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| No. 3 nationally ranked Endicott defeated UMass Boston, 5-1, on Saturday afternoon at Monan Park. Jordan Gottesman (pictured) allowed one run in six innings with 11 strikeouts. Endicott is 11-8 in the all-time series against UMass Boston. Endicott athletics photo |
Westfield State senior starting pitcher Ryan Lapierre tossed seven shutout innings and the Owls got homers from Sean Clark and Nolan Florence in in a game 1 win, as Westfield swepts a season-opening doubleheader at the University of St. Joseph on Saturday. The Owls won game 1, 4-1, and game 2, 11-8. Lapierre allowed just two hits, struck out seven and walked none in earning the win in the opener. The game was a pitchers duel until the eighth, when Clark lofted a solo home run over the scoreboard in the short porch in left field. The nightcap turned into a battle of the elements, as what began as a drizzle turned into a steady rain in 45-degree temps, ultimately cutting the game short after six innings. Westfield jumped out to 7-0 lead through 2.5 innings, but the Blue Jays battled back, tying the game at 7-7 in the bottom of the fifth. Westfield struck for four in the top of the sixth, the big blow coming on a 2-run double to center field from Trey Faulkner.
York (Pa.) opened their 2024 season with a n 11-6 win at #5 Lynchburg on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Lynchburg, Virginia. The assignment for York was a tough one to open the year as the Hornets are the defending Division III National Champions and had already played six games so far this year. The Spartans were up to the task as they scored nine runs over the final four innings of the game. Senior Ethan Kennedy closed it out for the Spartans as he tossed two innings to earn the save, his first of the year. Kennedy allowed one hit with a pair of strikeouts in the final two innings. Brocker earned his first collegiate win with two innings of work in relief. He allowed a run on two hits to earn the win.
Keystone grabbed their first win of the season as they defeated Manchester 13 -12 Saturday afternoon in the team's final game of the Myrtle Beach trip. Keystone got off to a hot start as they scored eight runs through the first five innings. The Spartans answered back in a huge way as they combined for 12 runs through the sixth and seventh innings to take a 12-8 lead. In the bottom of the seventh, the Giants tied the game up with a grand slam by Darren Hagan. Slothing Che appeared in relief in the eighth and was able to record a 1,2,3 inning. Boyle would be the hero as he had the go-ahead RBI single to center in the bottom of the eighth to give Keystone their first victory. Jacob Yager continued his hot streak as he went 4-for-5 with two RBI. He recorded his second home run of the season and an RBI single. Sean Brennan got the start on the mound and pitched well as he went five innings with six hits, no runs, and eight strikeouts. Nick Gravel, Matthew McElligott, Cam Hale, and Slothing Che appeared in relief. Che picked up the victory as he went two innings without allowing a hit or run and struck out three batters.
Thanks to an impressive outing from starting pitcher Zeke Swartz, Piedmont earned a 2-1 win over Mary Washington Saturday. The win marked the fifth straight for the Lions while handing Mary Washington its first loss of the season. Swartz pitched 6.1 innings allowing the one run with just one hit as well. The junior pitcher also struck out nine batters as he leads Piedmont with 22 strikeouts through three starts. Jackson Randolph earned the win finishing the seventh inning while Justin Manus pitched a clean eighth giving up just one hit. Brayden Simms, Piedmont's closer, stepped in for the ninth and despite walking a pair of batters, did not give up a hit and earned the save for his second of the season.
It has been a good couple of days on offense for Quaker b-ball teams, as after men's basketball scored a season-high in points last night, Guilford baseball must have been inspired, matching the feat with their best showing at the plate on the young season in a 15-10 victory over Brevard College on Saturday afternoon at McBane Field. Marcello Ricigliano continued his terrific start to the season, and while he did allow three runs, all earned, across 5.0+ innings, surrendering nine hits and a walk along the way, he fanned four and did enough to get the win and improve to 2-1. Connor Crosby got the start and took the loss for the guests, falling to 1-3 after going 4.0 innings allowing five runs, all earned, on ten hits, and a walk, while striking out three. The Quaker offense was clicking, bashing season-highs in hits with 18, runs with 15, and RBI with 14, while coming up just one shy of their season-best mark in walks with eight.
