March 25, 2021

Mass-Dartmouth walks off in conference opener

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Junior Ethan Badin (pictured) had two hits and two RBIs, while senior captains Ryan Clawson and Matt Muehleck each added one RBI, to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a 7-0 Old Dominion Athletic Conference shutout victory past Virginia Wesleyan University on Thursday on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium.
Hampden-Sydney athletics photo by Sideline Media

Freshman Cam Seymour hit three home runs to tie the school single-game record and drove in eight runs as the 8th-ranked University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs 13-8 in the first game of the teams mutual Little East Conference opening doubleheader Thursday afternoon. UMass Dartmouth came back in the nightcap to salvage a split of the doubleheader knocking off Southern Maine 6-5 in 11 innings on senior Erik Ramirez's walk-off single. Senior Erick Ramirez (Boston, Mass.) laced a two-out, RBI single through the middle of the infield to lift the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to a 6-5 extra inning victory over nationally-ranked University of Southern Maine this afternoon to earn a split of the season-opening Little East Conference baseball doubleheader. The No. 8-ranked Huskies launched four home runs to power the visitors to a 13-8 win in the opening contest.

Kieran Gibson and Jamere Griffin both picked up wins as SUNY Canton swept a doubleheader by scores of 7-4 and 4-1 on Thursday at Dunn Field in Elmira. With game one knotted at 3-3 in the top of the fifth Nathan Welch brought home Zach Miner on an RBI base hit to center and Dylan Allen scored Welch on a single through the right side. The Soaring Eagles trimmed the deficit to one with a run in the bottom half of the inning before the Roos added two insurance runs in the sixth. Gibson earned the win on the mound in game one tossing five innings finishing with six strike outs and allowing three earned runs. The difference in game two proved to be in the fourth frame where the Roos scored three times. Luis Torres-Rivera picked up the no-decision giving up one run with three walks in 1.2 innings. Griffin recorded his first win of the season tossing 3.1 innings in relief as he did not allow a single run and struck out four batters. Zach Bates closed the door in the final inning as he did not allow a single batter to reach base and fanned one batter.

Catcher Anthony Guarino smacked a bases-loaded single to drive in the winning run as Montclair State scored three times in the bottom of the 11th of the nightcap for an 11-10 victory and a sweep of New Jersey City University at Yogi Berra Stadium on Thursday evening. The Red Hawks won the opener, 12-3.
Jason Moore belted a home run in the opener and Christopher Walker collected three RBI in the first game as the Red Hawks improved to 6-1 following the non-conference twinbill. MSU was making its first appearance at home since March 5 of last year against Yeshiva. Ricky Voss homered in each game of the doubleheader for the Gothic Knights (2-7), who held

Hiram split a doubleheader playing at Penn State Behrend on Thursday afternoon. The Terriers won the first game 4-2 and lost the second game 3-2 in ten innings. A back and forth contest continued into the final inning. In the final frame, Hiram scored two more times in the seventh inning. Evan Fairbanks walked with the bases loaded scoring Michael Corsillio. David Paus then reached on a fielder's choice with Kyle Adams scoring. Penn State Behrend got two runners on in the bottom of the seventh, but Hiram held on to win 4-2. In game two, extra innings were needed to decide a winner in game two as seven innings wasn't enough. Hiram was able to add a hit in the ninth and tenth innings, but couldn't put together any further damage. Penn State Behrend won it in the bottom of the tenth inning as Isaac Stouffer had a bases loaded walk that scored the winning Lions run.

Anna Maria College defeated Rhode Island College this afternoon in non-conference action 9-5 at the New England Baseball Complex. RIC is ranked 10th in the New England Baseball Journal Coaches Poll for the New England region. The first four innings of the contest were very quiet for both lineups and it wasn't until the fifth when things started up for both sides. RIC took a 2-1 lead into the fifth and extended that lead to 5-1 after four walks in the inning. The AMCAT lineup finally showed some life in the bottom of the fifth scoring five to give the AMCATS their first lead of the contest. The Anchorman wouldn't score the remainder of the ball game, but Anna Maria would add onto their lead in the bottom of the sixth on a suicide squeeze and in the bottom of the seventh when the 'CATS tacked on two more runs.

Northwestern (Minn.) surged for 10 runs in their final three innings at bat for a 12-2 win over the Hamline University Pipers on Thursday evening. The Eagles and Pipers traded runs through the first five innings in a back-and-forth stalemate with neither team able to put up a crooked number. That all changed in the sixth as UNW broke open the game with a four run inning. Northwestern showed that that half inning was no fluke as they proceeded to score thrice more in the seventh and another three in the eighth to take control of the contest. Sam Peterson and Carlton Lindow each led the Eagles with three hits and three RBI apiece. Peterson drove in all of his runs with bombs over the outfield wall, launching a solo shot in the third and a two-run blast in the eighth. Lindow did his damage with runners in scoring position, as he laced an RBI single to right in the sixth and then drove home two more with a bases-loaded hit up the middle. Eight Eagles had a hit and each of them scored at least one run in the win. Seven Eagles combined to drive in the 12 runs.

