University of Chicago officials announced the hiring of Kevin Tyrrell as head baseball coach on Tuesday. Tyrrell spent the past three seasons serving as an assistant baseball coach for UChicago (2019-21).
Chicago head coach John Fitzgerald has been hired at Lewis University and has resigned as Chicago's head coach. Fitzgerald served as Chicago's head baseball coach from 2014-21.
The Central region was represented in the final Top 25 by North Central (No. 6), Washington University (No. 7) and Webster (No. 20) with Buena Vista, Coe, Spalding and Wartburg receiving votes in a pandemic shortened season.
Loras needed comeback wins to take the American River series with Nebraska Wesleyan on Monday. Three ranked teams got on on the field with UW-Whitewater winning twice, Babson taking a single win and Trinity (Texas) falling to Chicago.
Rhodes marked win number 14 on 14 hits this Tuesday with a 9-6 victory over Huntingdon. St. John's ended their trip to Arizona and Chicago started their Texas swing with wins.
The Midwest Conference announced that the University of Chicago will join the league as an affiliate member for baseball beginning with the 2018-19 academic year. UChicago recently completed its first season as an affiliate member of the MWC for football.
Chicago announced that John Fitzgerald has been hired as the head baseball coach for the Maroons. He succeeds Brian Baldea, who served as head coach for 24 years.
Ernie Banks is famous for saying "Lets play two". Chicago, Covenant, Gordon, Hope, Sul Ross State, and Susquehanna all swept their doubleheaders on Saturday.
The CCIW has been the dominant conference in the Central region, but it is Chicago, Washington (Mo.) and Webster who are the preseason favorites in the region this season.