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| On Wednesday afternoon, Matt Luchovick led the Falcons with four home runs and eight RBIs to power the Falcons to a 15-9 win over the Red Devil of Dickinson College. Messiah athletics photo by Sophia Templeton |
No. 7 Denison Big Red continued their spring break trip with a matchup with the No. 4 Endicott College Gulls. This is just the second meeting between the two Division III blue blood programs, with their first coming in the 2010 season. With an 11-3 victory, Denison moves to 11-3 overall. The loss takes the Gulls down 8-3. The Big Red offense caught fire against the No. 4 team in Division III. Denison jumped ahead 2-0 following RBIs from Alex Vasquez and Jake Blozy. The bats exploded in the 4th inning, tacking on five runs to their total. A string of doubles from Vasquez and Eric Colaco knocked in two runs, but the inning was highlighted by Erik Sundgren launching a three-run bomb over the left-field wall. The offense continued to punish Endicott pitchers, with Blozy and Vasquez each adding additional runs. First-year Cooper Marrs capped off the offensive onslaught, blasting a homer of his own in the final inning. The Big Red put Endicott's bullpen to work, facing five different arms in the nine-inning showdown. Sophomore righty Sam Larson got the start and was backed up by junior lefty Michael Gray. Gray pitched 5.0 innings, allowing zero runs and just one hit and retiring seven batters via strikeout. The duo, former Lake Forrest High School teammates, combined for 13 strikeouts and just two walks on the day. The defense was perfect in supporting the two pitchers, recording zero errors.
Tyler Cannon became Rowan's career leader in hits and Nick Struble went 4-for-4 to pace the #13 Profs' 12-2 seven-inning win over Southern Maine in the RussMatt Invitational. Rowan (11-1) has now won 10 in a row and has scored double-digit runs in all seven games of the tournament. Cannon, who had been sidelined with an injury for the past four games, returned to the lineup and hit a two-run RBI single into left field in the fifth inning to record his 231st career hit in four years. He breaks the record of 230 previously held by Alex Kokos. Struble hit two singles and two doubles to lead the way, while scoring two runs and driving in one. He walked in the seventh inning to bring home the run that stopped the game with the 10-run rule.
UW-River Falls concluded its RussMatt Invitational spring break trip Wednesday morning, rallying to defeated Sprinfield College in seven innings by a score of 17-6. UWRF improves to 4-2 overall with its season-high run total, 16 hits, and 16 runs batted in. The Falcons were down 5-0 in the first inning before the bats came alive, scoring in six consecutive innings, including a 10-run sixth inning to help seal the win. The game turned decisively in the sixth when the Falcons exploded for 10 runs off seven hits, gaining a 16-5 edge. UWRF added another in the seventh, answered by one from Springfield in the bottom half, but the Falcons' lead was too much to overcome. On the mound, John Santelman earned the win for the Falcons, pitching one scoreless inning in relief. Evan Senobe also tossed three scoreless innings and EJ Kuster closed out the game with two solid innings with three strikeouts.
Neumann University used a 10-run fourth inning to power past Penn State Abington on Wednesday afternoon by a final score of 14-7. JerVal Shuler had a strong day, hitting 3 for 4 with a hit-by-pitch, two runs batted in, and two runs scored. Brandon Colon also went 3 for 4 with a walk, two RBI, and a run. Chris Balshuweit was 2 for 4 with a walk, two RBI, and two run scored. In the pivotal fourth inning, the Knights sent 15 men to the plate. Nick Colon battled through six innings for his second win of the season. He allowed six earned runs on eight hits, a walk, and three hit-by-pitches, while striking out four. Rey Carrier picked up the three-inning save, his second save of the season. He allowed a hit, two walks, and struck out one.
