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| The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team swept UW-Eau Claire on a beautiful day at James B. Miller Stadium. The Warhawks won the opener 10-8 and the nightcap 12-3. UW-Whitewater athletics photo by Olivia Zinanni |
Back on their home field following two losses to Lakeland, The Concordia University Chicago Cougars swept the Wisconsin Lutheran College Warriors, 19-9 (7 innings) and 32-8 (7 innings) in a dominating fashion. The combined 51 runs on the day set a new program record for most runs scored in a doubleheader, with the previous record sitting at 47 runs set in 2001 in a doubleheader against Rockford University. Garry Maynard led the Cougar offense going four-for-five at the plate with seven RBIs and two home runs. Michael Kasik went three-for-four at the plate with four RBIs while Tyler Dorsch went three-for-four at the plate and picked up one RBI. Brandon Mahler followed closely behind, going one-for-five at the plate with four RBIs following the freshman's second grand slam of the year.
No. 11 Catholic completed a sweep of the Scranton Royals on Monday, earning a 12-6 victory to improve to 9-0 in Landmark Conference play. Dante Pozzi racked up four hits, including a homer and a double, while driving in five runs to lead the Cardinals offensively. Tucker Alch improved to 5-0 on the mound this season, allowing just one run across 6.0 innings. Pozzi's five RBIs is a career-high while this marks the third four-hit game of his career and first since Catholic's 13-10 win at Shenandoah in the NCAA Regional. With two more hits today, Nardi extends his hitting streak to 26 games, spanning back to the 2022 campaign.
DeSales stole nine bases and erased a 7-3 deficit en route to an 11-7 win over Ursinus in non-conference action on Monday evening at Weiland Park. DSU took a 3-0 lead in the first inning scoring three unearned runs. Ursinus got two back in the second ininng and scored five runs in the top of the fourth to take a 7-3 lead. The Bulldogs chipped away scoring in each of the next four innings to claim an 11-7 lead and ultimately the win. Senior Colin Trembley hit a solo home run in the fourth, first-year Shane Anhalt had a two-run single in the fifth, and first-year JT Anderosky knocked in two runs in the seventh inning. The bullpen was terrific froom the middle of the fourth inning on allowing just three hits over the final 5 2/3 innings. Junior Jared Drake earned the win pitching three scoreless.
Bethel's Ty Koehn and John Solfest both had impressive performances on the mound for the Royals in their doubleheader sweep of St. Scholastica, 7-1 and 5-0, Monday afternoon. Koehn pitched five scoreless innings in game one with four strikeouts while Solfest threw six shutout innings with eight strikeouts in the second game to back a steady Bethel offensive effort on the day. The Royals improved to 10-4 (2-0) on the year after the sweep on Monday. Ty Koehn picked up the win on the mound for the Royals, throwing five shutout innings with four strikeouts and two walks. Jordan Axberg came in to pitch in the top of the seventh for the Royals and posted a shutout to give the Royals the 7-1 victory. Pitchers John Solfest and Aidan Nelson combined for a complete game shutout of the Saints.
WPI outlasted visiting Wentworth 9-5 in a non-conference Monday matinee at the New England Baseball Complex. The Engineers even their season mark to 12-12 with the win, while the Leopards fell to 1-19 with the loss. WPI racked up 12 hits in the game with Jake DelMonte accounting for three including a pair of doubles, adding an RBI and two runs scored. Tommy Burns was 2-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI, while Jack Zawacki had two hits and two RBI with a homerun. On the mound for WPI, Owen Radcliffe got the win, his second of the year, tossing six innings and allowing five runs on 10 hits. Luke Blandino, Gavin Maloney, and Noah Pins were masterful in relief, each throwing a scoreless and hitless inning with two strikeouts. Pins picked up the save, his third of the year, finishing out the ninth inning. The Leopards' bats were led by Mike Sibert and Matt Robinson who collected two hits each, while Christian Peruzzi drove in two runs.
Marywood split an Atlantic East Conference doubleheader as the away side on its home field. The Pacers defeated Gwynedd Mercy 7-1 in the opener and fell 2-0 in the nightcap. The game was played at Pacers Park due to ongoing construction at the Gwynedd Mercy facility. Max Ryan notched the victory in the opener with seven strikeouts. Ryan allowed three hits and an earned run over six innings. Tyler Quick and Danny Becker combined for a scoreless inning to top the Griffins. Vinny D'Auria went 3 for 4 with a run and a stolen base. Danny Tiedemann doubled as part of a 2-for-3 effort with two runs and two RBIs. Nick Notari came on the short end of a pitcher's duel. Allowing just two hits into the seventh inning, Notari allowed two runs -- one unearned -- that ultimately decided the game. Notari finished with a complete game quality start. He pitched eight innings with five strikeouts, one walk, five hits and one earned run. Cooper Root and Mitchell Bramsway combined in the shutout of the pacers. Root scattered seven hits with a wal and four strikeouts. Bramsway earned the win with no hits, a walk and four punchouts.
