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| Suffolk's bats came alive and Harry Painter threw a two-hit, three-walk, 12-strikeout, 8.0-inning gem as the Rams took care of Saint Joseph's (Maine) Sunday afternoon at Larry M. Diamond. Suffolk athletics photo |
Oberlin College knocked off the third-ranked Yellow Jackets of Baldwin Wallace, 5-3, on Sunday afternoon at Dill Field. The victory snapped an eight-game slide for the Yeomen and marked their first win since March 30 as they moved to 12-17 on the year, surpassing last season's win total. Rookie right-hander Davis Hayes was impressive on the bump as he left with the lead after six strong innings, allowing just four hits and two runs (one earned) to accompany a pair of strikeouts. Senior Luigi Smarro would shut down the Yellow Jackets in the eighth and Oberlin would pick up a big insurance run in the bottom of the inning when Masnikoff turned on a 1-0 pitch and dumped it into right field to score Black. Smarro would then work around a one-out hit batter in the ninth to lock down his first save of the season and third of his career, getting Anastasio to ground into a fielder's choice to end the game.
In a matchup between two of the three teams tied atop the North Coast Athletic Conference standings with just one loss in conference play so far this season, No. 2 Denison University settled for a two-game split against DePauw University on Sunday at the Big Red Baseball Field. After falling in game one, the Big Red won 7-1 in a crucial game two to keep pace in the conference standings. In the opener, it was 4-4 after four innings and 5-5 after six, but in the seventh inning, DePauw got a leadoff single to left field followed by a walk and a single to right center to load the bases with nobody out, setting up a two-run single up the middle. In the ninth inning, down one run, Denison strung back-to-back two-out singles up the middle by Jake Lutte and Noah Leib, the latter of which allowed the pinch runner, Kuyper Lashutka, to run all the way to third base, but a flyout to center field gave Denison its second conference defeat over the last two weeks.
St. Joseph's University (L.I.) stretched their win streak to 19 with a pair of Skyline Conference wins at SUNY Maritime on Sunday afternoon. A couple of long balls propelled the Golden Eagles to a 6-1 victory in game one before a 4-3 extra-inning affair in game two. The Privateers jumped on the board early with a run in the bottom of the first. The 1-0 score remained until the Golden Eagles put up six runs in the top of the sixth. Peter Manger stranded two Privateers in the bottom half of the sixth and retired the hosts in order in the seventh to secure the win. Junior Dante Morabito was credited with his third win of the season surrendering two runs on just one hit with four strikeouts on five innings of relief in game two. Starter Jack Kelly allowed one run on five hits with six strikeouts in five innings of work. John Lynch led off the top of the tenth with a double in the left-center gap and a base hit through the right side by Sanguedolce put runners at the corners with one out. Mike DiFilippo followed with a single to center bringing in Lynch for the eventual game-winning run. A one-two-three inning for Dante Morabito in the bottom of the tenth locked down the 4-3 win.
Scoring six runs in the first inning, North Central College never looked back on Sunday against Augustana, winning 13-3 in just eight innings at Zimmerman Stadium. Following a three-up, three-down top of the first from starter Brian Duvall, Luke Lehnen singled to start the early offensive uprising. Ethan Sosnowski hit a solo home run in the sixth inning before the Vikings scored another unearned run on back-to-back errors from North Central. Ending the game early, Coberley walked in the eighth inning. On a wild pitch, he advanced to third base. With two outs, a Viking error allowed Coberley to score and secure a 13-3 win. Duvall threw 5.2 innings to pick up his third win of the year. He allowed three runs, just one benign earned. Anthony Raineri earned the save by throwing 2.1 innings and allowing no runs.