The 19th-ranked Trinity (Texas) earned a series split with #22 UW-Whitewater with a 9-1 win in Sunday's series finale, as starting pitcher Jackson Teer delivered a record-breaking performance. Teer tossed a complete-game four-hitter and tied Trinity's all-time record with 20 strikeouts among the 29 batters he faced. The record was originally set by Jimmy Wingate in 1965, and Mike Frost was the only other Tiger pitcher to come close when he finished with 18 strikeouts in 2004. Teer did not walk a batter in the game and the only run he allowed was on a solo homer in the seventh inning. The 20 strikeouts for Teer is also a new record among Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference teams, beating out Frost for that distinction. Nicholas Lazzara finished with two hits and two RBI in the game, including a home run. Colt Harris scored twice and drive in two more runs in the game, while Jack Baker had two hits and two RBI. Jack Peterson had a solo homer and scored two runs in the game. Diego Gomez drove in two runs with a pinch-hit double in the eighth.
Webster was back in action this afternoon when they played host to the North Park (Ill.) Vikings and the UW-Oshkosh Titans for a nonconference doubleheader. The Gorloks swept the doubleheader as they defeated North Park by a final score of 3-2 in 10 innings and then defeated UW-Oshkosh by a final score of 8-3 to improve to 5-1 on the season. It was a pitchers dual to start the first game as neither side was able to getting anything going offensively through the first five innings of the game. The Vikings broke into the scoring column with a run in the top of the sixth, but an RBI single from Nathaniel Martinez in the bottom half of the frame tied the score at one. The teams would exchange runs in the seventh to keep the game tied, but a walk-off RBI single from Nathaniel Martinez in the bottom of the 10th solidified the win for Webster. Webster got off to a great start in their second game of the day as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first two innings of the game. From there, they rode the arm of Ryan Greifelt (2-0) Who had another great start for the Gorloks. He allowed just five hits and one earned run while striking out four in 7.0 innings. Joel Arsenault pitched in relief as he struck out two while not allowing any hits in the final 2.0 innings.
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| Junior Aaron Lautenschlager had four hits, one run and one RBI as Randolph-Macon topped Messiah 9-5 on Saturday afternoon. Randolph-Macon athletics photo |
Westminster (Pa.) earned a 9-4 victory over La Roche University in its 2024 home opener Saturday afternoon. Senior right-hander Kolton Banfi improved to 1-1 this season with Saturday's win. He allowed one run (0 earned) on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts in five innings. Junior left-hander Jake Vitale threw scoreless seventh, eighth and ninth innings to claim the three-inning save. He worked around back-to-back singles to start the ninth. Seven walks, a single and a wild pitch led to the Titans scoring six of their nine runs in the bottom of the second inning. La Roche pitchers issued a combined 11 walks. The RedHawks had nine hits to the Titans' five.
Senior left fielder Grant Mitchell broke up Case Western Reserve's no-hit bid in the fifth inning, and Wooster beat up the Spartans' pitching from there, taking full control in a 9-1 game-one win. Wooster's offense kept rolling in game two, as the Fighting Scots chased Spartan starter Kyle Gearding from the game in the first inning on the way to a 13-6 win. Senior right-hander Corey Knauf's (1-0) mix of fastballs and electric offspeed offerings kept CWRU at bay. He set down the side in order in the first, third, and fourth innings and faced just one over the minimum through four frames. Later, Knauf worked out of a sixth-inning jam by striking out CWRU's third and fourth hitters after a Spartan reached third. One of those Knauf struck out was Wooster alumnus Dane Camphausen, playing at CWRU as a graduate transfer. Knauf's final line was one run on five hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts. The hits kept coming and coming in the nightcap, as Wooster sent 13 Scots to the plate in the first inning and had eight runs and nine hits on the board when the side was finally retired. Sophomore Devin Anthony (2-0) was sharp early and managed the game in favor of the Scots. CWRU's Logan Andreyko led all players with five hits (5-for-9). Three of the base knocks went for extra bases.
