Messiah official announced the hiring of Phill Shallenberger as the new head coach of the Messiah program. Shallenberger brings over a decade of coaching experience to Grantham, with multiple stops along with four years as the head coach of Cairn.
Messiah and Albright finally got in a game originally scheduled for Saturday and York played their first game against a MACC opponent as a member of the MACC. Messiah and York both carried the day on a busy Tuesday in DIII baseball.
Messiah, Southern Vermont and Montclair State all started their 2018 season slate with wins on Friday. Messiah used pitching for their win over Stevenson. SVC's offense carried the day over Gallaudet. Montclair State needed extra innings to finish their win over Mary Washington.
York defeated No. 14 Randolph-Macon and Messiah gave top ranked Shenandoah their first non-conference loss. Both ODAC teams will head into the final weekend of conference games with a loss.
The San Diego Padres called Lake Bachar's name in the fifth round for the first D-III player taken in 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Nineteen more names were called out with nine position players and eleven pitchers taken overall in the three day event.
Scott Hall's one-hitter lifter Gordon to a sweep of Anna Maria on their spring break trip.MIsericordia had the same success in Puerto Rico with a pitching gem over Kean and an offensive day against Messiah.
Grantham, PA – Alvernia University scored multiple runs in the second, fifth, seventh, and eighth innings on Monday to run away from the Falcons and win 10-3. The Crusaders collected seventeen hits on the day and held Messiah to just six hits of their own.
Reading, PA – Messiah splits their double header with Alvernia today, winning the first game 6-2 and dropping the second 8-4. David Sletta highlighted game one with a three-run triple in the sixth inning, helping the Falcons to the win.
Reading, PA – Messiah splits their double header with Alvernia today, winning the first game 6-2 and dropping the second 8-4. David Sletta highlighted game one with a three-run triple in the sixth inning, helping the Falcons to the win.
Once upon a time, Pat Lightle coached Bristol to an NAIA championship. Now he'll take over Messiah, after Steve DeRiggs coached two years in what was termed an interim role.
Out of 750 players, Chris Heisey, a 27 year-old outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds, is one of just seven former Division III players to be featured on the 25-man roster for a Major League team.
The South regional is full of post season experience with four teams having made their last trip to Appleton in the past decade, Christopher Newport (2003), Salisbury (2011), Shenandoah (2010), Rowan (2005).
The Falcons knocked off the No. 1 seeded Alvernia Crusaders by a 2-1 score, capturing the program's second consecutive Commonwealth Conference championship.
The Messiah Falcons (12-20) are heading to their weekend series with the Arcadia Knights on a wave of momentum, as the Falcons knocked off the Susquehanna Crusaders (13-19) by a 19-8 score in Wednesday afternoon's home contest.
The Falcons scored eight runs in the final two innings but could not over come two different six run deficits and fell to the Red Devils by a score of 11-9.
What would have been a comeback for the ages fell just short. The Messiah Falcons (1-5) overcame two sizeable deficits - an 8-0 second inning hole and an 11-7 score in the seventh inning - but ultimately lost a 12-11 heartbreaker to the Stevenson Mustangs (8-5).
Messiah scored three runs in the fourth inning, three more in the fifth and three more in the eighth, taking the league title by virtue of a 11-5 win over rival Elizabethtown.
Shallenberger moves to Messiah
September 02, 2021Messiah official announced the hiring of Phill Shallenberger as the new head coach of the Messiah program. Shallenberger brings over a decade of coaching experience to Grantham, with multiple stops along with four years as the head coach of Cairn.
