The second-seeded Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Sagehens scored in double figures all three games, capping their first-ever SCIAC Tournament championship and NCAA automatic qualifier bid with an 11-6 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges late Saturday afternoon.
Today it was a good day for the Leopards as they extended their lead over Pomona-Pitzer by a game with a win over Whittier while Pomona fell to Chapman on their SCIAC series that opened on Friday. Lurking in third place is CMS who is poised to move up the standings if the top two teams falter.
Head Coach Frank Pericolosi picked up his 500th win as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team earned their first SCIAC sweep of the season with their doubleheader win over Caltech by the scores of 11-3 and 15-1 on Friday afternoon at Alumni Field.
East Texas Baptist University pitcher Sayers Collins collected the NCBWA NCAA Div. III Pitcher of the Week honors for the third time. A seven-home run week by Patrick Gillen and an 11-RBI week by Greg Pierantoni garnered the Hitter and Rookie of the Week awards for games played March 4-10.
There is a storm brewing in Southern California this weekend. Highlighting the Friday slate, Redlands upset La Verne and Pomona-Pitzer gave Claremont their first loss of the season. The biggest surprise was Whittier taking game one of their series with Cal Lu.
Pomona-Pitzer showed that good pitching can tame good hitting as they split with No. 5 Texas Baptist in the opener for both. The season that opened in Southern California and Texas last weekend expanded to the Northwest and Soutern parts of the nation.
CMS opened the D-III season with visiting George Fox and earned a 9-2 win. In what was the first walk off of the season, Pomona opened their season with a 3-2 win over Whitworth.
Shenandoah hung on to a win in game one in the battle of the Hornets and Lynchburg came back to claim the nightcap. Out in California, La Verne and Pomona-Pitzer split their top 25 match up.
Former Waynesburg pitcher Mason Miller and Bradford Webb, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney were drafted on day two of the MLB Amateur Draft. The third and final day saw four more D-III players hear their name called.
Head Coach Frank Pericolosi earned his 400th career win on Sunday as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team split their road doubleheader with Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) opponent La Verne with a 9-3 win in game one and an 8-1 loss in game two on Sunday afternoon at Ben Hines Field.
Hiram officials announced that Phil Brua will take the reins of the Terrier program for the 2018-19 academic year. Brua starts his first stint as a head coach after taking over for Howard Jenter, who retired following the 2018 season.
D3baseball.com's Pitcher of the Year, Josh Fleming, had his name called in the fifth round of the MLB draft as the first D-III player taken. Eleven other standout D-III players had their names also announced as the draft concluded.
Rain postponed or cancelled a third of the scheduled games on Friday but there was still plenty of action in the west and South regions. The highlight of the day was Caltech's 4-3 win over Pomona-Pitzer for their first conference win since 1988.
Sul Ross finished the weekend out scoring Dallas 12-5 in a series win. La Grange made it two straight with their win over Sewanee. In Southern California, Whittier, Pomona-PItzer and Centenary (La.) all won single contests.
Pacific (Ore.) made it eight wins in a row with a 19-11 win over West Region Foe, Pomona-Pitzer. Back east, it was Babson with an epic comeback win for their fifth win in six games.
University of the Ozarks took state honors on Wednesday with a win over Hendrix. Elsewhere Howard Payne defeated McMurry and Pomona-Pitzer survived a Bates rally to close the D-III baseball action on Wednesday.
Orange, Calif. - Sophomore pitcher David Gerics threw seven strong innings and senior shortstop Sam Fox stretched his hitting streak to 27 games with a two-run home run as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team clinched a SCIAC Tournament bid with an 8-3 road win over Chapman on Saturday.
Whittier, Calif. - The Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team scored five times in the first two innings and went to capture an 11-1, seven-inning win over Whittier on Wednesday afternoon to maintain its share of first place in the SCIAC.
Claremont, Calif. - Junior Cameron Yen was one pitch from a perfect game in the opener, but settled for a no-hitter as the Sagehens swept two games from Caltech 13-0 and 16-0 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Claremont, Calif. - Junior first baseman Simon Rosenbaum hit a two-run homer in the first and senior right fielder Mark Okuma added a three-run homer in the fourth as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team jumped out to a 10-1 lead after four innings and coasted to a 14-4 win over MIT on Monday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Claremont, Calif. - The Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team erupted for 17 runs, keyed by a three-run homer from Kenny Rabin and a grand slam from Mark Okuma, as it salvaged a split with La Verne on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field, winning the nightcap 17-3 after falling in the opener 8-1.
Claremont, Calif. - Senior Jake Bruml threw seven shutout innings as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team won its seventh game in a row with a 7-0 win over Ithaca on Monday at Alumni Field.
On the eve of the third month, Franklin picked up their third win over Augsburg, Pacific hits four triples in a game and Sam Fox's three home runs gave Pomona-Pitzer a sweep over Whittier on Saturday.
Whittier, Calif. - Senior shortstop Sam Fox hit the first three home runs of his career, two in the opener and one in the nightcap, as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team completed a three-game weekend sweep of Whittier with 13-0 and 6-2 wins in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.
Claremont, Calif. - Sophomore Lane Miles threw a complete-game four-hitter, striking out eight, and sophomore center fielder Tanner Nishioka and junior first baseman Simon Rosenbaum added homers, as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team started out its three-game series with Whittier with an 11-1 win over the Poets on Friday afternoon at Alumni Field.
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.
Claremont, Calif. - Senior Jake Bruml was 5-for-6 with two homers, both of which came in a 10-run third inning, and the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team held on to win a slugfest over Puget Sound 19-17 on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Claremont, Calif. – Sophomore catcher Kevin Jordan broke a 7-7 tie with an RBI single in the seventh and scored the eventual winning run as the Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team took the first game of a doubleheader from Whitworth 9-8 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.
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.
Sagehens wins first ever SCIAC tournament and NCAA qualifier
May 11, 2024The second-seeded Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Sagehens scored in double figures all three games, capping their first-ever SCIAC Tournament championship and NCAA automatic qualifier bid with an 11-6 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges late Saturday afternoon.
