Berry stifle Marietta in win

No. 3-ranked Johns Hopkins hosted No. 15 Cortland in a doubleheader Saturday, downing the Red Dragons 9-3 in the opening game, before completing the sweep with a 10-1 victory in Game 2. The Blue Jay offense proved too powerful for Cortland, scoring 11 of a combined 19 runs in the first four innings of both games.
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The Berry Vikings triumphed over the Marietta Pioneers 10-2 Saturday night, thanks to strong pitching performances from starter Jackson Collett and relievers Nicholas Angelakos and Aubrey Moraitakis. Alex Knapp tied for the team lead with three hits and two RBIs, and he also stole a base, scored twice, and walked. Jameson Farley also had three hits, and Uhls and Garcia each had two RBIs. Spikes, Pendleton, and Cloud each had an RBI. Collett earned his second win of the season with his performance, continuing the positive momentum from his last start. He pitched 5.2 innings, allowing two runs, one earned, and struck out six batters. Angelakos followed Collett with a scoreless 1.1 innings of work with three strikeouts and no walks. Moraitakis closed out the game with a scoreless two innings of work, only allowing one baserunner and striking out three batters. The pitching staff for the Vikings combined for an impressive 12 strikeouts. Marietta College defeated LaGrange College, 5-3. Austin Ziance (2-1) had another strong outing and got the win against LaGrange. Ziance started and threw 6.0 innings scattering six hits and giving up three runs. He walked two and struck out six. Marietta broke a 2-2 tie with a pair of runs in the sixth inning and then added an insurance run in the eighth.

The No.2 Salve Regina Seahawks took the lead in the fifth inning after trailing 5-1 at the end of the first and never looked back when they ended the game after seven innings with a 16-5, 10-run advantage over the University Mount Union. Salve Regina opened their stint in Florida at the RussMatt Baseball Tournament with a win in the first of six games. The Purple Raiders jumped out to an early lead with five runs crossing the plate in the first inning but Evan O'Rourke's solo home run in the fifth inning tied the game at 5-5 and the Seahawks would bring in four more runs to take a 9-5 lead by the end of the inning. Connor Toriello (W, 2-0) earned the victory, entering mid fifth inning right before the Seahawks took a 9-5 lead. Salve Regina had 16 runs on 13 hits and 31 at bats.

Taking on Hanover College for the first time in program history, North Central (Ill.) earned a 8-6 comeback win over the Panthers Saturday afternoon as a Peyton Burgh triple in the seventh inning gave the Cardinals the lead for good. In the top of the seventh, Hanover took their first lead of the game, scoring four runs on two hits, a walk and a Cardinal error. North Central answered in the bottom half of the seventh as Jackson Bland extended his reached base safely streak to 37 games with a leadoff walk. After Henry Saul singled, Peyton Burgh hit a go-ahead triple to plate Bland and Saul. Caleb Coberley extended the Cardinal lead to two with an RBI single. The Panthers threatened in the top of the ninth, but Payton Diaz picked up his first collegiate save, forcing a double play and a strikeout to secure an 8-6 win for North Central.

Kalamazoo College scored 29 runs in a pair of wins over Elmhurst and Illinois Tech on Saturday. Kalamazoo improved to 7-2 overall with its seventh straight win and fourth consecutive game scoring 12 or more runs. Kalamazoo defeated Elmhurst 15-5 in the Hornets' first game of the day. The game was tied 2-2 after two innings before Kalamazoo scored four in the third, one in the fourth and two in the fifth to take a 9-2 lead. Elmhurst scored three in the sixth to make it 9-5 before the Hornets scored six in the bottom of the seventh to end the game on the 10-run rule. Kalamazoo defeated Illinois Tech 14-3 in game two. The Hornets led 9-1 after five innings before adding four in the top of the ninth. Illinois Tech scored two runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

Twice Oglethorpe erased a 3-0 lead and twice the Stormy Petrels came away victorious Saturday at Hermance Stadium in a doubleheader against Husson. Oglethorpe won game one 4-3 and game two 6-3 to sweep the series and extend its winning streak to seven games. This marked the program's longest winning streak since 2017, when the Petrels won seven straight games from March 25 to April 2. Husson used the long ball to get early leads in both games but despite the early edge Oglethorpe's defense settled in to limit damage the rest of the way. Freshman JB Sain went five innings in the opener of the doubleheader, picking up the win to move to 2-0. Jace Armstrong went 6.2 innings in the nightcap, one out short of a complete game, and picked up the win to move to 2-1.

