Endicott, Denison rolls on Thursday

Saint Vincent College split a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader at Grove City College, winning the opener by a 5-2 score before falling in the nightcap, 11-1. Dylan Schmude (pictured) went a combined 6-for-7 over the doubleheader.
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No. 1 Endicott defeated UMass Boston, 10-2, in non-conference action on Thursday evening at North Field. The Gulls scored eight runs over the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings to run away with their eighth straight victory. TJ Liponis broke up a 2-2 tie in the sixth with an RBI infield single to get the hosts going. From there, John Mulready, Joey Frammartino, and Brendan O'Neil all drove in runs (3B, 1B, BB) in the seventh to push Endicott further ahead on the scoreboard, 6-2. The Gulls iced the game in the eighth with a four-run frame via a throwing error, a Nicolas Notarangelo two-run double, and a Danny MacDougall RBI single.

No. 2 Denison University hosted Marietta College and got a two-run home run from Noah Leib in the bottom of the first inning en route to a 5-2 win over the Pioneers on Thursday night. It was the first season sweep for Denison (30-4 overall) over Marietta (17-16) since 2018, and it is the quickest the Big Red have reached the 30-win mark in a season in program history. Denison made it 5-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning after a two-out double to right field by Owen Wilson was followed by an RBI-single also to right field by Cade Nowik. Michael Gray pitched a 1-2-3 top of the seventh inning, and George Viebrock later came on with to runners on base with one out in a 5-2 game in the top of the eighth inning and got a flyout to right field and a fielder's choice to second base to get out of the inning. Viebrock would work around a leadoff hit by pitch in the top of the ninth inning with back-to-back strikeouts and a groundout to third base to pick up his fifth save of the season.

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No. 4 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University defeated Hiram College in a rescheduled non-conference game by a score of 4-0 at Fisher Field. After being originally scheduled to play early in the season, BW (29-5, 13-1 OAC) jumped on Hiram (13-19, 2-8 NCAC) early with a run in the bottom of the first. The Terriers had a few opportunities to tie the ballgame but the Brown and Gold was able to put the game away with a three-run seventh. Nick Clark led the way going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Senior catcher Mark Mohnickey Jr. also had a multi-hit game as he finished 2-for-4. Senior right-hander Aidan Bennett closed the book with 6.2 innings pitched, including four no-hit innings, where he tied a career-high eight strikeouts and allowed only two hits and three walks. He lowered his earned run average to just 2.08: the fourth best in the OAC. Freshman right-hander Jake Heatherington is now one save shy of tying the program record for most saves in a season as he threw 2.1 innings, struck out four, and allowed two hits.

No. 6 UW-Whitewater took care of business against Edgewood, with an 18-2 win, picking up win number 30 on the season. The Warhawks got off to a hot start, with Eli Frank going yard in his first at-bats to score the first two runs for UW-Whitewater. In the next inning, the Warhawks loaded up the bases with the first three batters and then scored four straight runs to go up 7-0 only two innings in. Heading into the 7th inning, the Warhawks were up 11-1 but added on a few insurance runs to complete the game in the seventh. A huge inning at the plate, the Warhawks scored 7 runs on 5 hits with one error. The Eagles scored another run in the bottom of the seventh, but it wasn't enough as the Warhawks took home the 18-2 win.

No. 7 Salve Regina University closed out its three-game non-league mid-week homestand with a 15-5 win in eight innings over visiting Anna Maria College on a sunny but cold Thursday afternoon at Reynolds Field. The #7 Seahawks (27-5, 10-2 NEWMAC) win their third straight overall and sixth straight at Reynolds Field, sporting a 14-1 mark at home in 2024 (last year, Salve Regina finished 19-0 at home). The AMCATS (16-19, 9-7 GNAC) falter after sweeping Fitchburg State earlier this week. Today was the first meeting between the two schools on the Newport diamond since 2010. Salve Regina has won the last six meetings and own a 51-6 overall mark in the series. Wil McCarthy went 4-for-5 at the plate with a double, three RBI, and three runs scored. Matt D'Amato went 3-for-4 with a double, three RBI, and three runs scored.