New Jersey City University delivered a dominant offensive performance on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Alvernia University 18-13 at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex. The Gothic Knights erupted for a season-high 18 runs on 21 hits to secure their seventh win of the year. NJCU (7-3-1) was powered by Dom Yarson, who posted a career day, going 4-for-5 with five RBI. Justin Moreno matched Yarson with a 4-for-5 performance, driving in four runs, including a two-run home run. Enrique Beltra added four hits and two RBI. Danny Olear (2-0) earned the win, tossing two innings with one hit allowed. Alvernia (7-9) was led by Nelson, who finished with three hits, and Buckley, who added two RBI.
Graduate student Jackson Curtis had a three-hit game to spark Plymouth State to a 12-7 win over McDaniel College at the Myrtle Beach College Baseball Spring Training on Wednesday. PSU dropped its second game of the day, falling to Mt. Aloysius College by an 8-5 score. Plymouth State scored in each of the first four innings to build a 5-1 lead over the Green Terror. The Panthers put the game away with a seven-run sixth. Junior Brendan Flynn got it started with an RBI double, and PSU drew two bases-loaded walks in the frame. Senior Danny Quinn capped the big inning with a run-scoring single and PSU fought off McDaniel’s comeback attempt. In game two Mt. Aloysius opened a 6-1 lead after three. The teams traded runs in the middle innings, and PSU entered the ninth trailing 8-3. The Panthers put the tying run opn deck with just one out, but the Mounties’ closer came on to record the final two outs and squash PSU’s rally. McDaniel turned their day around in their second game of the day, defeating Old Westburg 12-5. Graduate student Joey Hubinger collected his 200th career hit in the win.
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Junior William Wian tossed six scoreless innings to lead Randolph-Macon past Virginia Wesleyan 5-2 in ODAC action on Wednesday afternoon. Junior Connor McAuley fanned two in the seventh. Senior Sam Slevin pitched the final two frames with two strikeouts. RMC has won 11 straight games against VWU. The RMC seniors have recorded 100 victories in their career. They are the eighth group of seniors since 2016 to reach the Century Club. The Class of 2019 holds the record with 127 wins, followed by the Class of 2018 with 125 wins.
Baldwin Wallace University defeated Westminster (Pa.) College by a final score of 8-2 in the 2025 home opener at Fisher Field. Junior All-OAC centerfielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider made it two straight games with a homer after putting the Jackets on top thanks to a two-run blast with designated hitter Harrison Johnson following this up with his first homer as a Yellow Jacket to dead center. This was all the offense BW needed. Sophomore right-hander Matt Moscarino went four quality innings where he struck out four and allowed only one run on one hit and one walk. Four other pitchers came out in relief to secure the win.
Anna Maria College secured a thrilling 7-6 victory over Mass. Maritime on Wednesday. A late-game surge, including a three-run eighth inning, powered the AMCATS to their 10th win of the season. The game was a back-and-forth battle, with Mass. Maritime taking an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. Anna Maria tied the game in the second, but Mass. Maritime responded in the third and fourth innings to regain the advantage. By the seventh inning, the AMCATS trailed 5-3. The momentum shifted in the eighth inning when Josh Batchelder doubled down the right field line to bring in a run, followed by a two-RBI single up the middle from Avery Acuna to give Anna Maria its first lead of the night at 6-5. The AMCATS added an insurance run in the ninth after Batchelder was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, making it 7-5. Mass. Maritime attempted a comeback in the bottom of the ninth, plating a run to cut the deficit to 7-6, but the AMCATS’ bullpen held strong to secure the victory.
Plattsburgh State wrapped up their trip to the RussMatt Invitational with a dominant 15-1 victory over Knox College. The Cardinals scored 15 runs on 14 hits, scoring in all but one inning, as senior Joey Di Rocco went 3-4 with two runs, two RBI, and a double to lead the offensive effort. Senior Josh Foglia also added two RBI, collecting two hits, and senior TJ Beninati had two hits and an RBI for the Cards. On the mound, junior Kaelen Clarkson earned his second win of the season, starting a midweek bullpen game for the Cardinals with a 1-2-3 first. Senior Kolby Mordecki followed with a scoreless inning of his own, while junior Bostyn Duquette threw the bulk of the game for the Cards, totaling 3.1 innings and giving up just one run. Junior southpaw Kwintin Nurse finished off the game for Plattsburgh State with 1.2 scoreless frames.
