After going long twice today, Thomas Evans became the Hilbert Baseball All-Time Home Run Leader as the Hawks split their series with the Pioneers (19-12, 7-1 AMCC). The Hawks (18-14, 5-5 AMCC) gave Alfred State their first blemish in conference action taking the first game 3-0, and Alfred State outlasted Hilbert, pulling away late in the 9-4 night-cap win. Thomas Evans timely long hit in the 5th inning and impressive pitching by Brennen Hediger and another save by Brendan Walsh helped lift the Hawks to their first shut-out victory this season. Emory athletics photo by Kirkham

Plattsburgh State walked off against St. Lawrence on Wednesday evening, as Joey Di Rocco drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth. The Cardinals, who led 6-0 after two innings, fended off two Saints comebacks to earn the 9-8 win in non-conference play. Di Rocco finished 2-4 with an RBI, a run scored, and a double along with his walk-off sac fly, as Nick Cergol and Alex Kornblau each finished the day 3-5. Cergol recorded two runs and an RBI, while Kornblau had four runs scored, an RBI, and a double. Matt Blair reached base four times, as he narrowly missed the program record with four walks, while also stealing two bases. Logan Avin earned the win on the mound with 1.2 innings of work giving up no earned runs and striking out three batters and Justin Osborn was solid in the middle relief, going 2.2 innings, allowing just one hit and one run.

In a very important series to help determine placement in the Ohio Athletic Conference with the conference starting in just a few weeks, John Carroll split their doubleheader matchup against Mount Union. The Purple Raiders used a five-run ninth inning in game one to aid in a 7-2 victory as the Blue Streak offense failed to muster much offense. Game two provided a much different outcome, as John Carroll's stellar pitching, led by starter Maxwell Schumaker, was the difference maker as they handled Mount Union, 4-0. It was JCU's third-ever shutout over Mount Union and first at Schweickert Field in the series history.

Dickinson first-year pitchers Austin Buzza and Charlie Bien combined to allow just nine hits and two walks while striking out eight batters. As the Red and White began their two-game Centennial Conference series versus rival Gettysburg College with a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday afternoon at MacPhail Field. Gettysburg's best chance occurred in the top of the seventh when with two-out a pair of hits from Kyle Miller and Jack Pistner placed runners on second and third. A walk then loaded the cushions for Mark Seibert. He would not face Buzza however as Bien entered to take him on and got Seibert swinging through strike three to move the game to the last of the seventh. The Bullets would have one base runner in each of the final two frames, but could do nothing with them as Bien got Kirby to look at strike three to end the game.

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No. 6 Endicott defeated Southern Maine, 7-6, in non-conference action on Wednesday evening at Ed Flaherty Field. Danny MacDougall plated the eventual game-winning run with a two-out RBI single and the bullpen handled the rest to extend the Gulls' winning streak to eight straight. Thomas Barbieri also came up clutch with two outs in the fifth via an RBI base knock to right field to even the score at 5-5. Endicott held leads of 1-0, 2-0, 3-1, and 5-1 before Southern Maine fought back to take a 6-5 advantage at the end of the fourth.

Top-ranked Salisbury overcame multiple deficits and used an eighth-inning go-ahead three-run home run by Kavi Caster to clip the 10th-ranked Catholic Cardinals, 8-7, and win its 14th straight game on Wednesday afternoon at Talbot Field. Cameron Hyder kept the line moving in the eighth with a single and eventually went to second on a wild pitch. Two batters later with two out and men on second and third, Kavi Caster powered a three-run homer just to the left of center to vault the Sea Gulls ahead 8-6. The Cardinals put up one last gasp in the bottom of the ninth as Nardi and Johnson pounded back-to-back one-out doubles to make it 8-7. With the tying run in scoring position, Jimmy Adkins punched out Lucas Malave and Zach Burton in succession to secure the nail-biting win. Salisbury's 14-game winning streak is its longest in-season streak since taking 14 in a row to close out the 2021 slate on the way to the national championship. Catholic's Ben Nardi finished a triple shy of the cycle, going 4-for-5 with a double, home run, three runs and three RBIs.

