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| Adrian College began its three-game MIAA series with Calvin University on Friday afternoon. The game was a 1-1 battle through five innings before the bats came alive for the Bulldogs as they posted 13 runs for the game to defeat the Knights 13-1. Jakob Charles got the start on the mound for Adrian where he earned his sixth win of the season after throwing seven innings allowing one run on four hits. Adrian athletics photo |
Behind a gem on the mound from junior Sebastian Guzman, Washington University won game one by the final score of 5-1 to kick off the four-game University Athletic Association (UAA) weekend series against Brandeis University. With the UAA win, WashU's record improved to 20-12-1 (4-4-1 UAA) on the season, while the Judges' record fell to 5-23 (0-9 UAA). Guzman notched the win (3-1) on the mound. Guzman fired eight innings of work, his longest outing of the year, while surrendering just three hits and one run. Guzman fanned seven and only allowed one walk. WashU outhit the Judges by a final tally of 11-3. Senior Harry Mauterer, senior Clayton Miller, and first year Carson Cleage each recorded a pair of hits. Mauterer mustered two RBI for WashU.
Trey Castile registered 15 strikeouts in a near no-hitter, Nate Cagley was 3-for-4 at the plate, and Simpson College started its final home series of the year with a 7-0 shutout over rival Central. Castile carried a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and recorded two strikeouts before pinch hitter Colton Jones spoiled the no-hitter with a single through the left side, Central's lone hit of the game. Castile threw 8.2 innings, allowing just three walks against a career-high 15 strikeouts. Cagley singled in the first, third and seventh innings to lead the Storm (14-17, 7-9 A-R-C) offensively with three hits. Drew Carlson, Joel Sampson, Ian Baldwin and Zach Fuller all had two hits on the day.
Immaculata won the opening game of their Atlantic East Conference series with a 7-0 victory over Gwynedd Mercy. Stephen DiBattista shined for the Mighty Macs on the mound this afternoon, throwing a complete game shutout to pick up his team leading 7th win of the season. He struck out three while surrendering only four hits. Joey Sacco got the Mighty Macs on the board in the 3rd inning with an RBI single to the right side to bring home Nick Turnage. Joey Wright would follow that up with a sacrifice fly to plate Hunter Weitzel. The Macs would score another in the 3rd to make it an early 3-0 lead. Heading into the top of the 8th, the score remained 3-0 until Steven Theisen singled up the middle bringing home Shawn Haut making it 4-0. In the top of the 9th the Macs would add insurance runs when Josh Crowding singled up the middle to bring home Joey Wright. Shawn Haut followed that up with a two-run blast to left field to break the game open and make it a 7-0 Immaculata victory. Turnage, Weitzel and Haut all had two hits for Immaculata, while Sacco, Wright, Crowding, Theisen and Sal Serici each had one. Sacco,Wright,Crowding, Struble and Theisen all drove in one run while Haut drove in a pair.
Hood College leaned on the pitching staff led by Skylar Albright to suppress a tough York lineup as the Blazers walk away with a 7-0 win over their conference foe. Skylar Albright tosses 7 1/3 shutout innings only allowing one walk and three strikeouts earning the win. Remi Schaber finished the eighth inning striking out one. Harrison Ludington closed out the ninth on twelve pitches and no runs scored. At the plate Matthew Stout went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Albright blanked the Spartans early as he only allowed four hits in his first five innings of work. The top of the second inning started with two Spartan singles but Albright proceeded to retire the next three batters to end the inning. The walk he issued in the fourth inning was negated with a 4-6-3 double play and the runner on third in the fifth inning was stranded as York's Prendergast grounded out. Leading 4-0, the Blazers were able to add a couple more runs on the board and hold off York with help from the bullpen with momentum into the weekend. The Blazers will play the doubleheader Saturday, a single game against Gettysburg on Sunday, and then a home game on Tuesday against St. Mary's.