The quartet of graduate students Luke Tanner and John Nowak, senior Jack Julian and first-year Alexander Wilson combined for 15 hits and 10 runs batted in in game two to help Babson College split with visiting WPI in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Govoni Field. The Beavers defeated the Engineers 19-4 in game two after dropping the opener 4-3. Babson is now 17-9 overall and 7-3 in conference play, while WPI moves its record to 17-12-1 overall and 5-5 in the NEWMAC. In the opener, senior Owen Radcliffe struck out six over eight shutout innings to improve to 5-2 with the win and classmate Jacob Hand hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the eighth for the Engineers. The Beavers mounted a furious two-out rally in the top of the ninth to get both the potentially tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position. Junior Eric DePiero ended the threat with a ground out to pick up his third save. In game two, Nowak went 4-for-5 with a triple, a homer, three RBI and two runs scored, Wilson was 4-for-6 with a double, three RBI and three runs scored, and Julian finished 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and three runs scored for the Green and White. Tanner doubled, tripled, knocked in three runs and scored three times as Babson finished with 20 hits in the win.
No. 23 Penn State Harrisburg completed the weekend sweep of United East rival Penn State Abington with a 14-1, seven-inning victory on Sunday afternoon. Kevin Lehner and Dallas Hite each hit home runs, while Brendan Henn and Drew Sassaman had three hits apiece. Fisher Druck earned the win, allowing just two hits in 5.1 innings of work. Penn State Harrisburg (26-7, 12-0 United East) roared to life to the tune of 17 hits, including eight of the extra-base variety, and 14 runs on Sunday afternoon, with the Lions scoring in every inning except one during their most recent victory. Fisher Druck did not allow a hit through the first three stanzas and Braden Collazo and Joel Sneeringer entered in relief in the top of the sixth and seventh innings, picking up where Druck left off, with Collazo allowing a single base runner before Sneeringer kept the visitors off the board in the final frame to secure the win and the series sweep.
Hobart split a doubleheader at Clarkson this afternoon, winning the three-game series 2-1. The Statesmen jumped out to a 5-0 lead in Game 1, but the Golden Knights rallied for a 9-5 win. In the nightcap, Hobart scored three times in the top of the 11th and held on for a 9-7 victory. Just five days removed from driving in the tying run and later the winning run in an extra-inning triumph over Keuka, sophomore Drew Bolduc did it again. He tied Game 2 today in the top of the ninth and delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 11th. The Statesmen sent 11 batters to the plate in the top of the first inning of the opener, but managed just one hit after that frame (a seventh inning double by senior Ty Gallagher) as Clarkson nipped at the lead and took control of the game with a five-run fourth.
The Whitworth Pirates defeated Lewis & Clark 8-2 in a Northwest Conference series game on Sunday at Huston Sports Complex, avoiding the weekend sweep. The Bucs (21-11, 9-9 NWC) have won Sunday series finales the last two weekends to avoid a sweep, and today's win keeps them a game in front of the Pioneers (17-16-1, 8-10 NWC) in the conference standings. Whitworth's offense rallied for eight runs in part of a 12-hit performance to outrun the Pioneers including a two-RBI double from Kevin Corder in the top of the second, to put Whitworth out in front early. Quentin O'Connor pitched six innings on two runs and five hits as the Bucs' starting pitcher. Hunter Williams was used in three innings of relief, where he did not allow a run or a hit while fanning four batters.
The 17th-ranked Case Western Reserve University claimed a series win with a 10-5 victory over New York University in Staten Island, New York on Sunday morning, moving one win away from clinching the 2024 University Athletic Association Championship. The Spartans, who improved to 27-8 overall including a 10-2 record in conference play, need to win just one out of four games against Washington University to clinch the program's fifth UAA Championship. NYU fell to 21-12 overall and ended its UAA season with an 8-8 league mark. Jacvk Anderson finished the game two-for-five with four runs batted in. James Powers, first-year shortstop Nate Arterburn, and Stephenson each added a pair of his in the game as well.
The Oswego Lakers hit the road to take on the Cortland Red Dragons for their third meeting of the season. During the previous two meetings Cortland has gotten the better of the Lakers. Today was a different result with the Lakers winning 7-6 on a walk-off, ending Cortland's 15 game win streak. The bottom of the ninth the Lakers looked roaring to take the lead back starting off the inning with two runners on another hit by Jelani Hamer. A bunt attempt by Jacob Levine forced an error by the Red Dragons to load the bases. With one out Trey McGowan hit a fly ball to left field where Daniel Winchester was able to tag up and make it home just in time to beat the throw for the 7-6 walk off win.