No. 3 Shenandoah defeated Washington & Lee, 14-7, Wednesday afternoon at home in an ODAC game. With today's victory over the Generals (14-13, 8-9 ODAC), the Hornets (30-4, 14-3) make it seven straight full seasons with at least 30 wins. Shenandoah began the game with a six run first inning aided by a W&L trio of errors. Frankie Ritter singled to begin the inning and later scored the first run on an RBI single by Gavin Horning. After runs two and three scored on errors, Ryan Clawson drove in the fourth run on the second Hornets hit on the day with a single through the right side. Ritter added two more runs in the first on his second time up at the plate, bringing Haden Madagan and Clawson across the plate with a single to left. Shenandoah added another big inning to its resume with a five-run fourth. The inning began with three straight walks to load the diamond for SU. Kooper Anderson capitalized on that with a two-RBI single to make it 11-4. Brian Ferreira (2-0) picked up the win and Matt House pitched a three inning save retiring all nine batters he faced. The pitching staff struck out six batters, with Jacob Bell leading the way with four. Five Hornets had multiple hits and four had at least two RBI.

Nichols held on to beat Dean, 6-5, on Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action. The Bison pick up their fifth win in a row to improve to 12-16 (6-3 CCC), while Dean falls to 8-22 (5-7 GNAC). The score remained 6-3 until the ninth when back-to-back doubles to start the inning for Dean made it 6-4. Nolan Sullivan entered for the Bison to try and record the final three outs for a save. Sullivan got a groundout and line out before a base hit up the middle brought Dean within one. After walking the next batter, Sullivan got a strikeout to end the threat and earn his second save of the campaign. Johnny Knox, Brad Ellis, and Brennan Hyde ignited the offense from the top of the lineup, with Ellis and Hyde each picking up two hits and combining for five RBI, while Knox found himself on base three times, working two walks and adding a hit. John Steed started the game, going three innings and allowing two runs before handing the ball over to Clark Churchill who tossed 2.2 innings and picked up his first win of the season.

Aurora Spartans had to battle the Thunder from mother nature before taking on and defeating the Wheaton College Thunder Wednesday night in Carol Stream. AU was victorious 7-4. In the bottom of the fifth, Wheaton scored a pair on a two-out triple to lead 3-1. As they have almost every time they have trailed this season, the Spartans answered right away. Wheaton scored once off reliever Brian Henehan in the seventh with doubles but AU still led 5-4. In the ninths, the Spartansd added two for the final score.

Wilmington doubled its Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) wins total with a sweep of Capital University at Tewksbury-Delaney Field on Wednesday. WC took game one 12-6 and won the nightcap 12-2. Neither starting pitcher made it past the second inning as Kaleb Stines was relied by Trent Mendenhall in the second and Clark Curtis made it one out and departed after being hit by a line drive. Capital tied the game with a run in the top of the fourth, but the hosts added three more in the bottom half of the inning to take a 7-4 lead, a lead that would hold up with more runs in the later innings. In the nightcap, freshman Zach Shepherd went the distance, earning his first complete game. The Southport High School alumnus threw 119 pitches, 83 of them for strikes, and scattered eight hits and a walk over the game with eight strikeouts.

Westfield State third baseman Dan Burnett launched a pair of home to fuel the Owls offense in a 9-5 victory over Elms on Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference game from Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke, Mass. Burnett extended his hitting streak to eight games while recording six multi-hit games during that stretch. He piled up three hits with a game-high four RBI and three runs scored. Devin Slattery and Ethan Day each logged a pair of hits. Alex Martin and Trey Faulkner recorded two RBIs apiece for the Owls, which moved to 11-15 on the year. Aaron Young led the Blazers with three hits, and Tyler Galenski drove home a pair of runs for Elms, which dropped to 17-11 with the loss. Dominic Novio got the start for the Owls, pitching the first three innings of the contest and allowing two runs on three hits. Colton Vasseur was effective out of the bullpen, picking up his first victory of the season after two innings of work.

No. 14 Denison is off to a 10-0 start in North Coast Athletic Conference action following wins of 13-1 in seven innings in game one and then 14-10 in game two at DePauw on Wednesday afternoon. The Big Red combined for six home runs on the day, including one in each game by Noah Leib. With the two wins, Denison also improves to 23-6 overall while DePauw drops to 10-17 and 3-5. In addition, with his leadoff single in game one, sophomore Eric Colaco tied Denison's single-season and career record for the longest hitting streak in program history, tying the record of 28 consecutive games set by Will Krushena from February 24 to April 16, 2019. Unfortunately, Colaco finished 0-for-4 with two hit by pitches in game two.

Senior captain Jay Beavers had a career-high five RBIs, and equaled a career-high with three hits, to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a 10-1 Old Dominion Athletic Conference road win at Virginia Wesleyan on Wednesday afternoon in Virginia Beach. Junior Trent Jones added two RBIs for the visiting Tigers (17-15, 9-7), while freshman Sterling Austin gained the pitching victory against the host Marlins (5-25-1, 4-12-1). H-SC scored 10 runs on 12 hits with three errors, scoring one run each in the first and second innings, two runs in the fourth, three runs in the fifth, one run in the seven and two runs in the eighth. WVU scored one run on four hits with four errors, scoring the one run in the sixth inning.

