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| Joey Wright (pictured) ripped a grand slam, batting in five runners on the day as Immaculata took down Cabrini 7-4 on Thursday afternoon. The Mighty Macs now improve to an 18-6 record with a perfect 7-0 conference record on the season. Immaculata athletics photo by Payton Atkinson |
Piedmont University stunned #3 LaGrange Thursday evening taking the series opener 8-5 on the road behind a monster game from Alex Gonzalez. The Lions' victory hands LaGrange just its fourth loss of the season as the Panthers sit at 25-4 on the year. It was all Piedmont early in the contest as the Lions were on the board in the second inning. After a leadoff walk paired with back-to-back singles, Grant Olsen drove in the first run of the game. Gonzalez left the yard for a silencing grand slam as Piedmont claimed a 5-0 lead in the second inning. LaGrange was able to tack on a run in the fourth, but the Lions were back in business of adding runs on the scoreboard. In the eighth, a 2-RBI single for the Panthers cut the deficit to 8-3, but LaGrange was not giving up without a fight. Piedmont faced eight batters in the ninth inning allowing two runs on one hit, but Carter Ballstadt was able to record the final out and seal the Lions' victory.
Jaysn Miller and Alex Kielion combined to allow just one earned run over nine innings while leading Elmhurst University to a 9-4 win over eighth-ranked North Central College. Elmhurst totaled 10 hits in the win with Trey Romay, Troy Taller, Drew Raspolich and Michael Campanaro tallying two hits apiece. Campanaro and Jonathan Mays both drove in two runs each. Miller and Kielion combined to pitch all nine innings for the Bluejays. Miller made the start and picked up the win, working five innings and allowing just three runs (one earned). He scattered six hits and two walks while striking out three. Kielion tossed the final four innings to record the save. He allowed just three hits and one unearned run while walking three and fanning three.
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| Albertus Magnus College defeated the Raiders of Rivier University in a convincing fashion on Thursday afternoon at Rochford Field, winning the first game of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference doubleheader by a final score of 16-2, before taking the nightcap by a final score of 15-6. Albertus Magnus athletics photo |
Matt Massaro drove in a career-high five runs in support of six-shutout innings by Ben Bonavita for Roger Williams University as they rolled to a nonconference victory over Keene State College, 11-1 on Thursday afternoon at the Owl Athletic Complex. For the second-consecutive game, the RWU offense grabbed a first-inning advantage that they never relinquished on their way to their 13th double-digit scoring output, the most in a single-season in program history, eclipsing their previous-best of 12 games plating 10-plus runs in both 2003 and 2021. With the win, the Hawks improve to 19-3-1 on the season, and have claimed each of their last three matchups against the Owls.
Kean University held on through rain and rallied to defeat Ramapo College, 15-12 on Thursday in NJAC action. The game was halted in the top of the eighth for lightning and then rain and resumed 97 minutes later. The game featured a combined 27 runs, 29 hits and six home runs. Kean (23-6, 6-1 NJAC) jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in their first at-bat and pushed it to 15-9 after eight. In their final at-bat, Ramapo used back-to-back home runs from Carovillano (his second of the day) and Harold Calero to pull within three. Nick Nemes worked into and out of trouble, including a nice layout grab from Michael Lapczynski.
No. 12 Webster University was back in action this evening when they traveled to Bloomington, Illinois, to take on the 18th ranked Aurora University Spartans for a top 25 matchup. The Gorloks defeated the Spartans by a final score of 7-4 to improve to 19-5 on the season. With the loss, the Spartans drop to 17-5 on the year. Webster put together 10 hits in the ballgame. The Gorloks bats were rolling from the start as they rallied for six runs in the top of the first thanks to RBI hits from Parker Wielt, A.J. Smith, Malik Wirges, Zach Goodman, and Matt Staker. They added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth when Evan Evola hit an RBI single to put the Gorloks up 7-0. The Spartans battled back and rallied for four runs over the next two innings, but Webster was able to pick up the final outs of the game to solidify the win.
University of the Ozarks swept Sul Ross State 15-8 and 9-7 in Thursday's doubleheader. Rennie Arjona and Dru Didway each homered and drove in four runs while starting pitcher Blake Benson threw a complete game as the Eagles won 15-8 against Sul Ross State in the opener. The Eagles jumped out to 8-0 lead en route to a 9-7 win in game two Thursday. Starting pitcher Rodny Valdes cruised through four innings and did not allow a hit in the first 3.1 innings and received the win after tossing 5.1 innings and fanning seven. Zac McDaniel received the save after pitching the final three three innings.
