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.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The No. 3 seed University of Scranton baseball team (26-14) scored six two-out runs in the seventh inning and held on for a 7-4 victory over the No. 4 seed Susquehanna River Hawks (23-18) in Landmark Conference Tournament action on Saturday afternoon at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The No. 3 seed University of Scranton baseball team (25-14) plated three runs in the first and never looked back en route to a 16-3 victory over the No. 2 seed Catholic University Cardinals (26-10) in an opening round game at the Landmark Conference Tournament on Friday night at Volpe Field in Scranton.
LA PLUME, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (24-14) used an eight-run third inning to take control of the game and held on for a 13-8 victory over the Keystone College Giants (27-12) in the regular season finale for both teams on Sunday afternoon at Christy Mathewson Field.
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (21-13) scored multiple runs in four different innings to break the game open and notched a fifth win in six games with a 16-6 victory over the DeSales Bulldogs (19-17) on Wednesday night at Weiland Park in Center Valley.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Junior right-hander Thomas Plunkett (Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck) allowed just one run over seven strong innings and The University of Scranton baseball team (20-13) rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Wilkes Colonels (14-23) on Tuesday evening at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (15-6, 7-1 Landmark) scored 31 runs in two games and completed a second consecutive series sweep with victories of 16-5 and 15-10 over the Juniata College Eagles (2-16, 0-6) in Landmark Conference action on Sunday afternoon at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Junior outfielder Corey Zientek (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area) hit for the cycle and The University of Scranton baseball team (13-6, 4-1 Landmark) exploded for a season-high 24 runs as the Royals notched a 24-14 victory over the Juniata Eagles (2-14, 0-4 Landmark) in Saturday's series opener at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (11-6, 4-1 Landmark) completed a weekend sweep of the Drew Rangers (10-8, 1-5 Landmark) with a pair of victories on Sunday afternoon at Volpe Field as the Royals scored 28 runs in the two games.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (9-6, 2-1 Landmark) scored a season-high 20 runs including nine in the fifth and senior RHP Daniel Johnson (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Immaculata) tossed seven shutout inning as the Royals rolled to a dominant 20-0 victory over the Drew University Rangers (10-5, 1-3 Landmark) in the opener of a weekend series on Friday evening at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (28-9-1, 14-4 Landmark) used a pair of four-run innings to roll past the Moravian Greyhounds (22-18, 8-10 Landmark) in a 10-3 victory on Sunday afternoon at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Graduate student Connor Harding (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) delivered a go-ahead two-run double as part of a four-run eighth inning and The University of Scranton baseball team (27-9-1, 13-4 Landmark) broke the program's single-season wins record with an 11-9 comeback victory over the Susquehanna River Hawks (14-22, 8-9 Landmark) on Monday evening at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Graduate student Connor Harding (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) broke both the program and Landmark Conference's all-time hits record and The University of Scranton baseball team (23-7-1) rallied to walk-off William Paterson (23-12) in a wild 19-18 victory on Monday evening at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (22-6-1, 9-3 Landmark) scored 27 runs in two games and rolled to a doubleheader sweep of the Catholic University Cardinals (24-10, 10-4 Landmark) on Saturday afternoon at Volpe Field in Scranton.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (19-5-1) scored 17 runs between the third and sixth innings and rolled to a 22-4 win over the Wilkes University Colonels (15-13) in non-conference action on Wednesday afternoon at Bruggeworth Field in Wilkes-Barre.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Freshman Jake Elston (New Milford, Conn./Canterbury School) snuck a ball through the Misericordia third baseman's legs which rolled down the left field line to plate graduate student Kevin Johnson (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central) from first in the bottom of the 13th inning and give The University of Scranton baseball team (18-5-1) a wild 10-9 victory over the Cougars (18-11) on Monday evening at Volpe Field in Scranton.
MADISON, N.J. – Graduate student Connor Harding (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) became the ninth player in program history to record 100 career RBI and The University of Scranton baseball team (16-3-1, 6-2 Landmark) used a five-run seventh inning to complete the series sweep of Drew (3-20, 1-8 Landmark) with an 8-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Doc Young Field in Madison.
MADISON, N.J. – The University of Scranton baseball team (15-3-1, 5-2 Landmark) scored double digit runs in both games and rolled to a doubleheader sweep of the Drew Rangers (3-19, 1-7 Landmark) on Saturday afternoon at Doc Young Field in Madison.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (13-3-1) scored 14 runs on 17 hits and rolled to a 14-4 victory over the Muhlenberg College Mules (11-5) on Wednesday evening at Volpe Field in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa. – In a pair of one-run thrillers, The University of Scranton baseball team (12-3-1, 3-2 Landmark) swept the Moravian Greyhounds (9-8, 2-3 Landmark) in a Landmark Conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Volpe Field in Scranton.
Graduate student Connor Harding (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) roped a two-run walk-off double down the right field line in the bottom of the ninth to give the Royals a 12-11 comeback win in game one, while the hosts then held on for a 6-5 victory in game two.
SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team (10-3-1) held off a late inning rally from Ithaca in a 6-4 win over the Bombers (10-3) in non-conference action on Tuesday afternoon at Volpe Field in Scranton.
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The top seeded University of Scranton baseball team (20-9) held off a couple of late Elizabethtown rallies and captured the program's first Landmark Conference title with a 6-3 victory over the No. 3 seed Blue Jays (17-11) in the decisive game three on Sunday afternoon at Volpe Field.
Elizabethtown's 10-1 victory over Catholic put the Blue Jays into the landmark Championship series with Scranton this coming weekend. In the Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference, Concordia (Wisc.) will play Aurora for the NACC title.
Third-seeded Catholic scored five unanswered runs, the last coming on a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning, to defeat The University of Scranton 5-4 in an extra-inning thriller in the first elimination game of the Landmark Conference Championships on Saturday at Volpe Field.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The University of Scranton baseball team clinched a berth in the Landmark Conference playoffs by splitting a doubleheader at Moravian on Saturday. The Royals (15-20, 9-9 Landmark) won the opener 7-3 before dropping an 8-4 decision to the Greyhounds (20-19-1, 12-6 Landmark) in the nightcap, despite turning a triple play in the bottom of the first inning.
Sophomore Connor Harding (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) continued his torrid season on Tuesday, breaking The University of Scranton's single-season triples record and finishing a home run short of the cycle, but visiting Wilkes defeated the Royals 6-4 in non-conference baseball action at Volpe Field.
Senior Ian McIntosh (Newtown, Pa./LaSalle College H.S.) had three hits including the 100th of his career on Sunday night as The University of Scranton defeating visiting Elizabethtown 11-6 in key Landmark Conference baseball game at Volpe Field.
The University of Scranton and Elizabethtown both won a game on Saturday as the two teams split an important Landmark Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday at Volpe Field. The Royals (13-18, 7-8 Landmark) won the opening game 8-2 before the Blue Jays (12-23, 5-8 Landmark) took the nightcap, 12-3.
Junior Kevin Haag (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining/Bridgton Academy (Maine)) broke The University of Scranton's single season doubles record on Thursday, but Franklin & Marshall prevailed in a back-and-forth non-conference baseball game, 8-7, at Volpe Field.
Haag had a big day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a three-run home run and two runs scored while collecting his 15th and 16th doubles at the plate to tie, and then break, the Royals single-season record which had stood since 2000 when Jim Powell had 15 doubles.
Landmark day for Catholic, Scranton
April 09, 2024Catholic 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.