For the sixth time in the season, George Fox found themselves in extra innings. And for the fourth time in those sixth games, the Bruins emerged victorious, taking down Willamette, 3-2, in 11 innings. Thanks to solid pitching from Michael Singleton, the opportunity to win came in the top of the 11th inning, with the game still knotted at 2-2. Evan Balingit reached base and advanced, this time courtesy of a single from Isaac Snyder that moved him to third. Ty Davis was sure to score the sophomore, with a sacrifice fly that scored Balingit and gave Fox the lead. And though Willamette managed to get one on base, Singleton forced three straight groundouts to give Fox the series win.
Senior Luke Sokolski ripped a two-out, two-run triple in the bottom of the ninth and sophomore Brendan Flynn singled in the winning run with two down in the 11th as Plymouth State University split a Little East Conference doubleheader against Vermont State University Castleton at Robbie Mills Field on Sunday. Plymouth State trailed 7-5 heading into the ninth inning of game two. PSU opened the bottom of the ninth with back-to-back singles and a sacrifice bunt put the tying runs in scoring position. VTSU Castleton got a ground ball for the second out of the inning, but Sokolski smashed a game-tying triple to right center to send the game to extra innings. In the 11th Flynn hit a clean single to left for the walk-off win. Freshman Elias Bourque was brilliant in relief, allowing just one hit and one walk over six scoreless innings. It was VTSU Castleton that used a late-inning rally to win the opener. The Panthers loaded the bases with one out and a sacrifice fly cut the deficit to 8-6, but VTSU Castleton would use a three-run shot as part of a four-run ninth to secure the win.
Seven different players registered multi-hit games for Mitchell College on Sunday afternoon, as the Mariners pounded out 20 hits, including three home runs, during a 21-5 rout of Dean College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference game at Alumni Field. With the win, the Mariners improve to 23-8 overall, and remain undefeated at 10-0 in conference play. The freshman duo of Michael Ficocelli and Chas Terni Jr. powered the Mitchell offensive attack, as Ficocelli went 4-6 with a double, two RBI, and three runs scored, while Terni Jr. turned in a 3-4 day at the plate, which featured his fouth home run of the season, along with a game-high four RBI and three runs scored. Robbie DelaCruz made his return to action for the first time since suffering an injury on March 8th and the senior delivered, lacing a pinch-hit two run double in his first at bat, before belting his second homer of the season during a four-run seventh inning.
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| UW-Eau Claire finished a four-game series at UW-Stout with a split after winning one of two games on Sunday. The Blugolds dropped the first game of the day 14-6 but responded with a 20-9 victory in the series finale. UW-Eau Claire athletics photo by Chico La Barbera |
St. Olaf College matched its best 11-game start to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play in the last 40 seasons with 16-8 and 6-4 road victories over Macalester College on Sunday afternoon at Nicholson Field. In a matchup between teams at opposite ends of the conference standings, last-place Macalester (7-24, 2-12 MIAC) held a 7-2 lead in game one before St. Olaf (20-9, 10-1 MIAC) exploded for 13 runs in the fourth and fifth innings on its way to the 16-8 win. Game two was the opposite story, as the Scots fought back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game at 4-4 in the middle innings, but the Oles scored twice in the ninth to complete the sweep. St. Olaf's 10-1 start is its second-best start to MIAC play and equaled its best start to conference play since going 11-0 during a 12-0 start in 1984. This year mars the sixth time the Oles have started 10-1 since 1990, doing so in 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, and 2007.
- Photo gallery: Macalester vs. St. Olaf game one
- Photo gallery: Macalester vs. St. Olaf game two
Utica University showed out in their 11-2 win over Vassar College on Sunday afternoon. Frederick Callo Jr. picked up his first win of the season while striking out eight batters. Jack Scanlon led Utica's offense with three hits, two runs and two RBI's. Jason Story, Josh Duval and Joe Crossley each had a day churning out a trio of hits. Joe Crossley, Josh Duval, and John Longretta each scored twice. Callo Jr. had a dominant day on the bump, pitching seven innings, allowing two runs, both earned, on seven hits, one walk and striking out eight batters to earn his first win of the season.
