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| Juniata picked up a pair of nonconference wins over Chatham, 16-9 and 11-8, Thursday afternoon at Langdon-Goodale field. Joey Woodrow (pictured) was 3-3 with a double and three runs scored in game one. Woodrow was 2-3 with two runs scored in the nightcap. Juniata athletics photo |
Three games were completed in the first day of the 2024 American Southwest Conference Championship at Woods Field on the campus of East Texas Baptist. Despite the times being moved back two hours, all three contests were completed with no weather delays. McMurry eliminated Mary Hardin Baylor 7-4 in the final game of the opening day in the ASC tournament. Earlier Hardin-Simmons advanced with a 6-5 win over UMHB and Concordia-Texas defeated McMurry 6-2. The opener featured both teams trading leads and forcing ties at dramatic junctures of the contest, but a 10th inning home run by Kyler Reed was enough to push the Cowboys to a 6-5 lead that held up in the first game of the day. The War Hawks jumped out to an early lead in game two as Nolan Scherencel homered over the left field wall. CTX countered with a pair of runs in the bottom of that inning to go up and started a stretch of six unanswered runs en route to a victory. In the first elimination game, McMurry and UMHB swapped leads until the War Hawks reclaimed the lead the rest of the way with a three-run fourth inning. A bunt single by D. Abbott evened the score, as an error on the throw to first allowed Scherence to come around and score. A couple of RBI groundouts by Mueller and Xavier Escobar put the War Hawks up 4-2.
USA South Conference Tournament got underway with a pair of three-team double elimination tournaments, with the second of which being held in Brevard, North Carolina at Gil Coan Field, marking BC's first NCAA-era postseason home contest. The first game of the day was a marathon between six-seed Pfeiffer University (20-19) and three-seed Methodist University (21-21), with the Falcons coming from behind to earn a 14-13 victory. With the loss, the Methodist Monarchs were a loss away from elimination. However, with their backs against the wall, the Monarchs delivered, using eight-consecutive runs to earn the 9-3 victory over the two-seed Brevard College baseball team (20-17). As a result of the tournament-opening defeat, the Tornados will attempt to hold off elimination tomorrow, as Brevard will take on Pfeiffer at Gil Coan Field at 11 a.m. If the Tornados are able to win, it would set up a rematch between Pfeiffer and Methodist, with the winner of that contest facing BC on Saturday. In the first double elimination pod, Greensboro defeated Southern Virginia 14-2 and was later eliminated by NC Wesleyan 14-2 to set up a best 2-of-3 for the Pride and Bishops.
McDaniel College scored four runs in the top of the third to post a 5-3 victory over second-seeded Dickinson in the 2024 Centennial Conference Championship Thursday at MacPhail Field. The third-seeded Green Terror (23-13) picked up their first postseason win since 2016 when they were also the No. 3 seed and posted a 4-1 win over fourth-seeded Gettysburg at Johns Hopkins. Sophomore Ben Davis went 2-for-5 with two RBIs while senior Tyler Yohn also had two hits with one RBI. Yohn now has 168 career hits, moving him into fifth in program history past Pat Christopher who had 167 from 2010-13. Graduate student Ryan Martino improved to 5-0 on the mound while junior Conor Henderson picked up his seventh save, setting a new single-season school record. Seven saves are also the third-most in a single season in conference history. Johns Hopkins also advanced with a 27-5 win over Haverford. Haverford will open the second day of the Centennial tournament against Dickinson and McDaniel meets Johns Hopkins.
Calvin University opened its weekend series against Hope College with an 8-4 road win on Thursday. Calvin (17-20, 8-11 MIAA) was in control from start to finish and pounded 15 hits off Hope (19-17, 12-7 MIAA) pitching, while Nolan Coil and Matt Reynolds held the Flying Dutchmen bats at bay. Coil (5-2) earned his third win in MIAA play after pitching the first 6.2 innings and allowing four runs on nine hits while striking out one to earn the win. Reynolds struck out three and allowed only one base runner in his 2.1 innings in relief. Patrick Gillen finished the day 3-6 with four runs batted in. Gillen's 11 home runs are just one shy of the program's single-season record, and his 44 RBI are tied for third most in a single season.
Plattsburgh State won their 23rd game of the season on Thursday, the highest win total since 2010 when they won 30 games, as they defeated SUNY Canton 8-1 at Chip Cummings Field. Tyler Kohn threw six excellent innings to earn the win, striking out a career-high nine batters in his third start of the season. Kohn allowed just five hits, giving up one unearned run, earning his second win of the season on the mound. Austin Caldwell was 2-3 on the day, driving in two runs and scoring once, while Ben Catrambone was also 2-3, scoring two runs. Kyle Cremin finished 1-2 with two runs scored, driving in a run, and walking twice. Eric Agan, Ty Nelson, and Justin Sargent each threw a scoreless inning for Plattsburgh State.
