Alvernia (10-9, 3-3) secured the 2-1 series victory over Hood (12-6, 3-3) after taking games two and three of the series in a MAC Commonwealth doubleheader Sunday afternoon in Angelica Park. The Golden Wolves took game one 6-5 and then secured the series with a 15-4 victory in seven innings in the second game of the day. Alvernia athletics photo by Marisa Lombardo

Mount Union swept Marietta, 1-0 and 6-5, and shut out the Pioneers in a game for the first time in program history at Rafeld-Rogers Field on Sunday in both teams' Ohio Athletic Conference opener. The programs first played each other in 1971 and the second game of the doubleheader on Sunday was the 93rd meeting between the two squads, and just the Purple Raiders' 12th win all-time vs the Pioneers. In game one, junior Zachary Breeden pitched a 9-inning shutout to improve to 1-1 on the season. Breeden only allowed five hits and tied his season high with nine strikeouts. Mount Union (14-4, 2-0 OAC) scored the lone run of the game in the sixth when graduate Zack Mazza scored on a wild pitch. Mount won, 1-0. In the nightcap, the Raiders were down 5-3 heading into the bottom of the eighth. Freshman Luke Ickes brought home Mazza, followed by freshman Christopher Maurer scoring the game-winning runs with a two-run single to go ahead 6-5 - the final score. Freshman Chase Mayer earned the win after coming in for 2.1 innings of relief, improving to 2-0. Mayer only gave up one run (none earned) off two hits and struck out two.

Salve Regina cruised to a 15-5 win at "home" against the visiting Bears of Bridgewater State University on the artificial turf of another Bears' home facility Sunday afternoon - Brown University's Attanasio Family Field at Murray Stadium - in non-league action. The Seahawks (13-1, 0-0 NEWMAC) used a 10-run fifth inning to put the game away. After taking the early 1-0 lead on a Christian Homa homer in the bottom of the first, Salve Regina trailed 3-1 when the Bears (5-6, 0-0 MASCAC) got a two-run triple from Mathew Pigeon in the top of the second. Cam Jones later singled in Pigeon for the Bears. Homa had four RBI on the day from four different at bats. The Seahawks scored 10 runs in the fifth on four hits including three bases-loaded walks and a hit-by-pitch with the sacks full. Starter Sean Mulligan went five innings and improved to 4-0 on the season.

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UW-La Crosse finished off a three-game series sweep with a 13-7 win on Sunday over Washington University in St. Louis. The Eagles would bat around in the first inning as they scored five runs on four hits and two errors to sert the tome for the day. Offensively, UWL finished with 13 runs on 17 hits and five walks. Jack Olver led the Eagles going 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. Isaiah Katz (1-2) earned the win going 6.0 innings and giving up three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five. Miles Quemuel-Labrador (1-1) suffered the loss for the Bears as he allowed six runs (three earned) on eight hits and four walks while striking out three.

Pomona-Pitzer took the season series against Occidental as they completed one game of their doubleheader with a 9-3 victory with game three being postponed for another day. The Sagehens were led by William Kinney who went 4-5 with a run scored and three RBI in the win. Isaac Kim went 3-6 in the win while Greg Pierantoni, Nate Jakobs, Jackson Fleming, and George Nahabedian all had two hits apiece. Hannoh Seo got the start and picked up the win to improve to 5-0 on the year with five innings pitched, one run given up, and five strikeouts. Eric Prough came in relief for three innings while William Wallace ended the game with one.

Dominican played a non-conference game against North Park and won 7-3. Dominican started in the right direction by getting 3 runs in the first inning. Freshman Quinton Schwartz hit his first collegiate homerun that brought home 3 runs for the Stars. The score would remain 3-0 until the top of the 6th inning when the Vikings got on the board. Scoring a run on 3 hits. DU would answer back quickly putting up a big number in the bottom half of the 6th. Senior Anthony Nalbono got the scoring going with an RBI single to right field. Junior CJ Kalekas had a big two out hit to center field, that drove in 2 runs. Sophomore Zach Helein brought in the last run of the inning on an RBI single to left field. North Park would not go away though scoring 2 runs in the top of the 8th on a hit. Senior Joey Haslam shut the door in the 9th, not allowing a runner. Freshman Ty Phillips got his first collegiate start and delivered in a big way. Phillips pitched 6 innings only allowing one run, and picked up 2 strikeouts. Phillips got his first win on the year.