A pair of five-run innings proved enough as the 11th-ranked Christopher Newport baseball team picked up a 10-9 win against Washington and Lee University (15-16) on Thursday afternoon. The Captains improved to 22-8 overall after senior closer Kyle Lewis slammed the door against the Generals with five strikeouts in the final two frames to pick up his fifth save of the year. Taking on Washington and Lee in the penultimate home regular season game of the season, the Captains trailed, 5-0, after two innings before knotting the game at 5-all in the bottom of the fourth. The visitors swung back into the lead in the top of the seventh, 7-5, but a five-run bottom half was enough to build a 10-7 lead that CNU would not relinquish.

No. 17 Aurora University traveled to Bloomington, Illinois for a non-conference neutral site contest with the Gorloks of Webster University. Although being outhit thirteen to 9 in the game, the Spartan offense came up with more than enough runs in the 9-6 victory on Thursday night. Joe Lukancic led the offensive charge with a 4-for-5 night and four runs scored, while Derek Angelo got on base in all five of his plate appearances. A three-run home run from Webster in the top of the second gave the Gorloks a 4-1 lead but like the first inning, AU answered Webster's run total with four of their own in the bottom of the second. AU took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the fourth and in the sixth, Sean Rivera collected an RBI on a ground out that made it 9-5. Webster scored one run in the top of the seventh to trim AU's lead to 9-6. Joey Pettit finished off the Gorloks with two scoreless innings in the eighth and ninth for the save as AU took the contest 9-6

Freshman Kevin Stewart was 3-for-3 with three RBI and starter Mike Shannon tossed eight scoreless innings as #19 Rowan won its third in a row in the Profs' 10-0 NJAC victory over Rutgers-Newark on Thursday. Phil Sedalis and Dylan Maria each had two hits while Chris Serrano and Pat Defeciani knocked in two runs apiece, as the Profs remain in the sixth and final playoff spot with three regular season games to play. Shannon allowed just four hits while striking out three and allowing zero walks, extending his scoreless streak to 22 innings. Jason Morgan would tie a personal best with three runs on the day. Kevin Stewart and Karson Harcourt each scored twice. Robert Gonzalez had two of the four hits for the Scarlet Raiders. Starter Connor Baksh took the loss, giving up six runs on eight hits in three innings.

Junior Chaz Harvey belted a game-tying three-run homer in the third, senior Matt Myers ripped a bases-clearing double in the fifth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead for good, and junior Sam Slevin recorded his program-record ninth save as 25th-ranked Randolph-Macon outlasted No. 5 Salisbury 9-8 on Thursday afternoon. Salisbury would not go quietly in the ninth against Slevin. Two infield choppers went for hits before a potential sacrifice went for a bunt single to load the bases with none out. Slevin recorded a strikeout looking for the first out. A sacrifice fly to center pulled the Sea Gulls within one but was the second out. Slevin recorded a swinging strikeout to end the game. Slevin recorded his ninth save of the season. He surpassed the previous record of eight helf by Glen McLaughlin (2014) and Will Jennings (2013).

On day one of the SAA tournament, Jonathan Cruz highlighted a four-hit day with a grand slam in the second inning of game one, and Oglethorpe split the first two games of the three-game series at Hendrix Thursday night at University of Central Arkansas' Bear Stadium. The games were moved to UCA due to inclement weather. Oglethorpe ran away with a 14-7 victory in the opener before falling 7-2 in the nightcap, setting the stage for a decisive game three to determine who will advance to the final site of the Southern Athletic Association postseason tournament. Behind Jonathan Cruz's 4-for-6 game, Mason Pearcy and Carter Guarino both posted three-hit games, going 3-for-4 and 3-for-5, respectively. Both had two RBI's, and Peacy had four runs scored. Oglethorpe once again had the early lead through the top half of the first but this time could not hold on. It was 2-0 midway through the third when Hendrix finally came to life with scoring in four straight innings, including a dagger of three runs in the sixth.

