An electric week at the plate, a two-hit shutout over a historic Div. III baseball powerhouse, and five innings of no-hit relief were what it took to earn the latest NCBWA Div. III weekly awards. This week’s selections were based on games played April 22-28.
On Monday, the top teams knew how to win. UW-Stevens Point slugged their was to a sweep, Rowan shutout Penn State Abington, and Catholic walked it off. Three different ways to win but the result was the same with the ranked team coming out on top.
Johns Hopkins slugged their way to a win on Friday. Belhaven, Elms, Oberlin and Penn State Abington also gave up a big number to their opponents but still came out with wins as their offenses picked up the pitching staff.
Penn State-Abington catcher Justin Fogel leads off the fourth D3baseball.com Team of the Week as we honor the best player at each position for the last twelve seasons.
Penn State Abington school officials announced that Joe DiMento will become the new head baseball coach at Abington. DiMento has served as an assistant coach with the Nittany Lions the past four seasons.
Penn State Abington senior Ryan McCarty was named a semifinalist for USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award on Tuesday. McCarty is one of 31 semifinalists that are now in the running to being named the top amateur baseball player of the year.
Penn State Abington slugged their way into the UEC championship game with a 9-6 win over top seeded Penn State Harrisburg. Harrisburg will face Abington on Wednesday after defeating Penn College 13-4.
The last regular season game of his career with Penn State Abington was special for Ryan McCarty. He hit four home runs and a career high nine RBIs to put an exclamation point on the Lions' season.
Keuka plated 26 in a doubleheader sweep and Penn State Abington scored 25 on Thursday. Abington needed most of them after a wild first inning with Gwynedd Mercy where the Lions ended up a run, 11-10.
The Penn State Abington athletic department is pleased to announce that former Major League Baseball player and La Salle University head coach David Miller will take over the helm of the Nittany Lions' baseball program.
Immaculata school officials announced the hiring of Josh Copskey as their new head coach in advance of the 2022 season. Copskey joins the Mighty Macs following a successful four-year run as head coach at nearby Penn State-Abington.
The Blugolds earned their first win over a top 25 team since restarting their program as they surprised the UWW Warhawks 11-1. UW-EC fell but an identical score in the nightcap. Else where the MIAA opened their tournament and Penn-State Abington advanced in the NEAC.
The Nittany Lions scored their third upset of a top 10 ranked Rowan on their home field for the third time since 2014. This was just one of 20 games scheduled for Tuesday.
The only thing that could stop the Penn State Abington offense was the fall of night which stopped the Nittany Lions's game with Cabrini at 15-8. In Minneapolis, Bethel defeated Wayne State for the second straight day.
For the first time in program history Penn State Abington was crowned the NEAC Tournament Champion. Abington earned their championship after being the highest remaining seed left in the tournament after Sunday's contests were washed out.
Weather play havoc with schedules in the Mid-Atlantic this weekend but it was back to business as Penn State Abington and Kean earned wins on Sunday as part of almost 200 games scheduled for the day.
No. 3 Trinity (Texas) defeated No. 18 Babson and 2017 National Champion Cal Lu defeated No. 5 Texas Lutheran but it was a three run 12th inning that propelled Penn State Abington to a win over Rose-Hulman that provided high drama on Friday,
No. 1 Trinity (Texas) fell to McMurry, No. 4 UMass-Boston to Southern Maine, and No. 6 Rowan to Penn State-Abington on Tuesday. Only TCNJ escaped with a win among teams in the first ten spots of the Top 25 on the diamond today.
Greg Schneider struckout 15 and Matt Bougourd's 8 RBIs tied a record as the Bobcats swept Penn State Abington on Friday. Methodist opened their weekend tournament, downing No. 13 Keystone.
Penn State Abington officials announced that Josh Copskey has been named the head coach for the baseball program. Copskey enters his first season as the helm
Ten NCAA Division III baseball teams from seven different conferences are set to take part in the inaugural Clemente Cup in March 2016 with games being held in the Puerto Rico cities of Aguadilla, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Lajas, Hormigueros and Rincón.
Only Shenandoah escaped the Monday doldrums with out a loss in a light national schedule. John Carroll took two from Mount Union and Penn State-Abington defeated Rowan.