Mitchell freshman Chas Terni Jr. finished 4-4 with four RBI and one run scored on Sunday afternoon, helping power the Mariners past Norwich 8-2 in a GNAC battle at Alumni Field. The four runs driven in are a collegiate career-high for Terni Jr., whose bases clearing double to right-center in the third inning broke open a 3-1 game. Sophomore Adam Vartanian also recorded four hits and scored one run, while senior Angel Galindez went 3-5, driving in one run and scoring twice. Thai-ler Sestokas got the start for the Mariners and turned in three innings of two hit ball, surrendering just one run and striking out four. Junior righty Nicholas Strojny came out of the bullpen to pick up his first win of the season, allowing just one run and four hits across six innings of work, walking one and striking out four.

John Jay overcame a four-run setback to score seven runs in their half of the fifth inning to defeat the Farmingdale State College Rams, 7-6, in game one of Sunday's doubleheader. In the nightcap, both teams produced three hits apiece with the Rams getting a timely sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth as the Bloodhounds fell by a 1-0 count. The John Jay baseball team withstood a four-run deficit by Farmingdale State to rally for seven runs in their half of the fifth to hold on for a 7-6 victory in game one of Sunday's doubleheader. In game two, FSC sophomore pitcher Derek Watts (W, 7.0 IP, 8 SO, 3 H) tossed a complete game shutout in the second game to lead the Rams to a 1-0 victory.

Elijah Maris and Hunter Klingelhoffer blasted two home runs each and combined for 10 RBIs in Linfield's 13-2 series finale victory against Lewis & Clark on Sunday afternoon at Jerry Gatto Field. Jacob Swenson pitched a career-high seven innings to earn his fourth career win. All but one of the starting lineup for Linfield came across to score. Tyler Marr also hit a solo home run while Trent Wainfeld added an extra-base hit. Swenson (4-2) struck out seven batters while only giving up one earned run. The 'Cats feasted on Lewis & Clark's pitching totaling 10 hits. Klingelhoffer led all hitters with three hits.

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy had its best offensive day of the season by scoring 35 runs in doubleheader sweep versus the Lehman Lightning at SUNY Maritime's Reinhart Field on Sunday. With an 18-1 win in Game 1 and a 17-3 victory in Game 2, USMMA improved to 6-8 while the Lightning dropped to 0-8 in defeat. Game 1 saw the Mariners pound out a season-high 18 runs on 15 hits as the bottom of the lineup led the way. Senior Brice Garner drove in a career-high three runs out of the seven-spot including a two-run double. The eight and nine hitters freshmen Ricardo Olivares and Landon Troutt drove in two runs apiece as bottom three in the Mariners' lineup batted in seven runs. Like Game 1, the Mariners offense clicked all the way around in Game 2. Junior Jack Millen contributed three RBIs on the strength of an RBI double and two-run double. Every Mariners starter drove in at least one run in the doubleheader as the offense grinded out 32 hits and 32 RBIs.

Shane Stossel had another big day for Lebanon Valley, launching a three-run home run and recording his 100th career hit during the club's doubleheader against DeSales on Sunday at McGill Field. The Dutchmen battled valiantly in the twin bill but dropped the matchups by scores of 13-9 in eight innings and 9-0. Lebanon Valley athletics photo by Julie Beidler

No. 3 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace team opened Ohio Athletic Conference play with a doubleheader sweep against Ohio Northern University by scores of 7-5 and 9-2 at Wander Field. BW (15-3, 2-0 OAC) jumped out to a 4-1 lead in Game 1 and held on to victory despite four more Ohio Northern (6-10, 0-2) runs. The second game of the day did not look good early for the Brown and Gold as the Polar Bears scored two in the first frame and held BW scoreless through the fifth. However, a four-run sixth, a three-run seventh, and a run in each of the last two innings would lead the Yellow Jackets to a series sweep.

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Racking up 15 hits and 12 RBIs, George Fox beat the Puget Sound Loggers, 12-7, en route to winning the weekend series. Jared Miller had three hits, two runs, and a double from the leadoff spot. Jeremy Sangalang went 3-5 with 3 RBIs, and Jonathan Stone had two hits, three RBIs and a home run. Carson Coulter led the Bruins in RBIs with four on the day. Starting pitcher Ben Wills picked up the win, throwing 5 innings with two strikeouts. "Any series win on the road in this conference is tough," Bruin skipper Kevin Kopple said, "We got off to a good start and were able to add on early for a good team win."

Adrian competed in a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Wittenberg. The Bulldogs came away with a two-game sweep taking game one of the day by a 5-4 victory followed by a 5-3 win in game two. In the opener, Easton Rogers singled in a run in the fourth inning followed by two runs in the fifth on a Wittenberg error and a passed ball to take a 4-3 lead. Wittenberg tied the game in the sixth before the Bulldogs scored a run in the ninth on another Wittenberg error to win 5-4. In game two, AJ Miranda smacked a two-run homer to buld a lead of 4-0. Wittenberg responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth before Ryan Davis answered with a solo shot in the top of the seventh. Wittenberg homered in the ninth, but came up short giving Adrian a 5-3 victory.