Babson College broke a 3-3 tie with a five-run eighth inning, highlight by a pair of two-run singles by seniors Thomas Lapham and Josh Yellen, and the Beavers went on to an 8-4 victory over New England College in a non-conference game at Govoni Field. The Beavers registered their fourth victory in a row, improving to 15-8 overall, while the Pilgrims had a two-game win streak stopped and dropped to 12-10. Yellen finished with three hits and two RBI for the Beavers, while sophomore Brant Savage had two hits, including his first career home run, to support Babson's 10-hit attack. Lapham drove in two and junior Jackson Kelly and sophomore Francis Kiely knocked in one apiece. First-year Luke McClintock was the second of four pitchers for Babson, working 4.1 scoreless innings of strong relief, allowing just three hits. Senior William Cournan pitched a scoreless eighth inning and recorded the win (1-0), and sophomore Kyle Wolff closed out the game in the ninth.
Led by an incredible effort from the top of the order, Drew University managed to tie the game late before putting things away for good in the 10th inning as the Rangers successfully came back to defeat Centenary University 7-6 in Thursday afternoon's non-conference game. Batting in the two-hole, junior second baseman Anthony Diaz (2-for-5) drove in the game-winning run in the top of the 10th by singling to left to bring home senior shortstop Cole Bosch (2-for-4), who got into scoring position with a triple to right-center. This would be the fourth run of the game scored by Bosch who had a nearly perfect game batting leadoff. Junior catcher K.J. Hallgren finished 4-for-6 with a double for the Rangers, who won their second game in a row, while Bosch scored four runs and roped a pair of extra-base hits.
Westfield State's Casey Boudreau drove in a pair of runs with a base hit in the second inning to rally the Owls from an early 4-0 deficit to a 9-5 win over Worcester State in a MASCAC game at Bud and Jim Hagan Field on Thursday afternoon. With one on and two out in the sixth, Trey Faulkner made the defensive play of the game with a leaping, twisting snag of a line drive off the bat of Worcester's Mike Chaves, Jr. to save a run and end the inning. Westfield's Sean Casey (W, 2-0) got the win in relief as the Owls got good length out of the pen from Casey, Joe Fischer and Joe Espinola, who threw a 1-2-3 ninth inning to seal the win.
Millsaps graduate pitcher Ryan Erwin held off a furious Hendrix comeback attempt in an 11-8 victory at Warrior Baseball Field on Thursday. The Warriors made it a new game in the fourth with two more runs to knot the game at 7-7. Bradley Pelle then led off the fifth and advanced to third on the next at-bat. A David Abbadessa single through the left side would allow the Majors to regain the lead at 8-7. Ryan Erwin kept the momentum rolling with two strikeouts in the Warrior fifth. The offense carried through with three runs in the top of the sixth. The Warriors would continue to threaten but never erase the lead as the Majors claimed an 11-8 victory.
Howard Payne University claimed an 11-7 conference win over the University of Texas at Dallas Comets this evening in game one of the weekend series. Despite being outhit 15-14 and committing two fielding errors, Howard Payne used a four-run third and three-run seventh to claim the 11-7 victory. After the Comets scored four in the first, HPU tallied one run in the second, and took the lead in the third (5-4) with hits from Will Burford, RJ Roberts, Carson Wert, Joey Villarreal, and two walks from Rylee McGee and Kelby Coburn. Kyle Purdes started on the mound for the Jackets recording the win allowing seven runs on 12 hits with two strikeouts in 5.2 innings. Brendan Read was the reliever throwing 3.1 innings allowing no runs on three hits with one strikeout.
The University of Chicago hitters could not be contained on Thursday afternoon as the Maroons went on an offensive tear that concluded with 40 runs scored in a pair of road wins at Knox College. The Maroons scored a combined 43 runs against Knox the last time the two teams met on March 21, 2021. The opening game of the day featured an unstoppable wave of hits from the visitors. UChicago racked up 25 runs on 24 hits and seven walks in only seven innings of play. It marked the most runs scored by a UChicago team since a 29-3 victory at Lawrence University on April 3, 2010. The visiting side swung for the fences and collected 10 extra-base hits – seven doubles, two triples and a home run. The line score included five runs in the first inning, one in the second, seven in the third, eight in the fourth and four in the sixth. The Maroons needed every bit of their offensive prowess in the nightcap. The rollercoaster game saw UChicago leap ahead 7-1 in the fourth inning, only to see Knox roar back to snatch the lead 10-8 after six innings. Down to their final outs in the ninth, the Maroons delivered in the clutch. Angellotti drove in Nelson with an RBI double, and Peyton stroked an RBI single with two outs to knot the score up at 13-13. The game went to extras, where UChicago scored twice via a fielder's choice and an Angellotti sacrifice fly in the 10th inning. Knox went down 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the inning to clinch the Maroon victory.