Catholic traveled up to York to take on the Spartans on Wednesday afternoon, trying to rebound off the loss yesterday to stay above .500 on the season. The long ball gave a big boost to the Cardinals offense as four homers contributed to Catholic's 12 runs to take down the Spartans, 12-8. York used a run in the bottom of the fifth and two runs in the bottom of the sixth to knot things back up at eight moving into the final three innings. Catholic grabbed momentum back in the top of the seventh inning to put the Cardinals on top 11-8. Michael Johnson was not done making an impact with the bat in the game as he launched his second home run of the game to left field to lead off the top of the eighth to extend the lead out to four. Luke Cardman, Camden Mounts and Mac Meara combined to lock things down on the mound over the last three innings to close out a 12-8 win to get the Cardinals to 9-7 on the season.
Brandeis University sophomore Andrew Tringe turned in his second-straight strong start, keeping visiting Wentworth off the board for six innings as he and three Judge relievers blanked the Leopards, 6-0, on Stein Diamond today. The Judges would get all the scoring they would need when they batted around in the bottom of the first inning. They scored four times on three hits, an error and two walks. Tringe earned his first collegiate win in his 10th start. He tied his career-long outing, going six innings, and struck out a career-high eight batters. He walked two and allowed three hits. In addition to eight Ks, nine of Tringe's other 10 outs came on ground balls. He threw 98 pitches, 56 for strikes.
Eighth-ranked Salisbury University put up five runs between the fifth and sixth innings and held off a late rally to defeat the Marymount (Va.) Saints 6-4 on Wednesday evening at Capital One Park. The Saints landed the first blow in the first inning with a pair of runs to go up 2-0. The Sea Gulls got one back in the second on a two-out RBI double by Jake Witter, but Marymount rebuilt the margin to 3-1 on a Bobby Leitzel RBI single in the fourth. SU made its move thanks to a Saint miscue in the fifth. Witter sparked the rally with a one-out double, then after a walk and a strikeout Danny Sheeler reached on an error at short that allowed a run to score. Dylan Winebrenner followed with a go-ahead two-run base knock, giving the Sea Gulls their first lead at 4-3. In the sixth, Noah Burroughs led off with a walk and Jackson Inman doubled, setting up BK Wilson for a run-scoring single. Two batters later, Witter brought in another on an RBI groundout that made it 6-3. Marymount threatened to spoil the result in the bottom of the ninth, putting the first two batters on second and third and bringing one in on a base hit by Jack McCarthy to get within 6-4. With the tying runs on base and no out, SU reliever Cole Williams struck out Andrew Schaeb, then Winebrenner caught a pinch-runner stealing second. Williams then got Anthony Farmakides to roll out to third to preserve the victory.
Senior shortstop Jaxon Masterson drove in the winning run, while junior designated hitter Matthew Arnold drove in the tying run, and senior first baseman Grayson Harris added an insurance run to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a 3-1 Old Dominion Athletic Conference victory over nationally ranked No. 3 University of Lynchburg on Wednesday evening on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium. Junior right-hander Sterling Austin started and handled the first six innings of action, while junior Alex Fitz-Hugh threw the final three innings to earn the win for the Tigers (10-9, 4-3) against the visiting Hornets (15-3, 4-1).
A ninth inning bases loaded hit-by-pitch proved the be the difference as Rochester defeated Alfred State 6-5 on Wednesday evening at UR's Towers Field. Sophomore Ethan Jaquette took the bean ball in the arm with the bases loaded to plate the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Yellowjackets (5-6) to its fourth straight win during their current 10-game home stand. In the game, UR led by as many as four runs, sitting up 4-0 through five innings, but some untimely fielding miscues led to Alfred State taking a lead in the eighth. The 'Jackets responded with a single run in the eighth and then notched the winning run on Jaquette's HBP in the final inning.
