In a season that has seen Centre make history and rewrite the program record books over and over, another milestone was hit today as the Colonels walked off for a 3-2 win over Hendrix to win the SAA Tournament for the first time, securing an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
With the first round of the SAA tournament in the books it was three sweeps as top seeded Centre advanced as well as under dogs Sewanee and Rhodes. Fourth seeded Hendrix defeated Oglethorpe two games to one. The Colonels will host the double elimination pod round of the SAA Tournament on May 2-4.
Roanoke earned a tie for fifth place in the final ODAC standing with a dominate sweep of Randolph-Macon, scoring 25 runs off a staff with a sub 5 ERA. Elsewhere in Region 6, the field is set for the SAA Championship round next weekend.
Centre dumped host Berry in the Berry pod of the SAA Tournament on Thursday. Birmingham-Southern had a better time but dropped their opener to Sewanee in the BSC pod. The trend was the same for the under card games with the lower seed advancing.
Trinity (Texas), which and brought home the league’s first-ever national championship in the sport in 2016, was recognized with a league-high 12 honorees among the 32 impressive student-athletes selected to the SCAC’s 30th Anniversary baseball team
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has named nationally regarded Adam Rosen as its next head baseball coach, effective August 25. Rosen replaces Jeff Jenkins, who served 32 years in the role before announcing his retirement as athletic director and head baseball coach following the 2021 season.
Matt Schirm has resigned as Central College's head coach after seven seasons. Schirm joined the Central staff in 2015 after serving as the top assistant at Wartburg College from 2011-14.
Centre used a no-hitter to reach the SAA tournament and they pitched another gem as they bounced No. 13 Berry into the losers bracket. Birmingham-Southern took care of business, shutting out Rhodes.
Centre rebounded from Saturday's walk-off loss by securing the no. 4 seed in next week's SAA Tournament against the Hendrix Warriors. Behind a no-hitter from Jake Holloway, the Colonels won by a score of 5-0.
Centre defeated Berry and set their program record for wins with their 23rd win, besting the mark set 18 years earlier. A Johnson and Wales grand slam was part of a seven run ninth to walk off on Mass-Dartmouth.
It took Kean four hours to defeat Brockport in the regulation nine. Centre, Hendrix and Trinity (Texas) all needed extra innings to walk-off their Sunday contests.
Earlier this month, the Colonels earned a rare win at Birmingham Southern and today added equally rare wins at Millsaps as they swept the Majors. In their spring break finale, No. 8 Wooster dumped No. 13 Johns Hopkins.
After a nationwide search, Centre welcomes back Drew Briese, class of 2000, as its new head baseball coach. Briese moves over from SAA conference rival Birmingham-Southern.
Down 5-4 with two outs in the top of the ninth, the Centre College baseball team scored two runs and hung on for a 6-5 win over No. 29 Emory University Wednesday, March 26 in Atlanta, Ga.
After rallying to win game one 2-1, the Centre College baseball team tied game two in the bottom of the seventh and scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the eighth to sweep a doubleheader from Wheaton College Saturday, Feb. 22 at Gary Wright Field in Danville, Ky.
Trailing 5-3 in the eighth inning the Centre College baseball team tied the game to force extra innings and then won 6-5 in 11 innings over Transylvania University Wednesday, March 27 in Lexington, Ky.
Tied 3-3 after seven innings, freshman second baseman Sam Spees (Dayton, Ohio) hit a three-run home run and the Centre College baseball team went on to defeat No. 21 Millsaps (ABCA Top 25) 7-4 Friday, March 22 in Jackson, Miss.
After winning game one in walk-off fashion, the Centre College baseball team won game two 11-6 to complete a twinbill sweep of Hanover College Saturday, March 9 at Gary Wright Field in Danville, Ky.
Senior pitcher Joe Nash (Elizabethtown, Ky.) hurled seven innings and allowed only a first-inning run as the Centre College baseball team earned a 5-2 victory over visiting Wabash Friday, March 8 at Gary Wright Field in Danville, Ky.
A sizzling week by outfielder Kyle Cook of Centre and a perfect game by Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads of Wooster have earned them the NCAA Division III National Hitter and Pitcher of the Week.
Sophomore pitcher Kyle Neu (Cincinnati, Ohio) recorded his first career shutout victory to help the Centre College baseball team defeat Rhodes College 3-0 in the series finale Sunday, March 25 at Gary Wright Field in Danville, Ky.
Senior pitcher Joe Nash (Elizabethtown, Ky.) threw a complete game and five different players drove in at least one run as the Centre College baseball team knocked off No. 6 Rowan University Saturday, March 17 in a game played at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga.
Trailing by seven runs after two innings, the Centre College baseball team rallied to defeat the College of Mount St. Joseph 16-13 and extend its winning streak to five games Wednesday, March 7 at Marge Schott Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Three Centre pitchers combined to limit Defiance College to one run on six hits over two games as the Colonels swept a doubleheader from the Yellow Jackets Sunday, March 4 at Gary Wright Field in Danville, Ky.
Junior Aaron Ammann (Winnetka, Calif.) delivered a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth to score freshman Pete Eddings (Louisville, Ky.) to give the Centre College baseball team a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Transylvania University Thursday, March 1 at Gary Wright Field in Danville, Ky.
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May 04, 2024In a season that has seen Centre make history and rewrite the program record books over and over, another milestone was hit today as the Colonels walked off for a 3-2 win over Hendrix to win the SAA Tournament for the first time, securing an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