The University of Dallas defeated #12 Trinity 1-0 in the opening game of their three-game conference series on Friday. The Crusaders improved to 20-11 overall on the year and 8-7 in conference play. Adrian Montenegro scattered three hits and struck out seven across 7.0 innings of shutout ball, improving to a 7-1 record on the back of one of his best performances of the season. Offense was difficult to come by for both teams, but one run was all it took to decide the outcome. Paxton Huff notched the Crusaders first hit of the game, a ground-rule double, to lead off the fourth inning. As he has done more than anyone in the conference this season, Huff stole third base, setting up Simon Turner (pictured) for the one-out RBI single that decided the game. The Tigers managed just two baserunners from the fourth inning through the ninth as Montenegro continued to mow batters down. Collin Johnson threw a scoreless inning of relief in the eighth, and in perhaps a move of sheer brilliance Dylan Krause was called upon to record the save in the ninth. This was the first time Krause has been used out of the bullpen since February of last year, notching his first career save in the process. The victory snaps a 27-game winning streak by Trinity against the Crusaders, whose last win against the Tigers came in the 2014 season.
Senior Mike Shannon threw a complete-game shutout as #20 Rowan defeated TCNJ, 1-0, in a key NJAC matchup, that evened the Profs' conference record to 6-6, while they improved to 19-9 overall. Shannon limited the Lions to just five hits, while he struck out eight and worked out of two bases-loaded jams in the seventh and nine innings. The righthander improved to 5-2 on the season with his second complete game of the year, and the third of his career. Rowan got the only run it needed in the second inning when Anthony Schooley led off with a double and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Serrano. Schooley scored when Kevin Stewart also laid down a sacrifice bunt for his second game-winning RBI in the past two games.
The University of Dubuque ended their three-game skid by defeating Nebraska Wesleyan University in the series opener 10-0. Johnny Blake had another stellar outing on the mound striking out 13 batters on his way to the win. Daniel Maller hit two home runs in the game including a solo shot to end the game in the eighth inning. Blake went 7.0 innings on the mound and struck out 13 of the 28 batters he faced today. In all six wins for Blake this season, he has managed double-digit strikeouts. This is his second straight game with 13 strikeouts and three of his last four starts have been top five single game records in school history for strikeouts including the school record 17 strikeouts he had against Simpson earlier this month. Colin Husko was a perfect 3-3 at the plate including a hit by pitch and a walk. Jake Cekander also had a multiple hit game with two hits.
RPI began the weekend with an 8-0 victory over Skidmore today at Karl Steffen Ballpark. Eight different Engineers recorded a hit in the shutout win, with Aidan Hicks and Matt Chotiner each tallying two hits apiece to lead the RPI lineup. Charlie Lapp reached base three times, including a two-run home run in the bottom of the second that put RPI ahead 2-0. Joey Saia followed Lapp with a two-run shot of his own in the bottom of the sixth before Martin Marintchev deposited a solo blast as part of a four-run eighth inning. Stephen Koval provided an RBI single and Jon Primerano doubled in two runs as part of the big rally. Koval topped the Engineers with two runs on the day, while Lapp, Marintchev, Saia, Chotiner, and Julian Scarpa all scored runs for RPI. Julian Fong-McAdams struck out 11 over 6.1 innings to earns the win. Fong-Adams was touched for only one Skidmore hit on the day.
The Centenary (N.J.) Cyclones rally late to beat the No. 25 Saints of Marymount by a score of 5-4. The Cyclones record now sits at 13-18 and 5-8 in conference play. Starting on the mound would be Senior pitcher Aidan Hixenbaugh. Hixenbaugh went on to pitch three innings giving up two runs (two earned) on five hits. Coming in relief would be Adam Yarrison and Zach Gehman Gehman picked up his first win of the season giving only one run and striking out three. Offensively, the Clones would score five runs on seven hits with only one run being batted in. The Cyclones would steal three bases as Dominick Zinna would be credited with two.