Senior third baseman Frankie Vasquez went 4-for-5 with a Brevard College NCAA-era single-game record three doubles, as BC (7-13) pulled out a 13-8 victory over Toccoa Falls (11-13) in a Wednesday afternoon bout at Gil Coan Field. Vasquez, a fourth-year Tornado from Pembroke Pines, Florida, recorded a season-high five RBI while eclipsing the program's single-game doubles mark. All three of Vasquez's doubles drove in baserunners for BC. Eight different Tornados notched base hits, as Brevard scored a season-high 13 runs with its second-most hits of the season with 15. Ten different Tornado pitchers worked on the mound in the midweek bullpen game. Kaden Tuten made his first collegiate start, while Jacob Wilde (1-0) earned his first collegiate victory, throwing a scoreless fifth.
No. 18 Babson College exploded for 10 runs in the fifth inning on the way to defeating No. 19 Rutgers University-Camden 11-4 on Wednesday afternoon at the Northeast Regional Park. With its second consecutive victory, Babson improves to 7-2 on the year. Rutgers-Camden, which lost for just the second time over its last 10 outings, is now 11-3 overall. First-year Gabe Cushner was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, while graduate students Tanner Santos and Brant Savage, and senior Walter Sadowsky each finished with two runs batted in. Graduate student Thomas Parisi added an RBI double and junior Ryan Hvozdovic doubled as part of a two-hit day for the Beavers. Wednesday's match was the first all-time between Babson and Rutgers-Camden. Wednesday's 10-run fifth was the Beavers' highest scoring inning since March 25, 2019, when it put up 11 runs in the fifth inning of a 13-3 victory over Plymouth State.
Riding a combined gem from Will Schnepf and Mark Fernandez, Carleton College began its Spring Break trip by downing Eastern Connecticut State by a 7-2 tally. Carleton (3-2) kicked off its team in the Sunshine State with an early run. The maize and blue continued to add, with Sam Chutkow and Sam Gossard cranking consecutive two-baggers in the fifth, and an error helping two more runs across in the sixth to make it 5-0. RBI singles for Andrew Sellers and Ananth Iyer concluded Carleton's scoring in the final two innings. Schnepf was on the hill for the opening 5.0 frames and authored a masterful outing, conceding just two hits and a walk while striking out five to earn a win. The junior has posted nine straight scoreless innings to begin his season. Senior southpaw Fernandez kept the Warriors off balance with a barrage of off-speed deliveries, going 3.2 scoreless innings until a two-out home run in the ninth gave Eastern Connecticut its only runs. Fernandez finished with 4.0 innings pitched, three hits allowed, and four K's for his first career save. In a late game, Eastern Connecticut State University got solid relief pitching from senior righties Mike Furgalack and Matthew Wootton in bouncing back from its first and only loss on its five-game Florida trip earlier in the day with an 8-3 victory over the University of Chicago Wednesday evening at Chain of Lakes Park.
The Utica Pioneers opened their home schedule on Wednesday night with a spontaneous showdown against Saratoga Springs side Skidmore. In their first time defending home field during the 2025 season, the Pioneers battled back from a late deficit to tie the matchup in the eleventh hour, eventually settling for an 8-8 tie after ten innings due to the rapidly declining sunlight despite the late fireworks lighting up the field. Utica's Josh Duval came up huge in the bottom of the ninth, launching a ball deep into the right-center gap to score Kody Czternastek all the way from first base. Duval's massive double brought the Pioneers to within one run at 8-7 Skidmore. The lead was eventually erased as Duval advanced to third and then made it home on a wild pitch, tying the game at eight in the final inning of play. The late-game offensive struggles for Skidmore coincided with the first-career appearance for Frankfort native Angelo DeSarro on the mound. DeSarro put in four solid innings, allowing just two hits and zero earned runs as he allowed the team to flip the table on the Thoroughbreds. The duo of DeSarro and Tim Martin allowed just one total run between the both of them over their six innings of work, opening the door for the Pioneers to come back and tie the proceedings late. In the tenth, both teams went down fairly quickly, not producing and game-altering offense with the win up for grabs. At the end of inning number 10, visibility became an issue, and the game was called due to insufficient light, resulting in a tie.