Elizabethtown earned their second win of the week at home as they flew past Lebanon Valley, 13-2. Elizabethtown did work in the top of the first after two base-hit singles. The Blue Jays were back at it in the second scoring two runs on RBI singles to take a 5-1 lead. Etown kept their bats hot in the fourth, scoring four runs on three hits. The fifth and sixth innings were scoreless before the Blue Jays would score their final four runs of the game in the seventh. Etown's final two runs came off of a ground out and a hit by pitch with the bases loaded. The Dutchmen were able to put up one final run in the top of the ninth. Elizabethtown hosts Catholic this weekend in a crucial Landmark Conference series.

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No. 20 Misericordia scored nine runs in the top of the ninth to down Wilkes, 9-3, and complete a sweep of the season series. Brady Madden had two hits, including a three-run homer in the ninth, and Garrett McIlhenney and Jason Sanfilippo had three hits each. Max Oliver scattered six hits over six innings and Tommy Tracey allowed just one unearned runs over three innings to pick up the win in relief. Tied 3-3, Sanfilippo singled down the right field line to open the ninth and moved up a sacrifice bunt. McIlhenney doubled to right center to put the Cougars in front, 4-3. Derrick Vosburg was intentionally walked with two outs and Madden made the Colonels pay with a three-run homer for a 7-3 lead. Joe Comins reached via hit by pitch and pinch-runner Jack Regenye stole second before Connor Maryniak blasted a two-run homer to left center to make it 9-3.

Early longballs and major damage done against Ohio Wesleyan University's bullpen snapped a rare cold stretch for The College of Wooster, which swept aside Ohio Wesleyan University 13-7 and 11-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Art Murray Field. Senior right fielder Dean Brown connected on a leadoff homer to left field in the fourth inning to break up the scoreless game-one affair. First-year third baseman Andrew McGowan followed with a two-run blast later that inning, with his also leaving the park in left field. Wooster (11-16, 6-4 North Coast Athletic Conference) answered each of Ohio Wesleyan's (14-14, 3-7 NCAC) scoring frames with more runs than the Battling Bishops scored. Wooster's defense was sizzling in the nightcap. Panstares barehanded a bloop single in the fourth and fired a strike home to cut down Edrick Padilla and keep Ohio Wesleyan off the board for the frame. In the sixth, Mitchell raced back on a blooper and made the diving catch after ranging at least 40 feet into center field. An inning later, the shortstop tracked down a skied fly ball down the left field line for the first out of the frame. Offensively, Wooster took control in the second inning.

Kenyon used some heavy hitting Wednesday to break out of a brief five-game slump and record a NCAC doubleheader sweep at Oberlin. The Owls coasted in a 12-3 game-one win and then followed up with a 5-3 victory in game two. The sweep improved Kenyon to 15-10 overall and 3-5 in NCAC competition. The losses dropped Oberlin to 9-16 overall and 2-6 in conference games Kenyon athletics photo by Graham Stokes

Penn State Altoona increased its winning streak to six consecutive games on Wednesday afternoon at Stewart Athletic Field, where the Lions recorded their first doubleheader sweep of Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent La Roche University since the 2011 season. The Lions (14-19, 5-5 AMCC) used a big inning in each game of the doubleheader to sweep La Roche (11-17, 2-6 AMCC) for the first time since April 20, 2011. A five-run second inning in game one propelled Penn State Altoona to a 6-1 win, while a seven-run fourth inning in the nightcap broke the game open in a 10-5 victory.

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No. 5 Baldwin Wallace picked up another Ohio Athletic Conference sweep. BW picked up two wins against Heidelberg on the Fisher Field. The Yellow Jackets picked up an 11-0 victory in game 1 and finished off the afternoon with a 7-3 win in game 2. BW (24-5, 9-2 OAC) was led by senior left-handed pitcher Nik Baldis who threw his second straight complete game going nine scoreless innings allowing five hits and striking out nine. Senior All-American infielder Luke Vonderhaar went 3-for-4 at the plate driving in two runs batted in and scoring two runs. Junior infielder Nick Clark went 2-for-3 at the dish knocking in four runs on his first career grand slam. BW (25-5) picked up their second win on the afternoon behind Clark who knocked in two more RBIs and went 2-for-4 at the plate. Senior All-OAC right-handed pitcher Dawson Gabe returned to the mound and went seven and two-thirds allowing three runs. Kolenich went 3-for-4 and scored two runs.

