| Zach Fardo who was two-for-five with a double, a run scored and a RBI. Thomas More athletics photo |
The Thomas More Saints knocked off Rhodes in comeback fashion 10-7. Rhodes finished the first seven innings 6-3 but fell victim to a potent Saints offense that scored seven runs on seven hits.
Guilford's Brett Shapcott amassed six RBI as the Quakers claimed a victory over Averett, 20-6. The contest featured eleven combined errors with ten of the contest's 26 runs unearned. The Quakers scored in every inning except the sixth inning.
Eastern Nazarene overpowered Emerson to win both games of a doubleheader at McKechnie Field, the spring training home of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. The Eastern Nazarene Lions glided to a 20-1 victory in the opening contest before squeaking out a 5-4 win in the nightcap to jump to 5-3 on the spring.
Lancaster Bible won its second straight game as the Chargers crushed Valley Forge, 35-0 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The 35 runs scored are a new program record for the Chargers. Justin Taylor continued his scorching-hot start to the season as he belted a two-run and a three-run home run in the inning, bringing his season total to a NEAC leading seven in 2016.
Marymount capped off its spring break trip to Florida with a crushing 13-4 victory over Penn State-Altoona. Junior Spenser Davis started on the mound for the Saints, pitching two-scoreless innings before the Lions crossed two over home plate in the third. It was a little late for Penn State though, as Marymount already put up five runs to take a comfortable lead in the first two innings.
Saint John's played a grueling 22 innings (a combined six hours and 30 minutes) but did not gain anything with two losses on the day. The Johnnies surrendered a four-run lead in the ninth inning of an eventual 7-6 loss to NAIA Jamestown (N.D.) in 13 innings and then suffered a 9-4 loss to Marian. Marian had 17 hits on the day led by Tony Grannis with four hits of his own.
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| Andrew Brierton scored the winning run in the top of the ninth inning against Beloit. Coe athletics photo |
A strong defense led the Kohawks to a 2-1 victory over Beloit, as the Kohawks won their fourth-straight game of the spring trip. Dan Urban hit a sacrifice fly to center field, driving in Andrew Brierton for the winning run.
Delaware Valley recorded 27 hits en route to 13-4 and 10-5 victories over Marywood. On the day, junior second baseman Ben Lippincott went four-for-six with a double, a triple, one RBI and five runs scored. Kyle Wenger had five hits, one triple, one home run, five RBI and four runs scored.
A late-game wild pitch once again propelled Thiel to victory for the second time in Florida, this time over the Rockford Regents 3-2 on the fifth day of competition at the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. Jake Marino scored the winning run on the third Rockford wild pitch of the game in the eighth inning.
Dominican started strong and end the same way with crooked numbers in hte second to gab an early lead and in the eighth to salt the game away. The Stars defeated the Bluffton Beavers 10-2 for a win in their third straight contest.
Gage Reis threw a two-hit shutout, Luke Anctil homered and Simpson split a doubleheader against Bethany Lutheran, losing game one 15-1 before winning the nightcap 3-0 on the final day of the Tucson Invitational. Reis turned in what was easily the best pitching performance of the year for the Storm, striking out five and walking just one.
The baserunning of junior Jose Colon and a sensational season debut for sophomore Pierce Greenleaf fueled Ursinus's 7-2 victory in the opener of a doubleheader with Juniata, but game two was a different story as the Bears needed four pitchers to get through the first three innings of a 13-3 loss.