Keegan Brennan walks thrice and collects his 100th career hit on a day where the Blazers draw 10 free passes to first base in the 13-3 win over Notre Dame of Maryland on Wednesday afternoon. Tyler Knill tossed six innings of shutout ball allowing three hits. Keegan Brennan drew three walks and scored three times. Brennan also grabbed four bags. Ty Broughton scored twice and drove in three runs on the day. Jonathan Tyndall had a pair of doubles and scored twice. Mason Potter threw an inning and allowed one hit with two strikeouts. Michael Ashton and Remi Schaber both threw an inning of relief.
Averett University surged late to defeat Guilford College 8-7, extending its winning streak to eight in a row. Averett (13-3, 5-0 ODAC) scored six runs across the game's final three innings to win the Old Dominion Athletic Conference showdown on the road against Guilford (12-4, 2-3 ODAC). The battle between conference rivals started out in favor of the visiting Cougars but the tide swung in favor of the home team in the middle innings. Guilford tallied six unanswered runs between the third and seventh inning to lead 6-2 before Averett rebounded. The Cougars' comeback started in the top of the seventh with two runs. Two runs in the eighth tied the score and a couple more in ninth provided the winning margin.
Washington & Jefferson College bounced back with a motivating 6-1 victory over the visiting Marietta Pioneers. W&J was led offensively by Jacob LaDuca and Knox Meier, each batting 2-for-3 on the day with a double each. Drew Garth and Luke Alvarez also batted doubles on the night. Josh Dezenzo picked up the remaining hit for the Presidents. Knotted at 1-1 after four, W&J's bats continued to roll, taking their first lead of the game in the fifth. After another quick top of the inning, the Presidents added two more insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth. Knox Meier batted in the final run of the outing in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring Josh Dezenzo from second to take the 6-1 victory. Erik Streussnig shoved in his second start of the season, fanning three batters and seeing one unearned run to cross the plate. Streussnig picked up his second victory of the season while only giving up on walk and three hits. Justin Giarrusso and Brendan Cruz entered the game in relief to close out the victory.
Muhlenberg scored in each of the first seven innings and breezed to a 21-7 win at Penn State Berks. The last time the Mules (9-7) topped the 20-run mark was in a 24-7 win against Penn State Berks last year. It's the first time since 2006 that they've scored at least 20 runs against the same team in back-to-back games. Twelve different Muhlenberg players scored at least one run, and 10 drove in at least one run. Senior Brendan Bussiere and sophomore Marc Quarrie recorded three hits and scored three runs apiece. Quarrie hit a pair of doubles and drove in two runs. Graduate student Jack Kent had a perfect day at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a walk, hit by pitch, sacrifice fly and three RBI. Senior Dylan O'Donnell and junior Mason Mehling also finished with two hits. The Mules put up single runs in the first three innings, then broke the game open with six in the fourth on two-run doubles by Quarrie, senior Brendan Hughes and Mehling. Kent hit a two-run single in the four-run fifth, and freshman Steven Dimovski drove in a pair of runs with a pinch-hit single in the five-run sixth. While Muhlenberg players were circling the bases, the Nittany Lions (3-11) were kept mostly off the bases in the first half of the game, as graduate student Matt Oehrlein and freshman Shane Ohl put a series of "O"s on the scoreboard. Oehrlein, making his first career start, retired nine of the 10 batters he faced, walking one and striking out four. Ohl took the no-hitter into the sixth and allowed one run in his three innings to earn his first career win.