Mitchell made the best of a trip south to grab two wins on their opening day over William Peace. Further south La Grange took two of their own as Joe Ruth inched closer to the D3 hits record. Buena Vista only got one win on Saturday but scored enough runs to win multiple times with an 18-run seventh inning.
Tufts doubled up Eastern Nazarene, 6-3 on Tuesday in a key regional contest. In Atlanta, Emory slugged their way to a big win over LaGrange as they pad their resume for a possible at-large bid to the NCAA Playoffs.
Piedmont upset No. 9 LaGrange, giving the Panthers, their first losses in the CCS. Elsewhere in the top 25 it was No. 10 Randolph-Macon falling to No. 3 Shenandoah and No. 24 Southwestern defeating No. 23 Trinity (Texas).
Witternberg defeated No 4. LaGrange in a Top 5 upset on Monday. UW-Oshkosh continued their hot start to the season with their second win over No. 17 Webster.
Last year the South had three teams in the top 10 spots in the final Top 25 of the year and all three teams are poised to repeat this feat. Salisbury will be moving out of the region but there are plenty of teams that are eying a spot in the final Series in Cedar Rapids.
For the second year in a row, Salisbury opens the season as the number one team with 15 first place votes in the 2023 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Preseason Top 25. The Sea Gulls are followed by ECSU, LaGrange, and Birmingham Southern.
The Eastern Connecticut offense found their grove and hit their way into a date with Salisbury in the D-III Championship Series with a 8-1 win over LaGrange in the 2022 D-III College World Series.
Eastern Connecticut scored three early runs and made them stand up as they advanced into the bracket two final with a 4-3 win over LaGrange in game eight of the 2022 D-III World Series.
Baley Coleman pitched shutout ball into the eighth and LaGrange put up a slate of crooked numbers as the Panthers defeated Trinity (Texas) in the final game of Friday night.
Baldwin Wallace was the first team to punch their ticket to Cedar Rapids, then it was UW-Stevens Point and later Trinity (Texas). LaGrange defeated Chapman to earn a spot in their D-III World Series.
The opening day of the super regionals was anything but super. Five of the eight games were played with three postponed to Saturday because of weather.
Senior outfielder McKinley Erves 4-for-4 with a home run, a double, and three RBIs. Sophomore designated hitter Jared Aldridge has career-high five RBIs in game.
For the D-III baseball community, celebration is a way of life as we all celebrate victories on and off the field. On the heels of the Panthers' wins this weekend, they were dealt a set back that puts their accomplishments on the back burner with the loss of two of their own.
LC overcomes 5-0 deficit with 10-run third inning to beat Pacers 12-6 in USA South Tournament Bracket #2 on Saturday at Cleaveland Field in Williamson Stadium.
Wheaton (Mass.), Eastern Conn State, Oswego, Arcadia, Catholic, La Grange, Marietta, Webster, UW-Whitewater, and Trinity (Texas) are the number one teams in the latest regional rankings.
Gabriel Pallo and McKinley Erves hit home runs in six-run fourth inning; Jacob Brown throws 5-1/3 scoreless innings of relief in 9-4 win over Hawks on Sunday.
Shenandoah swept a doubleheader from Randolph-Macon on Saturday. it was a good day for ranked teams in the south as BSC, La Grange, Lynchburg, and Salisbury all won as well.