- Kalamazoo remains undefeated with win over Earlham
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The three hours and nine minutes to begin the Snowbird Classic for Otterbein had about all you could handle Saturday afternoon, as the Cardinals ultimately escaped with a wacky 15-14 upset over nationally-ranked Misericordia (Pa.) to launch spring break. Both teams were knotted 4-4 midway through the game before Otterbein exploded with 11 runs in just two frame, opening a double-digit lead. But the No. 14-ranked Cougars never quit and kept things interesting until the absolute end, plating six runs in the ninth inning before Max McCann tracked down a fly ball to help the Cardinals survive at Centennial Park.
Emory earned a doubleheader sweep over in-state foe Covenant College on Saturday at Chappell Park in Atlanta. Game one of the doubleheader featured a historic day on the mound for Emory hurlers as sophomore Josh Zuckerman and junior Bennett Speicher combined for 18 strikeouts in the 7-2 win, the second-most by the Eagles as a team in a single-game in program history. In the second game, Covenant squandered two leads late as the Eagles walked off with the 8-7 win in extra innings. With the wins, Emory moves above .500 at 7-6 while Covenant falters to 3-7. The two programs will conclude the season series Monday afternoon on Lookout Mountain in the makeup of Friday's rainout.
Shenandoah swept both of their games in day two of the Mr. V Memorial Classic presented by United Bank. In game one, the Hornets took care of Susquehanna 11-2 behind Michael Meyers 6.1 innings pitched. Frankie Ritter went 4-4 with three runs scored and a walk in the first game. In the nightcap, Shenandoah beat Eastern Connecticut State 5-1 behind a complete game, three-hit, one-run, seven-strikeout performance from Jacob Bell. Frankie Ritter went 3-3 to continue his perfect on-base streak for the weekend and with his first hit in game two, Ritter picked up his 300th hit in his career (The DIII Record is 327 hits). Jaime Padilla went 2-4 again with a walk. Matt House also went 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Pearce Bucher picked up a hit in each game as he extended his hitting streak to nine games to start the season.
Nick Struble hit his first career home run and drove in five runs as #14 Rowan exploded for a 22-4 win over Oswego State in a neutral-site game at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Stadium for the Profs' first win of the year. Struble went 2-for-4 with three runs, which included a three-run home run in the fourth inning. Tyler Cannon was 2-for-5 with a home run, Phil Sedalis was 3-for-3 with three RBI, Dylan Maria went 4-for4-4 with four runs and Jason Morgan went 3-for-6 with three runs driven in as Rowan (1-1) pounded 19 hits. Oswego State (0-1) took a 4-3 lead in the second inning, using two home runs and a double off Profs' starter Thomas Sullivan. But that would be the last scoring for the Lakers as Struble hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the third. From there the Profs would score 18 consecutive runs, including six in the fourth with four runs in the seventh and eighth innings, including a two-run single from Kevin Stewart to mark his first collegiate hit.
Bowdoin opened its new era at Pickard Field with a doubleheader sweep of Maine-Farmington on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears exploded offensively for a 13-0 victory. Bowdoin cruised to a 5-1 win in the second game. The series was the season opener for both teams, with Bowdoin sitting at 2-0 and UMF sitting at 0-2. Luca McKerley Coronado went four innings for the Polar Bears in game one and allowed four hits with five strikeouts. Franco Ruocco made his collegiate debut with two innings of work and a pair of K's. Hugh Devine closed out the game with two strikeouts. UMF spoiled the shutout day for Bowdoin with one run scored in the top of the seventh. Rudy Gately pitched six complete shutout innings, fanning four batters. The first-year allowed three hits.
