The beginning of the week was so yesterday. Bethel got a loss on Monday but bounced back on Tuesday to get back in the win column with a 4-2 win over Loras. Birmingham-Southern also found the winning touch after losing a weekend series to Oglethorpe.
With the Royals' 6-4 extra-inning win over Northwestern in game on Saturday, head coach Brian Raabe picked up career win No. 300. Bethel rallied late in game one scoring two runs in the seventh to tie the game at three forcing extra innings.
The best teams in Region 9 comes from Wisconsin. UW-La Crosse looks as strong as does UW-Stevens Point. UW-Whitewater will be a factor as well. Add Bethel, Gustavus and Buena Vista and you have a region that competes with any other.
The best of Region 9 looks the same as always, a couple WIAC teams and the best of the MIAC. Unlike in other years, the top teams in the MWC - Lawrence and UMAC - Crown are capable of making the leap from regional to World Series participants.
Montclair State won easily in game one but needed walkoff magic to earn a sweep over Ramapo. Bethel found themselves in the same position as they walked off game one and dominated in the nightcap on Sunday.
St. Thomas (Minn.), playing in their final MIAC tournament, opened with a win over Bethel as Graham Laubscher baffled the Bethel hitters. In a LEC showdown, it was ECSU and Southern Maine splitting on the day as they try to add tournament champion or state their their case for an at-large bid.
U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is providing an early season stadium for teams around Minnesota to get in games. St. John's swept Bethany Lutheran early today and their two game set was followed by a Simpson-Bethel doubleheader
Brady Leonard and Zach Hollingsworth teamed up for Simpson's first no-hitter since 2011 to split the series with Bethel on Wednesday at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Storm lost 9-6 against the Royals to open its season but bounced back to win 2-0.
Bethel slugged its way to a non-conference sweep at UW-Superior Thursday evening. The Royals took the opener 9-7 before taking the night cap 19-1 that gave head coach Brian Raabe his 200th career win.
Williams defeated No. 9 Johns Hopkins on Friday and a good Bethel (Minn.) team in an early season test. The Ephs and Louisiana College, a 5-4 winner over No. 11 Concordia-Texas, are the only teams to register an upset of a Top 25 team.
The Duluth Regional is one of three six-team regionals and if it gets cold or rainy, there will be more time to catch up. Last year’s winner of the Midwest Regional was Concordia-Chicago and this year they’re the top seed.
D3baseball.com celebrates Senior Day with an all senior outfield in the latest D3baseball.com Team of the Week. Bethel's John Leach, Monmouth's Grant Myers, and Randolph-Macon's Cole Migliorini earned spots in our outfield.
Crown Athletic officials announced the hiring of new head coach Ryan Doheny. Doheny has been an assistant at Crown for five years and played collegiate baseball and basketball at Bethel (Minn.),
Thirteen teams got in via at-large selections, while seven teams were left at the table and even more never even got into the discussion process. Pat Coleman analyzes who got in, and who was left out, and tells you why, using the NCAA criteria.
Catholic's Brennan Cotter earned a spot on the D3baseball.com's 12th Team of the Week at first base. Joining Cotter are infielders 2B Brian Killinger, Adrian, SS Max McCoomb, St. Joseph's (Maine) and 3B Joey Fredrickson, Bethel.
Bethel (Minn.) junior Austin Ledin and St. Mary’s (Minn.) junior R.J. Brown were named Division III National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Hitter and Pitcher of the Week for the period of March 6-12.
Messiah closed their game leaving the sacks full in a 4-3 win over Eastern Mennonite. It was easier for Catholic, Bethel and Chapman as all three put up big numbers on Tuesday.
Three Midwest region teams enter 2016 nationally ranked and all believe they have the potential to make it to Appleton. After getting knocked out in the first round of the WIAC tournament, UW-La Crosse went on to win in the Regionals and make it all the way to the World Series.
Mass-Maritime earned a regular season crown for the first time since Reagan was President and Scranton earned the top seed in the upcoming Landmark tournament for the first time in league history.
Kyle Fackler could not have been any more clutch on Thursday as he had two walk-off hits for Elizabethtown. Bethel, Drew, Stevenson also got walk-off wins
Bethel and UW-Stout split a doubleheader played outside in St. Paul on Monday in a season fraught with cancellations. Kean played a makeup game and Roanoke got on the field after a month long layover as well.
The Royals baseball team faced Augsburg College in a pair of games Sunday, in a make-up double-header that was scheduled for one day prior. Despite scoring first in the opener, Bethel fell 7-9 in game one, however, managed to come back and snag a win in game two, 3-2. Fans in attendance also particpated as Bethel took part in the MIAC campaign to strike out prostate cancer this week.
Bethel gets back in the win column
March 12, 2024The beginning of the week was so yesterday. Bethel got a loss on Monday but bounced back on Tuesday to get back in the win column with a 4-2 win over Loras. Birmingham-Southern also found the winning touch after losing a weekend series to Oglethorpe.