With 11 RBI, junior infielder Frankie Vasquez set a new program single-game NCAA-era record and matched a USA South Conference mark that has stood for 22 years, propelling Brevard College (12-8, 5-1 USAS) to its second-straight USA South series win over Pfeiffer University (8-10, 1-5 USAS). Behind Vasquez's performance, BC won 19-9 in the first game of Sunday afternoon's doubleheader before a 13-8 defeat at the hands of the Falcons. Sunday's doubleheader at Joe Ferebee Field in Misenheimer, North Carolina concluded a slugfest of a three-game series between the Tornados and Falcons. Brevard scored 40 runs to Pfeiffer's 34 over the course of the three-game set. BC capped off its massive win with a four-run ninth inning, as Vasquez set a new program NCAA era record and matched a 22-year USA South Conference single-game record with a two-RBI double, bringing his game total to 11 RBI with a total of four extra-base hits as the Tornados clinched the series with a 19-9 victory. In game two, Pfeiffer used two seperate stretches of scoring five unanswered runs to push itself ahead of the Tornados in the series finale, ultimately taking a 13-8 win to secure the first conference win of 2024 for the Falcons.

Fourth-ranked Salisbury split a doubleheader against the Haverford Fords on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium, dropping the opener 7-4 but salvaging the finale 3-1. The Fords tacked on two more in the top of the fourth to take a 7-1 lead. The Sea Gulls began clawing back in the sixth cutting the deficit to 7-4. That's as close as SU would get, though, as Haverford's Drew Doyle shut the home side down over the final three innings to seal the deal for the Fords.In game two, Salisbury took a 3-1 lead into the ninth. Haverford threatened by putting two runners on, but Brian Wilson made a circus catch in center off a tough Kendrick Curry flyball and Garrett Beaver struck out Pranav Rane to finish the job. Tyler Villa (1-1) pitched one of the best games for a Sea Gull starter this season, allowing one run on six hits in seven innings for his first win of the year. Villa struck out nine batters against no walks on 108 pitches. Garrett Beaver nailed down his first save with an inning and two-thirds scoreless work. Shawn Rosemond got one out as a bridge from Villa to Beaver. Kyle Beach finished 4-for-4 with a solo homer to pace the Fords.

Muhlenberg came back after dropping the first game and in the second game to split a doubleheader with New Jersey City. The Mules (6-10) lost the opener, 4-1, and trailed 3-1 in the nightcap before scoring in three straight innings en route to a 9-6 win. Muhlenberg rapped out 14 hits in the second game, with junior Brendan Hughes going 3-for-3 and sophomore Thomas Pranzo adding a 3-for-4, 4-RBI performance. In the opener Andre Dean sent Muhelnberg down in order in the sixth and seventh innings to seal the complete-game victory. His final line was 7.0 innings with just one earned run on four hits and a walk — he struck out a career-best 11 batters. Senior Ryan Friesen took the loss despite working six innings and allowing only five hits and two earned run.

DePauw opened its spring break trip with a doubleheader against Williams and swept the pair of seven-inning games by scores of 14-0 and 10-4. DePauw improved to 7-6 and the Ephs dropped to 4-5. In the opener, the Tigers limited the Ephs to just three hits and the offense put eight runs on the board in the third, three in the fourth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh. Pearse Riendeau improved to 2-1 after allowing just three hits in six innings while striking out seven with no walks. Nick Skiera dropped to 0-2. In the second game, DePauw scored three in the first before Williams took the lead with a four-run fourth. The Tigers responded with a seven-run fifth and held on for the win.

Widener secured a 10-9 road win on Sunday, as they defeated the Stevenson University Mustangs. Alex Savkov, Nick Barenz, and Brendan Raven each had two runs. Savkov also led the Pride with two hits and three RBIs. Sean Curran started five innings on the mound. In 28 batters faced, he struck out two.. Neither side made a serious threat to score in the seventh and entered the eighth with the Pride holding a 9-8 lead. After trading runs in the eighth, Widener made a solid defensive play in the eighth that allowed them to hold the lead. A scoreless ninth gave Widener the win.