Ithaca College won the final game of a three-game series against Rochester, 5-1, at Freeman Field on Sunday. Ithaca took two-of-three from Rochester this weekend to improve its record to 21-9 overall and 9-2 in the Liberty League West. In the bottom of the fourth, the Bombers regained the lead, 2-1, as Collin Feeney scored on a wild pitch. Feeney led off with a single and moved over to third on an error. Ithaca put together a two-out rally in the bottom of the sixth to make it 3-1 and Rochester loaded the bases again with an intentional walk to Louis Fabbo. UR avoided further damage as a crucial stop in the infield with a full count ended the inning on a 6-3 putout. IC went to the bullpen in the seventh as Dan Allard entered in relief and logged a pair of strikeouts looking to keep the Bombers ahead by two runs. The Bombers plated two more runs in the bottom of the seventh as Colin Dunn and Feeney both scored on a wild pitch to extend IC's lead to 5-1, which was the eventual final score.
Salve Regina University's Brandon Grover and Evan O'Rourke launched back-to-back home runs to start game two of a NEWMAC doubleheader at Wheaton College and the Seahawks (24-5, 10-2 NEWMAC) salvaged a split of the twinbill by winning the nightcap, 7-0, after the Lyons (15-8, 9-3 NEWMAC) had won the opener, 3-0, at Sidell Stadium. Sophomore righty Joe DeRienzo improved to 4-0 on the season with five shutout innings. Jason Arrigo struck out four in three scoreless innings and Tommy DelVecchio faced four batters to get the final three outs in a non-save situation. In game one, Wheaton junior right-hander Ryan McCarroll hurled seven and two-thirds innings of four-hit shutout ball to lead the hosts.
Puget Sound played spoiler on Linfield's Senior Day after topping the Wildcats 12-11 at Roy Helser Field on Sunday afternoon. The 'Cats saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end with the loss. Nick Holm's two hits extended his Northwest Conference game-hitting streak to 11. Jackson Bui etched his name into the Linfield record books after reaching base four times via walk, tying the program record. Brett Harvey (6-2) earned the win for Puget Sound. Davis Franklin paced the offense with four hits and three RBIs with four other Loggers totaling two RBIs. Franklin and Jack McCullar each hit a home run for Puget Sound. The Wildcats edged the Loggers (15-19, 7-11 NWC) in total hits 14-13.
12th-ranked Trinity (Texas) swept a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader from the University of Dallas on Sunday afternoon, wrapping up its final home games of the regular season with a pair of 10-0 victories. In game one, the Tigers broke open the game with a six-run second inning that proved to be all they needed by the end. Trinity added two more scores in the sixth, then another two runs in the seventh to enact the run-rule. Jackson Teer tossed a five-hit, complete-game shutout, striking out eight batters, and improving to 6-1 this season. Another big inning in the second game had the same effect, as Trinity broke a scoreless tie with a five-run third inning. The Tigers nearly got the run-rule in the seventh again, adding three runs to the lead to make it 8-0 after seven. Dallas was able to keep the game going into the eighth, but it was just delaying the inevitable as Trinity scored twice in the bottom of the inning to end the game.
Sophomore Aidan Vining struck out 12 in seven innings of work for the Johnson and Wales in a 9-2 win at Rivier University Sunday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action at Holman Stadium. The defending conference pitcher of the year scattered eight hits and walked a pair to improve to 5-1 on the season. Offensively, junior Xavier Botelho hit his second home run of the season – a two-run inside-the-park round tripper in the seventh – and classmate Trevor Juan laced a two-run triple in the second. JWU scored five times in the second to open the scoring – two of which were unearned and another which scored on a bases-loaded walk by junior Ryan St. Jean. A two-run home run by Rivier in the fourth cut its deficit to 5-2, but an RBI triple off the bat of senior EJ Leone in the seventh, followed by a run-scoring single from junior Owen Davis and Botelho's home run, pushed the lead to 9-2. Juniors Nick Calenda and Justin Markell each tossed an inning of scoreless relief to help the Wildcats reach the 20-win mark for the second consecutive season.
