DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Interstat) — Trevor Esparza pitched 5.2 innings of no-hit ball and Chris Marcellus homered and drove in two runs as Grambling defeated Bethune-Cookman 7-2 on Friday, May 15, 2026, in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game.

Grambling (22-27) scored early, taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Cameron Hill and a run-scoring double by Hasani Johnson. Chris Marcellus and Ryan Davis hit solo homers in the second. Marcellus added an RBI double in the sixth. Hill had an RBI single and Johnson a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Bethune-Cookman (36-18) got a run on a groundout in the first and Andrey Martinez homered in the seventh. The Wildcats had eight hits; Grambling had 11.

Esparza allowed one earned run and struck out four. Rafael Capistran struck out four over 3.1 scoreless innings. Harbersting Abreu took the loss for Bethune-Cookman.