Chapman, ECSU, Rowan wins over past champions

No. 2 nationally ranked Endicott opened its spring break trip to Florida in grand fashion, as the Gulls defeated Webster, 12-2, in seven innings (mercy rule) on Saturday morning.
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The homers and a quality start from Brandon Menzel led Chapman to a 10-3 victory in the series against Cortland. The Panthers improved to 9-7 on the year and avoided the series sweep. AJ Anzai and Kai Osaka launched their third home runs of the season and Trent Turquand went deep for the first time in 2024 in the convincing victory. Anzai and Osaka's home runs came just moments apart as Anzai led off the third inning with a solo shot to right and Osaka followed two batters later with a no-doubt, two-run homer to left. Turquand went 3-for-4 on the day and welcomed a relief pitcher with a three-run home run in the fifth to put Chapman up 7-2. Turquand also had a sacrifice fly in the third for a four-RBI day. While the offense came to life, Brandon Menzel put together a solid start on the mound, tossing seven innings and striking out four. He allowed just two runs on six hits with Cortland scoring on a two-run homer in the fifth.

No. 10 Rowan closed out its Florida trip with a 9-5 win over Southern Maine, as Jason Morgan recorded three hits and the Profs got home runs from Dylan Maria and Joey Bogart. The Profs went 8-1 on the trip and go home with a 9-2 record. Matt Choi (2-0) picked up his second win of the year as he allowed only two hits and one run through five innings, while he struck out a career-high eight batters. Sean Colbert was able to close out the final 1.1 innings for the Profs. Rowan jumped out to an 6-0 lead in the first three innings, but USM wouldn't fold and put together an eighth-inning rally culminating in a grand slam from Douin to pull the Huskies within, 9-5. Sean Colbert gave up one hit in the ninth but was able to keep USM off the board for the Profs' win.

Marietta College's first batter in the bottom of the first inning singled and came around to score an unearned run on a stolen base, error and sacrifice fly. It was not, however a sign of things to come. Not only did it prove to be the Pioneers' only run, but also its only hit as first-year lefty Chris Torre shut them out the rest of the way, until giving way with one out in the seventh to junior righty Matthew Wooton, who stranded the tying and winning runs in scoring position as the Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team won the battle of Division III's premier baseball programs, 2-1, in the third round of the Marietta College/BSN SPORTS Invitational at Pioneer Park. Against Marietta (6-8), Eastern scored all the runs it would need in the first inning, on senior first baseman Ryan Parent's one-out, two-run home run -- his first of the season -- after senior shortstop Zach Donahue drew a walk to open the game. The win in his first start (fourth appearance) is the first in the career of Torres and save the first for Wootton.

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Kean improved to 11-5 with an 11-4 win over Mount Saint Vincent on Saturday afternoon. The Dolphins (3-6) scored in their first at-bat with back-to-back, two out doubles. Kean took the lead in the same inning and didn't look back. The Cougars got ahead 2-1 and added runs in the third, and sixth before Mt. St. Vincent could respond. Mt. St. Vincent added three runs in the top of the ninth with three hits for what would be the final. Nolan Rowan improved to 4-1 on the season with a seven inning performance. He allowed just one run and three hits while fanning 10. Stone led the offense with four RBI while Christian Pellone finished with three.

Plattsburgh State earned the doubleheader sweep over the CCNY Beavers on Saturday, as they had two strong starts and hit five home runs over 14 innings. Kolby Mordecki and Chris Santic each went several innings, earning wins to get the Cards off to a great start on their spring trip. First-year Jonathan Beale homered twice in game one, becoming just the 10th player in program history to homer twice in a single game as he finished 2-3 with two runs scored, 4 RBI, and a walk. First-year Frankie Kowal made his collegiate debut and was excellent, as he was 4-5 on the day in two starts, homering and doubling twice, driving in two runs and scoring four times. Alex Kornblau continued to mash the baseball with his third homer of the year as he was 3-7 in two starts and Kyle Cremin was 4-4 in game one, raising his season average to .478.

Saint John's (Minn.) started its Tucson trip with a 12-6 win over NAIA Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU)-American Indian College on Saturday. The Johnnies (7-4 overall) clubbed eight extra-base hits, including six doubles, and batted .500 (8-for-16) with two outs and .438 (7-for-16) with runners in scoring position on the day. Seven of the team's 11 RBI came with two outs. Senior pitcher Quinn Krueger earned the win with an impressive performance in relief. He allowed two hits and struck out seven in the final 5.2, scoreless innings. Joe Becker and Jordan Amundson both went 3-for-5 at the plate. Becker collected nine total bases, two RBI and three runs scored, while Amundson led the team with three RBI. Freshman Carter Theisen made his second collegiate start and allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits in 3.1 innings for the no-decision.