Drew Garth slugged the go-ahead home run and finished with four hits to power the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team to a 9-7 victory over visiting Marietta College in non-conference action Sunday at Ross Memorial Park. The win improves the Presidents to 19-9 overall. The loss drops the Pioneers to 17-15. The victory for W&J snapped a four-game skid versus Marietta in the head-to-head series. Sunday's victory is the first for the Presidents over the Pioneers since 2015. Brendan Cruz picked up the win in relief. The freshman tossed 3.1 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit. Cruz is 2-1 on the mound this season. Another first-year pitcher, Bobby Budacki, put together a gutsy effort in his first collegiate start. Budacki worked 4.2 innings and allowed three runs on five hits. Budacki struck out a pair and walked three.
UW-Whitewater finished out their series against #10 UW-La Crosse. The #6 Warhawks took both games on Sunday, 10-7 and 10-2. Down 5-1 in the opener, the Warhawks started to slowly comeback with two runs in the top of the third. The Eagles added an insurance run in the fourth, but the top of the fifth was all the Warhawks. Andy Thies drew a HBP with the bases loaded to put the Warhawks within striking distance 6-5. Only one batter later, Dominik McVay hit his second home run of the game, cleaning up the bases with a grand slam. The next inning, the Warhawks added their own insurance run, going up 10-6. The Eagles managed to add one more run, but Danny Hopper came in to pitch, picking up the save in the 10-7 win. In the second game, the Warhawks took a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning and added four more in the fifth to lead 8-1. The Warhawks would go on to score another two runs in the next inning, picking up the 10-2 win over the 10th-ranked Eagles.
The Lyon College Scots swept a non-conference double-header from the Blackburn College Beavers in Carlinville, Illinois this afternoon 9-3 and 11-2 to improve to 17-16 overall on the season. Tyler Davis started game one for the Scots and went 1.2 innings and picked up the win. Rhett Crafton came in for 5.1 innings of work and recorded four strikeouts and allowed one run. The Lyon offense also provided Ian Jackson plenty of runs in game two as well. Jackson picked up the win from the mound for the Scots. Jackson threw 2.1 innings and Ethan Hopkins pitched 4.2 innings in relief.
The UW-Superior Yellowjackets continued their Upper Midwest Athletic Conference series with Minnesota Morris Sunday at Wade Stadium. It was a gorgeous afternoon for baseball, with temperatures reaching 60 degrees throughout the day. Both squads really wanted to soak up the warm temperatures, as game one needed 13 innings, and every bit of four hours and ten minutes. After UWS and Minnesota Morris combining for 41 hits and 31 runs, the Yellowjackets came out in front, winning in walk off fashion by a score of 16-15. Game two was a snappy two hours and 12 minutes, which saw UWS complete the series sweep against the Cougars 10-4. During the bottom of the 13th inning, Fredrikson started the action with a double into the left center gap. Jonny Rhodes came in as a pinch hitter but was plunked before Isaac Fugere reached on an error by the Cougars' centerfielder. Voight stepped into the box with the bases loaded and nearly ended things on a high note, as he unloaded on a pitch over the left field wall that was called foul. This wouldn't matter, however, as he lined a single into right center field to secure a 16-15 victory in walk off fashion. In game two, Gio Basile came into relieve Yellowjacket starter Aiden Pfeifer in the top of the eighth. He allowed one hit and two runs, but ultimately shut the door and secured the series sweep over the Cougars 10-4. Pfeifer collected his fifth win, pitching seven innings. He allowed just seven hits and two runs while striking out six.
Keuka College completed the season sweep of Alfred University by taking both ends of a doubleheader against the Saxons on Sunday. Keuka College (6-21, 5-7 Empire 8) took the opener 17-3 against the Saxons. Tanner Olson then pitched a complete-game shutout in game two as the Wolves earned the 7-0 victory. Keuka built an advantage of 10-3 through three. Keuka added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings on their way to the 17-3 victory. Pitching dominated early in game two. Up 2-0 was all that Tanner Olsen needed. The senior went all nine innings for the complete-game shutout. He became just the 11th pitcher in program history to go nine or more innings and his three hits allowed in a game tied fifth-fewest in program history.