The Baruch Bearcats and John Jay split a CUNYAC doubleheader on Friday afternoon at Maimonides Park on Coney Island with the Bearcats taking game on 7-0 and dropping the nightcap 7-6. In game one, Jeremy Ramirez pitched the shutout allowing only one hit (double in 2nd inning) with 10 strikeouts over seven innings for the impressive complete game victory. Joseph Cocozza batted 3-for-4, with two runs scored in the victory. Diaz finished with three RBI. In the second game, John Jay won in a ninth-inning walk-off 7-6. John Jay tied the game in their bottom seventh with a two-run single by Michael Mauro to force extra-innings and won in the ninth on an RBI single by Santo Anzalone.
Kalamazoo College began a three-game weekend series against Trine with a 15-2 win in seven innings on Friday. The Hornets' record improved to 20-8 (9-4 MIAA) on the season, and the Thunder dropped to 10-20 (2-11 MIAA). This is the eighth time in program history that the Hornets have eclipsed 20 wins. Seven have come during current head coach Mike Ott's tenure, and the other was in 2006 with current Sports Information Director Steve Wideen at the helm. Jacob Davis (5-2) threw his third complete game of the season, allowing two runs on five hits with four strikeouts. Ryar Rinehart had a big day at the plate, finishing 5-5 with three home runs, four runs scored, and six RBI. Harrison Poeszat was on base three times with a home run and two walks, plus two RBI. Robert Newland also found his way on three times with two singles and a walk, while Cooper Mills had two singles and was hit by a pitch.
Junior Sam Malgeri smashed his fourth home run of the season but the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth rallied for a game one win, then completed a sweep of Plymouth State University in a Little East Conference doubleheader at UMD Baseball Field on Friday. Plymouth State used a five-run fifth to take an 8-1 lead in the opener. Sophomore Brendan Flynn singled home a run and junior Danny Quinn added an RBI double before Malgeri blasted a two-run shot to center to put PSU. UMD chipped into the margin with three in the sixth, though, and two runs in the eighth gave the Corsairs the lead. The Panthers got a leadoff walk in the ninth, but the runner was erased on a double play as PSU dropped a 9-8 decision. Plymouth State’s bats were stymied in game two. The Panthers were able to string together three hits, including a leadoff double by senior Luke Sokolski (Waterford, Conn.), in the fourth inning to score a run, but UMass Dartmouth took an early lead on the way to a 9-1 win.
SUNY New Paltz went on the road and took game one, 10-6, of its three-game series against SUNY Brockport Friday, 10-6. The victory improved the Hawks to 18-10 on the season — surpassing the most wins since the 2016 season — while boosting their SUNYAC record to 6-4 to slide into third on the conference leaderboard. The win was also the first over the Golden Eagles since 2019, which snapped a six-game losing skid with the victory in Brockport the first for SUNY New Paltz since 2017. Like it has all season, the offense produced all along the lineup for the Hawks, as one through nine earned a base with SUNY New Paltz totaling 10 runs on nine hits. Fabian Apicella was the catalyst early, hitting in the seventh spot, he finished 2-for-3 with four RBI as he helped his team to a 2-0 lead in the fourth to get the first points on the board in the contest.
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor split a doubleheader with the University of Ozarks Friday evening in Belton. The Cru win 3-2 in the opener but dropped game two 5-1. UMHB held Ozarks through the top of the eighth without allowing a base runner. The Cru got action started in the bottom of the inning with a hit by pitch and a walk. Carson Hagan followed with a single before Grosz singled to bring in Drake Herrera for the walk-off 3-2 win. The Eagles got action started early in game two, scoring on an error followed by an RBI double to go ahead 2-0 in the first frame. UMHB cut the gap to one in the sixth on an RBI single from Grosz to score Tyler Betts. Ozarks responded in the top of the seventh with three runs to extend their lead for the 5-1 win.
