The second-ranked Salisbury University baseball team finished off a statement weekend by holding on to beat the 10th-ranked Cortland Red Dragons, 10-7, securing the three-game series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. Salisbury athletics photo by FOTOJOE photography Inc.

Mount Union completed the three-game sweep over Guilford on Sunday with an 11-5 win. The Purple Raiders (3-0) scored four runs in the second inning, two in the third, one in the fourth, one in the fifth, two in the eighth, and one in the ninth. Senior Andrew Witte got the scoring started with a 3-run triple in the second. Senior Jaired Lehman also connected on a triple. Graduate Zack Mazza had a double, while junior Nathan Grega added two RBIs. Freshman pitcher Christopher Mauer earned the win after coming in for relief, throwing 3.0 innings and giving up two runs off three hits and striking out four.

Emory outlasted Huntingdon, 10-3, in a 14-inning marathon contest Sunday night in the finale of the Firehouse Classic in Montgomery, Alabama. Juniors Blake Dincman and Brok Liu combined for six of the team's 12 hits and drove in three runs total. Freshman Aidan Conley and sophomore Zach Wasserlauf both drove in a pair to aid the Emory offense. Six hurlers combined to limit the Hawks to one earned run over the 14 innings with reliever Zac Schultz earning the win as he pitched 1.2 scoreless innings. In extras, neither team mustered much of a threat in innings 10 through 13. The trio of juniors Ryan Kelly, Bennett Speicher and Schultz held Huntingdon scoreless in the extra innings, allowing the Emory offense to come alive in the 14th for the win. In the 14th, the Eagles sent 11 batters to the plate to score seven runs to put the game out of reach.

Patience at the plate and a savvy coaching decision late in the game proved to be the difference for the 20th-ranked Christopher Newport baseball team on Sunday afternoon as the Captains squeaked out an 8-7 win over Eastern Mennonite to close the opening weekend with a perfect 4-0 record. CNU recorded 13 walks, including five with the bases loaded, and head coach John Harvell sent Josh Reinhold home all the way from first for the would-be game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to earn a come-from-behind win at Captains Park on a frigid Sunday afternoon.

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Lewis & Clark College held host Pomona-Pitzer College's high-scoring offense to a season-low two runs on Sunday, to earn a 10-2 victory in their final game of a four-game California road trip. Freshmen Caden Hodina, sophomore Nate Kerr and junior Brennen Davis combined to hold the Sagehens to just four hits and two runs in Pomona-Pitzer's second loss in seven games this season. Hodina, who was making his first collegiate start and collegiate debut, did a phenomenal job shutting down a Sagehens team that came in averaging 8.33 runs per game (50 in six contests). The freshman struggled with his control early but limited the hosts to two hits and one run over six innings. Hodina struck out three, walked six and hit one batter. Kerr was the first man out of the pen. The Birthday Boy went two innings and scattered two hits, one run and struck out one. Davis moved from center field to the mound for the ninth and struck out one batter during a 1-2-3 inning.

Returning to the field at Mary Washington on Sunday morning after facing off against the hosts yesterday, Susquehanna took on Washington College (MD) and got their first win of the 2024 campaign, winning 10-4. Tyler Rigot pitched a gem in his first start of the season enroute to a win, tossing 5.1 innings while allowing just one run on three hits and fanning seven batters. SU finished the day with seven hits, while drawing a hefty 11 walks as a team, including three by Michael Biuso and two each for Dylan Heyduk and Tony Rossi. Rossi finished the day 2 for 3 at the plate, racking up five RBIs and scoring a run, reaching base in four of his five plate appearances with the two walks. He also stole two bases, while Sean McCulloch, Biuso, and Michael Mancuso all stole one as well.

Cabrini defeated Rosemont on Sunday afternoon. The Cavaliers lineup got to work early, putting up 8 runs in the first two innings. In the bottom of the fourth, Cabrini created the double-digit run lead they'd carry for the remainder of the afternoon. Cabrini athletics photo

Lynchburg escaped the first road trip of the season with a 10-9 win over Millikin on Sunday afternoon. In a back and forth affair, Mason McDowell pitched three, scoreless relief innings to close the game and earn the win, and Bryce Demory broke a 9-9 tie in the eighth inning to give Lynchburg its second consecutive win. McDowell came into the game in the seventh to stop the bleeding as the Hornets were in a jam. With runners on and no outs, the sophomore allowed a single that scored two, but the runs were credited to Jack Bachmore, the 2023 All-American who had pitched before McDowell. In the final two innings after Demory's go-ahead RBI, McDowell didn't allow a hit and struck out two of the final three batters of the game to seal a 10-9 victory.