Westminster (Pa.), fueled by a three-run fifth inning, held off a late rally by William Peace University to score a 6-5 road victory Saturday afternoon at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. Westminster, winners of four straight, improved to 4-2. William Peace fell to 2-11. Sophomore right-hander Tyson Djakovich improved to 2-0 this season, surrendering two runs (2 earned) on six hits with two strikeouts and a walk in 5.0 innings. Senior right-hander Wyatt Walker (Venetia, Pa., Peters Township) struck out three in 2.0 innings of relief work. The Titans were limited to just five hits but made the best of them as they were aided by three errors by WPU.

William Paterson (6-3) rallied twice from early deficits to earn an 11-9, 5-4 doubleheader sweep of visiting University of Rochester (0-2). WP exploded for a seven-run fourth frame of game one to take the lead for good but Rochester would not go away. The Pioneers used a bases-loaded walk forced across an insurance run in the eighth, 11-9. Rochester threatened in the ninth, loading the bases with one out, but a 6-4-3 double play ended the game and secured the Pioneers' victory. In game two, WP fell behind again and surged ahead during the bottom of the seventh inning. Rochester got two of the runs back in the eighth but could not find the equalizer off their bats.

The University of Lynchburg traveled to Washington and Lee for a doubleheader on Saturday and snagged wins in both games, 3-1 and 17-4. The No. 5 Hornets (12-1, 2-0) had their first conference competitions of the season and successfully claimed two victories against the Generals. In the first game, Lynchburg jumped out to an early lead in the 4th inning. A wild pitch allowed Joe Munitz to score, and Benton Jones advanced to third. Ryder Warren then singled up the middle, bringing Jones home for a 2-0 lead. Washington and Lee responded in the same inning with a single by Turner that scored DeWitte, making it 2-1. The Hornets added an insurance run in the 9th when Parker Cato doubled to center field to score Gavin Collins, securing a 3-1 victory. Game two was an offensive explosion for Lynchburg, as they piled on runs early and often. Despite a late push from Washington and Lee, including a two-RBI double from Turner, Lynchburg finished strong with a 17-4 win.

Susquehanna used a ten-run inning to win game one , 16-6, of a doubleheader against Capital University in Vero Beach, but were beaten in a game-two slugfest, 13-9. The River Hawks exploded for ten tallies in the fourth frame and that was all that was needed in a run-ruled victory. Susquehanna dropped the second game of the doubleheader, falling 13-9 in a game where both sides displayed their offensive capabilities.

No. 19 Penn State Harrisburg got back on the winning track with a pair of non-conference victories over Hartford and No. 12 Christopher Newport at CNU's Captains Park on Saturday afternoon, March 8. The bats woke up in the middle innings of an 11-7 win over the Hawks in the opener, while sterling pitching set the tone in an 8-2 victory over the nationally-ranked hosts in the nightcap. In the win over Hartford (4-4), Carlos Irizarry drove in three runs, while Alexander Ruiz had a three-hit game. Matthew Johansen, Blaine Waltimyer and Braeden Piotrowski scored two runs apiece. Aiden Bergholc turned in a quality start on the mound, Benjamin Ross earned the win and Jack Maguire was stellar in throwing the final two innings. In the victory over Christopher Newport (9-6), starting pitcher Fisher Druck was excellent, earning the win after allowing just one run on four hits to go along with eight strikeouts in five innings thrown. Reliever Caiden Ertter was just as strong, picking up the save after surrendering just one run on five hits in four innings of work. Sassanian shined at the plate, tallying three RBIs on two hits and scoring two runs. Koutras also had a multi-hit outing and drove in a pair of runs. The Captains struck first in the bottom of the opening stanza and was unable to take advantages of their opportunities. Penn State Harrisburg tacking on four more on four hits in the seventh to stretch the lead to 8-1 through six and a half. Caiden Ertter retired the Captains in order in the bottom of the eighth and and faced six batters in the ninth to secure his first save of the spring after allowing just one run in his four innings of work.

Keystone College used a strong offensive game along with solid pitching to defeat Curry College 14-3 Saturday afternoon at the RussMatt Baseball Invitational. Robert Estrada tallied a game high five hits which included an RBI triple and double. He finished the game with three runs batted in. Jacob Yager went 3-for-6 with three RBI. Carlos Pascual had a game-high five RBI off two hits. Jonathan Santiago and Dante Ruby each brought a runner home. Fisher Sheffield got the start and win as he went 6.2 innings with five strikeouts, nine groundouts, and four flyouts. Dylan Byler relieved Sheffield after his outing and punched out one batter.