Saint Vincent split a non-conference doubleheader against Lycoming on Sunday afternoon in Williamsport. The Bearcats (8-20) were defeated 4-1 in a low-scoring opening game and followed with a 10-2 win over Lycoming (6-25) in game two in extra innings. In the opening game of the doubleheader, the Bearcats were limited to just two hits, falling by a 4-1 score. The Bearcats led 2-0 through four and a half innings, before the Warriors scored two in the bottom of the fifth to tie the score. Saint Vincent erupted for eight runs in the eighth and that was the difference.
Freshman designated player Cameron Early picked up his first collegiate hit and then belted a home run as part of a 3-for-5 effort as Rhode Island College won a slugfest, 18-16, over UMass Boston in Little East action played at Pontarelli Field on Sunday afternoon. Early stayed hot by going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI as the Rhode Island College lost, 11-5, vs. UMass Boston in the second game of a Little East doubleheader played at Pontarelli Field on Sunday afternoon. The Beacons' bullpen only needed two to get the job done in game two, as senior Dillon Ryan went the distance for seven innings while allowing just three runs on seven hits, as he punched out seven batters and walked three against the 31 total batters he faced for his fifth win of the season. Senior Thomas Kierce came in to relieve Ryan for the final two innings of action, as he faced nine batters and added two more strikeouts to his season totals. Gouveia continued to lead the way offensively going 3-6 from the plate in game two, including a double. Aidan Blake drove in two runs off two hits including a home run to lead the game off, while coming home to score three of the Beacons' 11 total runs. First-year Elliot Miles also recorded two hits in five at-bats, as he came across to score once.
Misericordia University finished a series sweep of Delaware Valley by taking a doubleheader, 18-6, 8-3, Sunday in Doylestown. In game one, Joe Comins had two hits and two RBI and Connor Maryniak had two hits and scored three runs. Brock Bollinger drove in two runs and Garrett McIlhenney scored four runs. Gabe Bunn added two hits and Brooks Kanwisher drove in three runs. Justin Calvarese struck out seven over 5.2 innings of relief to earn the game one win. In the nightcap, the Cougars trailed 6-5 after three innings, but scored 13 runs over the final four innings. Max Oliver struck out five over six innings in game two and Tyler Leonard worked the final three innings to get the win. The Cougars broke a 3-3 tie with five two-out runs in the top of the ninth. Andrew Van Horn and Bollinger singled with one out and McIlhenney walked to load the bases. Jack Regenye walked to force in the go-ahead run and Jason Sanfilippo singled to make it 6-3. Regenye scored on wild pitch and Maryniak reached on an error to allow the final run to score.
Kalamazoo College continued the three-game weekend series against Trine with 2-1 and 9-5 wins for the series sweep on Sunday. The Hornets' record improved to 22-8 (11-4 MIAA) on the season, and the Thunder dropped to 10-22 (2-13 MIAA). Kalamazoo sits one game back from Hope in second for the conference season standings, as both teams have six more MIAA games to play. Trine scored the first run of the low-scoring affair in game one in the first inning on an RBI single. Kalamazoo tied the game up in the third when Lukas Bolton scored on a double play after tripling to begin the inning. The game-winning run came in the sixth inning when Robert Newland hit an RBI double to the right-center gap that scored Ryar Rinehart. Kalamazoo scored the game's first run in the first inning, expanded on the 4-2 lead in the fifth and capitalizing on Trine's mistakes. Trine got one run back in the eighth on an RBI double only to see the Hornets got the run back in the bottom of the inning. Trine made things interesting in the ninth after a double that scored two, but the Kalamazoo bullpen held up for the win.
In Elizabethtown fashion, the Blue Jays snuck past Wilkes, 8-6 to complete the Landmark Conferece series win after giving up five runs in the top of the eighth. Greg Zerbe got the win on mound for his fourth of the season as he tallied three strikeouts. Justin Marraccini closed out the game for Etown earning his first save of the season. Mason Woolwine capped off his stellar weekend going 3-4 with one run, and one RBI. Woolwine is currently on a 14-game hit streak dating back to game one of the Susquehanna series on March 29. David Woolley went 2-4 with one run and one RBI. Alex McClain went 2-3 with one run, one RBI, and a double.
