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| Kieren Collin threw the eighth no-hitter for Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins athletics photo |
After five hours and forty minutes, including four separate weather delays, Westfield State tossed a combined no-hitter while also slugging their way to a 17-1 thrashing over Johnson & Wales on Wednesday March 9th from the Northeast Regional Park baseball complex in Davenport, Florida. Ryan Robidoux (Suffield, Conn.), Sean Casey (Amston, Mass.), and Billy Casey (Dedham, Mass.) combined for the no-hitter with Robidoux getting the starting nod. He fired three perfect innings while fanning five batters before exiting the game due to an hour and twenty-minute rain delay. Sean and Billy Casey secured the remaining four innings, dodging three additional stoppages. Sean Casey (1-0) picked up the win.
In the second game of a doubleheader with Bethany Lutheran, Concordia (Wis.) freshman Zach Slome threw the second no-hitter in the D-III season on Saturday March 12th. Slome (Schaumburg, Ill.) recorded 10 strikeouts in his full game with the 25 batters faced.
On Sunday March 13th, Mike Schiattarella tossed a perfect game with 14 strikeouts as Stockton defeated Western New England 9-0. It was just the 24th perfect game in NCAA Division III history. Schiattarella struck out the first eight batters that he faced and later closed the door by fanning six of the last nine in facing the minimum 21 hitters. Schiattarella earned his second win of the year, tossed his third complete game and lowered his ERA to a minuscule 0.90. The junior has struck out 38 hitters in just 20 innings thus far.
Hope College fired the 10th no-hitter in team history during a 22-0 and 20-7 sweep of Grace Christian University on Monday March 14th at Davenport University. In Game 1, five pitchers combined to throw Hope's first no-hitter since 2019 while issuing only three walks in seven innings. Starter Sean Hoey pitched three innings and earned the decision from a scheduled bullpen game. Reliever Matt Plaehn took over in the fourth inning. The Flying Dutchmen then received scoreless innings from Shane Hykin, Matt Blesch, and Ryan Sullivan.
JHU junior hurler Kieren Collins recorded the eighth no-hitter in Johns Hopkins history as he faced the minimum, shutting down Ramapo in a 10-0 victory in Florida on Thursday March 17th. Collins' faced the minium, retiring 21 straight batters after a sky-high pop-up fell out of the glove of Steuerer in the first inning. The junior's no-hitter is the eighth in JHU history and the first since 2010 when four pitchers combined for a no-no in a 15-0 win over Rutgers-Newark. Collins is the sixth pitcher to throw a solo no-hitter for the Blue Jays. The Floridian is now 2-1 on the season with a 3.86 ERA.
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| Ismael Tatis threw the ninth no-hitter in 2022. John Jay athletics photo |
The combination of freshman starter Michael Monkevich, seniors Billy Todd and Grant Corb and sophomores Blake Jennings and Kole Register held FDU-Florham without a hit over the 27 outs, with the Devils' only run coming in the eighth inning of a 9-0 game on a walk followed by a three-base error on a missed fly ball in right field. Monkevich earned the win after hurling the first three innings of the pre-determined bullpen day and retiring all nine batters he faced, striking out three. Todd came in for the next two innings, facing eight batters and walking two, before Corb fired a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth.
Buena Vista capped off its three-game series sweep at Central on Saturday March 26th afternoon in perfect fashion as Dalton Glenn through the program's first known perfect game during BVU's 12-0 victory over the Dutch. Glenn shutdown a Dutch offense that had scored 17 runs over the first four innings against BVU in game one and recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in the process, including mowing down the side in the seventh. Dan Christiansen threw the program's last no-hitter - also against the Dutch - back on April 18, 2002.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy used five pitchers on Wednesday March 23rd to no-hit the Devils of FDU-Florham on their home field at the Naimoli Ballpark, picking up a 9-1 victory to improve to 5-9 on the season, while the Devils fell to 11-4 in defeat. It was USMMA's second no-hitter in as many seasons, with the last fired by Joe Raab '21 against Farmingdale State last May. The combination of freshman starter Michael Monkevich, seniors Billy Todd and Grant Corb and sophomores Blake Jennings and Kole Register held FDU-Florham without a hit over the 27 outs, with the Devils' only run coming in the eighth inning of a 9-0 game on a walk followed by a three-base error on a missed fly ball in right field.
Sophomore Ismael Tatis was the star of the show in game two, tossing a no-hitter allowing just four walks and notching four strikeouts. He also had two hits and four RBIs in the game, making it the best game of his career at John Jay.
Freshman starting pitcher Nick Choate and sophomore relief pitcher Jake Usenia combined to throw a seven-inning perfect game, allowing no base runners by the Rivier Raiders. Choate was given the ball and went five innings without allowing a base-runner and striking out five. Usenia entered the game in relief and continued to shutdown Rivier, striking out two in two innings. It was the first recorded perfect game in school history.
Josh Wintroub no hit Cornell on Sunday April 10th. He and went the distance without allowing a hit. The Viking senior threw all seven innings and recorded 14 Ks, just two off the school record, with just four walks while improving his individual record to 5-0.
Garrison Paillet threw the first no-hitter in program history for Thomas. He pitched all seven innings, striking out an impressive eight and walking just two batters on Saturday April 23rd.
History was made at Reynolds field on the chilly afternoon, as Bryce Crabb threw the first no-hitter on the mound for UNW since 2008 on Monday April 25th. Crabb was extremely efficient as he continued to pour in first pitch strikes and work ahead in the count. The contact Crabb gave up was extremely weak, and there were very few hard hit ball against the junior. Crabb did not give up a hit, and did not walk anybody in the contest. The only two baserunners the Cougars mustered up against the righthander were off of Eagle errors in the field. Crabb also showcased his swing and miss stuff by picking up nine strikeouts in the game. The no-hitter ends a 14 year drought for the Eagle's program.
Senior Joshua Joy was lights out firing the Huskies first-ever nine-inning no-hitter as USM shut out the Owls 7-0 on Saturday April 30th. Joy matched his career high with 11 strikeouts in the win, and is now the only Husky hurler to record a nine-inning no hitter. His no-hitter is the program's first since John McCarthy's seven-inning no-hitter against Thomas College on April 22, 1986.
Alek Elges (7-2) was dominant on Saturday April 30th in a 5-0 win over Greenville as he did not allow a base runner in the Gorloks first perfect game in program history. This marks the teams fifth no-hitter in program history with the last two being in a doubleheader against Eureka (Ill.) College in April of 2021. Elges struck out seven in the game.