Westfield State senior Sam Palmer collected two home runs, eight RBI, five hits and five runs score to boost an Owls offense that recorded an unfathomable 45 runs as part of a doubleheader sweep of Trinity (Conn.) in non-conference action from Hartford, Conn. on Saturday. The Owls (3-1) overcame a five-run deficit in game one, posting five-straight multi-run innings to soar ahead 24-18 in game one with the offense continuing to pour on runs in game two with Westfield completing the sweep with a 21-10 win.

Hosting their first regular season series of the season, George Fox was sure to impress the home crowd, taking down Pacific Luthern in both games of their doubleheader, 9-8 and 6-3. The lead switched several times with Fox holding a 9-8 lead late. Ryder Edwards entered the game for Fox in the eighth, looking to pick up his third save of the young season. Instantly, though, the Lutes put two on base, even loading the bags with two outs. Calmly, Edwards dealt the final strike of the inning before retiring three straight in the ninth — with help from a diving catch from Eastman for the final out — to earn the save and give GFU the win. After a high-flying game that saw 16 runs in the first five innings, game two started out as a pitcher's duel. As was the case with the first game, one inning contributed a high percentage of total runs for each team and PLU took a small lead. Jack Galanida entered the game for Debban and kept the Lutes off of the scoreboard for the next two innings. The Bruin offense was sure to take advantage, scoring three runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a 6-3 lead. The Bruins again took advantage, loading the bases and scoring three runs off of a Takayama RBI single, Butler walk, and Shayde Koga sacrifice fly. Much like his fellow reliever, Galanida quickly closed out the Lutes, handing Fox a 6-3 victory and a 2-0 day.

Keuka College swept their doubleheader on Saturday at Penn State Scranton, 5-0 and 7-2, to win the season-opening four-game series. Keuka College (3-1) shutout Scranton 5-0 in game one of the doubleheader. It then took nine innings, but the Wolves prevailed 8-7 in the nightcap. A run in the first was more than enough for starting pitcher Keegan Ferris in game one. The senior went the distance for the Wolves. He allowed just four hits while striking out a career-best six batters. The Wolves continued their streak of scoring in the first inning in game two. The advantage did not last as Scranton scored three in the fifth to take the lead, but Keuka responded with two runs without a hit in the sixth to tie the game. The game would go into extra innings. Neither team scored in the eighth. In the ninth, the Wolves put together a two-out rally to take a two-run lead, 8-6 into the bottom of the ninth. With the tying run on second base and winning run on first, DJ Bruni got a strikeout to end the game as the Wolves won game two 8-7 to sweep the doubleheader.

In his first career start at Eastern Connecticut State University, first-year senior righty transfer Alex Mach scattered six hits – five of them singles – in seven innings, and senior outfielder Alejandro Soriano (Hartford) had three hits – including the 100th of his career – as the Warriors downed Tufts University, 8-1, in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Sol Gittleman Park. Mach and senior righty Mike Furgalack and junior lefty AJ Rooks held Tufts (2-1) scoreless and to six hits over the final eight innings and Eastern (3-2) scored runs in five of the final six innings to gain a split of the doubleheader. In the first game, Tufts tied the game by scoring twice with two out in the ninth inning, and after Eastern left the go-ahead run on second on Soriano's one-out double in the top of the 11th, the Jumbos won it in the bottom of the 11th by collecting three hits – the game-winner riding home on late-inning replacement Caden Abraham's one-out RBI single in a 14-13 victory.

Taking all three games from Pacific University, no. 22 East Texas Baptist University moved to 9-7 on the year with a 5-3 win over the Boxers. ETBU has now won six in a row and is 8-1 at home. Tyler Bogusz went innings for the win, improving to 2-0. He collected two strikeouts, allowing two earned runs on four hits, and shut out the Boxers in the first seven innings. He retired the side in the first, fourth, fifth, and seventh innings as Nolan Bushko earned the save. Trip Barron started the ninth, giving up one earned run and two hits before Bushko faced two batters to get the final out. Nicolas Chavez went 2-of-3 with three RBI as Carson Livesay and Luke Bumpus both had two hits. Ben Lea and Bumpus also recorded a RBI with doubles. Lea started the game with a double to right center field, bringing in Luke Finn for the 1-0 lead in the first inning. Bumpus followed with a triple to left field as Lea scored, making it 2-0. In the sixth inning, Chavez had an infield single, scoring Bumpus moving the score to 3-0. In the seventh inning, Chavez earned two more RBI on a single to right field as both Lea and Livesay came in for a 5-0 lead. PU scored two in the eighth and one in the ninth before Bushko ended their rally for the win.