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| No. 18 Montclair State University surged past New Jersey City University 12-5 on Friday afternoon. Sam Angelo, Ryan McKenna, and Reece Malek all led the Red Hawks with a game-high three hits each, with McKenna and Malek matching their season-highs. All three added two runs batted in each, with Feaster adding two. Montclair State athletics photo |
Keystone College squared off with Saint Elizabeth University on the road Friday afternoon for the first of three meetings this weekend. The Giants wasted no time filling up the scoreboard, scoring ten runs between the first four innings. From there, the team never looked back and took down the Eagles, 11-1. Jacob Yager led the way on offense going 3-for-3 at the plate with five RBI. The junior had two home runs this afternoon. Bobby Pokorney and Cooper Fesh each contributed two hits and an RBI. Sean Brennan got the start on the mound and struck out ten batters in five innings pitched. Slothing Che made an appearance on the mound for an inning and recorded a strikeout. Cam Hale also pitched an inning and racked up two strikeouts.
Ryan Lapierre struck out a season-high 11 Framingham hitters and allowed just one run over 7.1 innings as Westfield State defeated the Rams 2-1 in a closely contested MASCAC contest from Hagan Field in Westfield, Mass. Making his seventh start of the season, Lapierre has won every start thus far, improving to a perfect 7-0 on the mound for the Owls, who improve to 20-9 on the season and 8-3 in the conference. Rams starter Cam Prescott was also effective on the mound for Framingham, who fall to 8-13 overall and 6-4 in the MASCAC. Prescott took the loss, tossing six innings while allowing two runs on six hits, walking three and striking out two.
Dane Jones set a program game record with three home runs in game two and LeTourneau split a doubleheader with Hardin-Simmons on Senior Day at Conrad-Vernon Field on Friday night. Hardin-Simmons took the opener, 4-1, before LeTourneau got the bats going in a 13-2 win in the nightcap. Jones homered three times and broke the program's single-season home run record as LeTourneau earned a 13-2 victory in game two. Jones became the first player in program history to hit three home runs in one game and he broke Josh Ross' program-record for home runs in a season with his 17th. Jones finished 3-for-4 with two solo homers and a two-run shot for his four RBIs on the night. Jones has 38 career home runs, just one shy of tying the program's all-time record held by Mike Huffman. IN the lid lifter, senior Caidon Livingston went the distance on the mound and allowed just one run on five hits and struck out five batters, including Norris looking to end the game with runners on first and second in the bottom of the seventh. He improved to 2-1 on the year. Kyler Reed and Leatherwood had two hits each for the Cowboys. Dalton Pickett took the loss for LeTourneau allowing four runs on nine hits in six innings of work. Zach Zarko had two of the five LeTourneau hits.
Haverford College (17-12, 7-5 CC) completed a season series sweep of Muhlenberg on Friday in front of the home fans at Kannerstein Field, prevailing 9-5 with six runs in the final three innings to turn away the Mules (7-23, 1-11 CC). Riley Grohowski tossed a solid seven innings to pick up the win, scattering eight hits and allowing five runs while striking out three. Haverford had four batters with multi-hit games, led by Kendrick Curry II and Mauro DeCilis, each with three-hit days. Chuck Norton and Jonny Flieder each contributed two hits.
Arcadia University topped King's College 9-5 to open its Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom series at Skip Wilson Field on Friday afternoon. King's opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first only to see Arcadia grab the lead for good on a Tommy Ajjan home run to open the bottom of the fourth. After the Monarchs cut the lead to 7-4, Anthony Bruno brought home Noah Stenett with a single and scored later in the eighth on a balk. Will Conroy earned the win, allowing one run on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts across six innings. Jack Dovidio earned his first save after entering the ninth with the tying run on deck.
