Blane Swift (#6) is shown after hitting a 3-run homer that gave No. 3 LaGrange the lead for good. He also had a 2-run single later in the game. d3photography.com photo by Dave Hilbert

No. 3 LaGrange pounded Methodist 11-1 at Armstrong-Shelley Field on Sunday. The Panthers completed a three-game sweep of the USA South series with the Monarchs. Senior Blane Swift had three hits, including his fifth home run of the season, and five RBIs in the game. Over the past nine games, he is batting .351 with the five home runs and 13 RBIs.

• Sunday recap

No. 1 Shenandoah  earned its 10^th straight win Sunday with a 17-0 non-league shutout at Gallaudet. Freshman Reeves Lowry, making his first-ever varsity appearance, allowed just one hit in 7.0 innings of work to pick up the victory. Lowry, who carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning, struck out six (including his first hitter) and walked just two. He lost his no-hitter on an infield single in the fifth.

Washington & Jefferson earned its first season sweep of Waynesburg since 2014 with a 10-7 come-from-behind win. The win extends the Presidents' win streak to five games as they now hold a PAC-best 7-0 record. The comeback began in the fourth inning, with the Presidents down 7-1, culminating with their first lead in the sixth.

No. 5 Birmingham-Southern completed the sweep of SAA rival Rhodes Sunday with a 6-2 victory on Striplin Field. Will Toner finished with a game-high three hits.  He went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run and two RBI. Easton Fuller earned the win after striking out a game-high three batters in three innings work.

Augustana got its bats going early, pounding five Carroll pitchers for 18 hits—including eight that went for extra bases—and defeating the Pioneers 18-5 at Swanson Stadium/Brunner Field. The final game of a three game series originally scheduled for Waukesha, Wisconsin started at 9:00 a.m. in an effort to avoid forecast rain.The Vikings put a three spot up in four consecutive innings and ended their offensive onslaught with five in the ninth.

St. Scholastica finished up its stretch against WIAC schools by sweeping 11^th-ranked UW-La Crosse 6-5 (11 innings), 10-7 at Wade Stadium. Stephen Neutzling finished 4-for-6 with a home run, a triple and two RBIs in game one and added two more hits (one a double) with two runs score in the nightcap.

Tyler Janitz scored on a balk with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to send Willamette to a 4-3 victory over 17th-ranked Pacific Lutheran in the third game of a three-game NWC series. The Bearcats are now 9-1 this season in NWC games decided by one run. Willamette swept the series to improve to 13-5 in the NWC while PLU fell to 15-6 in the NWC. Linfield, at 12-5, also is in the championship race, one game benind the Lutes and .5 games behind the Bearcats.

Washington University overcame a four run deficit with six runs in the seventh inning to finish off a sweep of No. 10 Emory with a 7-5 victory in the UAA series concluding fourth game at Kelly Field. Washinton finished a 4-0 mark against Emory as the Eagles fell in its sixth straight game. The Eagles totaled 11 hits compared to Washington's eight but the Bears timely hitting exploded in the seventh to eliminate a 5-1 deficit.

Joe Cirillo tossed a complete game in the opener of a doubleheader with Rutgers-Newark, striking out 10. TCNJ athletics photo

The College of New Jersey opened its 2017 NJAC schedule with an 8-1, 13-5 doubleheader sweep of Rutgers-Newark in George Ackerman Park.  Junior Joe Cirillo put together another outstanding effort on the mound, and this time, was rewarded with a win. Sophomore Michael Fischer followed with his fourth victory of the spring. Fischer went seven innings and struck out six. He limited Rutgers-Newark to five hits and gave up just two runs as the Lions' offense plated 13 runs in the contest.

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Junior Nanak Saran retired the last 20 batters he faced as the right-hander was in total control against Oberlin, and sixth-ranked Wooster's bullpen didn't allow an earned run in 6 2/3 innings of work in the second game, as the Fighting Scots took three of four games from the Yeomen on the weekend with Sunday's sweep. Wooster won game one 10-0 before taking the series finale 9-6.

Senior first baseman Cameron Coons homered in the seventh and the ninth helping #18 Alvernia to a 7-6 win over Lebanon Valley in MAC Commonwealth action at LVC.
The game was a back and forth affair with Coons hitting a 2-run shot to center in the top of the seventh and hammering an 0-2 pitch out to right for a 3-run shot in the ninth.

Sunday's doubleheader split with Cortland gave Brockport  their first series win over No. 2 Cortland since the 2013 season. The Golden Eagles fell 4-1 before coming back with an 8-7 win. Ben Moxley picked up the win in game two over his former team, going 5.1 innings while allowing just three earned runs and striking out four. Cortland's Alex Weingarten went the distance for Cortland, picking up his fourth win of the season with a two hitter in the game one win.

Sophomore 1B John Stamatis went 2-for-4 with a run and a two-run double and classmate Erik Mohl allowed just one hit over three innings of scoreless relief to lead the Trinity Bantams to a 9-6 victory and a doubleheader split against the visiting Tufts Jumbos in NESCAC action on Sunday afternoon at Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium. Trinity dropped the the second game, 23-5.

No. 20-ranked Otterbein walked away from Fishbaugh Field Sunday afternoon with a doubleheader split against Baldwin Wallace, overcoming a narrow loss in the opening to claim victory in game two. Baldwin Wallace emerged with a 5-4 win in the opening matchup of the afternoon, a game that was similar to last year's OAC Tournament showdown in which the Yellow Jackets pulled out a 7-6 result in 11 innings. The rematch featured scoring in just three innings with the Cardinals outscoring Yellow Jackets in 2 of the three, winning 7-4.

No. 24 St. John Fisher combined to score 30 runs including a season-high 19 in a sweep of SUNY Canton in an Empire 8 Conference doubleheader at Dugan yard. The Cardinals needed only seven innings to defeat the 'Roos 19-7 in game one and continued to score runs with a 11-3 win in game two.

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