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| Sophomore Braeden O'Connell belted two home runs as Emerson College collected an 11-6 victory over Worcester Polytechnic Institute Tuesday afternoon. Emerson athletics photo by Anna Schoenmann |
Officially setting the win streak at 1-0, Yeshiva split a doubleheader with Lehman College, losing to the Lightning 7-6 in game one, and coming out on top 9-5 in game two. The Maccabees were led by the power-hitting duo of Jake Arnow and Noah Steinmetz, with Arnow tallying six hits, four runs and two RBIs across the two contests, while Steinmetz notched five hits, two runs and four RBIs. With the result, the Macs are now 1-19 on the year. Game two was not only Yeshiva's first win of the season, but the program's first win since Feb. 27th, 2022. IN the opener. Yeshiva drew first blood in front of a raucous crowd, sending both Arnow and Steinmetz home in the bottom of the first for an early 2-0 lead. While Lehman narrowed the margin to 2-1 in the top of the second, the Maccabees continued to build their advantage to 5-1. The Lightning continued to fight, responding with a trio of runs in the top of the third that narrowed the gap between the two squads to 5-4. However, Yeshiva's luck would run out there. Lehman went on to tie the game at 6-all in the top of the seventh, forcing extra innings. The Lightning would then score the seventh and decisive run in the top of the eighth, downing the Maccabees, 7-6. Much like game one, the Maccabees caught fire early, tallying three runs in the bottom of the first. Lehman struck back in the third, scratching out two runs that shrank YU's lead to 3-2. However, intent on locking down their victory, Yeshiva exploded in the bottom of the inning, ballooning the Maccabee lead out to five runs at 7-2. The Macs' edge only grew in the fifth, with Hellman and Arnow vaulting the YU run total up to nine. While the Lightning made things interesting by scoring a run in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, the effort was not enough to overcome Yeshiva's stranglehold on the contest. A final groundout officially retired the final Lehman side in the bottom of the seventh, securing Yeshiva Baseball a 9-5 win.
No. 4 Endicott rallied past Tufts, 5-2, after some clutch late-game hitting and a shutdown bullpen effort paved the way for the Gulls in the non-conference home win. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth, John Mulready knotted things up with his first home run of the season. Mulready made solid contact with a fastball, and with the wind blowing heavily out to left, he got enough of it to carry over the left field wall. After the Jumbos regained a 2-1 lead in the top of the sixth, the Gulls once again tied things up after Cade Bernardo doubled home Kyle Grabowski in the bottom of the sixth after a lengthy at-bat with two away in the inning. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, Danny MacDougall busted out of his 0-for-12 slump and cranked a two-run go-ahead homer to left center field, giving the Gulls their first lead of the evening (4-2). An inning later, Grabowski padded the lead with a solo shot to left, his third of the season. The Gulls carried that 5-2 lead into the top of the ninth, and Harmony closed out his three clean innings of work with a quick 1-2-3 frame to lock up the victory.
Clark jumped out to an early lead with four unearned runs in the third and held on for a 9-7 victory over #13 Salve Regina in a NEWMAC tilt on Reynolds Field on Tuesday afternoon. The Seahawks had the tying and winning runs on base in the ninth but Benjamin Spencer (S,2) earned his second save of the season when he got a force play at second for the final out. Today marks the 15th meeting on the baseball diamond between Salve Regina and Clark. The Seahawks swept the season series (away/home) last year during Salve Regina's first season in the NEWMAC. The Seahawks are 10-4-1 overall and 5-1 since 2022.
Heidelberg started a hectic week with a sweep of Wilmington College. Despite trailing 2-0 in both halves of the doubleheader, HU won 8-5 and 15-3. The Quakers struck for two in the bottom of the first, but starter Corey Brafford settled in and kept the hosts off the board long enough for the offense to warm up. In the top of the seventh, Braedy Limke hit a two-run homer to right -- knotting the game. The Student Princes erupted for six two-out runs in the eighth to put the game out of reach. The Quakers plated three in the bottom of the ninth, but HU held on for a much-needed win. In game two, HU spotted the Quakers with two runs in the first again. HU answered in the third and clinging to the 3-2 lead in the sixth, Heidelberg put up another six-spot in the sixth. With four walks and a three-run double by Andrew Pokley, the Student Princes put up four more in the seventh. For good measure, the visitors scored twice in the ninth.