With the game tied in extra innings, sophomore Joey Dwyer hit a home run in the top of the 11th inning to propel Oneonta 7-6 past Plattsburgh on Friday afternoon. The Red Dragons move to 14-16 overall and 4-9 in the SUNYAC. The Cardinals fall to 17-10 overall and 5-5 in the conference. Oneonta held Plattsburgh scoreless through the last three innings in regulation until the Cardinals tied in the ninth with an RBI single. Another two scoreless innings followed until the top of the ninth. The lead-off batter struck out, and Dwyer came up to bat. He knocked a home run to left-center field to put the Red Dragons up 7-6. The Cardinals had a final chance, and Kornblau reached second on a sacrifice bunt. He reached third when Diltz grounded out to Padilla at first base. A final groundout to Dwyer at third ended the game.
Redlands (18-17) beat Whitman College on the road in the first game of their doubleheader, 5-4. In game two they lost 12-4 after conceding a 9-0 lead to the Blues. In the opener, the Bulldogs got a one out single from Ceja before Burgess tied the game at four with a triple in the eighth. Ian Umscheid then had the game-winning hit with a pinch hit single that brought home Burgess for a 5-4 lead. Patrick Perez came on to close the game out. In the inning the Blues had the first two on after a single and hit-by-pitch. Whitman moved the tying and winning runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. After an intentional walk to load the bases and set up the double play possibility, Perez got a pop up and fly out to secure the save and the win. In the nighcap, the Bulldogs trailed 9-0 until Jared Anderson singled to third and scored Lucas Romero but no comeback was in the cards as the teams settled for one win apiece.
Junior infielder Sean Desjardins continued his red-hot week going 2-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI, while fellow junior Michael Hutchins pitched 6.1 innings striking out seven and relenting just one earned run as St. Lawrence University earned a 14-6 victory over RIT in game one of the three-game weekend series at Tom Fay Field. St. Lawrence improved to 8-16 on the year and picked up their second league win of the year, while RIT fell below .500 at 12-13. Brett Federico, John Gannon, and Owen McClintock also had strong days at the dish plating two RBI a piece. In relief of Hutchins, Brendan Karadenes pitched 2.2 innings giving up no earned runs and striking out two Tigers to shut the door.
An electricity in the air, a Drew Renner Instagram takeover and a six run first inning. Slugging 15 hits, Albion College knocked off MIAA-leading Hope College, 13-8 on Friday afternoon. Albion scored six runs in the bottom of the first to chase the Hope starter after 0.2 innings to take the first game of the series. Fifth year senior Mark Lauro was stellar at the dish, going 4 for 6 with a pair of RBI. Kris Stojanovski was masterful in the cleanup slot, going 3 for 5 with 3 RBI. Also recording three hits was sophomore Evan Schuster. Sophomore Cole Giesige (2-1) threw 5.2 innings, fanning seven in the win. Luke Robertson tossed three innings in relief before Clippert came in for the final batter.
Coe College stayed hot with its 10th straight win on Friday evening, defeating the Loras College Duhawks 12-2 in eight innings. The Kohawk offense continued its impressive form as of late, bashing out 20 hits including a perfect 4-for-4 night for Ryan Thoreson. The Kohawk catcher laced an RBI double in the second to start the scoring and belted a three-run homer in the top of the third inning to put Coe up 6-0, a lead it never surrendered. Caden Richards picked up his fourth win of the year thanks to another strong outing, allowing just two earned runs in 5.2 innings. Trevor Morse worked the final seven outs of the game in relief of Richards, allowing just two hits and two walks in a scoreless effort. Thoreson was one of seven Kohawks to record multi-hit games, joined by Jon Wille, Jake Brosius, Jack Allison, Tyce Johnson, Creighton Kreshel and Austin Gomez.
Combining for 18 struck outs and allowing one earned run, no. 4 East Texas Baptist University won the 2024 American Southwest Conference regular season title sweeping the University of Texas Dallas in both games, 5-1. It is the third year in a row that ETBU has won or shared the regular season title and won 30 or more games. The Tigers are now 30-6 and 19-1 in the ASC. Sayers Collins and Jagger Neely showed why they are one of the top duo pitching staffs in the nation as both recorded nine strikeouts and allowed one earned run. Robert Craft gained his seventh save of the year in game two going two innings with two strikeouts. ETBU wracked up 19 hits as Hunter Rumachik, Jacob Evangelista, Connor Massimini, and Dylan Burnaman each had three hits. Massimini led the way with three RBI and a home run. Rumachik and Burnaman also added a home run and two RBI. Nick Massarini, Brett Wagner, and Michael Gallegos all had one RBI.