Finding the team down early in a 5-0 deficit, head coach Clint Helton made the adjustments needed to help the Scots climb back to eventually win the game 13-9. After the seemingly endless first inning was over, Maryville found themselves down 5-0. Coach Helton made a key substitution that brought life back to the team. Sophomore Nick Curry came in to pinch hit for Zach Devries, and the rest was history. The Knoxville native was 5-5 on the day, scoring three runs and bringing in five RBI. Curry was a home run away from hitting for the cycle with two singles, one double, and one triple. The fifth inning was the breaking point for MC who tied the game and them proceeded to score in three of the last four innings to put the game into the win column.

Allegheny College walloped Roger Williams University in their spring break finale Saturday morning at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida, with a 20-5 victory. The Gators (5-4) scored all 20 runs in the first four innings to jump out to a daunting lead over the Hawks (1-2). Leading 3-0 after two innings, Allegheny lit up the scoreboard with nine runs in the third and eight in the fourth. Through three innings, all nine Allegheny starters scored at least one run, all but one had a hit, and seven produced at least one RBI. Meanwhile, Walker Cunningham opened the contest with four hitless and five shutout innings. The Gators tripled twice in the fourth, including a three-run, bases-clearing three-bagger by Tommy Landsnes. Jennings plated his fourth and fifth runs of the game with another double that extended the lead to 20-0.

The Cardiac Quakers struck again, as under the dusk-time skies of McBane Field, it was Christian Chinen this time who delivered the decisive blow, rolling a grounder into centerfield to plate Ryne Rodriguesfor a 7-6 walk-off win following a 13-9 barnburner victory in game one by Guilford College (9-1, 2-0 ODAC), claiming an Old Dominion Athletic Conference opening sweep of Virginia Wesleyan University (3-4, 0-2 ODAC) on Saturday afternoon. The beat marches on in the early-going for the Quakers, who maintain their best beginning to a season since 1975 with their first sweep of a traditionally troublesome Marlins squad for the first time since 2014, which was also the last time they began their league slate 2-0.

Wheaton (Ill.) opened its weeklong trip to Florida with a doubleheader against Kenyon College on Saturday afternoon. The Thunder and the Owls split the twinbill as Kenyon won the opener 4-0 and Wheaton shut out the Owls 10-0 in the second game behind a stellar outing on the mound by freshman Nate Burden. Wheaton won today's second game 10-0 as the Thunder scored 10 runs on 11 hits, with no errors. Kenyon had zero runs, on eight hits, with no errors. Burden (1-2) earned the victory with an outstanding effort as he held the Owls scoreless in seven innings pitched. He scattered eight Kenyon hits, with nine strikeouts and just one walk allowed. Kenyon won today's first game 4-0. The Owls scored four runs, on six hits, with no errors and Wheaton had zero runs on five hits, with one error.

Seventh-ranked Salisbury University won its seventh game out of eight to open the season, using early offense and strong pitching to ease past the TCNJ Lions, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. The Sea Gulls jumped on the scoreboard early and often, plating runs in each of the first four innings. Salisbury tacked on one more in the sixth making it 7-0. TCNJ got two back in the eighth on a wild pitch and a Jack O'Donnell RBI double, but O'Donnell was thrown out at the plate moments later when TJ Morris picked up a single from right and threw him out at the plate, deflating the last true Lion rally. Aided by three double play turns, starting pitcher Tyler Villa buzz-sawed his way through the Lions for 7.1 innings, while Garrett Beaver and Bryce Sterling combined to secure the final five outs and lock down the dub.

Hobart swept a doubleheader from Farmingdale State this afternoon. Sophomore pitcher Trevor Kimball limited the Rams to just two hits over six innings as the Statesmen won 9-0. In the night cap, senior Nate Johnson's speed on the bases goaded Farmingdale State into a throwing error that allowed him to score the winning run in a 3-2 victory. Kimball pitched six innings in the opener, striking out seven without a walk. He allowed just one hit in each of the first two innings and then shut down the home team's bats. Junior Christian Petry was 2-for-3 on the day with three walks, three runs scored, and two RBIs. Johnson was 2-for-5 with a pair of walks, three stolen bases and three runs. First-year Jack Farnen was 3-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run. "Any time you can go on the road and win a series is big, even more so after losing a tough one yesterday," said Hobart head coach Brad Cook. We pitched very well all weekend and our offense is getting going. Scoring six in the first set the tone and I'm proud of the guys for not letting off the gas. Game 2 today was a dogfight and the tougher team came out on top. I love that we found a way to win a close game."

