Piedmont and La Verne earned their first wins of the season. ThLions defeated Cal Lutheran and La Verne bested Linfield. Widener was a Wednesday winner with Rhodes and Hendrix opening with wins on Tuesday.
The 12th ranked NC Wesleyan College Bishops romped to a 16-1 win over Mary Baldwin but they were not the only teams with a double digit win.Nebraska Wesleyan, Ramapo, Moravian, Linfield, SUNY-Purchase and Franciscan also scored a 10+ run victory on Friday.
Dan Spencer has been named baseball coach at Linfield College, director of athletics Garry Killgore announced Monday. He replaces Stan Manley who retired at the end of the 2019 season.
Linfield College baseball head coach Stan Manley has announced his retirement from coaching after two seasons at the helm, director of athletics Garry Killgore announced Tuesday.
Nothing unlucky about #13 as Thomas Packert, Christopher Newport starting pitcher, joined Linfield's Carter Buuck and Randolph-Macon's Colin Selby on the second edition of the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
La Verne treated their visitors from Mexico rudely as their bats exploded for 18 runs. Linfield also found Southern California the place to be with a 8-7 win over the 2017 National Champions, Cal Lutheran.In Georgia, Sewanee dumped No. 10 La Grange.
Winning is fun, and the West Region has been winning. Three teams from three different conferences have claimed the Walnut and Bronze in the last five seasons. Cal Lutheran emphasized team spirit and family through their championship season in 2017..
NCAA released the first regional rankings this morning. Topping the rankings are: Salve Regina, Oswego State, Birmingham-Southern, Linfield, Wooster, Johns Hopkins, Washington (Mo.), and UW-Whitewater.
NCAA released the first regional rankings this morning. Topping the rankings are: Salve Regina, Oswego State, Birmingham-Southern, Linfield, Wooster, Johns Hopkins, Washington (Mo.), and UW-Whitewater.
Battling all the way back through the loser's bracket and knocking off Willamette in back-to-back games, Linfield punched a return ticket to the NCAA playoffs for the first time in two years as champions of the Northwest Conference Baseball Tournament.
Linfield went 2-for-3 in a trio of games over the weekend, helping head coach Scott Carnahan pocket career coaching victories 600 and 601. The 600th win came against La Verne on Sunday.
Holden Novak, Centenary (La.); Jonah Paul, Covenant; Colton Spears, Hardin-Simmons; and Josh Thomas, Piedmont all earned spots in a senior sweep of the pitching staff in the first D3baseball.com Team of the Week of 2016.
Maryville scored five runs in the ninth to steal a win over No. 11 Rhodes and No. 14 Linfield won with the long ball on Sunday. Eight teams are 3-0 or better after the first weekend of activity across the nation.
We can expect the West to be wild again with established powers Texas-Tyler, Trinity (Texas), Linfield, and Cal Lutheran, challenged by newcomers like Pacific Lutheran.
Scott Brosius, who coached Linfield to the 2013 national championship, is stepping down as head coach at his alma mater. Former head coach Scott Carnahan steps back at the helm of the Wildcat program.
Linfield and Pomona-Pitzer wins looked more like gridiron scores as Linfield defeated Texas-Dallas 22-10 and the Sagehens were a safety better than Puget Sound in a 19-17 win.
Friday saw teams from the Top 25 take the field for the first time as three ranked teams opened their season with wins. Linfield shutout Texas-Dallas, Cal Lutheran made quick work of Whitworth and Trinity (Texas) slammed their way past Texas-Tyler.
The West looks as competitive as ever as Linfield, Cal Lutheran, and Trinity all begin the season ranked in the Top 25. The West Region opens up the D-III season when the University of Dallas hosts Sul Ross State on February 1st.
Power hitting first baseman Simon Rosenbaum is one of 45 players on the 2015 D3baseball.com preseason All-American squad that will take the field in 2015.
Emory knocked out Aaron Thomassen, Linfield's starter in the first inning and went on to a 8-5 win in Game 5 of the 2014 NCAA Division III World Series.
Endicott's Tad Gold was tabbed as the D3baseball.com's Player of the year as Chris Haddeland repeated as D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year. Adrian's Ryan Dorow garnered D3baseball.com Rookie of the Year honors. The full team:
It is no surprise that optimism was abundant at Fox Cities Stadium on Thursday, nobody will be eliminated on Friday and every team already have a trophy sitting back home.
The field is set and on Friday eight teams will meet to decide a national championship on the field of Fox Cities Stadium. D3baseball.com will be there to record the action in words and pictures.
Linfield will be back into Appleton to defend its 2013 national championship. After not having a back-to-back champion in 30 years, it could happen twice in the last four if Linfield can get the job done.
Once again, four teams ranked in the top 12 will meet up, including the 2013 national champion Linfield and first time participant, LeTourneau from the ASC.