A coach said one time he wanted, "Thanks for the mercy rule" on his tombstone. This rule saves a lot of arms and was hit in the two MIAA contests that could be played on Wednesday. Adrian and Olivet both run-ruled their opposition shortening a nine inning game to seven.
It surprises nobody that the top of the Ohio Athletic Conference dominates the top of Region 7. Baldwin Wallace and Marietta are loaded so let the games begin. Two conferences have clear favorites - Denison in the NCAC and Washington & Jefferson in the PAC while the MIAA is shaping up to be a two team race with Adrian and Kalamazoo.
Adrian is back in the NCAA Tournament after earning the MIAA Automatic Bid. After losing to Alma in the opening round, the Bulldogs swept its pair of elimination games on Thursday before sweeping Alma in the championship on Friday.
Adrian broke or tied four offensive records on Friday and they were not the only ones. Pitt-Greensburg also broke records. Mary Washington, St. Joseph (L.I.), Wartburg and Wilkes all scored 15 or more runs on the day.
In 2021, it looked like Marietta had the right path to make the D-III College World Series, playing at home with a team that had all the right pieces but it was Adrian on the road that advanced to Cedar Rapids....more
Former Waynesburg pitcher Mason Miller and Bradford Webb, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney were drafted on day two of the MLB Amateur Draft. The third and final day saw four more D-III players hear their name called.
Adrian College punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with the MIAA automatic bid. Adrian took the first two games in the best of three series against Hope College with the game two final being 19-6.
Washington & Jefferson is catching on. The Presidents have been voted in as this weeks 20th ranked team. Joining W&J as new to this weeks poll are St. John's (Minn.) and Adrian.
Wooster walked off to the first 1-0 win in ages at their home stadium as Adrian saw a second loss of the day laid on them when Calvin walked off one of their own. The Bulldogs fell to Kalamazoo earlier
Fifth-year senior Pierce Banks and junior Kyle Goldberg combined on a two-hitter as Adrian stifled North Central, 4-0, in a battle of nationally ranked programs on Friday afternoon, giving Bulldogs head coach Craig Rainey '89 his 700th career victory at the school.
The two ranked teams on the field today, Salisbury and Adrian, rolled to wins on Wednesday. The University of Dallas and Illinois College earned their first wins of the season as they both started the season with a short opening losing streak.
Trinity (Texas), Texas Lutheran and Texas Dallas all earned midweek wins on Tuesday. On Monday Adrian got a 14th inning home run to edge Piedmont but the Lions offense evened up the three game series 1-1 with a solid offensive effort.
CARY, N.C.--USA Baseball announced its 55-player preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list on Thursday, beginning the process of identifying the top amateur baseball player in the country for the 2021 season. The 43rd Golden Spikes Award, which is the equivalent to college football's Heisman Trophy, will be presented in July.
ADRIAN, Mich.--This time there was no comeback needed. Adrian Baseball scored the only runs of the day in the bottom of the very first inning and pitchers Pierce Banks and Dugan Darnell combined on a four-hit shutout to down visiting Hope, 2-0, to clinch the 2019 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Baseball Tournament on Friday and an automatic berth in the upcoming NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
Top ranked Westfield State and third seeded Framingham State advanced in the MASCAC tourney and will play Thursday in the winners bracket final. In other tournament action, Adrian and Southern Maine, their conferences top seed, opened with wins on the day.
ADRIAN, Mich.—Senior Dugan Darnell went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in and earned his sixth save of the season, and junior Brady Wood collected four hits, as top-seeded Adrian spotted Alma a 3-0 lead before coming back to win 7-5 over the Scots in the opening game of the 2019 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Baseball Tournament.
ALBION, Mich.—Freshman Maxwell Denny and junior Brandon Schulze combined on a four-hit shutout and the Adrian offense pounded out 20 hits to earn a 12-0 victory over host Albion in the nightcap of their Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association baseball doubleheader on Friday. The Britons won the opener 3-1 while limiting the Bulldogs to four hits.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--Junior Tristin Richardson reached the 100-hit milestone on Friday to fuel nationally-ranked Adrian to an 11-3 thrashing of host Calvin in the opener of their four-game Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association baseball series. Senior Dugan Darnell also reached 100 career hits in the second game, helping the Bulldogs to a 12-3 victory.
FREELAND, Mich.--The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association on Monday named Adrian College sophomores Thomas Miller (Saline High School) and Mo Hanley (Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain HS) the MIAA Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. This marks the second time in 2019 that Bulldogs Baseball has swept the conference's weekly awards, and both Miller and Hanley make their debuts as such honorees.
Keystone earned a key regional win on the road from Alvernia on Monday. Up north of Boston, Tufts hung a 30 spot on Salem State. Out in Michigan it was Hope winning for the 15th time in sixteen games and Kalamazoo upsetting No. 15 Adrian.
FREELAND, Mich.--Adrian College sophomore outfielder Brandon Cooper (Ann Arbor Huron High School) makes his inaugural appearance as the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Player of the Week, the MIAA office announced on Monday.
ADRIAN, Mich.--The nationally-ranked Adrian College baseball team completed a four-game Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association weekend sweep of visiting Alma College in convincing fashion on Sunday, taking the first game by an 11-4 score before the Bulldogs pitching staff combined on a one-hitter during an 18-0 win in the nightcap.
Adrian, Babson, and LaGrange join the Top 25 this week as we crown a new number one team. With losses to Wooster and Rowan, Trinity (Texas) is once again ranked at the top spot.
FREELAND, Mich.--For the second straight week, Adrian College Baseball earned the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week award as junior right-hander Pierce Banks (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Parkway Christian High School) is the recipient for the seven-day period ending Sunday. The MIAA office made that announcement on Monday.
FREELAND, Mich.--Adrian College Baseball made a sweep of the weekly awards handed out by the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association which were announced on Monday, as freshman Max Denny (South Lyon High School) is the MIAA Pitcher of the Week and junior Brady Wood (Frankenmuth High) is the conference's top hitter for the seven-day period ending Sunday. This signals the second career award for Wood, who also earned the honor on May 14, 2018.
Knocking on the door in the Top 25, Adrian made a bid for entry with a comeback win at Oglethorpe. Meanwhile, Huntingdon won a D-III best 13th game, also coming from behind as the Hawks defeated LaGrange 5-4.
ADRIAN, Mich.--Recent Adrian College graduate Tommy Parsons (New Albany, Ohio) has signed a Major League Baseball Free Agent Contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Club announced. Parsons, who becomes the second Bulldog in as many years to sign with a MLB club, has been assigned to the organization's rookie team the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League.
Rainey wins 800th as Bulldogs send Scots to defeat
April 21, 2024Adrian defeated Wooster 8-7 on Saturday, which marks the 800th career win for head coach Craig Rainey. Adrian improves to 20-11 on the season.
