Nick Santoro hit a go-ahead homer in the second game of UW-Whitewater's doubleheader sweep at UW-Stout. UW-Whitewater athletics photo

Taking both games of the doubleheader against Wheaton (Ill.) on Saturday, North Central completed the four-game season sweep of the Thunder with wins of 11-10 and 8-4 on a blistery afternoon at Zimmerman Stadium. The opener was a shootout from the start. Heading to the bottom of the eighth with the score still tied 10-10, Rob Marinec singled to left to lead off the inning, before advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of Rios. After a groundout to advance Marinec to third, Jared Wojcik drew a two-out walk to put runners on first and third with two outs. The Cardinals then got creative on the base paths, as Wojcik took off for second and Marinec sprinted for home on the subsequent throw down to second, diving in head first just ahead of the throw back home to score what proved to be the game-winning run. In the nightcap, it was North Central opening the scoring and leading wire-to-wire.

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No. 6 Washington & Jefferson College baseball team smacked four home runs and outscored Thiel 27-4 in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) doubleheader sweep at Ross Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon. The Presidents extended their current win streak to seven games and moved to 29-1 on the season, 22-1 in PAC and 16-0 at home. Thiel falls to 12-16, 8-15 PAC. Senior Adam Morris homered in both games of the twin bill and drove in five runs on the day. Tyler Horvat picked up the win on the mound in game one and went deep and drove in four runs in game two.

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Behind the strong starting pitching of junior Joshua Joy and senior Gage Feeney, the University of Southern Maine Huskies swept the University of Maine at Farmington, 10-2 and 13-1, in a non-conference baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Ed Flaherty Field. The wins extend the Huskies' winning streak to four game and improved their overall record to 19-8. The two losses extend the Beavers losing skid to seven, leaving them at 3-15 on the season. Joy was dominating in the opener throwing seven shutout innings giving up four hits and no walks while striking out a career-high 11. The right-hander opened the game retiring the first 11 batters he faced. Feeney followed in the nightcap pitching five scoreless frames, allowing two hits and one walk while fanning five to earn his fourth win of the season.

Justin Meekins record his 200th hit in his career as fourth-ranked Salisbury University clinched homefield advantage through the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, beating the Mary Washington Eagles 12-1 for its fifth straight win on Saturday afternoon at Earl Dickinson Stadium. Justin Meekins and Cullen McAuliffe led the Sea Gull offense from the leadoff slot and the nine-hole, respectively. Meekins finished 1-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs, while McAuliffe went 2-for-2 with a double, run, two RBIs and a stolen base.

No. 10 Babson College got strong starting pitching from senior Jordy Allard and graduate student Ben Gottesman and pounded out 34 hits on its way to sweeping a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference doubleheader at Clark University on Saturday afternoon. The Beavers won the opener 6-2 before routing the Cougars 15-3 in game two to secure its fourth consecutive regular season conference title. Babson is now 10-2 overall and 9-1 in league play, while Clark's season comes to a close at 5-9 overall and 3-5 in the NEWMAC. Allard scattered five hits and struck out 10 over 7.0 innings to improve to 5-0 on the year. Gottesman picked up his first win as a Beaver, allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out six over 6.0 innings.

La Verne and Chapman split a doubleheader to start a three-game series on Saturday. La Verne took the first game 12-1 before Chapman evened up the series with a 9-6 win. Seniors Mack Cheli and Henry Zeisler each hit home runs in the Panthers' second game win. The Leopards had waited nearly 14 months to get back on the field and finally made their 2021 debut on Saturday. La Verne came out swinging and didn't let up in the first game on the way to clinching the run-rule victory. The Chapman bats woke up in the second game and Cheli delivered the first blow. Zeisler's three-run home run to right allowed the Panthers to regain the lead for Chapman.

No. 11 Rowan closed out the regular season with a doubleheader sweep of Montclair State, 7-4 and 14-1, an secured the top seed in the 2021 NJAC Championship Tournament. The Profs will host a quarterfinal series beginning on Friday, May 6 at noon against the winner of #8 Stockton versus #9 New Jersey City. Ryan McIsaac, Ryan Mostrangeli and Chris Curcio were Rowan's big hitters in the 14-1 second-game win, which marked the seventh time this season that the Profs scored double digit runs. McIsaac went 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBI while Mostrangeli was 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBI, including a home run. Curcio was 2-for-5 in the second game, driving in three runs.