Sam Gossard had five hits on the day and Steve Antrim added four of his own, including a home run in game two, as Carleton College spit a doubleheader with visiting Augsburg University. The Knights dropped he opener 6-4 but bounced back to take the second game by a 14-9 margin. Carleton (9-18, 6-8 MIAC) jumped out to an early lead but missed opportunities would lead to a defeat. Once again, Carleton jumped all over the starting pitcher as the Knights batted around in the bottom of the first scoring four times, three of them on Sam Chutkow's bases-loaded triple. The Knights would get their breaks in this game and went on to a split on the day. The game seemingly changed on a dropped third strike to begin the bottom of the frame. Will Schepf swung and missed, but the ball eluded the Auggie catcher and the throw to first base was late. Ananth Iyer followed with a RBI double to left field, and Steve Antrim crushed a no-doubt, game-tying home to left field, leveling the score at 7-7. It was Antrim's third home run over his last seven games.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy brought the bats on Sunday in pummeling Mount Saint Vincent by a 21-3 score in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Roberto Clemente Park in the Bronx. The Mariners then staged a late-inning comeback to turn back the Dolphins in the second game of the doubleheader by a 5-4 score, securing the Sunday sweep. USMMA is now 20-10 overall with an 11-1 record in Skyline Conference play while UMSV falls to 11-16 overall and 6-6 in league games. Lost in the shuffle of the offensive onslaught in game one was Tyler Reistetter's pitching performance. The reigning Skyline Conference Pitcher of the Year settled down after a shaky first inning to pitch four innings of the seven-inning contest, earning the win with four strikeouts on the day. The victory goes down as Reistetter's 19th career win on the bump, tying him with 2019 graduate Andrew Spinnenweber for the most wins in a career in program history. With reliever Jake Bland on the hill for UMSV in the eighth inning of game two, Merchant Marine plated the game-tying and eventual game-winning run. Millen started the inning by reaching on a two-base error and advancing to third on a passed ball. Tommy Chiappetti and Garrett Clapsaddle would strike out with the game-tying run on third before Leatherwood reached on an error by the shortstop to tie the game. Reistetter came to the plate and delivered a single to center field which was misplayed, allowing pinch runner Frank Ruepp to score all the way from first base to give the Mariners a 5-4 lead. The Dolphins were sent down in order in the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings as USMMA held on for the comeback victory.
Waynesburg University scored 11 ninth-inning runs to down Chatham 15-7 at Kendrick Family Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. The Jackets trailed 7-4 going into the top of the ninth and smacked 11-straight hits to open the inning to score nine runs before recording their first out in the frame. Waynesburg rises to 21-13 on the season and 14-4 in Presidents' Athletic Conference play. The Jackets clinch a spot in the PAC Tournament for the first time since 2019. Waynesburg's 21 victories match the highest total in the last decade. Chatham falls to 14-16, 6-8 PAC. Mike Bell, Trent Giraffa and Dalton Mount each drove in multiple runs in the ninth inning rally. Matthew Corte-Gaskil tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to close the game to pick up his first win of the season.
Farmingdale State College swept a road Skyline Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon, as the Rams moved their record to 16-9 overall and 9-3 in conference play with a pair of victories over St. Joseph's University-Brooklyn. FSC collected a 24-2 win in the opening contest, before capturing a 12-1 decision in seven innings in the second game to move its winning streak to seven-straight games. Senior right-handed pitcher Johnny Dougherty moved to 6-1 on the season with a five-inning outing in which he scattered two unearned runs, four hits and one walk while striking out three Bears hitters. He was staked to all the run support he would need across the first two innings of action, as Farmingdale State plated seven in the first inning before adding nine more in the second frame. Farmingdale State picked up 11 more hits in the nightcap to support senior starting pitcher Roman Dorosh, who tossed five innings of three-hit, one-run ball while fanning six to move to 2-2 on the campaign.
Hardin-Simmons had its season on the line and came up big with a 7-5 win over LeTourneau on Sunday afternoon in American Southwest Conference action at Hallsville High School. In the bottom of the ninth, LeTourneau scored on a Dane Jones single and had runners at second and third with two outs but Stephens got a pop up to end the game and record his fourth save of the year. Sam Buchkowski and Jett Forrest had three hits each for the Cowboys as part of a 17-hit attack. Jones had two hits and drove in three for LeTourneau.