With a run-scoring wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth, No. 22 Christopher Newport walked it off, 3-2, against Piedmont (12-8) on Sunday afternoon, taking two of three in the series and improving to 13-6 on the season. Rookie Aaron Maxie represented the game-winning run for the Captains after Dylan Weber and a pair of relievers highlighted another dominant pitching performance for the CNU staff. Maxie reached on a lead-off walk in the bottom of the ninth in his first plate appearance of the game. Coming on as a defensive replacement in the top of the 8th, Maxie stepped to the plate to start the ninth and worked a walk on five pitches. That would bring on the Division III leader in saves, Braden Simms, out of the bullpen, but the Captains manufactured the run-scoring chance. Also facing his first pitch of the afternoon, Justin Liakos laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move Maxie up 90 feet. Then, after fouling off three pitches including one that just barely didn't sneak inside the bag for a game-winning hit, Scott Crosson delivered a groundball to the right side that pushed Maxie another 90 feet closer. The drama did not have a chance to build with two out and a runner on third as the first pitch of the at-bat to Josh Reinhold would hit the dirt and skip by the Piedmont catcher to allow Maxie to sprint home for the game-winning score. The win was credited to Kyle Lewis (1-0), who earned his first victory after a dominant ninth inning on the hill. He struck out two of the three batters he faced while adding a pop fly to left field for a quick 1-2-3 frame. It came just moments after another veteran CNU reliever, Danny Checkosky, had an even more efficient relief appearance in the eighth. Checkosky retired the side in order on four pitches with a fly ball to center and back-to-back groundballs to third base.

Berry completed the series against SAA opponent, Birmingham-Southern taking the series 2-1 with a 10-7 victory. Viking freshman Aubrey Moraitakis notched his first career victory on the mound, leading Berry's stride by clinching the three-game baseball series against No. 18 Birmingham Southern in a 10-7 rubber match on Sunday afternoon. The hurler threw five complete innings consisting of four strikeouts, two hits, and only one earned run against the ranked foe. BSC would stage a late-game resurgence, but the Vikings would hold on to clinch the series title.

Skidmore got stellar pitching in posting a pair of shutouts over Bard College, 4-0 and 6-0, and sweeping a doubleheader from the Raptors in Liberty League play. The Thoroughbreds have now won four straight games and improve to 8-6 overall and 3-0 in the conference. Bard drops to 4-9 and 0-3. IN the opener, freshman righthander Chase Siegel had nine strikeouts while allowing only three hits, no walks, and no runs in 7.0 innings and combined with Christian Giresi on the shutout. Giresi struck out two with two hits allowed in the final 2.0 innings. Siegel, who did not allow the Raptors a base hit until the sixth inning, is now 2-0. In the nightcap, Skidmore starter Ethan Barnett allowed no runs and six hits with four strikeouts and no walks over 7.0 innings. The junior righthander is now 2-0. Cal Champeau struck out three in 2.0 innings to earn his first save of the season.

The 14th-ranked Trinity (Texas) Tigers finished off a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend with a resounding 14-1 win at Schreiner University on Sunday afternoon. Despite the high score, Trinity only plated runs in two different innings. The Tigers scored four times in the second inning to take a 4-0 lead, then added 10 runs in the sixth to blow the game wide open. Schreiner's only run came in the third, and the Mountaineers were also held to just four hits in the game. Four different Trinity players had two hits in the game, with Maddox McDonald leading the offensive charge by going 2-for-3 with three runs scored and four RBI. Kai Tinker was 2-for-2 with three runs scored and two RBI, while Jack Baker was also 2-for-2 with two RBI and one run scored. Jack Peterson had two hits and two RBI with a run scored, and Korson Hastings finished with three runs scored. Cristian Holloway also scored twice. Michael Boeke picked up the win and improved his season record to 2-2, allowing just one run on four hits through 6.1 innings on the mound. He also notched seven strikeouts in the game. Jonathan Newman came on and got the final two outs to close out the Tiger victory.

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Penn State Harrisburg extended its recent win streak to nine in a row with a 5-3 victory over Stevens on Sunday afternoon. Carlos Irizarry homered, scored two runs, and drove in two more to lead the way at the plate, while starter Fisher Druck picked up the win and reliever Josh Berzonski earned the save. Druck allowed just one run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings of work. Berzonski secured his second save of the spring, striking out four and surrendering just two hits and a walk in three innings of relief. The victory was Penn State Harrisburg's ninth in a row.