Taking on two nationally ranked teams on the same day, North Central College posted a comeback 4-3 victory over No. 11 UW-Stevens Point before running out of gas in game two and losing 15-7 to No. 10 Denison on Saturday at the Derby City Classic. Jackk Oberli led off the seventh inning of the opener with a walk and advanced to second base on a Vincent Merlo sacrifice bunt. Luke Lehnen delivered a clutch two-out RBI single to plate Oberli and give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead. Duvall held the Pointers scoreless in the seventh before recording two outs in the eight. Head coach Ed Mathey turned the ball over to Lehnen who secured the final four outs of the game by tallying three strikeouts in his appearance to earn the save and secure North Central's 4-3 victory. In the nightcap, Denison fought back in the top of the sixth by scoring four runs to even the game at 5-5 before tacking on two more in the seventh to retake the lead, 7-5. Lehnen hit a leadoff single in the bottom half of the seventh. After moving to second base, John Michael Scumaci hit Lehnen home on a single down the right field line. Jackson Bland put runners on the corners with a single, but the Cardinals could not capitalize on the opportunity and went to the eighth down, 7-6. The Big Red opened the game in the top of the eighth by pushing eight runs across to take command of the contest. North Central added a run in the bottom half of the eight, but it wouldn't be enough as Denison won, 15-7.
Clark University (3-0) opened their spring break trip with a 7-3 victory over Fontbonne (4-5) on Saturday morning from Northeast Regional Park. Fontbonne scored two runs in the top of the sixth before Clark responded as senior Billy Sullivan drove in a run and Ryan Caulfield singled to right, driving in junior Tyler Jones and Brayden Hollinrake as the Cougars took a 5-3 lead. Maxwell Gitlin pitched a scoreless seventh and graduate student Benjamin Spencer came in to pitch a scoreless eighth. Spencer earned the save with a scoreless ninth as Clark came away with a 7-3 win.
Buena Vista opened its spring break trip on Saturday morning and needed a four-run top of the ninth to hold off Grove City, 5-3, en route to its fifth straight victory. Grove City would pull even off reliever Ean McDaniel in the eighth after scoring the tying run on a double play ground out in the bottom of the eighth. In the top of the ninth, Buena Vista took advantage of three Grove City errors to plate four runs and grab a 5-1 lead. McDaniel then was able to work out of a bit of jam in the bottom half despite allowing a pair of unearned runs.
Opening up American Southwest Conference play at 3-0, #8 East Texas Baptist University held off Concordia Texas, 6-4, in game three of the series. ETBU has now won six games in a row and are 9-3 and 3-0 in the ASC. Jacob Sherman started the game going four innings with three strikeouts giving up no earned runs and one hit. Peyton Miller then finished the final five innings for the win allowing five hits and three earned runs. Jacob Evangelista and Austin Barry both had two hits in the game. Barry and Hunter Rumachik recorded two RBI as Brett Wagner and Justin Blancaflor had one RBI. Blancaflor hit his first collegiate home run for his RBI.
Oberlin won both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday night at Berea, taking game one 6-5 before coming alive late in the nightcap to earn a commanding 16-7 victory. Freshman Kyle Baxt's RBI single would tie game one at 3-3 and senior catcher Sean Livingstone would later come through with a clutch two-out two-run double to put Oberlin up by a pair. After shutting down the Pioneers in order in the eighth, rookie reliever Calvin Burkholder ran into some trouble in the ninth but was able to hang on to secure his first-career save. It was a six-run eighth inning that powered Oberlin to victory in the nightcap as the Yeomen sent 10 men to the plate in the barrage.
Willamette jumped out to 6-3 leads in both games and staved off a pair of eighth-inning rallies from Lewis & Clark College to earn a sweep of the Pioneers, 6-3 and 6-3, on the Opening Day of Northwest Conference play. The Pioneers looked to rally in the ninth of game one with a double but closer Brady Joyner recorded a pair of strikeouts in the inning to record the save. Layton Wagner got the win, adding six strikeouts while allowing seven hits in an eight-inning effort. Drew Baskin went 3-for-5 in the opener, driving in two runs. Clint Walker finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI home run. In game two, Steven Verespey earned the win with six strikeouts while scattering three hits in five innings in the start. Dylan Turner came on in relief to add four strikeouts in 2.1 innings of work. Baskin had a hot bat again, going 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI.
