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| Western New England scored ten runs in the opening inning of the Commonwealth Coast Conference tournament opener on Tuesday afternoon and took down the Nichols College Bison with ease, putting together their highest runs and hits totals of the season, taking a 24-6 victory. Western New England athletics photo |
Susquehanna kept their season going on Tuesday afternoon with a win in the first Landmark Conference Tournament Play In Game under the conference's new format. The River Hawks earned the No. 4 seed in the regular season and hosted the No. 5 seed Drew for a spot in the double-elimination tournament this weekend to determine the Landmark Champions. After playing three closely fought games in the regular season, the River Hawks and Rangers provided another absolute classic contest, going to extra innings for the second time in 2024 and seeing SU once again claim a win in the bottom of the 11th inning, winning 8-7.
In the early innings it looked like potential smooth sailing for the River Hawks as they ran out to a big lead. They scored five runs in the first two innings, teeing off on the Drew starter with six hits. Buoyed by a three-RBI double in the 5th and a two-run home run of their own in the 6th, Drew was able to rattle off seven unanswered runs over four innings to take a 7-5 lead. Vincent Mariella gave SU some incredible work on the mound in the final innings, entering to get the last out in the top of the 8th and then striking out three in the top of the 9th. However, the Drew pitching also kept SU off the board and the game went to extras. Each team went down in order in the 10th inning, with Ryan Redmond entering the game to pitch for the River Hawks. He allowed just one baserunner in the top of the 11th on a hit-by-pitch but struck out the next two batters to end the inning. All the drama culminated in the bottom of the 11th, as Michael Biuso walked it off with a single up the middle, allowing Michael Mancuso to round third and slide in at home to score the winning run and punch SU's ticket to weekend tournament.
Wheaton (Mass.) ended the 2024 season for WPI, as the fifth-seeded Engineers fell on the road at No. 4 Wheaton in the NEWMAC Tournament play-in game. The Lyons (22-12) topped WPI, 23-4, and will play at top seed Salve Regina on Friday in the double-elimination bracket. Wheaton's Ryan McCarroll improved to 7-2 on the season, throwing five innings in the win, allowing two runs on eight hits with six strikeouts. Owen Radcliffe suffered the loss, tossing four innings, allowing 11 earned runs on 13 hits with two strikeouts. For Wheaton, Kevin Matos was 4-for-4 with three doubles, a home run, and seven RBI. Tommy Beauregard drove in four runs off of two hits, while Tommy Ambrosone had four hits with two RBI. Tyler Bellan finished with three hits and two RBI, while Shawn Cali, Casey Wensley, and Mike Maher all had two RBI. WPI's offense pounded out 15 hits but was limited to just four runs. Tommy Burns led the charge with a 5-for-5 performance, with a double and a home run, driving in two runs. Jonathan Lattimer finished with three hits, while DJ Brooks had a pair of singles. Jake DelMonte and Liam Keblin drove in runs in the loss.
Nine unanswered Suffolk runs over the final three innings pushed third seeded Suffolk past sixth seed Wentworth on the opening day of the 2024 CCC Tournament Tuesday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park. Alex Sorenti-Burns' bats came up big for the blue-and-gold in the home half of the sixth in a 3-3 game With the bases chucked, the grad student laced a two-out, bases clearing triple down the right field line to restore the advantage for hosts, 6-3. An inning later, Suffolk stretched its lead even further. Roberts wore a pitch with the bases loaded to collect an RBI before Gilbride emptied the bags with a grand slam. Sam Armbruster produced a one-run single in the scoring frenzy as well that turned it into a 12-3 Suffolk score. Jack Raimo came in and shoved 2.0 scoreless innings to lock up the CCC Tournament win.
Sixth-seeded Westminster College hosted the 3rd-seeded Mississippi University for Women Owls as the road team in Tuesday's SLIAC Quarterfinals. This was due to MUW not being able to host a postseason game this year or next year as part of their deal to become a part of the Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Despite being the road team on the scoreboard, the Blue Jays were able to come out on top by a score of 7-5 behind their two 9th-inning runs. Greenville also were Tuesday winners with a 5-3 win over Fontbonne.
CCNY will advance to the CUNY Athletic Conference Championship Series for the third straight season after defeating Lehman in the First Round, 11-6. With the victory, the Beavers improve to 14-19 overall and will look to win its second straight conference title. The Beavers's offense came alive in the third inning, raking in seven runs. In the fourth inning, Souther tallied his second hit of the afternoon with an RBI single to left field, 10-3. After two scoreless innings, sophomore Mike Savino drove in the Beavers' final run of the day with an RBI double to left field. Junior right-handed pitcher Brandon Paider started on the rubber for the Beavers and gave 5.0 strong innings, allowing two earned runs, three hits, and striking out seven. DiBlasi led the Beavers offense, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs in the victory.
Behind an offensive explosion in the first and eighth innings, Mary Washington downed Stockton, 14-5, in Galloway, N.J. on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first when Ty Lowe reached on a throwing error, scoring the first run of the game. Then, Tommy Martinez broke the inning open with a grand slam the other way to right field to put the Eagles up, 5-0. Stockton got two runs back in the bottom half of the inning, but the Eagles scored two more when Jacob Christenbury scored on a wild pitch, then Lowe ripped an RBI single. In the fifth, Alex Purgason reached on an error that scored Martinez, pushing the score to 8-2. In the seventh, George Rizzo reached on a fielder's choice that scored Oliver Martin, then in the eighth, the Eagles scored five more runs. It began with Oliver Martin's two-RBI single, then Rizzo tripled three runs home to push the Eagles lead to 14-2. Justin Ritz recorded the victory, going five innings and allowing two runs to move to 3-2 on the season. Brendan McComber worked a scoreless sixth and seventh, while Griffin Graham pitched a run-less eighth.