Eureka ended its 2024 regular-season home slate with a 10-4, 12-3 sweep over Maranatha Baptist in non-conference play at Henry Sand Field on Thursday. Eureka tallied 10 runs on 12 hits and stole eight bases en route to the first win of the day. The highlight of the game was Sam Buduris stealing two bases to reach the 30 on the season and leapfrog Sean Green in 2019 for the most stolen bases in a single season by any Red Devil in the program's modern era dating back to the 2000 season. The Red Devils took the game two win in three innings after Maranatha Baptist got off to a rough start in the bottom of the first inning. Eureka tallied 11 runs on two hits, nine walks and four hit batsmen to take an eight-run after the Sabercats notched three runs on two hits in the top half.

Alfred State took the series against Hilbert. The Pioneers
walked off game one in the seventh 7-6 and then took
game two 7-2
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Junior Owen Baum blasted a pair of grand slams and tied a program record with nine RBIs, and sophomore Scooter Summa also homered twice as Plymouth State University soared past Gordon College, 20-10, in non-conference action at Robbie Mills Field on Thursday evening. The Fighting Scots used a pair of three-run shots in the early going to build a 7-1 lead, but PSU erupted for ten runs in the bottom of the fourth. Summa smacked an RBI double and graduate student Alex Rives drove in two with a double, with Baum putting the cherry on top with a grand slam to put the Panthers in front, 11-7. Gordon scored twice in the fifth, but Summa blasted his second solo home run of the game. Baum added an RBI double as the Panthers struck for five runs in the inning to push the lead to 16-9. The visitors tacked on a run in the sixth, but Baum ended the game early with his second grand slam of the game to account for the 20-10 final score. Plymouth State improves to 9-13, while the Fighting Scots slide to 7-27.

Adrian College took a quick trip to Alma College on Thursday afternoon to resume its series finale with the Scots from earlier in the season. The game was originally postponed due to darkness tied 13-13 in the top of the tenth. Today, the Bulldogs returned to Alma where they completed the victory by scoring three runs in the top of the 12th to win 16-13. On Thursday, after trading scoreless innings in the 10th and 11th, Adrian's bats came alive in the 12th. Miranda led off the inning with a single to left field. With one out, Ryan Davis and Linken Hayward recorded back-to-back hits to load the bases. Anthony Mannarino pinch hit and drove in a pair of runs on a 2-RBI single up the middle. Boike went on to drive in another run on a sacrifice fly. Lincoln Lipinski came on to pitch the bottom of the 12th where he sat the Scots down 1-2-3 to end the game and record the save. Luc St. Antoine earned the win.

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New Jersey City University has now won seven games in New Jersey Athletic Conference play, which is the most for the program since 1995. The Gothic Knights, behind continued solid pitching from senior righthander Ali Pompey — he tossed his second-straight complete game in the victory — defeated William Paterson University on the road on Thursday, April 25, by a final of 7-3. In need of insurance runs in the ninth, the Gothic Knights did more than that, putting up three runs to give Pompey some wiggle room. Nick Vaughn led off with a one-out error at third before Justin Moreno put two on with a single. Jeremy Ricourt struck again, this time with two outs, to make it 5-3 with a RBI single. Then, Moreno was able to cross the plate via a failed pickoff attempt by the Pioneers to make it 6-3. Finally, Garrett Allo made it 7-3 with a one-run single to right, scoring Ricourt. Pompey closed out the ninth for the victory.

MIT scored seven runs in the first three innings to pull away from Rhode Island College, 10-6, in an afternoon non-conference game at Fran O'Brien Field. MIT collected seven runs in the first three innings to give themselves a 7-0 cushion, including RBI singles from graduate student Kyle Sonandres, senior Michael Finch, and junior Reed Tubbs. Rhode Island College got on the board with one run in the fourth inning while the Engineers responded as sophomore Lawrence Tang hit an RBI triple and came around to score on a sacrifice fly from sophomore Eitan Moore to push their lead to 9-1. The Anchormen collected three in the fifth inning with an RBI double from Cameron Earl and a single from Sean Helfrich, which brought in two to cut it down to 9-4. A double down the right-field line from Sonandres brought home another runner for the Engineers, pushing their to 10-4. Rhode Island College got an RBI double from Parker Camelo in the eighth inning and an RBI single from Lucas Pierce in the final inning before first-year Jack Finnegan struck out Camelo to seal the win for MIT, 10-6.

