An electric week at the plate, a two-hit shutout over a historic Div. III baseball powerhouse, and five innings of no-hit relief were what it took to earn the latest NCBWA Div. III weekly awards. This week’s selections were based on games played April 22-28.
Randolph-Macon welcomed the Lynchburg Hornets and defeated the ODAC favorites 6-4 on Tuesday. Out in Peaceful Valley, Baldwin Wallace came in and took one of two from Heidelberg.
Juniata officials announce the appointment of the 25th head coach of the baseball team, Patrick Christopher. He brings over six years of coaching experience to Juniata.
Heidelberg used free passes and hit batters to overcome being out hit by La Roche to move above the .500 mark for the first time this season. Back in New England, MIT's Matt Johnson tied a D-III record with four home runs in their victory over Nochols
Losses for Trinity (Texas) and Heidelberg on Sunday brings the number of Top 10 teams with two losses this weekend to six. Babson earned a series win over Trinity as Cortland and Heidelberg fell to Marietta and Franklin.
Chapman heads the 2020 Top 25 following by Webster, Trinity (Texas), Birmingham-Southern and Heidelberg. Chapman, Webster, Salisbury, and UW-Whitewater received at least one first place vote.
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.
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.
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.
A near-1.000 average and a two-hitter took home the top honors for the final 2019 NCBWA Div. III Weekly Awards, while a 7-for-11 performance at a conference tournament was the top outing of the week by a rookie. This week’s honorees were selected for games played April 29-May 5.
Dallas scored n the 12th inning to upset No. 5 Texas Lutheran to salvage one in a three game set. Marietta and Westminster (Mo.) split their doubleheaders with ranked conference foes Heidelberg and Webster.
The new top team is the Christopher Newport. The Captains were last ranked at the top spot in Week 8, 2011. New this week to the Top 25 are Heidelberg and Washington Univ. Birmingham-Southern and Cortland drop out.
Olivet and Heidelberg were just a few teams that found themselves playing conference foes on Monday instead of the weekend. Weather continued to keep teams off the diamond but not in the CAC where No. 12 Salisbury split with Mary Washington.
Heidelberg, Webster, and Pacific Lutheran stumbled on Saturday while Kean and Salisbury regained their winning ways on a day that eight of the top 10 teams took the field.