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| Russell Sage College exploded for 21 runs and 21 hits as they rolled past Gordon University on Friday for the team's first victory. The contest saw Head Coach Nick Pontari's squad exploded for seven extra-base hits including a pair homeruns by rookie Christian Brown. RSC is now 1-7 on the year, while Gordon moves to 4-8. Sage athletics photo |
Sul Ross State lefty Sam Russell finished with a career-high 17 strikeouts in a 13-1 win over Northland College to start baseball's trip at the Tucson Invitational. "I felt great," said Russell. "Everything was working and my fastball was playing big. I was excited to be back in Arizona for the Tucson Invitational and it showed." His 17 strikeouts also ties an American Southwest Conference record for most by a player in a game. "We came out to Arizona looking to play championship style baseball," said head coach Bobby Mesker. "Then we have a game like that. 13-1 might seem like good baseball, but in reality it's not the type of fights we expect to be in. But I'm glad to see Sam get that record. We'll move on to Saturday and look for much tighter games these next couple of days." Russell was dialed in all day, taking a no-hitter to the bottom of the seventh. He'd finish with a one hitter after surrendering a one-out single, but the lefty finished the game with back-to-back strikeouts to finish with 17 in the 13-1 win after seven innings.
Penn State Berks concluded its spring trip with a 7-1 victory over Dean College on Friday morning. The Nittany Lions, who finished with a 3-4 record at the Ripken Experience, scored a run in each of the first two innings. They tacked on a single run in the fourth, then plated three runners in the fifth, and added a final run in the seventh. Alex Laudenslager struck out the side in the top of the first inning and cruised through six innings. In his seventh and final inning, Laudenslager allowed one run while working out of a bases loaded, one-out jam. The senior, right-hander picked up the win after allowing five hits and one run, while striking out nine in 7.0 innings of work. Ryan Spatz retired all three batters he faced in the eighth inning and Ben Berkel allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth inning.
Doubling its workload on the first day of its Spring Break trip to the Snowbird Classic, North Central College found itself on both ends of a shutout Friday as the fourth-ranked Cardinals defeated Saint John's University (Minn.), 18-0, before a loss to second-ranked Marietta. North Central (8-1) opened up a lead it would not relinquish in the first inning against the Johnnies (5-7) as Luke Lehnen hit a three-run home run and cruised to a win. Junior pitcher Trent Valentine struck out nine hitters and scattered five hitsas No. 2 ranked Marietta College blanked No. 4 North Central College, 7-0, Friday evening. Earlier Friday, the Pioneers posted a 6-4 win over Sewanee. A trio of Pioneer pitchers combined on the shutout. Valentine (3-0) started and worked 5.0 innings walking one and striking out nine. Griffin Malick allowed one hit in 2.0 innings, while Sam Mathews struck out four of the seven batters he faced in the final 2.0 innings. Earlier Friday, the Pioneers posted a 6-4 win over Sewanee.
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| St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) brought in their first two wins in their road doubleheader with John Jay, 4-0 and 7-3. Graduate student Kevin Reyes batted 2-for-4 with two walks and two RBIs on the day while heroic pitching by Mike Santoriello (pictured), Andrew Monda, and Matt McHugh held the lead for the Bears in both Games 1 and 2. St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) athletics photo |
New England College recorded a walk-off sacrifice fly, off the bat of Pat Hagerty, to pick up a 5-4 win over McDaniel to kick off their 2022 Spring Break Trip, Friday Evening at the Ripken Experience. McDaniel cut into the New England College lead in the sixth and carried their momentum into the top of the eighth as they tied the game, but Tim Krol would strand the go-ahead run on third with an inning-ending strikeout. After a 1-2-3 top of the ninth by freshman Corey O'Day, the Pilgrims jumped at an early opportunity. Connor Morin reached via a hit by pitch, Harutaro Takahashi recorded his third double of the game, making it second and third with just one out in the frame. JD Normand drew an intentional walk to load the bases, but Hagerty launched a fly ball to center field, which was deep enough to score Morin from third, to walk it off for the Pilgrims.
Penn State Harrisburg was looking for a second straight upset bid but fifth-ranked Salisbury University rallied for six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to win a wild one over the Lions, 10-8, on Friday afternoon at Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. After staying bottled up at the plate from the first inning on, the Sea Gulls erupted in the bottom of the eighth. For the Sea Gulls, Kavi Caster reached on all five of his trips to the plate, going 3-for-3 with two walks, two runs and the go-ahead RBI double in the middle of the Sea Gulls' six-run eighth. Dallas Hite continued his monster series for the Lions, going 2-for-5 with a leadoff homer, two runs scored and a stolen base.
