Being a two-sport athlete is a tough assignment. It becomes even tougher when a global pandemic forces the two sports that are usually conducted in opposite seasons; are played simultaneously. But it's a challenge Pacific Lutheran University sophomore student-athlete Ashton Barton tackled head on this spring, suiting up for both the football and baseball teams over a seven-day stretch.
Union earned a sweep of Purchase to open their season while spring trip games continued in the South. In Texas, Texas Lutheran won a squeaker in a 2-1 win over Pacific Lutheran
Lutheran ruled the day as Pac Lu and Cal Lu opened their seasons in Arizona with wins. Pac Lu exploded for 13 runs over a two-inning stretch in a 13-8 victory over Redlands. Cal Lu used dominant pitching to take down Texas-Dallas 8-3 for their opening win. Whittier fell to Vangard 9-1 in an exhibition game as they open their season with Willamette on Friday.
Roanoke is just one of four teams new to the Top 25 this week. Joining the Maroons are Johns Hopkins, Baldwin Wallace, and Pacific Lutheran. Emory is the top ranked team for the second straight week.
Trinity graduated most of the key pieces from their 2016 National Champion squad, so this year’s field is wide open. Texas Lutheran, Texas-Tyler, East Texas Baptist, California Lutheran, Whitworth and Pacific Lutheran are just a few teams that have a chance to hoist a regional trophy.
Former PLU baseball player Max Beatty knows what it means to take advantage of a second chance, making the most of his opportunity as a professional baseball player in the Chicago White Sox organization. At one point in his time at PLU, Beatty had no idea if he would ever toe the rubber again.
The Wild Wild West Regional moves to Avista Stadium in Spokane Washington for 2016 as the regional returns to the Northwest. Joining the west region qualifiers is Case Western Reserve.
Moravian first baseman Charles Savite joins fellow seniors Willie Doll, Sr., Saint Mary's (Minn.) and Garrett Brown, Sr., Pacific Lutheran on the eleventh edition of D3baseball.com's team of the week.
Chapman, Occidental, and Pacific Lutheran all found themselves behind early and won with revived offenses and stellar relief pitching. Chapman and Pac Lu overpowered their opponents while Occidental won in walk off fashion.
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.
It was not a good opening day for the Lutes as they dropped a 4-1 game to Willamette and a 9-8 decision to George Fox. Randolph-Macon and Huntingdon started the Firehouse classic with wins
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.
PARKLAND – Longtime assistant coach and former Pacific Lutheran baseball player Nolan Soete will take over as interim head coach of the PLU baseball program for the 2015-16 academic year, PLU athletic director Laurie Turner announced.
The South Region has had its off years recently in Division III baseball. We don't think this is one of them, and since the perennial playoff contenders are the lower-seeded teams in this regional, all bets are off.
PARKLAND – Pacific Lutheran scored three runs in the first inning and hardly looked back as the Lutes clinched the fourth 30-win season in program history with a 5-1 Senior Day victory over George Fox Sunday afternoon at PLU Field.
PARKLAND – Dramatic wins over Linfield have become something of a habit for the 21st-ranked Pacific Lutheran baseball team this season, as the Lutes tied it on a bases-loaded double in the bottom of the eighth claimed their second walk-off win over the Wildcats in a week with a 4-3 victory Saturday at the PLU Tournament.
Shenandoah need two walk off wins to advance to the ODAC title game and Coast Guard pitching took care of Babson in the opening game of the NEWMAC tournament. In the Northwest, Pacific Lutheran was a winner and will meet Whitworth Saturday.
On Sunday, Pacific Lutheran and St. Joseph (L.I.) clinched the top seeds in their conference tournaments. Pacific Lutheran is the regular season champ of the NWC while St. Joesph (L.I) is tops in the Skyline.
A sparkling 90-pitch start and .500 batting average with seven extra base hits helped guide Kyle Rossman and Jordan Freeman to NCBWA D-III Player of the Week awards.
With a series win over No. 6 Linfield, Pacific Lutheran vaulted into the Top 25. Rhodes also secured a spot in the Top 25 bumping Adrian and Buena Vista outside the weekly poll.
McMINNVILLE, Ore. – It was better late than never for Pacific Lutheran as the Lutes tied it with a run in the eighth and scored three in the ninth to claim a 6-3 win over fourth-ranked Linfield to pick up PLU's first series win against the Wildcats since 2006 Sunday afternoon at Roy Helser Field.
Pacific Lutheran head coach Geoff Loomis earned the 300th win of his coaching career, with a 5-2 win over No. 4 Linfield. He now owns a 300-186-2 record in 13 seasons at the helm of the Lutes program.
Chapman, Millsaps, Pacific Lutheran, and Rhodes came up big on Saturday as they all gave the their top 10 opponents their first losses against D-III competition.
McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran bounced back from a 3-0 defeat in the opener to pick up a milestone 5-2 win in the second game as the Lutes split a Northwest Conference doubleheader against fourth-ranked Linfield Saturday afternoon at Roy Helser Field.
Winter came east and disrupted games along the Atlantic seaboard on Monday and Tuesday. Out in Texas and California, the sun shone down on a light game schedule.
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.
The Tampa Rays made Pacific Lutheran's Trevor Lubking as the first D-III player taken in the 2014 MLB amateur baseball draft. Fourteen more players were taken on the final day of the annual draft.
AJ Konopaski, Pacific Lutheran set a saves record while Trey Martin, Wheaton (Ill.) extended his scoreless innings streak to 29. Both joined the D3baseball.com Team of the Week for the week ending April 20.
Pacific Lutheran brings win streak to eight
April 18, 2021Pacific Lutheran brings their win streak to eight with a sweep of Lewis and Clark on Sunday. The Lutes trail Pacific in the NWC standings.
