STERLINGTON – The longest winning streak in college baseball history is over.

The No. 1 LSU Shreveport baseball team surrendered a lone run in the seventh and final inning against No. 25 Central Methodist (Mo.), and for the first time since the streak began, the Pilots couldn’t muster an answer.

 

Central Methodist won the seven-inning game, 4-3, in the first game of the Cajun Collision at the Sterlington Baseball Complex.

 

Central Methodist’s Jo Smith scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh inning, nullifying LSUS catcher Makana Olaso’s two-run home run in the previous inning.

 

In the bottom of the seventh inning, LSUS put two runners on with two outs via a walk and a hit-by-pitch, but pitcher Westin Walls’ s eighth strikeout of the afternoon highlighted a 107-pitch outing to secure the win.

LSUS (6-1) aims to start another streak tonight against No. 19 Mid-America Christian (Okla.).

 

While the Pilots routinely hammered opponents in the 65-game winning streak, LSUS also experienced comeback wins.

 

LSUS has trailed in five of the seven games this season, pulling out victories in the previous four games when trailing.

 

The Pilots won the first six games of this season despite replacing every offensive starter and starting pitcher in the 30 new faces. The streak included four wins over No. 4 Hope International, which won the 2024 NAIA World Series.

 

The 65-game winning streak dwarfs other college baseball streaks, like the previous NAIA record 41 (Point Park, 1990), the NCAA’s longest streak of 46 (Savannah State, 2000), and Howard College’s 57 straight in 2007 – the longest junior college record and previous all-time record holder.

LSUS’s last loss came on May 16, 2024, in a 2-1 decision to Kansas Wesleyan in the championship game of the NAIA Opening Round Tournament.

 

In those 631 days, LSUS won the school’s first NAIA national championship in any sport and made trips to the Louisiana Capitol, Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. and The White House as part of the celebration of the perfect 59-0 season.