A pair of freshmen, Brian Feldman and Brendan Cruz, combined to account for five hits, seven RBI and six runs scored as W&J downed visiting Allegheny by a 16-4 score in a non-conference matchup at Ross Memorial Park. Feldman came through again in the eighth inning. The freshman sent a fly ball down the left field line which dropped in to score two more W&J runs. The Presidents would push two more runs across in the inning to finish off the 16-4 win. Feldman went 4-for-6 at the plate with five RBI and two runs scored. Cruz drove in a pair of runs and scored four times.

Carroll had a white-hot night at the plate on Thursday afternoon, sweeping a nonconference doubleheader against Lakeland University by scores of 16-15 and 17-2 (seven innings). The combined 33 runs scored is the most Carroll has had in a doubleheader since 2017. Dalen Lamberson went a combined 4-for-7 with five RBI in the two games. Joey Appino had three stolen bases, increasing his season total to 24, a school record for stolen bases in a season. Lakeland went on to score seven unanswered runs in the opener, and nine of the last 11 to pull within one run, but Carroll never forfeited the lead. Connor Nolen came in to close out the game, allowing no runs and striking out two batters to silence the hopes of a miracle comeback. Carroll continued the hitting barage from game one, this time pulling away and maintaining distance from the Muskies.

St. Olaf College maintained its unbeaten record at home with a 10-4 victory over Bethel University in game one before game two was suspended due to darkness with the Oles leading 15-6 after seven innings on Thursday at Mark Almli Field. In the opener, Bethel (13-11, 6-5 MIAC) led 4-3 before St. Olaf (18-9, 8-1 MIAC) scored the final seven runs via multi-run innings in the fourth, fifth, and sixth to improve to 6-0 at home this season. In game two, the Oles put up crooked numbers in each of the first three innings to build a 15-0 lead before the Royals scored six consecutive runs to avoid the run-rule defeat. Per conference rules, the nine-inning game of the doubleheader must be completed either by playing the full nine innings or by ending early via the run rule, meaning the game will be finished at a later date. Stats from game two are not official until the game is finished. Between the two games, St. Olaf honored its senior class of Sean Goldman, Brian Nevin, Derek Hansen, Sam Lavin, Joey Glampe, Brock Brumley, Owen Manning, and Ethan Beltrand, as well as student coaches Will Wamre and Benjamin Reinhard, and their families on the field as part of Senior Day.

Graduate student Luke Tanner scored on sophomore Chris Basile's fielder's choice in the bottom of the 10th inning as Babson College defeated visiting Johnson & Wales University, 5-4, in non-conference action on Thursday afternoon at Govoni Field. With its fourth straight win, Babson improves to 20-9 on the year. Johnson & Wales has dropped its last three games, two of them in extra innings, to slip to 20-10 overall. Senior Brant Savage singled twice and drove in a run, Basile was 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored, and senior Ike Kiely went 1-for-3 with two RBI to lead the Beavers. Junior Matt Milone struck out three and tossed five shutout innings in the first start of his career, while senior Kyle Wolff picked up the win with a perfect 10th inning.

SUNY Cobleskill returned to Fighting Tiger Field on Thursday afternoon to maul the visiting Pioneers of Utica College 13-3 in a non-conference meeting. With the victory the Fighting Tigers move to 13-19 overall on the year while the Pioneers fall to 10-21 overall on the campaign. Senior reliever Jordan Stone earned the win an outing of 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts as Cobleskill relievers worked the final seven innings allowing the Pioneers only one earned run to cement the victory. Offensively, the Fighting Tiger offense pounded out 13 hits on the afternoon led by Korin Laurilla who was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two walks, two RBI and a run scored, David Flora who was 1-for-4 with a double and three RBI, Dylan Pohl who went 1-for-2 with a walk, a double, two runs scored and two RBI and sophomore left fielder Logan Firment who was 3-for-4 with a walk, three stolen bases, two runs scored and an RBI.