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Four pitchers limited Manhattanville College to six hits, junior shortstop Zach Donahue collected his 100th career hit and first-year junior transfer Tiernan Lynch hit a ninth-inning grand slam for his first home run in an Eastern Connecticut State University uniform as the defending national champions and No. 8-ranked Warriors posted their seventh straight victory, an 11-4 win Wednesday afternoon. Eastern (25-5) broke open a tight game by scoring seven runs in its final three at-bats, capped by Lynch's grand slam from the No. 8 spot in the order after three inning-opening walks. The win is Eastern's seventh straight over Manhattanville (10-17) and 13th in the 15-game series. Donahue reached 100 hits in only two seasons at Eastern with an RBI single that gave Eastern a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth. First-year righty Dylan Scudder and senior righty Nathan Furino combined to pitch the first seven innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs with seven strikeouts. 

Winning their fifth straight game, North Central (Ill.) scored nine runs in the first three innings to earn a 10-1 win over local rival Benedictine on a stormy Wednesday night at Zimmerman Stadium. John Michael Scumaci and Dom Listi singled to begin the bottom of the first inning before Michael Davis loaded the bases with a hit by pitch. Driving in the game's first run, Justin Rios plated Scumaci with a sacrifice fly. Listi tacked on another run on a wild pitch to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead early on. The Cardinals' offfence continued to purr, increasing their lead to 9-0 lead after just three innings of play. AJ Kutcher picked up the win to move to 5-0 on the year.

Christopher Newport narrowly missed a seventh shutout of the season on Wednesday afternoon as the Captains traveled to Pfeiffer and came away with a 10-1 on the road. The Captains (28-7) allowed just a single unearned run in the fifth inning while the CNU offense took care of business by reaching 10 runs for the third time in the last four games. Six different CNU pitchers combined for a five-hitter against the Falcons, with rookie Brandon Cassedy (3-1) earning the win with 3.0 innings of relief starting in the second frame. Jackson Baird got the start and retired the side in order in the bottom of the first with one strikeout before making way for Cassedy.

St. Olaf used a nine-run first inning to claim a 12-3 victory over Augsburg in game one before game two was suspended after six innings due to darkness on Wednesday afternoon at a rainy Mark Almli Field. St. Olaf (7-13, 3-4 MIAC) took advantage of three errors by Augsburg (5-14, 2-5 MIAC) to score nine unearned runs in the opening inning of game one and went on to record the 12-3 win. Five Oles had multi-hit games in the opener and first year Kevin Steel earned his first collegiate victory with six strong innings. Steel limited the Auggies to three runs on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts in his third-career start. The six innings matched the first year's highest total of the season from a no-decision against Colby College on March 24. Sophomore Evan Hammonds was 3-for-5 with two runs and one RBI out of the leadoff spot, while first year Breckin Hadley, junior Sam Lavin, sophomore Matthew Kulesa, and first year Brendan Goldman had two hits apiece. Lavin knocked in a game-high three runs, while Hadley, Kulesa, and junior Brian Nevin each had two runs scored and two RBI.

Gustavus took down No. 25 UW-La Crosse 8-4, improving to 18-9 overall. The win was the fifth straight for the Gusties as they have now won 15 of their last 16 games. Gustavus started the game with a run in the first inning, then went up 2-0 with Bryce Novak factoring in both runs. The Gusties plated plated four runs in the seventh on a grand slam from Logan Bjorkman, marking his third homer of the season. Gustavus added two more runs in the eighth as Gavin Baker singled home Luke Johnson and Siens hit a sac fly to score Novak for an 8-1 advantage. The Eagles scored one in the eighth on two walks, a hit by pitch, and a fielder’s choice and then put together a threat in the ninth with a three-run homer, but it was too little, too late as the Gusties secured the win.

Jackson Hornung homered for the fourth time in six games and five Skidmore pitchers combined for a 1-hit shutout in a 14-0 win over MCLA Wednesday at Castle Diamond. The Thoroughbreds are 19-9, while MCLA falls to 8-18. Hornung matched his 2022 long ball total of eight with a two-run shot in the fourth inning that cleared Denton Road beyond the left field fence. He's one off the program season record of nine and reached the eight mark in 64 fewer at bats. Starter Zach Dines (2-2) got the win in the prearranged rotation. He retired the first 10 batters he faced before hitting a batter and allowing the only MCLA hit. Then he got out of trouble, getting the cleanup hitter to ground into a double play to end the fourth. He went four innings, walked none and had four strikeouts. Matt Karpousis, Aaron Kats, Ethan Barnett and Anthony Petersen combined for five innings of no-hit ball.