No. 2 Washington University in St. Louis earned a pair of wins over Wabash on Saturday. The Bears won 5-0 and 15-9. Ryan Loutos moved to 8-1 from the mound, recording nine strikeouts in just over six innings in the opener. Senior Troy Bauer earned his fourth win of the season. He made quick work from the mound, striking out five of six batters faced in the second and third innings. WashU honored its 11 seniors prior to game one.

The Aurora Spartans traveled to Concordia University Chicago Saturday afternoon and had one heck of a day at the plate. The Spartans beat the Cougars in both games of their doubleheader, 23-5 and 24-3, pounding out 44 hits including 18 extra-base hits in the 14 innings of baseball. Aurora athletics photo bt Steve Woltmann

Texas Lutheran swept a road doubleheader Saturday from No. 20 Centenary College with 14-4 and 8-4 wins at the Gents' Shehee Stadium. TLU goes into next weekend's Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship with an overall record of 25-11 and a final conference regular-season mark of 15-3. The Bulldogs are a few percentage points behind Trinity for the top spot (and regular-season title) in the SCAC standings. TLU could still secure the top seed in the conference tournament. Trinity plays a conference doubleheader at Southwestern on Sunday. The first game of TU-SU series was cancelled due to weather. TLU can do no worse than the No. 2 seed for the tournament. Southwestern and Centenary are in a battle for the No. 3 seed, but all four schools (TLU, Trinity, Southwestern, and Centenary) have already secured spots in the conference tournament.

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No. 23 William Paterson (23-6, 14-4 NJAC) secured the second seed for the upcoming New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament with a Senior Day sweep of Stockton (9-13, 7-11 NJAC), 15-5 and 10-1. The seventh and 10th seeds will play an NJAC Tournament first-round single-elimination game Tuesday, May 4. The winner will advance to play a best-of-three NJAC Tournament quarterfinal series at second-seeded WP. The Pioneers will host a doubleheader Friday, May 7, at 12:00 p.m., and if necessary, a single game Saturday, May 8, at 2:00 p.m. to determine who advances to the semifinal round.

Senior righty starter Josh Vincent pitched six shutout innings in the opener and sophomore righty Nathan Furino pitched 4 2/3 shutout innings in relief in the second game as Eastern Connecticut State University moved within a victory of clinching at least a share of its 13th Little East Conference regular-season title with 10-0, 8-2 victories over Castleton University Saturday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium. Ranked first in New England and 21st nationally, Eastern (24-4, 12-1 LEC) capitalized on seven Castleton (9-15, 6-8 LEC) errors to score six unearned runs in the seven-inning, first-game win and the Warriors scored three runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh to overcome an early 2-1 deficit in the second game. With three LEC regular-season games remaining, Eastern holds a three-game game lead over Rhode Island College and holds the tie-breaker over the Anchormen by virtue of a 5-0, 12-2 home sweep of the Anchormen three weeks ago. In 24 years, Eastern has won or shared 12 LEC regular-season titles. By winning this year's LEC regular-season title under third-year head coach Brian Hamm, the Warriors would have won their last three championships under three different head coaches.

Sophomore third baseman Dean Brown hammered an 0-2 pitch for a walk-off three-run homer to lift the 25th-ranked College of Wooster to a 5-2 win over Allegheny College on "senior recognition day" on Saturday afternoon at Art Murray Field. Wooster rolled to an 11-5 win in game two. The winning run was just 90 feet from the dish when Brown stepped into the box, as Wooster (20-6) junior catcher Alex Gasper roped a one-out double down the left field line, then moved up 90 feet on an Allegheny (12-9) passed ball. The Gators elected to intentionally walk senior second baseman Gabe Sherman to put a potential double play on the table, but Brown took matters into his own hands for the walk-off. Wooster chased starter Nolan Thompson after just two-thirds of an inning in game two. When the Gators drew within a run, the Scots scored five to salt the game away.