Centenary (La.) split a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader with the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs on Friday, falling in game one by a score of 9-2 and rebounding with a 10-8 win in game two at Katt-Isbel Field. Centenary head coach Mike Diaz moved into third-place all-time in conference history with 144 SCAC regular-season wins with the game two win, passing Jim Mallon of Southwestern. Diaz, now in his 14th season at the helm, became the all-time winningest coach in program history last season with his 292nd win on April 16, 2023 at home versus Schreiner University and is now 313-223-1, having passed former HC Ed McCann (1999-2010) for the all-time wins mark.
Junior Eli Somers tallied two hits, an RBI, and scored twice, while junior Zachary Boykin recorded two hits, two RBI, and a run scored, as Stevens Institute of Technology beat FDU-Florham 7-2 Friday afternoon in a MAC Freedom contest. Sophomore Erik Sibbach (8-2) earned the win for the Ducks. He pitched six and two-thirds innings and gave up two runs on five hits. He also struck out seven batters. Senior Marc Rivera (1) earned his first career save. He pitched the final two and one third inning and allowed only one hit. He struck out one batter. With the win, Stevens earned their 20th win of the season, as they now have a record of 20-10 and an 11-5 record in conference play. Stevens has won four-straight games overall and three-straight in MAC Freedom play. The Ducks remain in third place in the conference standings heading into tomorrow's matchup. The Ducks can clinch a spot in the MAC Freedom tournament with a sweep of FDU-Florham tomorrow and one loss from either DeSales or Lebanon Valley. They can also clinch by winning just one game tomorrow if DeSales or Lebanon Valley loses twice tomorrow.
Tufts University opened their last New England Small College Athletic Conference East Division series Friday night at Sol Gittleman Park with a 6-4 win over Trinity College. The Jumbos (14-14) gave the ball to Senior ace Silas Reed who pitched outstanding today. Reed had six strikeouts over eight innings throwing 125 pitches in his outing, walking four batters on four runs earned. Reed received the win to advance his record to 4-1 on the season, and the save for Robert Gray marks his third. The Jumbos had 13 hits on the day as Malachi Pena, Malcolm Whitfield, and Cooper Smith went 2-4, and Lysko went 2-3. The Jumbos swiped three bases on the day as well. Senior Ozzie Fleischer had five defensive assists and two putouts in the field today.
New York University defeated Case Western Reserve University 13-10 on Friday at the Staten Island University Hospital Community Park in Staten Island, NY. This weekend's series is a battle between first and second place in the University Athletic Association (UAA), with NYU improving to 8-5 in the league while CWRU, who have played less Association games, are now 7-2. NYU opened the scoring in the top of the second, as a Spartan error allowed Richard Beggy to score before Dakota Barbet launched a two-run homer to left to make it 3-0. However, CWRU plated nine runs across the third and fourth to seemingly take control, 9-3. The Violets responded with four in the bottom of the fourth, as another error accounted for the first run then Nick Argenziano roped a three-run double to bring NYU within two (9-7). The Spartans' lone run in the top of the fifth was their last of the contest, with NYU scoring three in the bottom of the inning after a wild pitch, error and Harrison Blueweiss sac fly. NYU took the lead with three more in the sixth, coming via Alex VanLandingham's sac fly and RBI singles from both Connor Roggero and Max Oliveira. The final three innings were scoreless as the Violets' Aidan Dolinsky tossed the last three frames and allowed just one hit, no runs, one walk and fanned three to earn the save. Miles Kessler got the pitching win after his perfect sixth inning on the bump. Argenziano, Roggero, Oliveira, Barbet and Cam Dunn notched two hits apiece in the victory.
