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| Jason Morgan and Pat Defeciani each homered, and Tyler Cannon and Karson Harcourt had three hits each as #18 Rowan held off a late rally by Rutgers-Camden to take a 9-8 win in the second game of the NJAC baseball series. Rowan wins its second straight to improve to 15-8 and 3-5 in the conference. Rowan athletics photo by Atena Mojibian |
Minnesota Morris came away with a win in the first game of its series against the Martin Luther College Knights. With the wind blowing into the plate, this game was lower scoring than last weekend at Chizek Field but the Cougars broke away in the middle innings for a 13-5 win. With this win the Cougars move to 10-12 (5-2 UMAC) heading into the second day of games this weekend. The score was 4-4 heading into the fourth before Gilchrist pitched a 1-2-3 inning with the help of his teammates. This set the Cougars up to take control of the game in the bottom of the fourth. Another three at-bat inning from Martin Luther kept the Cougars at a comfortable distance heading into the bottom of the fifth, where Meuser and McGie both earned their second runs of the day and Straumann picked up another RBI. The Knights scored their last run of the day in the top of the seventh, getting the score up to 10-5 heading into the eighth inning of play. The last three runs came for UMN Morris in the bottom of the eighth from Ashton Pauly, Nelson, and McGie to solidify the Cougar lead.
Cairn University took on Saint Elizabeth University at FDU-Florham on Friday afternoon, holding off the Eagles' comeback to force extra innings and win 7-6 in 10 innings. In the eighth, Saint Elizabeth added two more on two singles as the Highlanders headed to the ninth inning ahead 6-4. The Eagles hit back-to-back doubles to lead off their last turn at bat, driving a two RBI single up the middle to tie the game. Cairn was able to stand the winning run on second base to force extra innings. In the tenth, Sam Spadea led off with a go-ahead solo home run to left field, putting Cairn up 7-6. That would be all the Highlanders would need as sophomore righty Greg Jessup would sit the Eagles down in order to take the 7-6 win for the Highlanders.
In a roller coaster of a game, Piedmont emerged victorious with a walk-off win over Covenant 6-5 in the tenth inning. Braden Simms entered to close out the contest earning the win allowing just one hit to the seven batters he faced. In the ninth, neither team could manage much as Simms worked a 1-2-3 inning while Piedmont stranded one. Simms allowed a single to lead off the 10th inning but stranded the runner at second after a sac bunt, strikeout and ground out to first. The Lions capitalized in the home half after back-to-back hit by pitches to have two aboard with no outs for Mac Barton. Barton reached on an error by the pitcher on an attempted sac bunt that was fielded and skied past first and the Lions secured the victory.
In its home opener Northland College walked off the University of Northwestern 3-2 in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference play Friday afternoon in Ashland, Wis. Senior Zach Ross drove home the winning run with a shot to center field. Northland improved to 5-14 on the season and 2-7 in the UMAC and Northwestern fell to 10-15 and 7-4 in the conference. This is the LumberJacks' first home win since May 11, 2022. UNW knotted the game up in the eighth after an RBI single to left field. Peyton Solberg was called upon in the eighth with the bases load and two outs. The Junior got out of the jam with a fly out to left field. Tyler Murphy drew a walk as the lead-off man. A fielder's choice and error put the runners on the corners. Luke Maxwell hit into another fielder's choice that got the lead runner. Matt Simpson loaded the bases with a single for Zach Ross. Ross battled in the count and eventually drove the ball to center field where it fell for a hit and the win for the Jacks.
Redlands (17-14, 9-10) erased a 6-1 deficit as they defeated Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS), 8-6, Friday afternoon at The Yard. Down 6-2 in the seventh, Gabriel Ceja started the comeback trail for the Bull Dogs. In the bottom half of the eighth, Cade McClelland pinch hit to face a righthander for CMS and was hit by the pitch. CJ Brown also pinch hit and was hit as well. That brought Ceja to the plate, and he singled through the five-six hole to drive in pinch runner Luke Hanson. Defensive replacement Mason Chetcuti tied the game on a single to shortstop and CJ Brown came around from second as the Stags committed another error. Pinch hitter Patrick Perez was the third hit batter and proceeded De Vries who gave the Bulldogs their first lead, 8-6, on a two-run single. In the ninth Perez came on and got a fly out and strike out, but the Stags did not go away as they had a double into center field before drawing a walk to put the tying runners on base. Perez, though, would get the next CMS batter to ground out as he got his fourth save of the season.