Catholic grabbed a 5-2 victory over Susquehanna in game one of Sunday's twin bill, but its late-inning effort in game two wasn't enough to secure a sweep. The Cardinals fell in game two to the River Hawks, 4-3. Catholic opened up Sunday's doubleheader with a 5-2 victory over Susquehanna, evening up the series at 1-1. Logan Eilbacher and Roman Tozzi were outstanding to lead Catholic as it picked up win number 12 in 2024. Eilbacher had his best showing yet at the plate, roping two doubles and driving in a career-best three runs. Eilbacher drove in Catholic's first two runs, putting the Cardinals ahead 2-1 in the top of the second. He later pushed the lead to 4-2 with an RBI double in the top of the sixth. Sunday marked the first multi-RBI game of the freshman's young career. In game two, Catholic would successfully tie the game in the ninth but lost the game in the bottom of the inning. Brendan Martin retired the first two batters of the ninth inning before issuing an intentional walk to Tony Rossi. He then issued two more free passes and Rossi would go on to score on a game-ending error.

Lynchburg swept Washington and Lee at home on Sunday capped off by a walk-off walk from Joe Gordon for a 12-11 win. Lynchburg also won the first game of the day in comeback fashion 9-8. Lynchburg trailed by five after the top of the fourth in Game 1 but forced a tie by the bottom of the inning. Lynchburg scored five runs in the fourth as Gavin Collins had the game-tying hit, scoring Eric Hiett. After Washington and Lee responded in the fifth, Logan Webster collected the go-ahead and eventual game-winning home run with a two-run shot in the sixth. His first home run of the year put Lynchburg up 9-8. That lead held thanks to scoreless relief appearances from Nathaniel Mack and Colin McGuire. In Game 2, the Hornets jumped out to a six-run lead by the end of the second inning. Washington and Lee battled back scoring three in the eighth and four in the ninth seemingly spoiling Lynchburg's Sunday at home. However, Lynchburg mounted its second comeback of the day. Joe Gordon worked a bases-loaded walk to walk it off against the Generals. Domenic Rowlands closed out the top of the ninth and earned his third win of the year on the walk-off.

Rider Gordon hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Claremont-Mudd-Scripps a 6-5 win over Chapman in the final game of a three-game series on Sunday at Hart Park. The home run capped off an unusual weekend of schedule adjustments due to rain, which saw CMS play Pacific Lutheran on Sunday in the morning in the middle of the Chapman series, which the Lutes won 4-3. Chapman won the series opener on Friday 11-9, and then defeated CMS 12-0 yesterday in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader at Pomona-Pitzer. The second game of the Chapman doubleheader was moved to the turf field at Hart Park on Sunday, and the regularly scheduled Sunday game with Pacific Lutheran at Azusa Pacific was shifted to Hart Park as well. The Stags were close to suffering a three-game sweep to the Panthers, as they trailed 5-3 going into the bottom of the ninth. Tyler Shaw led things off with a walk to bring the tying run to the plate, and Bryce Didrickson was hit by a pitch to put two runs on and nobody out. Gordon then followed with his first career homer, driving a ball over the left field fence to give the Stags the dramatic win.

Randolph-Macon extended its win streak to five in a sweep of an ODAC doubleheader, 7-3 and 14-1, with Guilford on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Colin Casey earned the game one win, going 5.0 innings with four hits, one run, one walk and one strikeout to level his record at 1-1. Senior Patrick Routsis earned his first save of the season, allowing two hits and fanning eight over the final four innings. RMC blew game two open with eight in the fourth. Senior Drew Ramos was the starter and winner, going five innings with three hits, one run and four strikeouts to raise his record to 3-0.

Allegheny won a pair of conference games, 8-2 and 19-2, versus Franciscan \in their first Presidents' Athletic Conference games of the season on Sunday. The Gators (9-5) had both sides of the ball working for them, outscoring the Barons (2-9) 27-4 in the series. Brent Herrmann (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield) followed up his complete game shutout last weekend with another quality performance today. The southpaw went 7.0 innings, surrendering two runs on six hits, while striking out five. He rarely found himself in trouble, but when he did he escaped danger or limited the damage en route to his third victory of the season. Rolling the hot bats into the nightcap, Allegheny crushed the Barons' pitching staff, racking up 23 hits, highlighted by a 10-run fourth inning before the game ended early due to a mercy rule.

Graduate student right-hander Hunter Ralston tossed eight innings of one-run ball in game one and junior Jake Elston tallied three hits and three RBI in game two as Scranton (11-3, 5-1 Landmark) swept a doubleheader from the Lycoming Warriors (4-14, 1-6 Landmark) on Sunday afternoon at Volpe Field in Scranton. The Royals took game one by a score of 4-2 and won the nightcap 8-4. Ralston struck out a career-high eight batters in his eight innings of work and the Royals notched the 4-2 victory in game one. The Duryea, Pa., native allowed one run on five hits while walking one and fanning eight over 8.0 IP, which matched a career-high. Ralston's eight strikeouts surpassed his previous career-high of seven that had been set on two occasions.