No. 4 Denison Big Red traveled to Louisville for the Derby City Classic to continue their 2025 campaign. Denison opened the day with a 6-3 victory over Spalding, followed with a 15-2 decision over Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. The Big Red move to 7-1 overall. The Big Red kicked off the weekend with a 6-3 victory over the Golden Eagles of Spalding University. Erik Sudngren went yard three times, scoring five out of the six runs for the offense. Cooper Marrs had a solo shot to help fuel the Denison momentum in their win. The Big Red bullpen complemented the starter, Nick Falter, well. Ryan Starr and Michael Gray closed the game, allowing three runs throughout the nine-inning battle. Gray retired the final out with a looking strike three. Falter recorded his third win of the season while Gray picked up his first save of the year. The pitching staff combined for 12 strikeouts in the victory. The Fightin' Engineers of Rose Hulman Institute of Technology wasted no time getting things going with a three-run shot in the first inning. However, junior righty, Will Rettig, was able to silence the noise and strike out eight of the next nine outs. The Big Red responded with seven runs of their own over the next four innings from RBIs off of the bats of Alex Vasquez, Cooper Marrs, and Erik Sundgren. Sundgren launched a grand slam, his 4th homer of the day, in the top of the 7th inning, moving the lead to 15-3. Sam Larson came out of the bullpen in relief of Rettig, followed by junior Ryan Paganelis. The trio sat down 15 batters via strikeout. Denison collected 15 runs on 12 hits and allowed three runs on two errors.

Muhlenberg won its three-game series against Bard at Penn Medicine Park in Lancaster by capturing the second game of a doubleheader, 13-2. Down to their last strike in the opener, the Mules (5-3) rallied to tie the opener, 4-4, before falling 6-4 in extra innings. Jack Kent had a big game in the opener, going 2-for-3 with a double and scoring 3 runs, but Muhlenberg trailed 4-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh. After two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases, a walk to Hughes brought in one run and a wild pitch plated the tying run. Bard scored two unearned runs in the top of the eighth, however, to go ahead for good. Muhlenberg, which set an NCAA record by drawing 25 walks in a game last year, again showed good patience at the plate, earning 14 free passes in the nightcap. Eight batters walked in the first inning alone, when the Mules plated six runs on just one hit. Muhlenberg did a little more hitting in the fourth inning, when it scored six more runs and this was enough to bring home the win.

Senior right hander Mark Eddie allowed just one run over seven innings and struck out nine and senior Zach Pleggenkuhle struck out five of the eight batters he faced in relief to notch his second save of the year as Buena Vista completed its spring trip with a thrilling 3-2 vicotry over Mount Union on Saturday night. Eddie has pitched at least 7.0 innings in back-to-back games this season and has allowed just two runs over 19.2 innings overall to lower his ERA to 0.92. Senior Evan Taylor led BVU at the plate with three hits and three stolen bases.

Eighth ranked Trinity (Texas) defeated McMurry University 5-1 to clinch another Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series. The Tigers saw their impressive record improve to 11-1 (10-1 SCAC) and furthered their hold on first place in the SCAC standings. McMurry took their second loss in a row to fall to 11-4 (7-4 SCAC) and were held to their season low in terms of runs scored. Trajan Lee continues to dazzle on the mound for Trinity, collecting the win thanks to a strong 6.1-inning performance to improve his record to 4-0. Maddox McDonald farmed some hits off of McMurry's pitching, batting 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI to contribute to the Tiger's offensive output.

Catholic squared off with Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon in a non-conference doubleheader trying to push above .500 in the early season. Cody Bosak shined in game two as the Cardinals shutout the Bears in a 5-0 win in a split on the day to set up a rubber match in tomorrow's matchup. The long ball in the early innings helped the Bears take an early lead over the Cardinals and a strong pitching performance from Giordano and DiMarsico kept the Catholic offense off balance and led to a five run victory for Coast Guard. A masterful pitching performance combined with early offensive production led the Cardinals to a 5-0 win to earn a split with Coast Guard on the day. Bosak's six innings were the most in his three starts thus far this season. It is the third time in his career he has shut out an opponent over six or more innings pitched in his career while he also totaled a season-high seven punch outs. Jake Kenney hurled three no-hit innings out of the pen while striking out three batters. He earned the second save of his career and now holds a 3.86 ERA on the season.

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Berry stifle Marietta in win