St. Joseph's University (L.I.) extended their win streak to 14 and remain unbeaten in Skyline Conference play with a pair of wins against Yeshiva University at Gregg Alfano Field on Friday afternoon. The Golden Eagles cruised to a 17-0 win in game one before taking the nightcap 22-2. In the opener, junior Jordan Ramlogan went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored. Sophomore Joe Hackal was also 3-for-3 all doubles knocking in three runs while scoring three. Reliever Dante Morabito picked up his second win of the season allowing just one run on two hits with four strikeouts in 3.2 innings of relief. Game two was more of the same. Freshman Scott Northrop went 4-for-5 at the plate with three RBIs and three runs scored to lead the Eagles.
SUNU New Paltz traveled to upstate New York Friday, taking on SUNYAC foe Oneonta for a three game weekend series with a double header on Red Dragon Baseball Field. The Hawks (14-9 overall) looked to ride on the momentum of Wednesday's walk off win against Manhattanville. The momentum however slowed in Game 1 as the Hawks fell 6-3. SUNY New Paltz got back on track in Game 2 with hot hitting by Fabian Apicella and using only two pitchers in the 6-2 victory.
Cornell is most dangerous when cornered. The Rams proved it again Friday with a wild 19-14 comeback win over Marian at Herr-Baker Field. The Rams rallied for eight runs with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to snatch the nonconference slugfest, which witnessed 34 total hits between the teams. It marked the third game this week that Cornell (12-11) came back from a ninth-inning deficit to win. Sophomore Jack Rogers had a career day at the plate, capped by a two-run ground-rule double that pushed Cornell ahead 15-14 in the ninth. The Rams had trailed 14-5 through five innings. Rogers finished 5-for-5 with two extra-base hits and a whopping seven RBIs to lead the Rams, who piled up 20 total hits and scored 12 runs over the final three innings. Rogers, who entered with only 16 at-bats this season, tripled home two runs in the eighth. The comeback was made possible by an impressive relief outing from junior right-hander Vince Tinajero, who tossed four scoreless innings to finish the game. Tinajero earned the win in his first pitching appearance of the season.
Johns Hopkins hosted Swarthmore in Centennial Conference action Friday afternoon, hitting four homers — the Blue Jays' second-most at home this season — en route to a 9-4 win to complete the regular season sweep of the Garnet. Tyler Sugrim — who entered the game in the fourth — put together a gem on the mound in relief, allowing just one hit over the next three frames while a Whitney long ball made it a two-score game at 5-3. Swarthmore finally broke the scoreless drought in the seventh when a fielder's choice scored Matthew Silvestre to make it a one-run game once again, but it was Hopkins stringing together its best inning at the plate to pull away. Matthew Cooper opened the seventh with a rocket to right center to make it 6-4 before Jacob Harris took one off the knee, putting a runner on with one out. The sophomore stole second after Jake Siani went down swinging, with Whitney's second double of the game bringing Harris home. Whitney then switched places with Cyr following the senior's rifle down the right field line to double up the Garnet, with a throwing error on the ensuing at bat bringing Cyr home and putting the Blue Jays up five. Thomas Cancian entered Friday's game in the eighth and continued the trend of excellent pitching out of the bullpen, tossing two shutout innings without allowing a single hit to secure the 9-5 victory and series sweep.
In a game originally scheduled to be played at home, New Jersey City University made the best of things by simply winning on the road for the second straight day. NJCU fell behind early to Rutgers-Newark at Weequahic Park on Friday, April 12, but came back to take the lead and held on for the 5-2 victory. The Gothic Knights took two from the Scarlet Raiders in back-to-back days, sweeping the season series for the first time since 2018. This one once again featured a stellar pitching performance for NJCU (8-15, 3-5 NJAC) as the Gothic Knights got a flawless start from junior Andre Dean. The righty tossed 6.0 innings with eight strikeouts and allowed two runs on four hits for his team-leading third victory of the season over his six starts so far. Additionally, in his first relief outing of the season, sophomore righthander Dom Yarson came out of the bullpen to throw 3.0 one-hit scoreless innings, striking out three batters to record the first save of his collegiate career.
The University of La Verne racked up 16 hits and rolled to a 12-4 win over Cal Lutheran in their series opener Friday afternoon. Nathan Perry led the Leopards with four RBIs in a 3-5 outing at the plate. He extended La Verne's lead to 6-0 in the second with a two-run single that scored Ryan Vosika and Logan Corthell. He capped off La Verne's scoring with a single that scored a pair in the fifth. The Leopards have totaled 15 or more hits in seven games this season. La Verne entered the game with a .336 team batting average, 16th best in NCAA Division III.
