BALTIMORE — The Lehigh baseball team set an NCAA Division I record by scoring 20 runs in the first inning of a 38-6 victory over Coppin State on Tuesday night.

The Mountain Hawks broke the first-inning record of 18 runs set by Princeton and matched by Air Force, both in 1974. Lehigh’s 38 total runs were a Patriot League record and the most in a game between Division I teams since New Mexico State beat Texas Southern 38-6 in 2019.

Of Lehigh’s 20 first-inning runs, 13 were scored consecutively on bases-loaded walks, hit by pitches or wild pitches. Owen Walewander’s grand slam accounted for the final runs in the inning. Lehigh sent 23 men to the plate, three shy of the record for an inning.

Lehigh’s Aidan Quinn was walked seven times, also a Division I record.

Aces re-sign A’ja Wilson

HENDERSON, Nev. — The defending champion Las Vegas Aces have completed the process of bringing back their core group by re-signing four-time MVP A’ja Wilson on Wednesday.

ESPN reports it’s a three-year, $5 million supermax contract that is the most lucrative in WNBA history. Wilson was named WNBA MVP and The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year last season.

The Aces also have re-signed Jackie Young, Chelsea Gray and Jewell Loyd, among other key contributors to their third title in four seasons. Also Wednesday, the Aces signed guard Chennedy Carter to a training camp contract.