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| Aurora brought the offense in the trip to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The Spartans won a pair in slug fest fashion, 18-14 and 15-5 in 7 innings.. Aurora athletics photo |
Senior Ryan Upton threw seven strong innings and timely hitting helped Olivet beat MIAA foe Trine, 11-4, today at the Cutler Athletic Complex. The Comets wasted no time in taking a 1-0 lead as leadoff hitter Alex Rose deposited a 1-2 pitch over the fence in center field in the bottom of first inning. After Trine loaded the bases in the fourth inning and tied the game on a two-out RBI-single, the Comets used a two-out rally to push across five runs fifth for the winning margin. Upton earned his first win of the season, throwing 111 total pitchers (66 for strikes). He allowed the four runs, while allowing 10 hits and three walks over seven plus innings. Sophomore Wyatt Leland pitched two scoreless innings of relief.
In a rare occurrence, the UW-Superior Yellowjackets had a week off between the games of their series with the University of Northwestern. The Yellowjackets, who swept the first two games of the 2023 season series last Sunday in Mauston, Wis., traveled Monday to the Twin Cities to complete the series, a series where they were the home team, on Northwestern's home turf. Monday was a game of streaks – the Yellowjackets scored a lot, then gave up a lot, then scored a lot again, before closing things out to pick up a 12-9 win over the Eagles at Reynolds Field. The win gives the Yellowjackets (11-9, 7-1 UMAC) a sweep of the season series against Northwestern for just the second time in school history (2017 was the other), and gives them seven wins in their last eight outings.
A seven-run seventh inning carried William Paterson (14-9, 3-3 NJAC) to a 12-7 home victory against The College of New Jersey (12-14, 3-3 NJAC). A three-run homer pushed TCNJ ahead by a 7-5 count in the seventh. William Paterson stormed back with a seven-run seventh. Junior left fielder Noah Cabassa sent a one-out pitch up the first-base line for an infield single, graduate student pinch hitter Steven DiGirolamo and sophomore shortstop Tyler Ruban were issued walks and sophomore third baseman Ruven Pino cleared the bases with a double down the left-field line, pushing WP ahead by an 8-7 count. Lombardo's double plated Pino and Yelin singled in Lombardo, followed by a Weis RBI-triple and run-scoring wild pitch for a 12-7 Pioneer lead.
LeTourneau could not slow the hot bats of East Texas Baptist in the finale of the three-game series on Monday night as the host Tigers claimed a sweep with a 15-1 victory in ASC play. ETBU jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning as a LeTourneau error kept the inning alive and the Tigers scored all five runs with two outs. The margin swelled to 14-0 before LeTourneau got on the board in the sixth inning. LeTourneau had two hits in the game as Ethan Wood broke up the Tigers' no-hit bid with his line drive single to left field in the fifth. In the sixth, Andrew Klingenstein worked a walk and stole second base before scoring on Carter Amarantos' RBI single. Hayden Robichaux (4-1) picked up the win for ETBU after going four scoreless innings. Jacob Evangelista went 4-for-5 to lead the 13-hit attack for ETBU.
Benedictine split a pair of totally different home contests with MSOE on Monday. The teams were picked just one point apart in the preseason NACC poll. Benedictine dropped the open 3-2 but won the second contest 12-10. Nolan Vincent held things down on the mount for MSOE (12-6, 4-4 NACC) as he pitched all nine innings for the Raiders. He proved shutout innings for the first three before two runs over the next two innings as Benedictine (15-7, 6-2 NACC) took a 2-0 lead heading all the way into the ninth inning. The Raiders' offensive came to life when it was needed, scoring three runs in the ninth. The second contest was quite a different contest with both teams swinging the bats early. MSOE plated a run in the first inning before Alex Cameron hit a three-run homer in the second. MSOE responded with three in the third before Benedictine took the lead again with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Sam Malinas singled home a pair in the inning. Benedictine extended the lead to 9-4 with three more in the fifth. MSOE came back to make the contest close late but Benedictine was able to survive and split.
Methodist knocked out Brevard twice on Monday, narrowly taking both games of a doubleheader. The Monarchs pieced together a 3-1 victory in the first game before pulling off a 10-9 come-from-behind win under the lights in game two. The first game of the doubleheader was a low-scoring affair. In the sixth inning, Methodist compiled three hits that led to two runs, giving the Monarchs the lead. They added one more run to the total in the eighth inning, making the score 3-1, which would stand for the remainder of the contest. Game two was much higher scoring, as the Tornados started off hot with a four-run first. The Monarchs answered back to get a lead and then gave the Tornados a bunt clinic in the bottom of the eighth. Brevard didn't go down without a fight, rallying for three runs on two hits and one Methodist error in the top of the ninth, but falling short of a comeback.