Texas Lutheran shut out the rival No. 14 Trinity Tigers, 5-0, behind a complete game shutout from Brendan Beard Friday night at Trinity Baseball Field in San Antonio. The Bulldogs (19-11, 8-5 SCAC) extended their win streak to eight games, scoring five runs on eight hits with Beard's gem on the mound. Beard, last week's SCAC Pitcher of the Week and a candidate to win it again this week, was stellar from start to finish in his second consecutive complete game. Beard would strand 12 Tigers base runners in his shutout effort that saw him toss 161 pitches - 100 for strikes - striking out four and walking a trio to improve to 5-0 on the season. Over his last two starts, Beard has thrown 19 innings, allowing one run on eight hits while striking out 13 on 286 pitches. San Antonio native Aric Vasquez went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored. Adam Peavy went 1-for-5 with three RBI, while Chance Greene went 2-for-5 with a run scored. Carson Draehn went 1-for-3 with the other RBI.
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| Hood, led by Cameron Day's multi-homer day scores the most runs in a conference game in program history against Eastern earning the shutout 20-0. Day went 4-for-5 with two homers including a grand slam, three runs scored, and seven RBIs. Day broke multiple program records on the day. Hood athletics photo by Craig Chase |
Kean University used the long ball to push past #12 Montclair State University by the final of 12-6 on Friday afternoon. Tied 3-3 entering the seventh, the Cougars blew the game open as Phil Marcantonio and Gianni Marano started things off with back-to-back homers. Later in the inning, Kean had two runners aboard via walks and Christian Pellone brought everyone home with a homer, the third for Kean in the inning to take an 8-3 lead. The Cougars added four more in the eighth to take a 12-3 lead. Rookie Dan Reistle connected on his first collegiate homerun while Rodriguez scored on a miscue. Justin Teixeira and Tyler Stone later recorded RBI singles. Montclair rallied in the bottom of the ninth scoring one, but Noah Rivera was able to work out of the jam with a pop up and groundout.
Ramapo College held off a William Paterson University comeback to defeat the Pioneers, 12-9, to sweep the home-and-home NJAC series. The Roadrunners win their 7th straight game and move to 18-8 overall and 7-1 in the conference. The Pioneers fall to 7-19 overall and 2-7 in the league. Ramapo got on the board first in the game when Matt Lalomia belted a three-run home run, his second of the season. In the fifth, Lalomia drove in his fourth RBI with a hard hit single to center as Higgins came around to score, 7-9. WPU added one in the sixth and three each in the seventh and eighth to come within three of tying the game. The Roadrunners were able to get out of the eighth with the lead and hold the WPU offense scoreless in the ninth for the NJAC road win. Jack Martin (5-1) earned the win on the mound for the Roadrunners as he recorded a season high ten strikeouts while he surrendered eight hits and six runs in 6.2 innings of work. Ryan Lasko worked the final 2.1 innings with three strikeouts, no walks and three runs scored on three hits. Lalomia led the way at the plate with four RBI as he finished 2-3 with two runs scored and two walks. Bailey finished 2-4 with two RBI and two runs scored while Donaghue finished 2-5 with two runs scored and one RBI.
Wartburg started the weekend with a 2-1 win over Luther after an 11-inning battle between each team's pitching staff. The win moves Wartburg to 15-10 overall and 6-7 in American Rivers Conference play. Caleb Andrews led off the eleventh with a hit by pitch followed by Wiley Sullivan reaching on an error. Aiden Tobin walked the Knights off with a sacrifice bunt followed by an error by the Norse as Andrews came around to score and the Knights win 2-1 in extras. "I'm just so happy for our team," said head coach Casey Klunder after today's 2-1 extra inning win. "They've worked hard and it hasn't come easy, so I'm just so proud of how they've all stuck to the plan and came away with the win."
Tassos Foster went 3 for 6 with a three-run homer and seven RBIs to lead Willamette University, as the Bearcats pounded North Central College, 18-3, on Friday at Zimmerman Stadium. Foster's three hits were matched by Wyatt Thames, who was 3 of 4, and by Jeff Hoffman, who went 3 for 5. Willamette advanced its record to 20-6, while the Cardinals fell to 8-15. Foster and Thames each scored four runs for the Bearcats, while Carter Stoltz crossed the plate three times. Willamette registered 15 hits. North Central committed seven errors. Willamette played errorless defense. WU starter Pruitt Spritzer, 2-0, pitched six innings and allowed five hits and three runs. He earned two strikeouts and gave up four walks. He owns a 4.22 earned run average this year. Nate Schikore pitched two scoreless innings. JD Willis did not allow a hit or a run in the ninth.