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In the final matchup of the Tommy Boggs Classic, George Fox pushed past the Concordia (Texas) Tornadoes in an electric 11-inning game, securing the victory and a 3-1 weekend with a 4-2. The Bruins were once again unable to bring home two men, and the game remained tied into the bottom of the 10th. And in the opening at-bats, the Tornadoes put on the pressure — recording three straight hits to load the bases. The next at-bat was one of legend, as Meffert was able to play the ground ball into home, and Coulter turned the double play to third, ending the inning and keeping the Bruins' hopes alive. George Fox finally struck in the top of the 11th inning, as Jared Miller singled to right center, before a Meffert missile out to right field turned a triple and brought Miller home. A sacrifice fly from Mason Eastman then scored Meffert, putting the Bruins ahead, 4-2. Ryder Edwards was brought in to put the game away for the Bruins and he delivered, as three straight ground outs from Concordia saw George Fox secure the hard-earned victory, 4-2.

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Ferrum picked up a non-conference win over Alfred State College in the third game of a three-game weekend series, winning 20-11 this afternoon at Panther Field. Alfred State earned the series win with two wins on Saturday. Alfred State scored a run in the fifth to tie the game at 7-7, only to see the Panthers scratch out four runs in the bottom of the inning. Alfred State continued to add runs, forcing the pathers to week swinging the bat. The Panthers exploded for five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, including two off Kyle Markowitz's tripe to right field and a Russell Golembe single to second base. The Pioneers picked up two runs in the top of the ninth inning for the final count.

Senior Myles Webb had three hits, one run and one RBI as Randolph-Macon split a season-opening doubleheader with Alvernia, taking game one 2-1 and dropping the nightcap 3-4. Alvernia scratched for a run in the top of the sixth to break the scoreless deadlock only to see RMC rally in the bottom of the frame for a 2-1 advantage. Junior Gavin Tomlin earned the win in his RMC debut, tossing two innings with one hit, one run, two walks and two strikeouts. In game two, Alvernia started the scoring in the top of the second, plating three runs on one hit. After trading runs, RMC had a two-out rally in the fifth but came up one run short as the Golden Wolves avoided the sweep.

William Peace regrouped from Saturday's doubleheader losses in a big way, trouncing Mitchell 17-7 on Sunday to conclude the three-game series at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. The Pacers hammered out a season-high 19 hits in victory, which up their record to 2-4 overall. They also handed the Mariners their first loss in three games. "This was a much needed bounce back win,' WPU Head Coach Charlie Long said. "It was great to see the bats come alive." Sunday's game contrasted with Saturday's doubleheader, which the Mariners won 8-4 and 17-5. This time, it was the Pacers spraying the ball in the outfield. Six Pacers produced two or more hits. Aaron Kimbel drove in five runs and scored twice on 3-for-5 hitting including a double and triple. Alex Levesque had four RBIs and scored twice on 4-for-5 hitting including a triple and double. Cole Thompson was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. His two-run homer over the left field wall ended the game in the seventh inning. Both teams agreed to a 10-run mercy rule before the contest.

Blake Wink's first-inning homer was the beginning of Cal Lutheran baseball's offensive success in its 9-2 win over Puget Sound on Sunday afternoon. After Josh Quinn led off the bottom of the first with a double, Wink hit the first Kingsmen home run of the season with a 412-foot screamer to dead center to quickly make it 2-0. The Kingsmen followed up the first inning with a four-spot in the second and held the lead wire-to-wire. John Frazier (1-0) picked up the win for the Kingsmen with 5.0 innings, one hit, three walks, and no runs while striking out seven Loggers (2-2). Frazier K'd six in his first three innings of work, including back-to-back strikeouts with runners on second and third to end the third inning emphatically. After Frazier, it was the combined efforts of Kyle Johnson, Carson Stanfield, Dean Olsson, Cameron Cooper, and Joshua Kim to close the final four innings out of the bullpen for the Kingsmen.

Anderson (2-1) swept Sewanee (2-2) by scores of 10-7 and 7-4 during Sunday's doubleheader in Sewanee, Tenn. Tyler Smitherman homered in both games and Griffin Wolf hit a grand slam in Game 2. The Tigers (2-2) stranded 10 runners in the first game and eight in the second contest (seven innings). Anderson walked six, hit three batters and committed eight errors in the first game, but a six-run eighth inning by the Ravens (2-1) broke a tie game. In Game 2, Anderson cleaned up the defense an although out hit 12-7 came out with the win with Wilf's big fly.