Sophomore Matt Aber came up clutch for FDU-Florham (7-8, 2-1 MAC Free) in game one of their MAC Freedom doubleheader against King's (5-8, 1-2 MAC Free) with a walk-off single to help secure the conference series win, but the Devils could not complete the sweep as they fell to the Monarchs in game two, 10-3 on Saturday afternoon. Offensively, Tyrus Chippendale totaled four hits in two games with an RBI and a run scored. Brody Donovan, Dylan Hode and Aber all collected three hits on the day. Aber also notched two RBI and two runs scored while Donovan and Hode each batted in a run. In the bottom of the ninth in the opener, Sean Wodell made it home on Aber's walk-off single to right field to secure the 5-4 win for Fairleigh Dickinson. In the second game, King's started off hot with a four-run opening inning and held off the Devils to avoid the series sweep.

William Paterson (4-6) opened the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational with an 8-4 victory over Wisconsin-Superior (5-8). UW-Superior held a three-run lead (3-0) entering the fourth inning before the WP bats got going. A base knock to left by junior Christian Hay made it a one-run game (3-2). In the seventh, WP earneda 4-3 advantage and extended its lead to four (7-3) following a three-run eighth inning. The Yellowjackets plated a run in the bottom half of the eighth, but the Pioneers got it right back in the ninth after Hay ripped an RBI single up the middle to make it 8-4. Senior Darmany Rivas earned his first win of the season after striking out seven batters and allowing just three earned runs in seven innings of work. The Pioneers extended their win streak to three.

The fourth-ranked Salisbury University baseball team put
up a total of 35 runs to win its seventh and eighth games
in a row, sweeping a doubleheader against the Ursinus
Bears, 23-10 and 12-3, on Saturday at Thomas Field.
Salisbury athletics photo by FOTOJOE Photography

Haverford (9-3) defeated Merchant Marine (3-7) by a final score of 8-3 in their eighth and final game at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Fort Myers, Florida. Riley Grohowski was magnificent on the mound, as the junior tossed 6.1 innings, striking out five, allowing two hits and giving up just three runs (two earned) in the quality start. After coming on in the sixth inning for Grohowski, sophomore Ethan Goldstein was able to shut the door on the Mariners, as Haverford claimed a 8-3 victory over Merchant Marine.

Catholic outscored Juniata 22-7, winning game one 9-5 and the second 13-2, across Saturday's doubleheader to open Landmark Conference play with a record of 2-0. The Cardinals have now won five straight dating back to Sunday. Michael Johnson, Sammy Burman, and Jesse Lacefield each had two hits on the day while Lacefield drove in four runs for Catholic. Dante Pozzi drew three walks, moving into third place all-time in Landmark Conference history with 94. A seven-run fifth inning in game two put the finishing touches on the ballgame. With four homers today, Catholic now has 18 homers in 13 games this season. Five different players have multiple while Johnson and Lacefield have three apiece. Six different Cardinals have driven in between 10 and 13 runs in 2024 with Burman leading the way.

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Redlands (9-11, 4-8) lost game one of their SCIAC doubleheader 4-3 at the California Institute of Technology before a great pitching performance carried them to a 3-1 win in game two. After both pitching staffs held the offenses scoreless through four, Mason Chetcuti doubled to right center and brought home Jake Burgess. The Beavers, though, won the game with a three-run sixth. The Bulldog offense managed only three runs once again, but the pitching held the Beaver offense at bay for the third time. Patrick Perez came on for the save in the ninth. Kyler Bacosa started and did not allow a run in four innings, Jack Brown threw one inning and got the win, Nathan Buchan came out of the bullpen and shut the Beavers out for three innings.

