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| Ryan Behling was the third pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the 2021 D-III season. North Central athletics photo |
On Saturday 7 March, history was made as Patrick O'Rourke (2-0), who got the start in the circle for game two, pitched a perfect game—pitching all seven innings, giving up zero hits, zero runners and zero runs scored. This was the first time in Berry baseball's D3 history that this has been accomplished. The last time this was accomplished was in 1972 by Larry Bing.
Tuesday March 9th, RJ Kuruts started for Fisher and dazzled over six innings as the Forest City, Pa. native notched a career-high 13 strikeouts and held the Golden Knights hitless. In all, Kuruts allowed just one walk and moved to 1-0 with the decision. Connor McHugh threw a scoreless seventh inning before being lifted for Rylan Baker who struck out two in a scoreless eighth. Right hander Hunter Walsh pitched the ninth to finish off the no-no. In all, Fisher fanned 17 in the win. The Cardinal'sd won 12-0.
In just his second collegiate start, pitcher Ryan Behling was light's out on Sunday March 14th, completing a nine-inning no-hitter in the Cardinals' 4-0 win over Spalding. Behling struck out six over the nine-inning no-no, sending the Golden Eagles (5-5) down in order in six of the nine frames while just one out was recorded out of the infield, an eighth inning flyout to center.
The University of the South opened it's 2021 season by silencing the bats of Covenant College to a 2-0 victory Friday afternoon from Montgomery Field. Along with the shutout, Jake Pendergraft and Logan Martin recorded 14 of the 27 outs via the strikeout as the duo tossed a combined no-hitter.
UW-Stevens Point head baseball coach Nat Richter won his first game in UWSP's home opener, a 10-0 no-hitter win in eight innings over visiting Finlandia (0-4) on Thursday March 25th. The Pointers (2-2) completed the sweep with a 16-1 run-rule victory in game two. Nick Carpenter, Austin Syvertson and Jacob Meinholz combined for 18 strikeouts and a no-hitter in game one.
Sam Westermeyer threw St. Olaf's first no-hitter in nearly 22 years in St. Olaf's 6-0 win over Augsburg in the opener of a doubleheader sweep on Monday March 22nd at U.S. Bank Stadium. The junior struck out seven in the seven-inning no-hitter while allowing just one walk and hitting two batters. The no-hitter was the first by an Ole since Charlie Brookins no-hit Macalester on April 17, 1999 and was the fifth in NCAA Division III baseball this season.
Webster made history on April 2 as the Gorloks tossed back-to-back no-hitters in earning a doubleheader sweep over Eureka College. Fifth-year senior Matt Mulhearn got the doubleheader started by facing just three batters over the minimum as he walked one and struck out a school record 17 in his no-hitter in Webster's 11-0 win in the first game, while freshman J.T. Miller, third-year sophomore Joey Marko and junior Ben Kowalski all combined to toss a second straight no-hitter in the nightcap of Webster's 12-0 that ended after seven innings. It marks the first time in Webster's 33-year baseball history that the Gorloks have thrown back-to-back no-hitters in each game of a doubleheader.
Drew Harshbarger etched his name in the Penn State Harrisburg record books when he became just the second player in program history to throw a no-hitter during a 9-0 victory over Wells in the first game of a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, April 3. The Lions used plenty of offense to secure an 18-3 win in the nightcap and complete the two-game sweep to remain undefeated in conference play.
Methodist's bats seem to have warmed up with the weather — perhaps even moving from warm to blazing hot — as the Monarchs swept a USA South Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader Tuesday at Mary Baldwin University by the scores of 15-2 and 20-0. Ryan Hill and Tyler Johnson combined for a no-hitter in the nightcap. Hill earned the victory with 4.0 innings on the mound, walking one and fanning two.
Rookie Nolan Rowan became the third player in school history to toss a nine-inning no-hitter as the Kean University baseball team blanked Stockton University, 4-0 on Thursday afternoon in NJAC action. Rowan earned his first collegiate win in the process as he allowed five walks and one hit-batsmen in the two hour affair. He fanned five.
DePauw pitcher Michael Vallone faced the minimum number of hitters and tossed a no-hitter in the Tigers' 8-0 game-two win at Wittenberg which capped a doubleheader sweep following a 4-2 victory in the opener on Wednesday April 14th. Vallone allowed just one Wittenberg batter to reach in the third on a hit by pitch, but the threat ended when the Tigers turned a double play on the next batter. The no-hitter was the first for DePauw since Mark Boeckel and Adam Czerwinski combined for a five-inning gem against Indiana-Northwest on March 4, 2000. The last DePauw pitcher to toss a solo no-hitter and pitch at least seven innings was Gregg Notestine when he did so against Purdue on April 22, 1980.
No. 2 Trinity (Texas) posted a doubleheader sweep of the University of Dallas Sunday afternoon in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play through a dominant 16-1 game one before an extra-innings, 7-5 bout to close the night. The Tigers (22-3, 10-1 SCAC) notched a combined no-hitter in the dominant first-game performance through the work of first-year starter Harrison Durow and sophomore reliever Samuel Conte to collect the former's third mound of victory of the 2021 campaign.
