Crowder College baseball, which needed a win Friday against St. Charles Community College in the NJCAA Region 16 Division I tournament to keep its season alive, fell 5-3. Crowder finished the year with a 39-22 overall record.

The Roughriders started the game defensively after freshman pitcher Eli Crecelius picked up a strikeout.

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