Albright (9-17, (3-10 MAC Commonwealth) continues to find ways to win as five Lions would end up recording two hits as Albright won their fifth straight game defeating Widener (10-15, 6-7 MAC Commonwealth) by a score of 7-4. This was the team's first win over Widener since the 2021 season, and the team's first five game winning streak in over 14 years. After the top of the third inning, the Lions found themselves trailing by a score of 4-0 and in need of some runs. For the third time in as many games, sophomore Zander Tesoriere would help spark the offense by driving in Albright's first run scoring first year Christian Eckstein with an RBI single. Tesoriere now has seven hits over the last five games raising his average to .281 on the year. Junior Roman Berretta and first year Chris Gorla would combine to bring in three runs the same inning tying the game at 4-4 after three innings. It was all Albright after the third inning as first year Brenden Stuhltrager gave the Lions the lead by stealing home in the bottom of the fourth inning as part of a double steal. This marks the second time a Lion has stolen home in as many games. Sophomore Lucas Williams recorded his first win of the season after pitching seven strong innings and striking out four batters in the process. Josh Tudor would go on to record the final six outs to pick up his first save of the year.
Sophomore LHP Cody Myers tied his career high with 13 strikeouts as he helped lead Centenary (La.) to a 4-2 victory over the University of St. Thomas Celts in the opener of a three-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend series at Constellation Field. The Diamond Gents (15-10, 10-2 SCAC) have won four games in a row and are 10-2 in their last 12 games. The Celts fell to 11-19 overall and 6-7 in SCAC play and had their three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 1-8 at home. Centenary has now won 10 or more conference games in the regular season in all 11 seasons since joining the SCAC in 2013. *Due to COVID, no SCAC games were played in 2020.
Pounding out 18 hits for 10 runs with seven extra base hits, no. 5 East Texas Baptist University opened the American Southwest Conference series at Hardin-Simmons University with a victory, 10-5. ETBU is now 25-6 and 15-1 in the ASC. Four players had three hits while two players added two hits in the game. Jacob Evangelista was 3-for-5 with two home runs and two RBI. Dylan Burnaman, Connor Massimini, and Landon Durdin all had three hits. Brett Wagner and Hunter Rumachik added two hits. Durdin led the team with three RBI as Wagner and Rumachik had two RBI and Michael Gallegos one RBI. ETBU had five doubles and two home runs in the game. Jagger Neely went six innings recording six strikeouts on six hits with three earned runs. Preston Crow pitched the seventh inning with no runs or hits as Brayden Hodges finished the final two innings with two strikeouts, five hits, and two earned runs.
Bethany Lutheran stayed undefeated in the UMAC with a 14-1 win over Crown on Friday afternoon with a dominant all-around effort. With the win the Vikings move to 12-7 overall and 10-0 in the conference while the Polars fall to 6-13 overall and 4-3 in the UMAC. After consecutive 1-2-3 innings in both the third and fourth from Hedtke, the Vikings would put a stamp on the game in the fifth. Three straight RBI singles from Aidan Russell, Nolan Spence and Liam Peterson would make things 8-0, before a 2-RBI single from Malachi Santiago pushed their lead to 10. They would continue the offensive outburst in the sixth, as pair of walks put two runners on. Consecutive doubles from Russell and Spence each brought in a run before Peterson drove a line drive over the center field fence to make the score 14-0. Drew Hedtke stymied one of the top hitting teams in the UMAC in seven innings of work, spreading out seven hits and striking out eight for the complete game victory.
The Ozark Eagles christened the new Lonnie R. Qualls Field at the Thomas and Frances Wilson Complex with an exciting win 5-4 come-from-behind win. The Eagles trailed 4-3 heading into the final inning and got a trio of clutch hits to secure the game. Langdon Townsend led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run to even the score 4-4. The hot hitting Nicholas Bennett then drew a walk. Following an out, Jake Dempsey singled to third base to advance pinch runner Alfredo Reid. Isaac Price provided the heroics with a single to centerfield to score Reid. The Eagles dropped game two in a wild 12-11 setback that saw a combined 37 hits. Trailing 9-6 after seven, the Eagles plated five runs in the eighth to take a 11-9 advantage. The lead didn't last as Howard Payne would score three in the top of the ninth to go back on top. The Eagles would get two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, but the game ended on a controversial called strikeout.
Hobart beat Bard in both ends of a doubleheader on Friday to extend its winning streak to five games. Playing on the artificial turf of Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex in Cortlandville, the Statesmen took Game 1 9-4 in seven innings and Game 2 17-6 in seven innings. Senior Ty Gallagher was 4-for-6 with five RBIs and four runs scored on the night. Junior Nate Johnson was 4-for-7 with three RBIs, three stolen bases, and two runs scored. First-year Jack Byrnes smacked a pair of triples, scored five runs and drove in three. On the mound, sophomore Teck Nash pitched six innings in Game 1 to earn the win. He allowed just one earned run and struck out three. In the nightcap, four Statesmen combined to strike out 12 Raptors. Sophomore starter Aaron Forgues led the charge, whiffing seven without allowing an earned run in four innings of work.