It is why we play the game. Wild pitches were a factor in two extra-inning games as Arcadia used one to upset Baldwin Wallace and Cortland needed two to walk-off in a contest with Lynchburg. Out in Texas, Trinity (Texas) found 10 eighth inning runs to shock Babson.
Babson flexed both their offensive muscle and pitching prowess with a 16-0 shutout of Wooster on Thursday. Among the 100+ games on the schedule, Ithaca came up with a big win over UW-Stevens Point and Baldwin Wallace walked-off a surprising Oberlin team.
North Central (Ill.) escaped a ninth inning threat then added eight runs to take their game with Babson on Saturday. Babson rebounded with a win over Denison as they split on the day. Denison managed a split as well with a win over Mitchell
Claremont-Mudd-Scripts took two from No. 7 Chapman but hey were just one of five teams that defeated Top 10 teams on Sunday. Babson, Christopher Newport, Rose-Hulman, Washington and Jefferson were the others with wins against the Top 10 team in the nation.
With another year of Division 3 baseball upon us, little has changed in the Region 1 landscape. Middlebury and Wheaton are the reigning champions in the top conferences and look to compete again.
Green was a lucky color this Thursday as Babson scored a win over a Top 25 program. Brockport, Franciscan, McDaniel, Oswego State Skidmore, and Wisconsin-Lutheran, also earned wins on St. Patrick's Day.
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Behind a gutsy pitching performance from Josh Roberge and a big fifth inning at the plate, the Lyons were able to down rival Babson to win the NEWMAC Championship by a score of 10-4. Wheaton improves to 16-3 on the year and secures an automatic bid to the National Tournament.
Wbster and Spalding both won their SLIAC pods and will play for the SLIAC crown and a playoff bid next weekend. In the NEWMAC, Babson and Wheaton (Mass.) were evenly matched and both won a game to set up a winner-take-all game on Sunday.
Marietta took a single game on Sunday for another series win, this time over Baldwin Wallace. Elsewhere Babson and Wheaton split a NEWMAC series and Washington and Jefferson saw their 22 game win streak come to an end.
After their NEWMAC series was delayed a week, nothing was settled as two of the top teams in the New England region split a pair of games. Elsewhere, Marietta and Aurora were upset as undefeated Washington & Jefferson continues to win.
Southern Maine split a LEC doubleheader with Western Conn State but the awaited clash between Babson and Wheaton (Mass.) was cancelled and the top 25 teams will play next weekend.
Rutgers-Newark has named Conor Kortmann, a former assistant coach at Babson, head coach of the Scarlet Raiders. Kortmann has a strong track record as a baseball coach, helping Babson to three-straight NEWMAC regular season titles.
Cal Lutheran continued their hot start with a win over top ranked Chapman. In Rocky Mount, Ferrum and Montclair State split a pair. In a late game in Texas, #2 Trinity took care of business with a 10-6 win over #6 Babson
No. 6 Babson dealt No. 2 Trinity (Texas) their first loss of the season, while No. 14 Mass-Boston celebrated an extra-inning walk-off victory to start their season.
Babson scored five in the ninth to stun Heidelberg with a 6-5 walk off win to advance in the 2019 Division III World Series on day two action at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
We open the Cedar Rapids era but for one coach, this is his third World Series City and another was involved in selecting Cedar Rapids. For the rest, a new city will bring new experiences.
We're happy to bring you an expanded Division III World Series preview, with a page on each team for quick and easy reference for your use throughout the entirety of Division III's first trip to Cedar Rapids. Key hitters and pitchers, scouting reports, feature stories and more!
With the Division III World Series field set, the committee has set the two brackets for the upcoming weekend, the first D-III World Series in Cedar Rapids.
Babson, Heidelberg, Washington & Jefferson punched their ticket early in the day with Johns Hopkins and Webster joining shortly after. Birmingham-Southern, Chapman, and Webster earned spots and all saw UMass-Boston win an if needed game to advance.
BABSON PARK, Mass.—Seniors Eric Jaun (Loveland, Ohio) and Brian McHale (Ramsey, N.J.) each drove in a run as No. 7/9 Babson College defeated No. 19/20 SUNY Cortland, 2-1, to sweep the NCAA Tournament Super Regional best-of-three series on Saturday afternoon at Govoni Field.
Johns Hopkins and W&J had the easiest path to a weekend opening win as Heidelberg, Babson, UMass-Boston, and Webster all needed runs in the 7th inning or later to get a Friday win. Two more games are on tap as Chapman and BSC host games.
BABSON PARK, Mass.—Senior Connor Gill (Sterling, Mass.) drove in first-year Thomas Lapham (Charlestown, Mass.) with a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth as No. 7/9 Babson College defeated No. 19/20 SUNY Cortland, 7-6, in game one of the NCAA Tournament Super Regionals on Friday afternoon at Govoni Field.
Cortland broke out the bats to advance to the super regionals, W&J and Johns Hopkins secured spots next as the 16 team super regionals took shape. Concordia-Chicago extended their regional into Monday with a 14-13 win in extra innings over Baldwin Wallace.
HARTFORD, Conn.—No. 7/9 Babson College scored six runs in the top of the fifth inning on its way to defeating Trinity College, 10-3, in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament Hartford Regional on Sunday evening at Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium.
HARTFORD, Conn.—No. 7/9 Babson College scored six runs in the top of the fifth inning on its way to defeating Trinity College, 10-3, in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament Hartford Regional on Sunday evening at Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium.
HARTFORD, Conn.—Senior Nicholas Browne (Mount Laurel, N.J.) and junior Jake Oliger (Newtown, Conn.) both homered and sophomore Tyler Bell (Abington, Mass.) allowed just one earned run over six innings as No. 7/9 Babson College defeated Keystone College, 7-3, in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament Hartford Regional on Friday at Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium.
BABSON PARK, Mass.—Senior Patrick Callahan (Vicksburg, Mich.) tossed a complete game and juniors Matt Johnston (Portola Valley, Calif.) and Thomas Allison (Kingwood, Texas) both homered as visiting MIT defeated No. 6/6 Babson College, 8-2, in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament final on Wednesday afternoon at Govoni Field.
Down to its final out in the tenth inning, Babson rallied for six runs to stun MIT 9-6, forcing a the NEWMC tournament to a winner-take-all game on Wednesday. Wells and Penn State Berks both advanced to the NEAC double elimination round this weekend.
BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior Jake Oliger (Newtown, Conn.) hit a walk-off grand slam as part of a six-run, two-out rally in the bottom of the 10th inning to send No. 6/6 Babson College past MIT in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament baseball action on Tuesday afternoon at Govoni Field.
A wild Saturday
February 24, 2024It is why we play the game. Wild pitches were a factor in two extra-inning games as Arcadia used one to upset Baldwin Wallace and Cortland needed two to walk-off in a contest with Lynchburg. Out in Texas, Trinity (Texas) found 10 eighth inning runs to shock Babson.
