On Day two of the MLB Amateur Draft, Endicott graduate Jordan Gottesman was chosen by the San Francisco Giants as the first DIII player drafted. Gottesman was one of 13 players selected in the two day event.
Chicago is one of four new teams in the week 6 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25. Joining the Maroons are Bowdoin, Case Western and Coe. Two 2024 World Series teams dropped out in Pomona-Pitzer and Misericordia.
Wabash used superb pitching to steal a game from Denison as the two teams split a Tuesday doubleheader. Keystone added an upset win over Misericordia. MIT, Spalding, and York also joined in the upset parade.
A nine run seventh turned the tide for Augsburg as they opened with a 14-6 win over Northwestern (Minn.) in Minnesota. Down south in Florida, Elizabethtown only needed four runs in the final innings to upset the defending National Champion, Misericordia.
Adrian won their fifth straight opener with a win over Berry in LaGrange, Ga. Shenandoah swept a doubleheader with Misericordia as the Cougars opening defense of their national title fizzled.
The 2024 National Champion came out of Region 4 as Misericordia got a Pennsylvania team a DIII baseball title for the first time but it might be a one-off as they rebuild. Look for team out of the NJAC or UEC to make some noise this season.
UW-Whitewater will start the season as the number one team and Warhawks have been here before. It is a different hawk at the second spot with the Salve Regina Seahawks flying to their highest ranking ever. They are followed by Endicott, Misericordia, and Denison.
Misericordia tops the final 2024 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25. The Cougars were crowned national champions last week. Following Misericordia is UW-Whitewater, Salve Regina, Endicott and Lynchburg.
UW-Whitewater hadn't played anyone like Misericordia, and that's because ... who can play Coug Ball? Only Misericordia. More from Joe Sager in Eastlake.
Who needs a day off? Well, maybe the pitchers did. The bats didn't take a night off. Misericordia defeated UW-Whitewater 12-9 in the opening game of the best-of-three D3 Championship Series.
Jared Hoffman's ninth inning, two-out pinch-hit broke a 2-2 tie and with the Cougar style of aggressiveness, they forced a second bracket title game with a 3-2 win over Lynchburg at Classic Auto Group Park in the 2024 D-III World Series
Misericordia scored four late runs to take a 5-1 victory from Lynchburg to advance to the D3 Championship Series, defeating the Hornets twice on Monday to do so.
Springfield College is a hotbed for educating coaches across all sports, but when two Pride alumni met in the first round, only one could advance. And whether it was Pete Egbert's coaching, or his team's timely hitting and aggressive running, it was Misericordia feeling the pride in the D-III World Series opener, 6-3.
As the DIII World Series opens the Eastlake era, there are rookie teams, teams back for another year and one team that has been to more past Series' than the rest of the field together.
The Division III baseball World Series will be opening the Eastlake, Ohio era on the last Friday in May. Will Lynchburg defend its 2023 title? How will the World Series rookies fare? Can top ranked Endicott capture its first baseball national championship? We make our picks in the D3baseball.com World Series Preview.
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 Eastlake, Ohio. Key hitters and pitchers, scouting reports, feature stories and more!
Birmingham-Southern continued its Cinderella run, keeping the program alive for another week by clinching a berth in the Division III World Series, while UW-Whitewater advanced by winning twice on Saturday. Salve Regina and Pomona-Pitzer are first-time Series qualifiers, while the defending champs are still defending. More from Saturday.
For six of the eight hosts, they will need two wins on Saturday as they dropped the Friday openers to their visitors. Endicott and Randolph-Macon won the games they hosted in the final inning. The Gulls needed an extra inning while the Yellow Jackets finished their game in regulation.
Tournament MVP Connor Maryniak lifted the Misericordia University baseball team to the MAC Freedom championship with a 2-1 over Arcadia in the second game of the semifinal series, Saturday afternoon at Tambur Field.
Several offenses were smokin' on Saturday. Chatham and MUW both scored 36 runs whil Misericordia scored 37. Penn State Behrend had the most runs in a game (24) as they scored 33 on the day. Rutgers-Newark and Montclair State both scored 30+ as they split their doubleheader. Six other teams with 30 + runs scored.
Catholic and Scranton stepped out of the Landmark Conference schedule and got wins over regional rivals. Catholic hit a record six home runs in their win over Arcadia and Scranton upset No. 19 Misericordia with a complete game win by Thomas Plunkett.
A day after losing 2-1 to Misericordia, Marietta turned the tables in a 2-1 win over the Cougars on Thursday. Marymount also found a change in fortunes as they defeated Fontbonne to move to 11-1 with a third of the season completed.
Covenant halted a five game losing streak with an upset win over at No. 4 Birmingham-Southern. otherwise it was a day of success for the other teams in the Top 25. in the only contest between ranked opponents, Misericordia edged Marietta
Westfield State earned a pitching win and one with their bats as they bested St. Joseph's (Conn.) and the weather. Elsewhere top ranked Baldwin Wallace fell to Misericordia and York opened up with a win over No. 5 Lynchburg.
Misericordia opened the season with a doubleheader split at Shenandoah in battle of nationally-ranked teams, Monday. On Wednesday Grove City entered the ninth with La Roche two runs up but needed three in the ninth to walk off a winner in their season opener.
With most of their team back, top ranked Johns Hopkins is the favorite for the National Championship. You do not have to look far down the Top 25 to find the another Region 5 team. Salisbury is ranked second in the 2024 Preseason Top 25. Misericordia also brings back the core that propelled them to a DIII World Series appearance.
Misericordia and Rowan are favorites in Region 4. If either falters, the likes of Arcadia, Montclair State and Penn State-Harrisburg are waiting in the wings with a team that can top either the Cougars or the Profs.
Baldwin Wallace opened an early lead in the first and cruised to a 13-8 win in the bracket one elimination game finale. They advance to a rematch with Johns Hopkins in the first of the bracket championship games scheduled on Monday.
Misericordia and Endicott battled in the first elimination game with the Misericordia Cougars earning a 13-6 win in the fifth game of the 2023 DIII World Series being held at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Johns Hopkins looked nothing like the No. 1 team in the nation for the opening seven inning. A six-run outburst gave the top seed a 10-5 win in the opening game of the 2023 DIII World Series being held at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.