flores; Lane. CS – Crumbliss.

Lynn                                     IP           H            R            ER          BB          SO

Dan Wright                          7             6             1             1             3              4

Tommy Kahnle                     2             0             0             0             0              0

Emporia St.                         IP           H            R            ER          BB          SO

Ben Graham                        8             9             2             2             1              10

Dominic King                      1             1             0             0             0              0

W – Wright. L – Graham. S – Kahnle. WP – Graham. HBP – by Graham (Flores); by Graham (Holloway). Umpires -- Sal Giacomantonio, Mark Mayla, Olindo Mattia, Larry Howard, Eric Olsen, Mike Hendrickson. T – 2:31. A – 734.