Senior Christian Kreiser had two hits and three RBI while junior Zachary Boykin recorded two hits and scored twice as Stevens defeated Lebanon Valley 7-2 Saturday afternoon in a MAC Freedom contest. Sophomore Erik Sibbach (4-1) earned the victory for the Ducks. He went six and two-thirds and gave up just one run on three hits. He also struck out three. Junior Joe Gonzalez pitched 1.1 innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits. Senior Axel Johnson finished the game for Stevens, allowing one hit and striking out one in an inning pitched. The Ducks (8-5, 1-2 MAC Freedom) have now won two straight after losing five in a row. The victory marks the first MAC freedom win of the season for Stevens. With the win, Stevens improves to 1-2 all-time against the Dutchmen. Stevens lost twice to Lebanon Valley last Saturday in Florida. Lebanon Valley fell to 7-6 (2-1 MAC Freedom) with the loss.

Day two of the Adrian Tournament saw No. 6 Denison defeat North Central (Ill.) for the second time this season, this time by a score of 12-3 behind 18 hits and two home runs offensively to go along with 11 combined strikeouts from the pitching staff. In Saturday's matchup, there was no such late inning drama as Denison scored four runs on five hits in the second inning and added two more four-run innings while Peter Lemke (3-0) pitched five innings allowing two total runs, one earned run, two hits, four walks and five strikeouts to earn the victory. Noah Leib finished 4-for-6 with four RBI's while Jack Lutte was 3-for-6 with three RBI's. Steel was 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI's and two doubles while Eric Colaco and Owen Wilson both had two hits as well. Robbie Lee earned a save after pitching the final four innings allowing one run, three hits and one walk to go along with six strikeouts.

Allegheny took a pair of games off Rochester on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Robert M. Garbark Field by scores of 3-0 and 6-5. Both games were close, and the Gators (6-5) saw both sides of the ball lead them to victory. Pitching was the key in the opening game, and a clutch hitting sparked a walk-off in the nightcap against the Yellowjackets (4-8). Brent Herrmann pitched the best game of his career, going the distance in a complete-game shutout. Allowing just two hits, Rochester could barely touch him en route to his second win of the season. The southpaw, who threw 131 pitches in his nine-inning gem, struck out six while leading the Gators to a 3-0 victory in the matinee. In a back-and-forth contest in the nightcap, Allegheny retook the lead in the seventh inning before adding another in the eighth. Rochester answered in their final chance in the ninth, tying the game on a two-run single to right center, which tied the game at 5-all. Brady Nolin sparked the Gator offense in the final frame with a two-out single to right field. In the final at-bat, JD Robinson rifled a fastball to the wall in dead center. On the play, Nolin got a good secondary lead and was able to score from first base, giving Allegheny the win in walk-off fashion.

Keystone wrapped up their time in Florida at the RussMatt Invitational with two wins on Saturday, defeating Gwynedd Mercy 9-4 and Muhlenberg 15-2. Brayan Villar picked up the win on the mound for the Giants after striking out six batters in five innings against Gwynedd Mercy. Nate Ewing went 3-for-4 at the plate and picked up two RBI. He also picked up two stolen bases during the game. Darren Hagan and Bobby Pokorney each crossed the plate twice and each added a double to the scorecard, accounting for two of the only three extra base hits by the Giants in this game. Sean Brennan picked up the win on the mound against Muhlenberg after recording 10 strikeouts and only allowing one earned run in five innings. Nick Gravel added six strikeouts in the last two innings of the game. Robert Estrada went 2-for-3 at the plate and picked up two RBI. Chase Boyle, Hunter Rauch, and Bobby Pokorney each added another two RBI as Keystone strung together a great offensive showing in their 13-run victory. Muhlenberg defeated RIT 10-3 in an earlier game.

Oberlin split a doubleheader at Westminster College on Saturday afternoon, dropping game one 6-1 in seven innings before answering back with a 7-3 victory in the nightcap. Red-hot rookies Brady Groves and Kyle Baxt hit in each game to extend their career-opening hitting streaks to 11 games. In game one, the Oberlin starter was out early and a parade of relievers were unable to contol the Titan offense as Westminster out hit the Yeomen 9-5. The Yeomen pounded out 15 hits in the game-two victory with Groves posting a career-high four hits en route to notching his eighth multi-hit game of the season. Sophomore Liam Rose (1-1) registered his first-career win going seven strong innings, allowing just three runs while sprinkling 10 hits, one walk, and a strikeout along the way. Freshman Micah Rodriguez fanned four and did not give up a hit over the final two innings.

