ORANGE, Calif. – The homers and a quality start from Brandon Menzel led the Chapman University baseball team to a 10-3 victory in the series against Cortland. The Panthers improved to 9-7 on the year and avoided the series sweep.

AJ Anzai and Kai Osaka launched their third home runs of the season and Trent Turquand went deep for the first time in 2024 in the convincing victory. Anzai and Osaka's home runs came just moments apart as Anzai led off the third inning with a solo shot to right and Osaka followed two batters later with a no-doubt, two-run homer to left.

Osaka now leads the Panthers with 20 RBIs through Chapman's first 16 games and is hitting .317.

Turquand went 3-for-4 on the day and welcomed a relief pitcher with a three-run home run in the fifth to put Chapman up 7-2. Turquand also had a sacrifice fly in the third for a four-RBI day.

While the offense came to life, Brandon Menzel put together a solid start on the mound, tossing seven innings and striking out four. He allowed just two runs on six hits with Cortland scoring on a two-run homer in the fifth.

Chapman will take on Tufts in a midweek matchup on Wednesday at 1 p.m. before taking on CMS in a SCIAC series on Friday and Saturday.