Tyler Santaniello had three hits in Rhode
Island College's win over Plymouth State. Rhode Island athletics photo |
Tyler Santaniello went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, while Brad Van Fechtmann kept the Panthers off the scoreboard through the final four innings of action, to lead Rhode Island College to a 7-4 victory over Plymouth State in game four of the Little East tournament. Home standing Eastern Connecticut State stayed unbeaten with a 10-5 win over Mass-Boston. With the loss Mass-Boston ends their season 17-24. Cory DeMedeiros drove in five runs with a home run and a double as the third-seeded Mass-Dartmouth Corsairs remained unbeaten by defeating the second-seeded Southern Maine Huskies, 8-3.
In the OAC tournament, top seeded Marietta utilized a two-run ninth inning to cap a 3-2 comeback win over the fourth seeded Baldwin-Wallace. Where pitching dominated in game one, game two featured the offenses. Second-seeded Heidelberg lost to third-seeded John Carroll, 13-7, as the Blue Streaks dominated early and held off a late charge by the Student Princes.
Adrian came into the game having knocked off Kalamazoo in their first game, 17-1, but needed extra innings to decide the winner as the Bulldogs prevailed in 10 innings, 10-9 over Calvin. This win advances the Bulldogs' to the Championship game against Calvin, a 5-3 winner in an elimination game with Hope.
Senior infielder Nate Mulberg had a big day at the plate and sophomore pitcher Dan Warren was stellar on the mound as Rochester topped Clarkson 5-2 on the first day of the Liberty League Tournament at Siena Field. Union limited Vassar to just four hits as host Union knocked off the Brewers 8-1.
Lawrence ended its season with a 10-0 Midwest Conference loss to Carroll at Frame Park. Carroll jumped out to an 8-0 lead after four innings, and limited Lawrence to only six hits in its season finale. Ethan Urban went 4-for-5, and Dylan Grove and Clayton Schmitt both drove in a pair of runs for Carroll.
Howard Payne stayed alive in
the ASC tournament with a 3-2 win over
Texas-Tyler. ASC athletics photo |
Howard Payne's Corey Howie recorded the complete game win 3-2 over Texas-Tyler in an elimination game of the ASC tournament. Sul Ross State, Concordia (Texas) were also winners on the day. Sul Ross State eliminated Louisiana College 9-5 and Concordia (Texas) defeated Mary Hardin-Baylor 6-1.
Seconded-seeded Thomas More used a seven-run third inning to defeat third-seeded Bethany, 14-5, in the opening game of the PAC Championship Tournament hosted by Washington & Jefferson College at Ross Memorial Park in Washington, Penn. Kyle Smith smacked a two-run homer in the second inning and Josh Staniscia added a three-run bomb in the fifth as top-seeded Washington & Jefferson defeated Waynesburg 12-4.
Augustana's bats broke loose for five runs in the fifth inning and starting pitcher Seth Davis went the distance as the Vikings opened CCIW Tournament play with a 6-3 win over North Central at Swanson Stadium/Brunner Field. With the win, Augustana advances to Friday's winner's bracket game with Illinois Wesleyan. The Titans built up an early lead and held on to secure an 8-5 win over North Park.
Baruch stayed alive in the CUNYAC tournament after defeating the Bloodhounds of John Jay, 11-4, in a double elimination game. Jayson Yano tossed a four-hit complete game with six strikeouts as Stevens needed just one-hour and 50 minutes to complete a 3-0 shutout win against Staten Island in a CUNYAC semifinal game at MCU Park on Thursday afternoon. Stevens awaits the winner of a Staten Island-Baruch matchup for the CUNYAC championship.
Keystone advanced to the CSAC championship game by outslugging Gwynedd Mercy 17-9 at Christy Mathewson Field. The Giants will host the winner of Friday’s elimination game between Gwynedd Mercy and Immaculata with two chances to claim their sixth-consecutive CSAC crown and the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Regional Tournament.
Trevor Koehn's record 10
innings in game four of the NACC tournament was not enough to
extend the Eagle's season. Edgewood athletics photo by Mike James |
Edgewood's season came to an end in the NACC Tournament in a pitching duel for the ages. The Eagles' Trevor Koehn threw a NACC Tournament record 10 innings in a battle with Concordia-Chicago's Kurt Kempema, but the Cougars pulled out a 2-1 extra inning victory to end the Eagles season at 16-25. Edgewood lost earlier to Concordia (Wisc.) 7-3. Rockford, a 9-3 loser to Concordia-Chicago, will play Benedictine, a 6-3 loser to Dominican, in an elimination game to start the Friday slate.
Manchester defeated Franklin in the opening round contest in the HCAC double-elimination tournament, 8-3. - Rose-Hulman sophomore Andrew Stull tossed eight shutout innings and the Fightin' Engineers blasted two solo home runs in a 5-0 win over Anderson to earn a date with Manchester on Friday.
Wooster came back from deficits three times, with a seven-run eighth inning eventually being the difference as the Fighting Scots outlasted DePauw 15-10 in the NCAC Tournament opener at VA Memorial Stadium. Wooster will play Denison after the Big Red defeated the Allegheny Gators 5-3.
No. 1 Webster won its first round game in the SLIAC tournament, defeating Fontbonne, 14-7, at Glik Park in Highland, IL. A Taylor Stoulp grand slam fueled the Gorlok offense as the team advanced in the winner's bracket. Greenville defeated Spalding 14-9 and will play Webster with the winner advancing to the SLIAC championship game.
After winning 14 of the final 18 regular-season games, the third-seeded Dutch hammered sixth-seeded Coe 12-0 and surprised second-seeded Wartburg 6-1 on the opening day of the Iowa Conference tournament. Loras also played twice on Thursday, defeating Simpson 5-4 and losing to Buena Vista 6-1.
Springfield was led by the bats of Keith Cotnoir (Westhampton, Mass.), Jared Hopkins (Cranston, R.I.) and Shane O'Leary (Kings Park, N.Y.) in the win. Cotnoir drove in three runs while Hopkins and O'Leary drove in two each. Frank Calabrese (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and Steve Starr (Lebanon, Conn.) each tallied two hits.
Tyler Kelly (Absecon, N.J.) earned the win on the mound in his first collegiate start for the Pride. Kelly went five innings, allowing three hits and just one run while striking out four.
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