Adrian College opened its final series of the regular season on Thursday afternoon as they hosted Albion College. The Bulldogs went on to take the opening game of the series, 4-3. The Bulldogs struck first scoring two runs in the bottom of the third. With the bases loaded, David Kedrow hit a 2-RBI single up the middle to grab the early lead. Albion responded with a solo home run in the fourth inning and a 2-run homer in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the fifth, Nic Bruder tied the game on an RBI single followed by an RBI groundout from AJ Miranda to take the lead. Albion threatened in the top of the eighth inning, but Lincoln Lipinski came on to get the final out of the inning keeping the score at 4-3 in favor of Adrian. Bruder led the Bulldogs with three hits on the afternoon while Joe Casale and Kedrow each finished with two. Jakob Charles earned his eighth win of the season throwing five innings allowing three runs on four hits with four strikeouts. Luc St. Antoine pitched in relief where he threw 2.2 innings allowing no runs on six hits with four strikeouts. Lipinski earned his second save of the season.
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| Tufts University played in their last game of the regular season Thursday night against non conference opponent WPI at Sol Gittleman Park on the campus of Tufts University, earning a 13-2 weather-shortened win after four and a half innings. The Jumbos (20-14) gave the ball to first-year Michael O'Brien. O'Brien worked two innings giving up zero runs and zero walks on two hits. The Jumbos used four pitchers on the day including senior Justin Wells who made his first appearance of the season after returning from injury. Tufts athletics photo |
Buena Vista University got back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the first inning that sparked the start of a 17-hit performance, and the Beavers never looked back en route to a big 12-2 (7 inning) victory over visiting Dubuque on Thursday evening. Jordan Mathewson, Garcia Harris and Tegan Bock all finished with three hits to help lead BVU while all eight batters in the line-up recorded at least one. Mathewson drove in a team-high three runs on the night and also scored twice. With his third hit of the game, Harris, became the fifth player in program history to reach 200 for a career. Junior Morgan Smith was tough on the mound all night long. He went all seven innings, scattered five hits, with three of those coming in the sixth inning alone. He walked only one batter and struck out seven while improving to 4-2 on the year.
John Jay raced out to a 5-2 lead before adding two more in their half of the fifth inning. The Old Westbury Panthers scored thrice and one more in the seventh as the Bloodhounds held on for the 7-6 win on Thursday. Today's game was played at the Jackie Robinson Athletic Complex on Old Westbury's campus with the Bloodhounds serving as the home team. John Jay moves to 15-21 overall while Old Westbury falls to 14-18. Hayden Tackett powered the John Jay offense, going 2 for 3 while driving in four RBIs. Santo Anzalone and Anthony Agosta had a hit and were credited with an RBI. Jaxen Gangwish, Ryan Cherichella, Michael Mauro, Quentin Bowman, and Axel Kappes III all had a hit in the contest. Sean Lynch, toeing the mound for his first collegiate start, went six innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on six hits while walking one and striking out three in recording his first win of the season. Julio Reyes worked two-thirds of an inning before David Michalski came on for the final 2.1 frames, not allowing a run while walking one and striking out three for his third save of the year.
Webster University was back in action this evening when they traveled to Franklin, Indiana, to take on the Franklin College Grizzlies for a nonconference matchup. The Gorloks defeated the Grizzlies by a final score of 13-4 to improve to 18-17 on the season. With the loss, Franklin drops to 18-18 on the year. Webster tallied 14 hits in the game. Karl Peters led the way as he went 2-for-6 with a three-run homerun (10), five RBI, and three runs scored. Zach Goodman and Andrew Fazio also recorded multi-hit games as Goodman went 4-for-4 with three runs scored while Fazio went 2-for-5 with an RBI. In addition, Parker Murrow went 1-for-3 with two RBI, Michael Ellis went 1-for-1 with an RBI, Ben Stedman went 1-for-1 with an RBI, and Nick Schumacher added an RBI to round out the top performers for the Gorloks.
Kalamazoo College began a three-game series against Alma with a 12-5 win on senior night on Thursday. The Hornets' record improves to 27-9 (14-5 MIAA) on the season, and the Scots' record drops to 24-14 (13-6 MIAA). Kalamazoo took a one-game lead over Alma in the MIAA standings with two games to play. Jacob Davis (6-2) settled in after allowing two runs in the first and threw five more solid innings before allowing three more in the seventh. He allowed five runs (four earned) on 10 hits with two strikeouts. Owen Schihl got the Hornets out of the jam in the seventh and got one out in the eighth. Brenden Oprinski threw the final 1.2 scoreless innings with a strikeout. Lukas Bolton was 3-3 with a double and two RBI. Ryar Rinehart had two hits with a home run and three RBI. Tanner Hawkins also had three RBI on two hits. Cam Kelly had two hits with a triple and two RBI, while Harrison Poeszat also collected two hits. Cooper Mills had one RBI.