Aurora used extra base hits including four home runs and strong pitching efforts from Nick Mamberg, Skyler Yamamoto and Jack Fisher to sweep the day, defeating Redlands 9-3 and Bethany Lutheran 12-0 (7 innings). Malmberg tossed eight innings with Yamamoto striking out the side in the ninth to secure the Spartan victory in the opener. Fisher earned the win in game two as he scattered seven hits and struck out seven in his seven innings of work. Colin Meinert had three of the Spartans 12 extra base hits.
The 9th-ranked Texas-Dallas Comets improved its season record to 14-1 with an offensive onslaught in a 12-6 win over Southern Maine, another Top 25 team, to open the Russmatt Central Florida Invitational Friday afternoon. The Comets jumped out to an early lead over the 19th-ranked Huskies (1-3), and pulled away in the middle innings in their first of four games this weekend. Ramon Garza led a 14-hit attack with three hits, including a triple. Designated hitter Zac Vorst returned from injury to power a three-run home run and Marcos Villegas and Keagan Vance drove in a combined five runs. UTD stranded a season-high 12 runners as they benefited from 10 free passes through hit batters and walks.
Proving that yesterday's win was no fluke, Pacific Lutheran University did it again, slaying 20th-ranked California Lutheran University 3-1 on Friday at Ullman Stadium to sweep the two-game series. Cole Trotignon earned the win, tossing 6 1/3 innings and allowing just one earned run. Alex Gregory tossed two innings of relief, strucking out four and allowing just one hit before Noah Ferguson made the final two outs, netting his second save in as many days. "Trotignon gave us a quality start today. His command was excellent," said Head Coach Nolan Soete. "We also had a lot of quality at bats as a team. Haworth, Barton, Schmitz, and Keintz stood out offensively. Gregory and Ferguson were lights out in relief. It was an all around great team effort." PLU pounded out 12 hits, including three each from Jordan Haworth and Ashton Barton.
Bluffton University secured a split with Alvernia in the sunshine state as they secured a 1-0 victory on March 11th. The Beavers improved to 2-6 on the season while the Golden Wolves fell to 4-8-1. In the top of the eighth, Nick Diana knocked a single and moved into scoring position on a throwing error by Alvernia's short stop. Jake Baumgartner continued his hot streak with a sacrifice fly to center field that plated Diana and secured the 1-0 Beaver victory.
Junior shortstop Joe Jimenez continued his hot start to the season hitting two two-run home runs Friday night to pace Texas Lutheran to a 12-10 win over No. 25 East Texas Baptist at Katt-Isbel Field. The ball jumped off the bats of both teams Friday night in what made for a cold and windy night in Seguin at Katt-Isbel Field. Texas Lutheran would hit four home runs and match a program record with three triples in Friday's contest. All nine of the Bulldogs hits would be extra base hits. Junior right-hander Blade Strzelczyk picked up his first win of the year, tossing two innings in relief. The Bulldogs have won six in a row and seven of their last eight games and are now 3-1 on the season when scoring 10 runs or more.
Muskingum split a doubleheader with St. Elizabeth at the Gene Cusic Classic. The Muskies took game one 4-0 and dropped game two 7-2 to the Eagles. In game one, the Muskies were led by senior Jake Norris who pitched a complete game shutout. Norris recorded four strikeouts and only gave up four hits en route to his second win of the season. The Muskies also got contributions on offense from sophomore Quinten Collins who finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Game two saw Justin Lowden get a complete game win for the Eagles. He allowed two runs on six hits and a walk. He struckout seven. Lowden got all the run support he needed in a five run third.
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| Rockford University (3-2) avenged Wednesday's loss with an impressive 10-5 win over the Thiel College Tomcats (3-3) on Friday. Offensively, it was Jared Herzog (pictured) who smacked a two-run home run to give Rockford a lead, one it would not surrender. On the mound it was Kent Evans Jr. who turned in an excellent performance, especially from the third inning on. Evans was nearly unhittable, allowing just one hit over his final four innings en route to earning his first win of the season. Rockford athletics photo |
The Illinois College Blueboys ended their spring trip on a good note picking up two wins, 11-7 and 3-1, over Penn State Altoona to advance to 4-5 overall this season. IC had a miraculous comeback in the first game of the doubleheader. The Blueboys stood down 6-1 heading into the final inning of the seven inning game. The Blueboys were able to find a spark in the top of the seventh putting up five runs to tie the game and head to extra innings. James Marcinkowski had a huge triple in the top of the ninth bringing in two runs by Peyton Phillis and Peyton Abbott to put the team ahead. IC would add three more runs to secure the victory over the Nittany Lions. The second game of the day proved to be a close one also. IC stood tied 1-1 in the bottom of the third. Tyler Blum was able to bring in a run by Case Sparks to put the Blueboys ahead. Cullen McBride would seal the win for the team with a homerun in the bottom of the fourth to give the Blueboys the win.