Concordia Texas notched a pair of wins, 4-3 and 3-2, against Howard Payne University. Colby Christian homered into the parking lot at Gardner-Boggs Field as the Tornados secured a spot in the ASC tournament on Friday. The Tornados struck first in the second inning with a RBI single to right field to score Efren Sanchez Jr. after he slammed a hit of the left field monster. The Yellowjackets capitalized on an error to knot the game up in the top of the third, but CTX answered in the bottom of the frame with a solo homer by Christian. Howard Payne added a pair of runs to go up 3-2 in the top of the fifth. Brayden Pick connected on a RBI-double to right center that scored Chris Morrow to tie the game going into the sixth. They then took the lead when Julian Swift tallied an infield RBI-single to score Samuel Ortiz in the bottom of the sixth. In what was a pitcher's duel for much of the game, the Dakota Palmer and Brady Staedtler combined for 10 strikeouts Howard Payne got on the scoreboard first with a run in the top of the second. They then added a second run in the fifth to go up 2-0. In search of a comeback, the Tornados loaded the bases with only one out in the bottom of the eighth. Pick then put the ball in play and an error resulted in a Swift & Aaron Gomez scoring to tie the game. They then claimed the lead with a passed ball that scored Christian. Leaving no doubt was Brady Staedtler who struck out two of the final three batters to preserve the win.

Junior team captain Christian Lancaster had three hits and two RBIs, and junior Grayson Harris had three hits and one RBI, to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a 12-2 non-conference home win past William Peace University on Thursday afternoon on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium. Junior Justin Reynolds earned the pitching victory for the host Tigers (15-18) against the visiting Pacers (13-22). H-SC scored 12 runs on 18 hits with no errors, scoring three runs in the first inning, two runs in the third, one run in the fourth, two runs in the fifth, three runs in the seventh and one run in the eighth. WPU scored two runs on five hits with two errors, scoring one run each in the second and third innings.

Chatham 15-16 (6-8) had another matchup versus the La Roche Redhawks. This time on the road, as Chatham defeated La Roche for the second time this season by the score of 12-3. Freshman Nolan Boehm got the start in what was a staff day for the Cougars. Boehm also hit for himself in the lineup as he was a home run shy of the cycle. Halfway through the contest, the Cougars led 8-2 and only collected five hits. They took advantage of some miscues and free bases from the Redhawks. Freshman Ty Blackburn made his first collegiate start at short stop. Blackburn had to move from shortstop to third base after Cougars starting third baseman Senior Jake Bredl got hit by a pitch in the helmet. Senior Benny Dottle received a rare off day but had to enter the game in the first when Bredl got hit. The Cougars sent out a different lineup than most days. Designated hitter Sophomore Caleb Jones, center fielder Senior Frankie DeLuca, and Benny Dottle got some rest as they weren't in the starting lineup but received playing time.

Wheaton (Ill.) started its three-game series against Augustana on Thursday night with a victory. The Thunder defeated the Vikings 15-7 in earning the win. Tonight's game was originally scheduled for tomorrow night in the Quad Cities, but moved to tonight due to rain in the forecast for Friday. The Thunder will host the Vikings on Saturday at Lee Pfund Stadium in doubleheader that begins at 1:00 p.m. The Wheaton baseball team will host its Senior Day ceremony prior to the first pitch of game one of the twinbill. Wheaton defeated Augustana tonight with 15 runs, on 17 hits, with three errors. The Vikings scored seven runs, on 12 hits, with two errors. Freshman starting pitcher Alex Bagley pitched 4-1/3 innings as he allowed six runs, including three earned runs, on nine hits, with four strikeouts and one walk. Caleb VanKerkhoff earned the win in 2-2/3 innings of relief. He allowed one unearned run, on one hit, with two walks and two strikeouts. Nathan Hedlund earned the save with two innings of scoreless relief, as he scattered two hits, with two walks and two strikeouts. Second baseman Kyle Wu continued his hot-hitting ways with a 4-for-5 effort, hitting two doubles, with a stolen base. Wu scored four runs, with two RBI. Shortstop Noah Yi was 4-for-6, with a double as he scored two runs, with two RBI. Leftfielder Daniel Hillyer was 2-for-4, scoring twice. Designated hitter Mason Diel was 2-for-5, with two RBI.