The Lancaster Bible College Baseball team is prepped for their 2026 season under 3rd-year head coach Ryan MacFarlane (39-38-1), seeing 39 games on their schedule with 16 United East conference games for the season before postseason play begins. The Chargers are coming off an 18-21 season in 2025 with an 8-8 United East record, earning the #7-seed in the postseason before falling in the United East First Round to #10-seed Penn St. Berks. The Chargers look to excel in the 13-team field this season and improve on last year's success as the top-10 teams qualify for the United East Postseason this year. Lancaster Bible came in ranked sixth in this year's United East Preseason Poll, projecting a slight improvement over last year's placement. Keystone and Penn St. Harrisburg, each of whom are ranked in the D3Baseball.com Preseason Top-25, are tied for first in the poll, followed by Penn St. Abington, Penn College, and St. Mary's (Md.) to round out the top-five.
 
The Chargers have a strong pool of returning players for 2026 with two All-Conference players and three of their top-four hits leaders from last season back for this year. Evan Sareyka (Sr.) returns after an All-Conference 1st Team selection in 2025, tallying 61 total hits with a .374 average and a 1.073 OPS, leading the Chargers and tying for second in the United East with 12 home runs, also putting him in the top-50 nationally for NCAA Division III. Sareyka also finished second in the conference and tied for 18th in Division III in total RBI with 62, knocking in multiple runs in 14 games for the Chargers. Also returning is Dylan Witkowski (Sr.), the Chargers' 2025 leader in hits (62), batting average (.443), OPS (1.334), on-base percentage (.584), walks (43), and doubles (13). Dylan led the United East in walks and in on-base percentage, ranking in the top-10 in all Division III in both categories. Other key returners for the Chargers include Shane Stephan (Jr.) who finished third on the team with 41 hits, Malachi Sloane (Jr.) who had a 1.035 OPS with 29 walks and 14 hit-by-pitch, and Noah Robinette (Jr.) on the pitching side, leading the Chargers last season with a 4.67 ERA with 29 strikeouts.
 
Lancaster Bible opens their season on Saturday, February 21 as they travel to face Eastern in a double-header starting at 12:00 p.m., then play their first games at home on Tuesday, February 24 against Delaware Valley at 2:00 p.m. and a double-header the next day against Penn St. Schuylkill beginning at 12:00 p.m. The Chargers have a few more non-conference games before they head down to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to participate in the Ripken Experience from March 7-9, playing four games including a double-header with Delaware Valley and games against Manhattanville and Westminster (Pa.). The Chargers then take on Cairn in a United East double-header on Saturday, March 14 on the road beginning at 12:00 p.m., then have a stretch of six non-conference games before they host Valley Forge on Saturday, March 28 for a home double-header. Next, the Chargers play a home-and-home with Wilson in conference play on April 1 and 7, with a weekend series at home against #21 Penn St. Harrisburg on Saturday, April 4. In April, the Chargers play both (RV) Lebanon Valley and last year's national runner-up and preseason #7 Messiah in non-conference action. As their conference schedule winds down, the Chargers play Rosemont on the road for two, then host both Notre Dame (Md.) and Penn St. Brandywine between April 15-18, then close their conference slate on the road against Penn St. Berks before the United East Playoffs begin April 28.
 
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