St. Olaf bounced back from a 6-1 loss in game one with an 8-6 victory in game two of its road doubleheader against Wartburg College on Saturday at Harms Stadium at Hertel Field. After being outhit 10-4 by Wartburg (9-3) in game one, St. Olaf (5-6) outhit the Knights by a 13-6 margin in game two, as sophomore Kevin Steel and first year Kieran Haaland pitched the Oles to the split. The game-two victory marked the third time in as many doubleheaders this season that St. Olaf won the second game after losing the opener. Cael Boehmer took a no-hitter into the seventh inning while pitching Wartburg to the win in the opener. Boehmer limited St. Olaf to one run on two hits with no walks and five strikeouts over his 6.2 innings of work before two relievers finished off the victory for the Knights. After Wartburg scored five times in the fourth inning to take a 6-4 lead, St. Olaf held the hosts scoreless over the final five frames and scored the game's final four runs to gain a split. Steel and Haaland combined to limit the Knights to six hits in the game.

Wheaton (Mass.) pitching held Coe to just six hits in a 2-0 shutout victory this morning at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Fla. as part of the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The shutout was the first for Wheaton since a 5-0 win over Babson College on April 29, 2022. The Lyons left nine runners on base, but were able to take advantage of opportunities when it counted in the late innings, scoring a run in the sixth and another run in the eighth. Coe pitching allowed just three hits, but issued eight walks and hit two batters, but managed to escape damage more often than not during the contest.

Trinity (Texas) rallied from an early deficit to earn an 8-5 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference victory over Southwestern on Saturday afternoon. Southwestern took a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but Trinity answered with a five-run home half of the third inning to pull in front. The Pirates tied the game in the next inning, but the Tigers took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth when Nicholas Lazzara hit a two-out homer over the wall in left field. Lazzara finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored and the long ball was his only RBI in the game. Colt Harris was the only other Tiger player with more than one hit in the game, going 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored. Cristian Holloway and Jack Baker drove in two runs each for Trinity. Jack Briese came out of the bullpen in the third inning to earn the win, improving his record to 1-1 this season. He struck out four batters over 2.2 innings before giving way to Jonathan Newman and Trajan Lee. Newman threw 2.1 shutout innings, striking out a pair of batters and giving up two hits. Lee didn't give up a run over the final 1.2 innings to earn his first save of the year.

Thanks to strong pitching and stellar defense, Penn State Harrisburg opened conference play with a doubleheader sweep of United East foe St. Mary's (Md.) on Saturday afternoon, March 16. The Lions held off a late charge to take the opener 4-2 before winning a pitcher's duel 4-0 in the nightcap. Top-notch defense was on full display for Penn State Harrisburg (8-5) in the team's 4-2 victory over the Seahawks (2-7) in Saturday's first outing. Starter Fisher Druck also turned in a strong start to lead the way before Josh Berzonski closed things out. The Lions (9-5) used a sterling outing from starter Kyle Mahady to complete the doubleheader sweep of St. Mary's (2-8) with a 4-0 shutout win in the second outing on Saturday afternoon.

TCNJ finished their spring trip the way they started, picking up another win against Middlebury by a score of 7-2. The Lions (9-0) spent the first four innings scoreless and finally broke through in the fifth. With solid pitching from RHP Ben Amon, LHP Michael Silver, and RHP Joe Ferreri, the Panthers (3-4) could only bring two runs across. The 9-0 start is the best for TCNJ baseball since 2006 when the Lions started off the season 15-0 before losing a game. Ben Amon earned his first win with four hits in seven inning. He walked one and struck out eight.

Montclair State swept Trinity (Conn.) in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Yogi Berra Stadium. The Red Hawks cruised past the Bantams 17-6 in the opener, and claimed a 1-0 pitcher's duel in the second game. Montclair has won 12 consecutive games, which is the longest winning streak since the 2001 season. Their 12-1 record marks the best start through 13 games in program history, surpassing the mark of 11-2 set in both 1966 and 1967. The shutout in game two marked the second of the season for the Red Hawks and first since February 24 against Mount Aloysius. After reaching base safely in each game of the twinbill, Sam Angelo increased his on-base streak to 39 consecutive games, dating back to March 24, 2023. He has tallied a hit in 11 of Montclair's 13 contests this season. Micheal Timberlake finished with a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven innings pitched in game two, marking the most punch-outs by a Montclair pitcher since March 24, 2023, when Pontari recorded 11 against Franklin & Marshall. The game two performance from Timberlake marked the fifth time this season in which a Montclair pitcher recorded six or more shutout innings. He has done it in back-to-back contests.

