It was a big day for head coach Mike Rizzo and the Whittier College Poets. The team was taking on their SCIAC opponent University of Redlands Bulldogs in the first game of a 3-game series. The Poet bats and the complete-game pitching effort by Maximus Berber, were strong enough to carry Whittier to an 11-1 victory over Redlands.
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.
The 2019 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Region teams and Regional Players of the Year have been announced in all eight regions. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. III All-America Committee.
The d3baseball.com All-West Region teams were announced Thursday and Dane Goodman (Ross, Calif.) continues to bring in the recognition in just his first season being named to the 2nd Team as an outfielder.
Caltech Officials named Kevin Whitehead the next head coach of the baseball program. Whitehead most recently coached at Whittier following four years as Texas Tech's catcher.
Occidental's Eamon McNeil and Whittier's Michael Angulo slugged their way to a spot on the eleventh edition of the 2018 D3baseball.com Team of the Week. McNeil earned his spot as an outfielder and Angulo as a designated hitter. Full list.....
Juniors Tyler Peck and Mason Collins were dominant in nine no-hit innings on the mound, but Chapman fell 2-0 to Whittier. Peck and Collins made Panther history as they combined for Chapman's first no-hitter since 1973.
A 2-0 start for Centenary's Caleb Kirk and complete game shutouts by Ty Engelhardt, Hardin-Simmons and Alex Baez, Whittier has landed all on the first edition of the 2018 D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
Occidental rolled to a win and Whittier walked off in SCIAC games as the conference scheduled resumed on Friday. Elsewhere, Luke Harvey became the Covenant steals leader and St Mary's (Minn.) Ben Buerkle got his 200th career hit.
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.
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.
Tommy Bergjans was the first D-III player drafted in the 2015 MLB Draft and was followed on the next day by Mike Odenwaelder, Taylor Henry, Ben Libuda, Seth Davis, Tim Ingram, Nick Dean, Donnie Cinino, Stephen Zavala, Matt Foley, and Robert Lucido.
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.
Friday was not safe for the conference leaders in the West region. NWC leader, Linfield, SCIAC co-leader Whittier, and the ASC's top team in Concordia (Texas) all found themselves on the losing end of the final score.
Webster continues along its way with their 12th straight win. Whittier knocks off top 10-ranked Cal Lutheran and Howard Payne upset Concordia (Texas) on Friday slate.
Covenant and UMass Boston scored walk off with wins on Friday. Out west, Redlands gave Whittier their first conference loss in ten games behind the pitching of Hayden Haight
Howard Payne and Chapman opened their season with wins as SCIAC rivals Whittier, CMS and Redlands fell in non-conference contests. Pacific Lutheran split with Concordia (Ore.) on Monday.
Saturday's highlights include CNU scoring eight ninth inning runs for the comeback, Ozarks and Covenant needing extras to get wins, and Concordia (Texas) dropping a fifth straight with a 9-5 loss to Whittier.
Senior right hander Ryan Schwenn (Scottsdale, AZ.) tossed a complete game five-hit shutout to lead the Poets to a 2-0 victory over Cal Lutheran Monday afternoon at Ullman Stadium, moving the Whittier winning streak to six.
Senior Ryan Schwenn continues to build upon his impressive senior year by adding a no hitter to his resume going nine innings giving up one walk in rout to the 4-0 victory over the No. 25 Leopards of the University of La Verne.
Senior Ryan Schwenn ended his week in impressive fashion and continues to impress on the mound as he pitched a complete game earning himself his fifth win of the season to beat Redlands 5-3.
Senior Ryan Schwenn pitched the best game of the season going eleven innings surrendering a run helping the Whittier College baseball team knock of No. 2 Kean University Sunday afternoon 4-1.
After more than a decade of trying, Chapman finally will get into the SCIAC. The school has won two national titles, one of them the 2003 baseball title.
For the second time this season, the Whittier baseball team took down a Top 5 team in the country. The Poets scored in the bottom of the 10th to beat No. 4 Kean, 6-5, Thursday afternoon at Memorial Field.
The Whittier baseball team went to extra innings for the first time this season and let one slip away. Cal Lutheran scored in the top of the 11th inning and put the Poets down in order to steal a 9-8 win Friday afternoon.
The Poets had trouble containing the bats of La Verne all afternoon as the Leopards tallied 28 hits and 22 runs in a doubleheader sweep on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Field.
The Poets had trouble containing the bats of La Verne all afternoon as the Leopards tallied 28 hits and 22 runs in a doubleheader sweep on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Field.
The Whittier baseball team committed six errors and dropped a 5-0 decision to La Verne on a rainy Friday afternoon to open its weekend set with the Leopards.
Poets mercy Bulldogs as Rizzo gets 400th win
April 05, 2024It was a big day for head coach Mike Rizzo and the Whittier College Poets. The team was taking on their SCIAC opponent University of Redlands Bulldogs in the first game of a 3-game series. The Poet bats and the complete-game pitching effort by Maximus Berber, were strong enough to carry Whittier to an 11-1 victory over Redlands.