Christopher Newport sophomore Brandon Cassedy (3-0) whirled a career-best gem against Wittenberg (3-2) in the second game of two outings for the Captains at the Armstrong Invitational at Methodist University on Saturday, checking into the record books as only the third CNU player to strike out 16 or more in a game. He combined with two relievers to earn a shutout over the Tigers, 4-0, after the Captains rolled to an 11-4 win against Immaculata (3-2) in the opener. The second-year starter struck out a career-high 16 batters over 8.0 innings pitched while allowing just three hits. He joins Austin Chrismon (18 vs. Greensboro on Feb. 24, 2013) and Dwayne Ray (16 vs. Mansfield on March 6, 1993) as the only Captains in the over 1,600-game history of CNU baseball to record 16 strikeouts or more in a game.
Pre-season All-American Christian Homa launched a three-run third-inning home run to spark the Salve Regina University baseball offense and make a winner of Seahawk starter Sean Mulligan (Verona, N.J.) who improves to 2-0 after the 7-3 final against the Huskies of the University of Southern Maine at Bill Beck Field. Mulligan worked six innings and struck out eight while allowing just one earned run. The Huskies (0-1) scored the first run of the game in the top of the third when sophomore Chris Quigley tripled home Jack LeBlond who had led off hit by a pitch. Salve Regina (3-1) responded quickly as Matt D'Amato singled and stole second before Tyler Cannoe walked. Homa's homer was a first-pitch swing. Tyler Petrosino added an RBI triple later in the inning. The Seahawks scored three more runs in the eighth inning highlighted by Michael Breen's two-run homer to right field.
Olivet split two games at the Rantoul Family Sports Complex. The Comets defeated Elmhurst, 14-4, before falling to Lawrence, 21-5. Both games ended after seven innings due to the run-rule. In game one the Blue Jays grabbed the lead with a pair of runs in the fifth but Olivet exploded for six runs in the sixth and five more runs in the seventh for the win. In game two, the Vikings raced out to a 10-0 lead behind three runs in the first, two runs in the second and five runs in the third. Lawrence needed only three hits to plate seven runs in the sixth inning to stretch its lead to 18-2 and the rout was on. Wisconsin Lutheran College came away with a non-conference split on Saturday at Rantoul Family Sports Complex for its first win of the 2024 season. The WLC Warriors fell to Lawrence 16-6 in seven innings in the opener, before putting together an 8-5 victory over Elmhurst in the nightcap.
Behind three shutout innings of relief work from junior Sean Ryan, the Nichols College baseball team came back from 10 runs down to earn a 12-11 win over the LaGrange College Panthers and a split of the doubleheader on Saturday afternoon from Cleaveland Field. The Bison dropped one game 10-4, before responding 12-11. Junior William Nath led all Bison hitters, going 5-8 in the two games and an RBI for the Bison. Graduate Student Jim Marasco continued his hot start with a two run home-run in the second game for the Bison. Ryan earned the win in the second game with 3.0 innings pitched and four strikeouts.
Franklin finished off a weekend sweep of the Hope Flying Dutchmen, taking both ends of a double header at John P. McDowell Field on Saturday. The Grizzlies (4-2) rallied late to take the opener, 6-4. Game two saw the Grizzlies hold off Hope (0-4) by the slimmest of margins with an 8-7 victory. In game one Tysen Lipscomb went 4-for-5 with four runs knocked in to lead all players. Colby Reed scored twice while Cross and AJ Sanders had two hits each. Jackson Young got the start and struck out five over five innings of three-hit ball. Luke Harmon (2-0) took over for the final four innings, scattering four hits to earn the decision. In the nightcap, Franklin got three in the bottom of the inning with a two-run Sean Sullivan single and an RBI single from Garrett DeHart. Franklin blew up for four runs in the fifth with RBIs from Sanders and Dyllan Redmon with two runs also scoring on wild pitches. Cross stretched the lead to 8-3 with and RBI ground out in the sixth, but the Flying Dutchmen fought back with three in the seventh and one in the ninth to get within a run. Sam Peck shut the door on the win, inducing a pop foul that Wallace hauled in for the final out.