Bryce Bollinger extended his consecutive shutout inning streak and led Covenant to a 4-0 win in game one at Bob Jones before the host Bruins rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Scots in the nightcap. Bollinger tossed five scoreless innings to extend his shutout streak to 16.1 innings. It is the second-longest streak in program history, one inning shy of Garrett Kriston's mark of 17.1 innings set in 2014. - Bryce Bollinger extended his consecutive shutout inning streak and led the Covenant baseball team to a 4-0 win in game one at Bob Jones before the host Bruins rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Scots in the nightcap. Bollinger tossed five scoreless innings to extend his shutout streak to 16.1 innings. It is the second-longest streak in program history, one inning shy of Garrett Kriston's mark of 17.1 innings set in 2014.
In their final game before traveling to Fort Myers, Florida for six games over spring break week, Eastern Connecticut State University pounded out 21 hits on the road against Purchase College en route to a 10-3 victory on Friday afternoon. The Warriors (4-0) move to 4-0 on the road to start the young season, their best mark in a decade after four consecutive road wins over Whitman College to kick off the 2012 season saw them begin the year with the same mark. Eight different pitchers and nine different position players outside of the starting nine, seven of which recorded at-bats, saw action for Eastern against the Panthers (0-7).
No. 14 Adrian College opened the weekend series on Friday afternoon as the Bulldogs took on Greensboro College for the second time this season. After defeating Greensboro 16-1 last week, Adrian put up 14 on them today to win 14-4. Greensboro grabbed an early 4-0 lead, but Adrian's offense got rolling in the fourth and again in the sixth to pull ahead. Owen Brown finished 3-for-4 on the day with a pair of RBIs and a pair of runs scored. Gage Ricker got the start allowing four runs in 2.1 innings pitched, but the bullpen was locked down not allowing another run the rest of the way. Andrew Giorno was first out of the pen going 2.2 innings allowing just one hit with three strikeouts to record his second win of the season.
UMass Boston remained unbeaten for the 2022 season after taking both ends of a non-conference doubleheader, 15-2 and 13-2, from visiting Northern Vermont University-Lyndon Friday night at Monan Park. Lyndon struck first in the opener as Jordan Crane drove in Parker Perron with a single to center in the top of the third inning. That lead would prove to be short lived as UMass Boston plated three runs in the bottom of the frame to take the lead for good. The second game played out in similar fashion, as Skyler Bushey's two-run homer in the top of the first gave NVU-Lyndon an early 2-0 lead. Those proved to be the Hornets' only runs of the nightcap. That lead lasted until the bottom of the second, where senior Craig Corliss and junior Aidan Blake both scored on an error that allowed senior Nick Palma to reach base. Palma then scored on Errera's ground out to short, and senior Henry Score later crossed the plate on Brookwell's single to right, giving the Beacons a 4-2 lead.
Rowan's offense exploded for 21 runs on 20 hits as the #10 Profs defeated Keystone, 21-0, in seven innings at the RussMatt Invitational. Senior LF Ryan Mostrangeli led the way going 4-for-5 while junior lefthander Eli Atiya limited the Giants to just two hits to earn his second win of the year.
Mostrangeli had three doubles on the day, driving in four runs while scoring three. Ryan Murphy went 3-for-5 with three runs and two RBI with Anthony Schooley adding three hits, three runs and two RBI in five at-bats. Trip McCaffrey was 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI, while Hunter Wroniuk contributed two RBI and scored two runs. Atiya didn't allow a hit until the third inning and struck out seven in five innings. Ryan Iovine and David Levin each threw an inning in relief.
On a frigid and windy Friday, Franklin College opened a four-game set with the Alma Scots, playing a doubleheader at Bishop Chatard HS. The Grizzlies (6-3) opened the series strong, winning game one by a 6-2 score and taking the second contest from the Scots (3-8), 15-7. In the opener, Adam Taylor was the lone Grizzly to record multiple hits and multiple runs scored in his first career start in the outfield. in the nightcap, Junior Jackson Young (3-0) went a career-long seven innings, allowing four earned runs and striking out three. Freshman Jobe Luebbehusen closed things out with two innings of two-hit ball in relief of Young.
Marywood University closed their spring break trip to Florida by sweeping Penn State Behrend by scores of 4-1 and 5-1 Friday afternoon. The Pacers improve to 7-3 while Behrend drops to 7-4. Marywood scored all four of their runs over the middle innings 4-1 opening game win. Nick Notari (1-0) got the victory, allowing one run on five hits while striking out one in 5.1 innings of work. Joseph Bruno got his first save of the year after shutting the door on Behrend in the sixth and pitching a perfect seventh. Bruno struck out two and did not allow a hit. In game two, Michael Aronica (2-1) struck out three and allowed just four hits over five innings of work to lead Marywood to a 5-1 win. Aronica allowed just one hit over the opening four innings. In the sixth, Matthew Klipple entered for Aronica and struck out the side in relief.