Keystone enjoyed a 12-5 non-conference victory over visiting Susquehanna University on Thursday afternoon at Christy Mathewson Field. Susquehanna and Keystone battled back and forth until the Giants tallied four runs in the fifth to go ahead 6-3. Nick Carlini finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and three stolen bases. Keystone tallied seven stolen bags on the day. Patrick Adamski earned the start and tossed 4.1 innings, striking out three while scattering six hits. Matt Tarabola earned the win in relief.

UW-La Crosse earned a doubleheader sweep of UW-Stout Thursday afternoon at Copeland Park. The Eagles won the opener, 11-5, and the nightcap, 6-1 to improve to 4-0 on the season. The Blue Devils drop to 1-3 on the year. In the opener, UW-Stout scored four runs in the top of the first on four hits until UWL tallied five runs on five hits in the bottom of third. UWL added to its lead with four runs in the fourth to take a 9-4 lead and Blue Devils were unable to catch the Eagles. Zach Pronschinske (1-0) earned the win for UWL, pitching 7.0 innings, allowing six hits, four runs and five walks while striking out seven. In the nightcap, UW-Stout took another lead but was unable to hold it. Jack Mizgalski (2-0) earned the win for UWL, pitching 7.0 innings, allowing five hits, one unearned run and three walks while striking out six.

Just four days after being swept in a doubleheader,
Rochester returned to St. John Fisher College and
posted a 9-1 victory over the Cardinals. Hank Powers
(pictured) led a parade of eight UR hurlers and they
gave up just three hits.  
Rochester athletics photo

Crown defeated the Bethel Royals for the first time in school history on Monday in a 4-3 pitching duel between the two universities. Senior pitcher Eric Newman went the distance for the Storm, ending the game with 127 pitches, striking out eight, and earned his second win of the season, improving to 2-1 in his first start of the season. In the second contest, the Storm had a costly five errors that led to five unearned runs, and Bethel took the matchup 9-2.

For the first time since the inception of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1997 the UW-Platteville and UW-Eau Claire squared off on a baseball field. The Pioneers swept a doubleheader in Eau Claire Thursday night, 7-2 and 11-3. The games were played at Bollinger Field in Eau Claire after twice being re-scheduled; first from Platteville due to field conditions and then from Waupun because of weather. The wins move Platteville to 3-1 on the season while Eau Claire falls to 0-4. Zakula finished the opener 3-6 from the plate while lead-off hitter Ben Espinoza (Jr. / Villa Park, Ill.) filled the stat sheet going 2-4, scoring a pair, and driving in a pair. The Pioneers were active on the basepaths stealing three bases in four attempts. Sam Arnold (Fr. / Des Plaines, Ill.) posted 5 no-hit innings in his first college start and the Pioneers batted around in the third, scoring 7 runs as Platteville cruised to an 11-3 victory in the nightcap. Arnold put together one of the most unique no-hit pitching lines, giving up 2 runs (1 earned), walking two, hitting two others, and striking out five while securing his first win of the season. After the adventurous five innings, Coach Harris decided to error on the side of caution with his young right hander. "Like anybody in his shoes, he did not want to come out with his no-hitter in tact," said Harris. "He handled it well. I was proud of him. But it's still very early in our season and his pitch count was getting up there and we still had some guys that needed to get some innings."

Bethany College hosted the Geneva Golden Tornadoes for a double-header Thursday afternoon at Bethany Park. The doubleheader consisted of a nine inning and seven inning PAC contests. The Bison swept the Golden Tornadoes on the day, winning 16-2 and 8-6. Geneva crossed home plate first in the top of the second. Bethany answered in the bottom half of the inning with a Kevin Roach two-run Homerun. A few batters later, Ethan Young scored for the Bison. Bethany led 3-1 after two. A Luke Beatty sacrifice fly drove in Ryan Anselmino in the third and opened the scoring gates in the fourth, fifth, and six innings. The Bison led 12-1 after five innings. Geneva added another run in the sixth inning, but the Bison added four runs to keep a commanding lead.Game two went back and forth between the two teams. Geneva struck first again in game two in the top of the first inning. The Golden Tornadoes led 1-0 after one. In the bottom of the second, the Bison earned a pair of two-run homeruns of the bats of Kevin Roach and Nick Roell to take a 4-1 lead. Geneva cut the Bison lead in half in the third inning, 4-2. Bethany added three runs in the bottom of the third and fourth leading to take a 7-2 lead. Geneva battled over the next four innings, scoring four runs to inch closer to the Bison. The Golden Tornadoes were unable to overcome the Bison's lead.

On a perfect day for baseball with temperatures in the low 70s, Cortland put on an offensive, defensive, and pitching clinic, holding Clarkson to only two runs while plating 14 of its own in a doubleheader sweep of Clarkson. The Red Dragons were led by left fielder Colin BeVard and first baseman Matthew Krafft, who combined for seven hits and six RBI, to defeat the Golden Knights, 8-1 and 6-1. After a scoreless start through four innings, Cortland's bats came alive in the fifth to score six runs. On the hill, Cortland starter Ryan Flansburg was dominant, going six innings and allowing just one earned run on two hits while striking out one to earn his first victory of the season. The bullpen took it from there, featuring Bailey Gauthier, who threw two scoreless innings in relief, and Dan Hobbs to close it out in the 9th. In the seven-inning nightcap of the doubleheader, left-hander Brandon Buchan got the start for the Red Dragons and went five strong innings, allowing no runs on just two hits while striking out a pair to earn his first victory of the season.