Aurora scored five runs in the tenth inning to take an extra inning win from St. Mary's (Minn.) on Monday. Elsewhere it was Wilson and Waynesburg splitting in a chilly Pennsylvania field. Williams also earned a W in their first nine inning contest of the season.
Senior left fielder Erik Mini did not live up to his name as he was the third D-III player to hit for the cycle. Williams need all he had in an 11-10 win over Hamilton on Easter Sunday. He hit two home runs to go along with the single, double and triple in a 5-for-5 day.
Out of fear of the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, Amherst sent its students home, followed by Middlebury, then Tufts, and finally, the entire NESCAC spring sports slate has been canceled.
Williams defeated No. 9 Johns Hopkins on Friday and a good Bethel (Minn.) team in an early season test. The Ephs and Louisiana College, a 5-4 winner over No. 11 Concordia-Texas, are the only teams to register an upset of a Top 25 team.
Williams and Middlebury found some sunshine out west as they continue the series between the two programs that have been played at a neutral site for the last 18 years.
Pitt-Greensburg’s Ryan Dodson and Williams' Tyler Duff were tabbed the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association Division III Hitter and Pitcher of the Week for the period of April 25-May 1.
2012 was a banner year for former D-III baseball players toiling in the MLB minor league system. Tim Saunders, and Yazi Arbel are just a few who found success down on the farm.
Williams College built a 9-0 lead through five innings and cruised to a 9-3 win over archrival Amherst College in Game 3 of the 2012 NESCAC Baseball Championship Saturday at Wesleyan University.
Williams football and baseball standout Darren Hartwell just finished the summer internship of a lifetime covering the Boston Red Sox for ESPNBoston.com.