Kevin Osaki scattered eight hits in 7.1 innings and fanned 11 batters with no walks to improve to 5-0 on Friday. Chapman athletics photo

Behind an outstanding pitching effort from senior RHP Kevin Osaki, Chapman edged out visiting Whittier 2-1 in the first round of the SCIAC tournament on Friday afternoon at Hart Park. The No. 2-seeded Panthers will travel to Thousand Oaks to face host and top seed Cal Lutheran University on Saturday at noon in a winner's bracket game. Cal Lutheran defeated La Verne 8-5 to advance.

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Conrad Ziemendorf went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBI and Brandon McClain allowed one hit over eight and a third innings as nationally sixth-ranked and top-seeded Cortland opened the SUNYAC tournament with a 9-1 win over fourth-seeded Oneonta. Oswego was a 4-1 winner of Brockport State in the other SUNYAC game.

In the second meeting of the season between the NCAA Division III leader in wins and the 2013 National Pitcher of the Year, it was Linfield’s Chris Haddeland reversing the previous outcome with a 5-1 win over George Fox’s Clay Gartner in a non-conference baseball game at Roy Helser Field.

Second-seeded Alvernia scored two runs in the second and three in the third then held on for a 5-4 win over third-seeded 3 Messiah in the losers bracket final of the Commonwealth Conference tournament at Santander Stadium. The game was set up by Alvernia's 10-1 win over Lebanon Valley and Widener's defeat of Messiah 7-5 earlier in the day.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor stunned first-place Concordia with a five-run first inning and then held on to post a 9-7 victory over the Tornados in Belton.

Senior Nick Ververis had five hits, scored five times and drove in five runs over two games as the No. 24 Eastern Connecticut State Warriors swept the No. 5 Southern Maine Huskies, 15-9 and 8-4, in a Little East Conference doubleheader Friday to spoil Senior Day at the USM Baseball Stadium. By virtue of the tiebreaker (head-to-head results), the Warriors will be the top seed and host next week's six-team, double-elimination championship tournament.

Endicott joined Gordon and Western New England as day one winners in the CCC tournament. Endicott athletics photo

Endicott advanced in the CCC tournament on with a 7-5 victory over Wentworth behind seven solid innings from conference Pitcher of the Year JJ Branch and important insurance run-production in the bottom of the seventh. In other CCC action No. 5 Gordon upset No. 2 Roger Williams 15-4 and No. 3 Western New England defeated No. 4 Salve Regina 7-6.

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Transylvania bookended a pair of big offensive rallies on the front and back ends of a HCAC series opener against Manchester. Despite the loss to open Senior Weekend 2014 at Gratz Field, the Black and Gold sewed up Manchester's sixth overall HCAC title and third in the last four years as well as hosting duties for the 2014 HCAC postseason tournament with a 5-5 Earlham win over Anderson.

Senior Alex Basso tossed a complete game while junior Bobby Guerra knocked in five RBIs for Manhattanville, leading the Valiants past top-seeded DeSales in the Freedom Conference Tournament first round by a final score of 9-2. For the other MACF contest, Ryan Dorosh proved worthy of the Freedom Pitcher of the Year honor with a complete game, two-hit, shutout leading the Cougars to a 3-0 victory over FDU-Florham.

Scott Zanghellini hit a go-ahead two-run single in the bottom of the seventh while Luke Lawrence threw 2.2 innings of shutout ball to earn the win in relief as the top-seeded and 21st-ranked Gettysburg defeated fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins 6-4 in the opening round of the Centennial Conference championship tournament at Kirchhoff Field.

Tyler Schultz's two-run single in the sixth inning proved to be the difference as Washington & Jefferson recorded a 6-4 non-conference victory over Frostburg State at Bob Wells Field.  The Presidents have won six games in a row and 11 of their last 12 heading into this weekend's regular-season ending series with Saint Vincent.  If the Presidents sweep the Bearcats, W&J would set a conference record for PAC single-season wins.

It was a healthy dose of offense, defense and pitching that propelled Marian to a much-needed sweep over rival Lakeland and inching it closer to a NACC tournament berth in the process. The Sabres took down the Muskies by scores of 10-0 and 9-5, at Herr-Baker Field. The Sabres control their own fate, needing only a split against Rockford at home to clinch their first NACC tournament berth since 2008.