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| Norwich University wrapped up its Spring Break trip with a doubleheader against Gettysburg College on Friday. The Cadets and Bullets split two epic contests as in game one NU used a five run sixth inning to complete a wild, come-from-behind win, 13-12. In game two, Gettysburg rallied with four runs in the sixth inning to win 9-8. Norwich athletics photo |
Allegheny split a pair of games with Houghton, winning the opener 16-0 and dropping the finale 6-5. While nearly every starter contributed to the win, Tyson Bryant-Dawson and Ben Kosbie stood out in the victory. In Bryant-Dawson's first collegiate start, he belted a two-run homer - the first one hit by a Gator this season. He also went 3-3 with three RBI and three runs scored. Meanwhile, Kosbie was perfect at the plate with a 5-5 effort, including a bases-clearing double. He added four RBI and three runs to the Friday matinee as well. Houghton added three runs in the sixth of game two for winning margin. Chris Vancheri had the big hit that took the Highlanders from a run down to a run ahead with his single down the left field line.
Friday's baseball doubleheader with St. Joseph's (Maine) resulted in a split series with the Engineers taking game one with an 8-0 shutout of the Monks before falling 10-5 in game two. Everett Wonson picked up his first victory of the season with a six inning, seven strikeout performance allowing just four hits and no runs. Noah Pins picked up the save, the team's first of the year, sitting down the Monks 1-2-3 to seal the victory. Andrew Brooks netted his fourth homerun in four games with a fifth-inning blast, ultimately scoring two of the team's eight runs on the day. Game two featured a pair of Engineers with multi-hit efforts as Jacob Hand finished with a 2-for-3 effort, driving in a run while Andrew Cash added a perfect 2-for-2 effort, driving in one and stealing a base.
Mount St. Joseph University played the Thunder of Trine University in a doubleheader on Friday. In game one the Lions would fall short by a final score of 3-2. In the second game, the Lions were completely dominant as they would post a 15-1 win. With the Lions still in control of a 2-0 lead going into the home half of the sixth inning, Trine would strike for three runs and the lead. After the Lions were retired in order in the top of the seventh the team would find themselves on the short end of the scoreboard 3-2. The second game of the day would turn out completely different for the Lions as they plated 15 runs. The pitching for the Lions was phenomenal in game two, as Aidan Post would pitch five innings allowing only one run and striking out five batters. Brice McGee would enter the game in relief and go one and two-thirds of work allowing no runs.
Delaware Valley scored runs in each of the first seven innings and had 20 hits, as they moved to 4-3 on the season with a 15-3 win over Clark Summit. Every Aggies in the starting lineup and 14 players in total collected a hit in the game. Sophomore starting pitcher John Slover picked up his first career win on the mound, firing seven innings while allowing two runs (one earned). He scattered nine hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
The arms for Roger Williams University dominated again striking out 15 on their way to a second-consecutive shutout, beating the University of Mount Union, 4-0 in the opening contest of their Spring Break Trip at the Russmatt Baseball Complex. Graduate student starter Justin Garcia fanned seven over the first five and a third before the combination of senior Anthony Sapienza, freshman Lucas Lariviere, and senior Adam Harz locked it down with 3.2 innings of hitless baseball out of the bullpen. Junior left fielder Christopher Flynn did it all to kickstart the offense collecting two hits and a steal while scoring one run and driving in another while graduate student first baseman Brandon Jenkins added two more RBIs. RWU, who was the designated home team at the neutral site contest, improved to 2-0 on the young season with the win. Meanwhile, the Purple Raiders fall under .500 at 4-5 overall.
Rockford University (3-2) avenged Wednesday's loss with an impressive 10-5 win over the Thiel College Tomcats (3-3) on Friday. The Regents took control of the game midway through, scoring six combined runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Offensively, it was Jared Herzog who smacked a two-run home run to give Rockford a lead, one it would not surrender. On the mound it was Kent Evans Jr. who turned in an excellent performance, especially from the third inning on. Evans was nearly unhittable, allowing just one hit over his final four innings en route to earning his first win of the season.
Cornell pulled away in the middle innings for a 10-6 victory over Fitchburg State Friday morning in the final game of its spring break stay in the Sunshine State. Freshman outfielder Seth Beals carried a hot bat and extended his hitting streak to seven games. He went 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. Beals had an RBI single in Cornell's five-run fifth inning that broke it open. Junior Kole Hinrichsen (1-1) earned his first pitching win of the spring, scattering seven hits and allowing four earned runs over 5.1 innings. He fanned four and walked one.