The York (Pa.) Spartans ran their win streak to eight with a doubleheader sweep of Albright in a MAC Commonwealth doubleheader on a sunny Saturday in York. The Spartans won game one 20-1 and followed that with a tight 4-3 win in the nightcap. York is now 9-1 and 3-0 in the Commonwealth. Albright falls to 3-6 as they are now 0-3 in the league. The Spartans took the drama out of game one early as the Green and White exploded for eight runs in the top of the first to surge out to a big lead. Albright made game two interesting in the sixth as they finally reached Spartan starter Bryce Shaffer, who was cruising coming into the inning. Albright had a chance in the seventh as they had the tying run at third with two outs but Spartan reliever Dillon Michaloski got a strikeout to end that threat. Closer Ethan Kennedy then got a 4-6-3 twin killing to get out of the jam. Kennedy was brilliant in the ninth as he got a pop up, a strikeout and a fly out to shallow right to earn his second save of the year.

No. 23 Arcadia opened Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom play with a heart-stopping 11-10 win over No. 17 Misericordia University at Skip Wilson Field on Saturday afternoon. Misericordia opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first. Justin Massielo tied the score for the Knights in the bottom half when singled home Matt Donchez. The Cougars retook the advantage with two runs in the top of the second. Eli Savitt cut the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the second with a sacrifice fly that scored Gabe Diaz. Misericordia took a 6-2 lead with runs in the third and fifth. Matthew Sot launched a triple in the fifth that brought home Savitt to cut the score to 6-3. Arcadia climbed back to take an 8-6 lead with five runs in the sixth. Anthony Bruno increased the Knights lead to 11-6 in the seventh when he launched a three-run homer that scored Tommy Ajjan and Emilio Pallante. The Cougars crossed the plate four times in the top of the ninth but Arcadia held on for the victory. Jack Dovidio earned the with 4.2 innings of relief, allowing four runs on six hits with two strikeouts and no walks.

Senior Matthew Querey delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the ninth and Scranton (7-2, 1-0 Landmark) topped the Elizabethtown Blue Jays (7-5, 0-1 Landmark) in a 5-4 thriller in the conference opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Boyd Stadium in Elizabethtown. Querey came through with the clutch single that scored pinch-runner freshman Brandon Prince and the Royals held on for the victory. Prince had entered the game to run for sophomore Vincent Napolitano who led off the inning with a single. Sophomore right-hander Logan Mason worked around a two-out walk in the ninth and retired the side for his first save. The game was tied at four apiece in the bottom of the eighth when fellow sophomore Conor Campbell threw out the go-ahead run at the plate in ETown's David Woolley to keep the game tied.

Buena Vista's Jordan Mathewson singled to right center with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Jake Eddie from second, and the Beavers picked up an 11-10 comeback victory over Dominican on Saturday in a game played at Augustana College (Ill.). BVU had fallen to the host Vikings in the opener, 14-4 (8 inn.). BVU trailed 10-8 going to the bottom of the eighth inning before a 1-out RBI double from fifth-year Zack Beekmann scored Evan Taylor. Beekmann later advanced to third on a wild pitch before fifth-year Calvin Harris followed with a sacrifice fly that plated Beekmann and pulled the Beavers even at 10-10. Harris entered the game in relief to begin the ninth inning, and after surrendering a leadoff single and sacrifice bunt, he recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning to set up the dramatic walk-off ending. Eddie singed with one out to get the rally started and then advanced to second on a wild pitch to set up Mathewson's game winner that came on a full count offering. After the Beavers scored a run in the top of the first inning of the opener with Augustana on a Harris RBI single, the Vikings responded and scored three runs in each of the first two innings to build an early 6-1 lead. BVU had cut the deficit to 7-4 after a Beekmann three-run home run in the fifth, but it was all Vikings from there. They went on to score two more in the seventh and five in the eighth to take the game by run-rule.

Brevard (10-7, 3-0 USAS) completed a three-game sweep in the first USA South Conference series of the 2024 campaign, knocking off Southern Virginia University (2-9, 0-3 USAS) 12-10 in game two of the series, followed by a narrow 4-3 victory in the series finale on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Gil Coan Field. The Tornados and Knights played a wild one in the first contest of the twin bill, as the two sides combined for 22 runs on 27 hits. With the game tied 10-10, CP Pyle kickstarted BC's game-winning eight-inning rally with a single, and freshman Easton King fired his first career RBI triple over the right fielder's head, bringing Pyle across as the go-ahead run for the Tornados. In the fional game of the trhree game series, freshman right-handed pitcher Blake Altschuler turned in the most impressive performance of his young career, hurling a gem of eight innings with five strikeouts, allowing seven hits and two runs. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Matthew Evans earned the save, working an inning and closing the door following a late SVU rally.

