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| The Lesley Lynx split their opening doubleheader with the Elms Blazers on Thursday, losing game one by a score of 8-5 and taking the second 6-2. Both teams start the season at 1-1. The win for the Lynx was their first since April 30th 2019. Lesley athletics photo |
The Cabrini Cavalier offense erupted for a season high 16 runs in today's 16-8 victory over the visiting Marywood University Pacers. The Cavs scored a run in six of their eight frames, including a five run inning in the bottom of the eighth to bust the game open. Senior Steven Priest powered the offensive outburst as the veteran finished the day 3-6 with a double, two home runs and a career high six RBIs. Fellow senior Mack McKisson added four RBIs on a pair of hits, while sophomore Christian Strickland added his fourth long ball of the season and three RBIs. Junior Garrett Laraia and sophomore Earl Kochel IV combined for six hits, four runs and two RBIs. In total, eight of nine starters marked the hit column.
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Northwestern (Minn.) (10-7) swept Martin Luther (0-2) on Thursday evening. The Eagles won game one 10-0 and game two 19-0. Northwestern was clicking on all cylinders for the doubleheader. It all started with the pitching as Sam Ludzack (3-0) got the start in game one. The junior threw five dominant innings while striking out ten and only surrendering one hit, a double in the second. Noah Franzen (1-0), a junior who has battled injuries the past couple of years, got the start in game two. It was Franzen's first appearance on a varsity collegiate mound, and he did not disappoint. He matched Ludzack's performance in game one as he threw five innings and struck out seven. His fastball and curveball kept Martin Luther hitless until two outs in the fourth. After Franzen's five dominant innings, Wakabayashi got the sixth and struck out one, and Bennett Thurow pitched a 1-2-3 seventh.
It was a breezy day in the nation's capital, but it was of little concern to Marymount University, as the Saints earned their fourth consecutive victory with a 9-3 triumph over Gwynedd Mercy University. With the win, MU (5-2) improved their conference record to a spotless 4-0. The loss sent the Griffins record to 0-4 and 0-1 in Atlantic East Conference play. Marymount's bats made the difference once again, as the Saints used six hits to manufacture their runs. GMU mustered four hits against Marymount's arms, but the Saints pitchers kept the Griffins at bay. Ryan Bergenhagen toed the rubber for MU and did not disappoint. The senior tossed five innings and struck out a pair while allowing just four hits and three runs to earn his third win. Clint Wheeler put the game to bed in the ninth inning, as the junior struck out all three of the Griffins' batters to seal the victory.
It took nearly five hours, but McMurry secured a series-opening win against Howard Payne with a rare walk-off hit-by-pitch at Walt Driggers Field late Thursday night. Tied 7-7 after nine innings, a regular finish became all but an April Fools' joke. McMurry's senior closer Sam Hillyer and Howard Payne's Xavier Haines were locked into an extra inning pitcher's duel, keeping the game scoreless into the 14th inning. Freshman Dylan Schafer took over in the 14th and dealt two scoreless frames, allowing the War Hawks to have their chance to walk it off. With a new pitcher entering for Haines after 6.2 scoreless innings, McMurry started a rally with a Mike Gonzales single. A hit batter and an intentional walk to Hillyer loaded the bases with one out, bringing up Christian Oliver. Oliver took a pitch to the hip and flipped his bat toward the home dugout in celebration as McMurry accomplished the walk-off hit-by-pitch – scoring Mike Gonzales. Junior Nick Hamel tied both a school and American Southwest Conference record with eight at-bats. HPU's Nolyn Box also tied the ASC record. As a team, McMurry fell one at-bat short of a single-game school record with 58 – with the record coming in last year's 16-inning showdown against St. Thomas (TX). Both teams stranded a combined 38 runners – 20 for HPU and 18 for McMurry.
University of the Ozarks defeated Belhaven University 7-6 and 7-2 on Thursday. The Eagles had to overcome a 5-0 deficit early to pick up a 7-6 win. The Eagles exploded for six runs in the bottom of the second on five hits. From there, Dylan Kuester cruised and allowed just three hits the rest of the way. He faced the minimum in the fifth and sixth innings. Kuster tossed a complete game to move his recorded to 5-0. He fanned five and issued only one walk. The Eagles tagged previously unbeaten pitcher Brett Sanchez with ten hits and his first loss of the season in a 7-2 win. Both starter Rodny Valdes and reliever Zachary Brizendine were brilliant against the Blazers' ace. The Eagles took momentum of the game with a five-run seventh inning.
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| Led offensively by D3baseball.com shortstop of the week Luke Fennelly, Loras split Thursday evening's doublheader against ARC foe the Simpson Storm. In the second game of the day, the Duhawks past the Storm 15-11. Loras lost 3-4 in the opener. Loras athletics photo |
Coe College took two games at Buena Vista on Thursday, winning in dramatic fashion in game one, 4-3, while exploding for a season-high 15 hits and 12 runs in game two. After falling behind 4-1 in game one, Coe scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to take the lead which it kept thanks to the arm of Austin Divello in the bottom of the frame. The Kohawk bats then bashed 15 hits in game two including two doubles and a two-run home run from TJ Deardorff as the senior finished with four RBI in the game. The wins extend Coe's winning streak to eight-straight as it improves to 13-2 overall and 9-1 in the A-R-C while Buena Vista falls 8-7 and 6-4 in the league.
Blackburn College split a SLIAC doubleheader with Iowa Wesleyan University by identical 9-7 scores on Thursday afternoon in Carlinville. The Beavers took the opener 9-7 and then fell behind 9-0 before rallying for seven runs but fell short in the nitecap. In game one, Sammy Gordon struggled early before settling down and giving the Beavers seven innings pitched. Gordon allowed three runs on five hits, he walked four, hit five others but struck out six to pick up his second win of the season. In game two, Blackburn spotted the Tigers a 2-0 first inning lead thanks to shoddy defense The defensive woes continued in the third as errors led to Iowa Wesleyan taking a 5-0 lead. The Blackburn offense disappeared as Iowa Wesleyan was able to run out to a 9-0 lead. "I was proud that we didn't quit in game two and finally had some good approaches at the plate," said Blackburn Coach Mike Neal. It was frustrating watching the previous 8 innings as we were easy outs," added Neal. "Their pitcher did a good job just throwing strikes as he only walked one batter," said Neal.
UW-Stevens Point (6-2, 2-0) swept visiting UW-Stout (3-5, 0-2) to open league play on Thursday. UWSP improved to 6-0 to begin the home slate, the best start at home since 2016. The Pointers took game one in seven innings by a 12-2 final before securing the sweep with a 5-1 victory in game two. Aaron Simmons racked up two hits in each game to extend his hitting streak to six games. During the streak, he has posted multiple hits in five of those games. He scored four runs on the day and drove in one. Bradley Comer belted his second home run of the year, one of four hits on the day. He had three RBI and three runs scored. Tommy Duddleston and Payton Nelson hit safely in both games, totaling three hits apiece on the day. Nelson had three runs batted in and two runs scored. Duddleston drove in two and scored two.