The Benedictine University baseball team is heading the the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2013 by virtue of winning the 2024 NACC Tournament Championship. The team secured the automatic bid by winning the winner-take-all contest 13-8 over Aurora.
A .611 week with 14 runs scored and 14 RBI, a four-hit complete game against a top-five team, and two dominant relief appearances captured the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III honors for 2024. This week’s selections were based on games played April 29 through May 5.
In a game circled on most NACC fans calendar, No. 12 Benedictine swept a pair from No. 10 Aurora. Benedictine remains one of four teams in the NACC with a perfect conference record and now holds the tiebreaker over Aurora.
For the first time the top three teams in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 remained the same with Shenandoah, Endicott and Baldwin Wallace holding their positions. Lower in the Top 25, there is a shakeup with undefeated Benedictine and Kalamazoo showing up for the first time.
Benedictine (7-0) and Kalamazoo (8-0) stayed perfect through games on Saturday. Benedictine did it with a 6-2 win over Hope and Kalamazoo swept a pail in Jacksonville, Illinois. Other teams who have played a minimum of five games and are still without a loss include No. 2 Endicott (6-0), Johnston and Wales (5-0) and Whitworth (10-0).
No. 15 Aurora is the only ranked team in the preseason rankings but not the only team that is expected to compete and win at their level. You don't need to get out of the NACC to see that Benedictine is more experienced in 2024 and will challenge the Spartans not only for top conference team honors but on the national stage as well.
A .724 week with 26 RBI and six homers, a program’s first no-hitter since 2005, and a rookie who hit .500 with three homers collected the final NCBWA Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week honors for the 2023 season.
After swinging to a trip opening win over UMass-Boston on Friday, Benedictine pitched past Rowan, using solid defense and key pitches to tally a 2-0 win in a game that resembled an NCAA Regional contest
Benedictine recorded 19 hits as every member of the lineup logged at least one in handing UMass-Boston their first loss of the year by a 16-6 score in the Florida trip opener
Benedictine swept Edgewood to complete a weekend without allowing an earned run, running their win streak to nine in the process and improving to 10-0 at home
Stephen Sewruk struck out 15 in game two and Benedictine totaled 25 runs on 27 hits while recording a pair of shutouts at St. Norbert to improve to 19-6 overall and 13-1 in the NACC
Benedictine silenced the powerful Spartan offense to take two NACC contests. Across Lake Michigan, Hope moved into sole possession of the MIAA lead with a set upcoming with Adrian on the horizon.
A pair of big innings helped Benedictine sweep #21 Aurora in a Tuesday doubleheader, gaining sole possession of first in the NACC with the first sweep of Aurora since 2017
Setting up a first-place showdown with nationally ranked Aurora on Monday, Benedictine scored 35 runs and banged out 34 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Wisconsin Lutheran on the road
Despite managing just four hits, defense and timely pitching led Benedictine to a one-run win over Trinity (Conn.), a fifth straight in Florida as the spring trip winds down
Alex Schram tossed a complete game and Jack Surin hit a go-ahead homer as Benedictine avoided elimination despite not recording a hit until the sixth inning
Benedictine head coach Adam Smith won the 300th game of his career as Benedictine finished off a weekend series with Aurora by splitting the four contests.
Benedictine saw a 17-game win streak end in the opener but responded with seven homers in the second game to salvage a weekend opening split at Illinois Tech on a blustery day
Kevin Bushnell homered twice and drove home six as Benedictine scored a season high 19 runs to grab a 17th consecutive win in a non-conference matchup with North Park
NACC tournament champions!
May 12, 2024The Benedictine University baseball team is heading the the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2013 by virtue of winning the 2024 NACC Tournament Championship. The team secured the automatic bid by winning the winner-take-all contest 13-8 over Aurora.
