| Senior shortstop Billy Steel
was named today to the D3baseball.com Team of the
Week. Christopher Newport athletics photo |
Christopher Newport's Billy Steel reached base in all five
plate appearances, going 4-for-4 with a walk and a pair of doubles,
as the Captains cruised to a 9-2 victory over Virginia
Wesleyan on Tuesday. The 3-4-5 batters in the Captains' lineup
combined for eight hits, including four extra-base knocks, while
driving in six runs.
Emory started early with a four-run first inning, and kept adding on runs throughout the game, as the Eagles went on to defeat Oglethorpe 13-4 at Chappell Park.
Washington (Mo.) recorded 16 hits, including five extra-base hits, but the Bears were unable to rally after Fontbonne took the lead in the fifth inning as the Griffins earned a 12-10 win over Washington at GCS Ballpark.
Maryville (Tenn.) advanced to 5-1 on the season with a 7-6 win over Emory & Henry College on MC's Scotland Yard. Maryville fell behind 5-4 but took the lead for good in the home half of the eighth with back-to-back RBIs by Landon Talley and Zack Blonder.
The Transylvania Pioneers trumped in-state rival Centre, rallying in the eighth inning to win, 7-4. Junior Hunter Voshell capped off the Pioneers offensive rally in the eighth with an RBI single scoring pinch runner Aaron Johnson.
Lynchburg got a key fifth-inning rally and six scoreless innings by junior Brandon Miller out of the bullpen to down Greensboro, 6-4, in non-conference action. Colton Steber was solid early for the Hornets in his first collegiate start. The freshman allowed a hit in each of the first two innings while striking out three.
Three double plays and a 12-hit offensive attack supported six LeTourneau pitchers in an 8-3 win over Castleton at Conrad-Vernon Field. The YellowJackets had four players – Jordan Argabright, Ryan Bertram, Quinn Brankin and Dillon Yates each had two hits – to contribute to the 12-hit effort. Argabright also had two RBI along with five of his teammates with a RBI each.
Behind an offensive performance that included 21 hits, the Sewanee baseball team improved to 5-1 on the season with a 16-8 win over Johnson, in Knoxville, Tenn. Catcher Nate Barnett, who finished 4-for-4 with three RBI, led the Tigers at the plate. Fellow infielder Grant Goodsonalso swung the bat well with four hits while Zack Suttonadded three RBI.
| Senior third baseman Ryan
Pearson delivered the go-ahead hit for Capital. Capital athletics photo |
Capital won its second consecutive one-run game in its final at-bat, defeating Hanover 6-5 on the fourth day of the team's spring break trip at Chain O' Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Fla. Sophomore right-hander Jeff Small tossed three scoreless innings in relief to pick up his first career win for the Crursaders, and senior third baseman Ryan Pearson delivered the go-ahead two-out double in the ninth to score senior left fielder Taylor Branisel from first.
Franklin scored a season-high 11 runs in earning an 11-10 victory over Concordia-Moorhead at the RussMatt Classic in Auburndale, Florida. The Grizzlies concluded the season-opening Florida trip with a 3-2 record.
Shenandoah recorded its second shutout victory in three games this season with a 16-0 non-league win over Mount Aloysius. Five Hornet pitchers combined on the eight-hit shutout.
Washington and Lee scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to post a 4-2 victory over Southern Virginia Smith Field. Southern Virginia took an early 2-0 lead but could not keep the Generals off the bases in their fifth loss to open the season.