Ripon recorded a convincing 15-4 win in game two of Thursday's doubleheader at Beloit to earn a doubleheader split with the Buccaneers. Beloit won the first game 10-8 in 10 innings after a walk-off home run gave them the game one victory. Beloit didn't take their first lead of the opening contest until the eighth when an RBI triple put them up 6-5 after eight innings. Ripon's bats then warmed up again in the ninth, as Terrell, Ott, and Nick Tenny each drove in a run to take an 8-6 lead in the top of the ninth. The Red Hawks couldn't close things out however, as a two-run single down the left field line sent the game to extra innings, which saw the Buccaneers win the game with a two-run shot in the bottom of the 10th. In the second game of the day, Ripon again jumped on the board first with five runs in the opening inning and added runs for an 11-0 lead. Beloit would get on the board with a run in the third, and three more in the fourth, before Ripon closed the game out with two runs in both the eighth and ninth innings.
Andrew Klingenstein ended an American Southwest Conference affair between LETU and UMHB with a walk-off single with the bases loaded in the 13th inning at Conrad Vernon Field Friday. With the 4-3 victory, the YellowJackets improved to 12-20 overall, including 9-16 against league foes, while the Crusaders dropped to 17-14,11-11. Toeing the slab for his final home collegiate start, Jared Schurig delivered the first pitch three hours 50 minutes before Zac Schneider crossed the plate on the game-winning single. LETU freshman Cody Stanley lifted a sacrifice fly to center field, evened the contest at 3-3, scoring Hunter Miller, who led off the ninth with a triple.
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| Centenary (La.) blanked the Austin College 'Roos by a score of 10-0 in seven innings on Thursday evening in the opener of a three-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series at Shehee Stadium. Centenary (La.) athletics photo |
In a game that ended six hours after it started due to a lengthy weather delay, William Paterson (18-9, 4-3 NJAC) registered an 11-2 victory at Rutgers-Newark (12-11, 1-5 NJAC). Jake Lutz was 4-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored. Elliott Hayward went 4-for-5 and scored three times. Senior Matt Lawler worked 6.0 innings and gave up two runs (one earned) and four hits while striking out six (3-0). Freshman Pat Pantoliano spun 2.0 shutout innings and scattered one hit and a walk while striking out two. Senior Justin Grippo struck out two of the three batters he faced during the ninth.
Marymount picked up its first conference win of the season in a high-scoring affair by topping Marywood 11-9 on Thursday afternoon at Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. Alex Lemery went 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBIs to lead the Marymount offense. Ryan Lee hit a two-run dinger to give the Saints an 11-5 cushion in the bottom of the seventh inning. Drew Mead picked up the win on the mound by going five innings with eight strikeouts. Jordan Dickson and Bryce Smith both scored three runs to lead the Saints.
Lakeland University received contributions up and down the roster and scored 34 runs over two games in sweeping Maranatha Baptist University in a non-conference doubleheader on a cold and windy Thursday afternoon. The Muskies rolled to a 22-2 win in the first game and then pulled away late to defeat the Sabercats 12-3 in the second game of the seven-inning doubleheader, which was played on a 42-degree day with sustained 30-mph winds and gusts up to 50 mph. Lakeland is now 13-8 overall on the season. The Muskies scored ten times in the second inning of the opener and substituted early and often throughout the first game. Fourteen different players collected at least one hit and a total of 18 players scored at least one run.
Westminster (Pa.) swept Waynesburg on the road in a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon. The Titans won game one 2-1 and game two 4-0. "Pitching really carried us today," said head coach Patrick Riley. "Both Vitale and Gibbons gave us really good starts. We are excited to see what they can do moving forward. Defensively, we made some big plays when we needed. Overall, we battled and got the job done." First-year Jake Vitale earned the game one win with a game-high four strikeouts during the complete-game effort. First-year Ryan Gibbons improved to 3-1 on the mound with a game-high seven strikeouts in the nightcap. The Titans were led by Chase Tomko and James Diamond as each of them homered. Tomko finished the day 2-for-3 with two runs-batted-in. Diamond tallied a pair of runs-batted-in on the day.
Concordia University Chicago earned a road split on Tuesday against the Eagles of Edgewood College. The Cougars stormed back to win game one 13-11 before narrowly falling in game two by a final of 5-3. The Cougars built a 6-4 lead but the Eagles eventually regained control of the lead in the sixth and clung to a 7-6 advantage heading to the eighth. That's when the Cougars exploded for one of their biggest offensive innings of the season to this point to claim a win. Game two was another close battle, but one that was much more low scoring. The eighth inning was the deciding one. After the Cougars left the bases loaded in the top half, Edgewood scored three in the home half to take a 5-2 lead heading into the ninth. Just like the Eagles in game one, the Cougars refused to go quietly in the ninth. A loud fly out to center ended the dreams of a comeback, however, as CUC fell 5-3.