Buena Vista concluded its season-opening series against Hamline on Sunday by earning a doubleheader split against the Pipers. Hamline rallied in the opener to edge BVU, 8-7, before the Beavers started fast in the nightcap and rolled to a 15-3 victory in seven innings. Buena Vista built a 6-0 lead in the opener going into the bottom of the sixth inning. The Pipers chipped away at that lead starting in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run HR before rolling off four more runs in the seventh, including a three-run double, to tie things at 6-6. They then took an 8-6 lead in the seventh and forced the Beavers to have to rally late but managed only the one run. Buena Vista bounced back from the tough loss in a big way and wasted little time in doing going up 15-0 in the seventh before the Pipers got on the board with all three of their runs in the bottom half.

Nebraska Wesleyan started the 2024 season with a pair of high-scoring victories, 11-1 and 11-10, over Westminster (Mo.) on Sunday afternoon. Nebraska Wesleyan athletics photo

Marymount opened up a day late, playing two with the Tigers of Hamden-Sydney on Sunday afternoon. The Saints took both legs of the doubleheader, 7-6 and 9-5, starting off the season with a quick 2-0 record in front of the home crowd at Capital One Park. Fifth-year Jordan Dickson knocked a pair in during the first contest of the day, notching an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth, which turned out to be the insurance needed for the Saints. Owen Mead put up his first save of the season, pitching the final three frame with a strikeout and allowing just one earned run. Andrew Schaeb earned his first win on the mound, going 2.0 innings of relief. In game two, the key play was when Robert Moffett posted two RBIs in a pinch-hit appearance, knocking a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh to give the Saints some needed late-inning cushion. All day, the Saints were running, collecting 12 stolen bags between both games.

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Washington and Lee rallied back from a four-run deficit to claim the opening series as they knocked off Centenary University (N.J.) 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at Cap'n Dick Smith Field. Despite being out hit 26-20 this weekend, the Generals claimed games two and three to win their 2024 opening series. W&L recorded eight hits this afternoon, scoring in four straight innings to secure a come from behind win. Half of the Generals hits were extra base hits as they hit three doubles and one triple. Paul Ramseur led the Generals offense with a 3-for-3 day at the plate, falling just a home run short of the cycle. The sophomore drove in two runs this afternoon while also drawing a walk.

Centre wrapped up their opening series of the season with a doubleheader against the Wilmington Quakers. The Colonels completed the sweep with wins by counts of 10-0 and 14-4. The Colonels broke the ice in the bottom of the third with a two-out rally. Chase Austin walked and Ben Prather doubled into the gap. Evan Weyler then smacked a triple off the center field wall to score two runs, and later scored following a double by Aaron Lopez that put Centre up 3-0. The Colonels would shut out the Quakers, adding scored until the run-rule can into effest. Unlike game one, Wilmington did get an early lead but the Centre offense was too strong o Sunda. After Wilmington scored twice in their half of the seventh, the Colonels put the game away as Karson Thompson drilled a double down the left field line to score three runs and finish off the game.

The La Grange Panthers secured the season's first 3-0 sweep with a 10-2 win over Brevard. Sophomore Eduardo Peralta started today on the mound for the Panthers. This was the first game of the season for the 2023 CCS Rookie Pitcher of the Year. Through three innings of pitching, Peralta struck out 7/11 batters and only allowed one hit. In the top of the fourth, Peralta was able to escape the inning giving up zero runs despite the Tornados having the bases loaded. The game stayed scoreless until the Brevard pitcher hit two LC batters and allowed Joe Ruth to crush a line drive directly back at the mound. With zero outs in the fourth and bases loaded, the Panthers scoring run began as they put five on the scorebard. This was enough for Peralta. Peralta finished the day with eight strikeouts and allowed three hits on 74 pitches.

Washington University took both ends of a double dip against Hendrix on Sunday. The Bears ran away with the first game by a final score of 12-0 then scored eight unanswered to grab the night cap, 8-3. In the first game of the day, junior Will Henkel tossed 5.1 innings of no-hit baseball in his first appearance of his junior campaign. Henkel got the win (1-0) and logged six innings, struck out five, and surrendered just one hit. Sophomore Shane Pellegrino and senior Kaden Bernhard paced WashU's offense giving Henkel plenty of run support. The duo each recorded two hits and drove in four. Pellegrino and junior Brandon Buday each scored three runs for the Bears. In the nightcap, first year Anderson Gomez shut the door out of the bullpen, seeing his first collegiate win (1-0) with his 1.2 innings of scoreless ball. Gomez was scratched for one hit and fanned one. Junior Hank Weiss followed out of the bullpen and finished the contest. Weiss struck out four in his first appearance of the year. WashU took the lead, 4-3, in the fourth and opened the game up in the top of the seventh as WashU scored four times to create some breathing room.