William Paterson (8-23, 3-9 NJAC) built an early advantage and cruised to an 11-3 victory at Rutgers-Newark (16-16, 1-11 NJAC). The Pioneers made it a 10-0 score in the second before the Scarlet Raiders strung together three singles and a sac fly for two scores during the home half of the fifth. A bases-loaded groundout finished the scoring for Rutgers-Newark in the sixth inning. Senior Ian Metzger pitched 6.0 innings, scattering three runs, 10 hits and a walk while registering four strikeouts (2-5). Junior Nick Durso worked 3.0 scoreless frames, striking out a career-best eight batters for his first save.
Luther hosted Buena Vista University this afternoon for the first of three games of this weekend series. The Norse score three times in the fifth, twice in the seventh and added three more in the eighth en route to an 8-2 victory. Buena Vista entered the game alone in second place in the A-R-C standings with a mark of 11-2. With the win, Luther is now in fourth place with a league record of 7-6, 18-11 overall. Lead-off batter Gavin Scurr and Mark Prince led the Norse attack. Scurr drove in four runs after going 3-for-4 at the plate. He hit a two-run home run over the left-center field fence in the seventh, and drove in two more runs in the eighth with a single. Prince was 3-for-5 after hitting a two-run home run to left field and drove in another run with a single in the eighth. He also had a single in the seventh. Designated hitter Garren Heinert also had a multiple hit afternoon with a 2-3 performance and scored twice. Harrison Blum (6-1) pitched eight innings. Blum allowed two unearned runs on four hits, walked four, and tied his single game career high with 12 strikeouts. Blake Jondle pitched the final frame and allowed two hits and struck out one.
Johns Hopkins hosted McDaniel in Centennial Conference action Friday afternoon, tying its season high with five home runs in a 12-7 win over the Green Terror. Shawn Steuerer etched his name in the record books in the win, hitting three homers to join Caleb Cyr and Matthew Cooper as the single-game record holders, with Cyr launching two himself in a game in which moon shots were aplenty. Steuerer became just the seventh player in program history to hit three home runs in a single game, and is the third to do it in as many years — Cooper in 2022 and Cyr in 2023. The junior now leads the team in home runs with 10, with his six RBIs also tying his career high set a season ago. Cyr registered his first multi-home run game of the season in the win, going 2-4 to bring his already team-best RBI tally to 36 on the season. The senior also drew his 20th walk of the season to up his OPS to an other-worldly 1.214. Ryan Anderson earned his first win of the season on the mound, allowing just one run on two hits with three strikeouts in two innings. Entering after the sophomore was Sugrim, who looked excellent in two shutout innings, letting up just two hits and fanning four.
When the University of Northwestern made the drive down to Mankato on Friday afternoon; they knew what, and who, was waiting for them. UNW's road trip down US-169 brought them face-to-face with the best that UMAC Baseball has to offer. Before the game on Friday afternoon, the Bethany Lutheran Vikings were able to say that they were in first place and undefeated in the UMAC. After a matchup with the Eagles, the Vikings still have possession of that first place position, but they no longer have the claim of being unbeaten in the conference. This weekend put two of the top teams in the conference on the diamond together at ISG Field in Mankato. Entering the three game series, Bethany Lutheran was 12-0 in UMAC play and Northwestern was tight on their heels at 9-3. That gap got a little bit smaller on Friday afternoon. The Eagles won the opening game of the three game set; handing the Vikings their first conference loss of the season, 11-4. Aaron Severson was 3-4, with a run scored, and four RBIs. Grady Karges was 3-5 while scoring a run and driving in a run. Braden Storts, Mark Bligh, Isaac Pilon, and Benji Bruce all had two hits each. The Eagles collected a big win on Friday but the series against the Vikings is far from over. The two teams will play two more times in Mankato on Saturday. There is an added urgency around this series as the Eagles are now two games behind the Vikings for the conference lead.