Behind a no-hitter from Jake Holloway on Sunday April 18th, the Centre Colonels won by a score of 5-0. Holloway struck out seven in the seven-inning masterpiece with two walks and a hit by pitch. The win gived Centre a spot in next weeks SAA tournament.
Grove City College junior pitcher Tate Ostrowski fired a perfect game Friday afternoon for Grove City College, helping lead the Wolverines to a doubleheader sweep of visiting Bethany in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Jack Behringer Field. Ostrowski retired all 21 Bethany batters in the opener as Grove City won 8-0. The Wolverines then rallied for a 5-2 win in game two.
Spalding senior Peyton Hood threw a no-hitter to lead the Eagles to a 3-0 win over Blackburn College Sunday April 25th on Senior Day. The last no-hitter thrown by an Eagle was on March 30, 2014 when Javier Guerra struck out 11 in a Spalding 16-0 victory over the Red Devils. Hood, a Louisville, Ky. native, earned his fourth win on the season holding the Beavers hitless, while striking out 12 batters and walking three in 9.0 inning complete game effort.
That one word sums up the pitching performance of Grinnell College baseball player Brock Weirather on Sunday April 25th in opening game against Knox College at Pioneer Park. The senior fired just the second perfect game in Pioneer history while guiding his team to a 13-0, seven-inning victory. Weirather needed just 83 pitches to accomplish the feat. He struck out 14 batters, which ranks fifth in program history. Grinnell's only other perfect game was by Jake Chavez in 1999, and Sam Tinkham tossed a no-hitter in 2016.
Weston Lombard made history on Monday April 26th. In his seventh career start, Lombard tossed a nine-inning no-hitter as Gustavus baseball completed the three-game series sweep with a 2-0 victory over Bethel. Lombard’s no-hitter is the first by a Gustavus pitcher since Josh Spitzack ’06 threw a seven-inning no-hitter in a 5-0 win over Carleton on April 4, 2005. It’s also just the third no-hitter in the past 46 years of Gustie baseball.
USMMA senior starting pitcher Joe Raab has finally done it! The southpaw tossed the program's first no-hitter since the 2007 season on Saturday May 1 in the Mariners' 4-0 first-game victory at Farmingdale State. Merchant Marine went on to win the second game in a comeback, 5-4. Raab struck out seven FSC batters, while walking four, as he earned his fourth win of the year – moving his complete game total to five and also picking up his third shutout. This came a week after he fell one out shy of a "no-no" against Mount St. Vincent. It was the second time in his career he had gotten that close.
Senior righthander Ryan Yerby threw a no-htter against Ithaca College on Saturday May 1, leading the RPI to a 4-0 victory in game one of a doubleheader. Yerby struck out five and walked four, while throwing 89 pitches in RPI's first no-hitter since Ryan Washburn '10 shut down Skidmore, 2-0, on May 9, 2010. Yerby set the Bombers down in order four times, including each of the last three innings to secure the historic victory. Ithaca's best bid for a hit came in the top of the fourth inning, when sophomore Gil Merod hit a fly ball towards the right field corner that RPI senior Jake Defayette caught on the dive.
James Palmer made UW-Stout history when he became the first Blue Devil to pitch a nine-inning no-hitter Tuesday with an 8-0 conference win over UW-Platteville at Nelson Field. Palmer fanned nine to throw the first complete game no-hitter since Brett Blair threw a seven-inning no-hitter March 10, 1997. Four Blue Devils combined for a 7-inning no-hitter March 4, 2009.
Three pitchers combined on the 13th no-hitter in Eastern Connecticut State University history and the Warriors pounded out 15 hits and clinched its 13th Little East Conference regular-season title with an 11-0, seven-inning win over Keene State College in the final regular-season home game of the season at the Eastern Baseball Stadium. On Senior Day, senior righty Josh Vincent, sophomore righty Ryan Henderson and junior righty Andre José didn’t allow a ball out of the infield in facing only three batters over the 21-person minimum. Vincent (6-1) fanned ten and walked two over the first five innings to lower his earned-run average to 0.82, while Henderson struck out one in one inning and Jose fanned one and walked one in closing it out.
Senior Jake Nichols threw the 13th no-hitter in school history and the second in eight days to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to a doubleheader sweep of Vassar College, on the final day of the regular season, Sunday at Prentiss Field. Nichols pitched the Engineers (6-8; 6-8 Liberty League) to a 4-0 win in Game 1, before they held on for an 11-8 victory in Game 2.
No. 2 Penn State Behrend and No. 7 Pitt-Bradford each took a game in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Quarterfinals on Saturday May 8, forcing a single nine-inning game to finish the series on MondayThe Lions won the opener 6-0 and fell 5-4 in the nightcap. Junior Thomas Zbezinski threw his first collegiate no-hitter, becoming the fifth pitcher in program history to accomplish this feat. The last time Behrend had a no-hitter was in 2018 by Jack Herzing.