Hobart split a doubleheader at McDaniel this afternoon. The Green Terror took the opener 6-3, but the Statesmen bounced back for a 5-1 win in Game 2. Sophomore Will Jones delivered a 2-run single in first game and added a sac fly in the second game. Senior Ty Gallagher went 2-for-5 on the day with an RBI. On the mound, Trevor Kimball, Ryan Stewart and Nicholas Franceschi scattered six hits and allowed just a single run. The Statesmen took an early lead but the Green Terror tacked on single runs in the third and fourth to take a 3-1 lead. Hobart tied the score in the fifth only to see McDaniel reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the frame with three runs. Conor Henderson nailed down the save with two scoreless innings, but not before the Statesmen brought the tying run to the plate in the top of the seventh. First-year Ryan Stewart made his Hobart debut in relief, facing one over the minimum in two innings of work, allowing just a single walk and handing a 5-1 lead to Franceschi in the ninth, who allowed a leadoff single and then struck out the next three to wrap up the win. "I'm very happy with the way we bounced back," said Hobart head coach Brad Cook. "Our offense had runners on all game and were able to put up the crooked number in the 4th. Christian and Nate continue to set the table for us. Trevor built off of last week's great start to earn the win and Ryan and Nick gave us the three zeros out of the pen that we needed."

Seven and a half hours of competitive, high level ODAC baseball transpired at McBane Field on Saturday afternoon as Guilford took No. 1 Shenandoah University to the brink, going toe-to-toe with the top team in the nation for 12 innings then falling in the 13th frame in game one, 4-1, before they finished the job with a 23-22, sunlight-shortened, upset victory in the second game. Marcello Ricigliano pitched excellently in game one, going the first 9.0 innings allowing just one run on seven hits and three walks to a SU squad that was averaging over 11 runs per game coming in, although he did not factor into the decision. Neither did Shenandoah starter Jacob Bell who threw the first 8.0 innings allowing one run on eight hits and two walks, fanning seven. The pitching decisions fell to the bullpens with Chase Wade being on the wrong end of things after allowing 3 unearned runs across the final 4.0 innings. He allowed one hit and two walks, striking out three to fall to 1-1. Anthony Arrichiello got the win improving to 1-0 after throwing 2.0 innings of scoreless baseball. There was not much offense to be found in the first contest but plenty in game two. The night cap could not have been more different with 45 runs being put on the scoreboard between the two clubs, and a lot of big offensive days as a result. In a performance that on any other day would be the headline, Michael Sumner collected five hits, the most by a Quaker since 2017 and among them a long ball on his way to three runs scored and five batted in. As madness unfolded in the top of the ninth, the Hornets picking up nine runs to draw within one. With things teetering on the brink, Guilford got a little assist from mother nature as they might as well award a save to the sun as the contest was called due to darkness at 23-22.

No. 3 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace defeated Adrian by a score of 15-5 in a non-conference game at Nicolay Field. BW (11-3) batted through the lineup in the first inning for four runs and never looked back as the Brown and Gold scored four in the third, three in the fourth, and one in each of the last four frames to tie a season-best in runs while holding Adrian (7-5) quiet despite 12 hits on the day. Brandon Gelpi had a career-best four hits and three RBI in six trips to the plate while adding a stolen base. Sophomore designated hitter Trent Bucy went 2-for-3 with a walk. Senior right-hander Vince Dolcemaschio got his second win of the season after throwing five innings and striking out five batters. Freshman right-hander Matt Moscarino was called in to close the final four innings allowing only two runs on four hits with two strikeouts.

For the second time in as many games Bethel picked up a win over a top-10 ranked team. Following a win over No. 10 Rowan on Friday, the Royals beat last year's World Series runner ups and No. 9th- ranked Johns Hopkins Saturday afternoon, 18-8. Matthew Carlsen led the way going 6-for-7 at the dish with four runs and five RBIs. The six hits matched a career-high mark. His three-run homer in the sixth and RBI singles in the eight and ninth put it out of reach for the Blue Jays. Getting the win was Jordan Axberg (2-0) after tossing five scoreless innings of relief. He gave up three hits, walked two and struck out four. Carlsen drove in five of the Royals nine unanswered to close the game.