St. Olaf began its season by scoring 34 runs in victories over Wheaton (Ill.) and Schreiner on Saturday at Kino Sports Complex. In its season opener, St. Olaf (2-0) put six runs on the board in the top of the first on its way to a 19-2 seven-inning win over Wheaton (0-5). Later in the day, the Oles scored the final eight runs of the game to overcome a 10-7 deficit in a 15-10 victory over Schreiner (3-10). In the two games, St. Olaf tallied 34 runs on 32 hits and had eight multi-run innings. The Oles' 19 runs against the Thunder were the program's most in a single game since a 24-14 win over Macalester College on May 8, 2013.
In a game marked by shifting momentums, first-year pinch-hitter Ryan Tan delivered a two-RBI single in the bottom of the seventh and junior Jake Schilling tossed two scoreless innings and left the tying run stranded at third to close the door as Lycoming College beat Hobart College, 11-10, in non-conference action at Bruggeworth Field on Saturday afternoon. The Warriors (1-6 overall) jumped out with five runs in the first inning and added four more in the third before the Statesman (0-2 overall) notched a nine-run sixth and one-run seventh to take a 10-9 lead. The Warriors responded in the bottom of the inning, as junior Danny DeLucas singled to lead off and first-year Eric MacCluen was hit by a pitch before a throwing error on a bunt loaded the bases. After a strikeout, Tan delivered a single into right center to give the Warriors a 11-10 lead.
No. 20 ranked Marietta came from behind to defeat Berry by the score of 13-8 Saturday afternoon. The Etta Express scored eight runs over the next three innings to get the win. Richter delivered a two-run single in the seventh to start a four-run rally. Ben Kaplin reached on an error that plated two more runs in the seventh. Kaplin drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double in the eighth. Marietta added an insurance run in the ninth when Valentine picked up an RBI on an infield error. Valentine started on the mound for the Pioneers and worked 3.0 innings giving up five runs, three earned, on seven hits. Jared Bees threw 2.1 innings and gave up two runs on two hits. Jacob Rocky (1-1) picked up the win throwing 2.2 innings and allowing one run on one hit. Gabe Torres pitched the ninth.
Halen Otte delivered a walk-off win in game one, Julien Hernandez was dominant on the mound in the nightcap and Whitman delivered a home-opening doubleheader sweep, 6-5 and 17-4, of George Fox in Northwest Conference play on Saturday at Borleske Stadium. Otte was the hero in Whitman's game one victory. After Russell Peterson struck out the side in the ninth inning of a tie game, the Blues came to bat with a chance for a victory in the bottom of the inning. Otte, with the bases empty and no runners on, ripped a Singleton (1-1) pitch over the left centerfield fence for a walk-off home run. Brandon Ting had a massive game for the Blues who never led until their final at bat. Ting had three hits, none bigger than his two-run triple to tie the game in the fourth inning. Beck Maguire recorded one hit and two runs, and Nate Korahais had a hit and a run scored. Hernandez picked up the win in game two, but the story was Whitman's offensive explosion. Mateus Conaway led the way, with his big hit a bases clearing double as part of Whitman's six-run third inning.
Occidental traveled down the 110 to take on Caltech in Pasadena for the Tigers first SCIAC game of the season and earned a 2-1 win. In the bottom of the 1st inning, Declan Sklut came up with a huge strikeout for the second out of the inning with a runner on third before getting a flyout to end the inning and evading trouble on the bases. The Beavers were able to get on the board first in the 3rd inning with an RBI sacrifice fly that made the score 1-0. Oxy would respond in the top of the 4th by taking advantage of Caltech errors and a passed ball to tie the game at 1 apiece. In the 5th, Thomas Munch led off the inning with a single and Nicholas Gonzalez reached on an error to give the Tigers two runners on with nobody out. Lou Martineau had a successful sacrifice bunt to get the runners on second and third with one out and Mason Olson brought in a run with an RBI groundout to give Oxy a 2-1 lead. The game would turn out to be a pitching duel as both starters turned in strong outings and their relievers turned in strong games.