Four Hobart College pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts and the Statesmen rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat Keuka College 8-4 at McDonough Park. Hobart won for the fourth time in its past five games to improve to 8-15 overall, while the Wolves fall to 5-17 on the year. "Tonight was a good team effort, our first time this year coming from behind," said Hobart Head Coach Brad Cook. "We did a great job responding to adversity. It's nice to find a way to win a close game." Joe McCoy was 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored. In the eighth inning, Michael Whiteherse posted his league-leading 31st stolen base of the season. It's the most by a Statesman since Bryan Carter '94 had 31 steals in 1994.

DeSales totaled 15 hits and scored a season-high 20 runs in a 20-15 win over local rival Muhlenberg College in non-conference action on Wednesday evening at Weiland Park. The two teams combined for 31 hits and 35 runs as each team had a seven run inning as the Bulldogs earned its fourth straight win over the Mules and improve to 21-12-1 all-time vs. its local rival. After MC took a 2-0 lead in the second inning, DSU scored three times in the bottom half of the second and added seven runs in the third to take a 10-2 lead. Sophomore Justin DeStaso had a two-RBI triple in the second and senior Joe Grigas IV had a two-run double in the third. Muhlenberg didn't go away scoring seven times in the eighth to pull within 17-15 before DeSales got a two-RBI triple from first-year Joey Vaccaro in the eighth to push the lead back to five (20-15).

No. 17 ranked Marietta swept an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader at Muskingum Wednesday afternoon. The Etta Express came from behind to win game one, 11-10, and then blew the Muskies out in a seven inning, run-ruled game two by the score of 20-2. Marietta, winners of seven in a row, improves to 24-8 overall and 9-3 in the OAC. Muskingum falls to 16-13 on the season and 4-8 in the OAC. The Pioneers appeared to have game one under control leading 9-4 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning. However, the Muskies had other thoughts and took advantage of three Marietta errors to score six runs and take a 10-9 lead into the ninth. Marietta regrouped as Alex Richter doubled to left center scoring both runners and giving the Pioneers an 11-10 lead. Gino Sabatine took over on the mound for Marietta in the bottom of the ninth and retired the Muskies in order, including two strikeouts, for his first save of the season.

Purchase cruised to a Skyline Conference win Wednesday afternoon, besting Yeshiva by the score of 19-4. With the victory, the Panthers jumped to 12-14 overall and 4-4 in the conference. For the Macs, they dropped to 0-19 and 0-10, respectively. The contest was a make-up for game two of the March 31 doubleheader. Despite the blowout win, it was actually the guests that got things started with a pair of runs in the first inning. However, Purchase immediately answered and was off to the races from there. The hosts finished with 12 hits in the win, as Louis Carvell, Myles Scarry and Liam Daly each tallied a pair of hits. The latter two, plus Jemal Betances, each scored three runs as well.

Tufts was able to fend off multiple rallies by visiting Babson Wednesday, winning its seventh straight ballgame with a 4-2 victory over the Beavers in non-conference play from Sol Gittleman Park on a chilly day in Medford. The Jumbos (19-6) showed once again that they are strong in close games, as they improved to 7-1 in games decided by two or less runs. Tufts also upped its record to 12-0 at home this season, and currently have the fifth longest active home winning streak in the nation at 13 dating back to last season. The victory certainly didn't come easily for the Jumbos on Wednesday, but they made just enough plays to get the victory. Tufts starter Gavin Brown looked solid early in the contest, allowing the hosts to jump out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third as Patrick Solomon singled to lead off the frame. He would eventually come around to score on a Jess McCullough ground out to get Tufts on the board. A batter later, Jimmy Evans doubled off the left field wall to bring around Henry Fleckner to double the Tufts lead.

Albright (6-25, 2-19 MAC Commonwealth) completed the sweep of Penn State Berks (8-20) in their home-and-home series taking today's game by a final of 10-5. Last week, Albright beat PSU Berks at Kelchner Field 16-12 to take game one of the series. In today's game Albright racked 10 runs on 19 hits completing the sweep against PSU Berks. In the two games series with the Nittany Lions, Albright produced 32 hits and 26 across two games. In additon in both games, every batter in the starting lineup ended the day with a least one hit. Albright held a slim 3-2 advantage heading into the sixth inning of today's game. In the sixth inning, Albright began to impose their will offensively scoring four runs in the frame. Albright tacked on three more runs across the final three innings to seal the 10-5 victory. Tesoriere, who was 3-5 on the day brought home two runs in the seventh via a single and Tommy Lewman walked in the 10th run of the day for Albright in the eight inning.