Mary Hardin-Baylor earned a pair of wins, 7-1 and 8-7, over Schreiner Tuesday evening in Belton. The wins improved the Cru to 17-10 on the season while the Mountaineers fell to 9-23. Schreiner took a game-one lead in the third inning but UMHB responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame. The Cru tacked on two more runs in the fifth, scoring Sanchez off a Riley Bender triple and Bender on a Melick single. Easton Cline tacked on the final run for UMHB, hitting a solo home run in the sixth for the 7-1 win. Schreiner opened game two with a five-run second inning. The Cru tacked on one run in the bottom of the second off a double from Jordan Fernandez. UMHB added two more runs in the third, scoring one off a sacrifice fly from Cline and another on a solo home run from Riley Bender. Bender drove in the equalizer in the seventh, scoring Van Huis and Tyler Betts with another double. Easton Cline ran in the game-winner in the bottom of the seventh, scoring off a wild pitch for an 8-7 Cru win.
Averett earned sweet revenge on Roanoke College to draw even in the season series. Averett (16-9, 8-6 ODAC) and Roanoke (17-12-1, 9-4-1 ODAC) met for the second time in 2025 and the road team earned the win once again. The Cougars dispatched the Maroons by a score of 13-4. Averett started off scorching hot, just as the team had in the first meeting against Roanoke. The Cougars opened up a 9-0 lead before the Maroons were able to plate their first run of the game. Pitching kept things locked down while Averett continued to tally runs. The Cougars opted for a bullpen game for the chilly midweek contest. Junior Tim Schware earned the win thanks to his two innings of scoreless ball. The Cougars have now won consecutive games by the exact same scoreline, defeating Virginia Wesleyan University 13-4 in Game 2 on Saturday. It's no glitch in the matrix, Averett is pounding the ball and coming away with runs to prove it, outscoring opponents 26-8 in the last 18 innings of baseball.
Lyon split a doubleheader with the Westminster Blue Jays in SLIAC action on Tuesday afternoon. The Scots (13-15, 4-6) won the first game 9-5 and lost the second 16-6. With Westminster leading 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning. Lyon grabbed a one run lead in the top of the sixth, adding single runs in the seventh and eight. Westminster picked up a run in the bottom of the eighth, but the Scots rallied for two more runs in the top of the ninth when McCoy walked with the bases loaded to bring Collings and Logan Lightner hit a sacrifice fly to center field that brought in James to make it 9-5. In the second game, the Scots took a 2-0 lead but Westminster with five runs in the bottom of the second and eight runs in the bottom of the third built a 13-2 lead. Both teams traded runs but the Scots had to settle for a split on the day.
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| Augustana shut out the Wheaton Thunder on Tuesday by a score of 6-0. Chance Carruthers earned the win on the mound with 5.1 innings pitched with seven strikeouts. Fischer pitched 3.2 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in relief to earn the save. Augustana athletics photo by Riley Vu |
A terrific day on both sides of the ball saw Albion sweep Olivet. Albion won the first game by an 8-0 margin before dominating in an 11-3 victory in the second contest. The left side of the infield did a majority of the damage in game one. Third baseman Austyn Stephens and shortstop Ryker Mazey combined for seven RBI in a shutout victory over the Comets. Drew Renner (1-0) earned the win, tossing four innings and striking out six. Sophomore Brendan Schultz finished the game, fanning four over three innings of work. In the 9-inning contest, the Britons picked up right where they left off. Putting up 11 runs off eight Olivet errors, Albion cruised to a game two win. Schuster drove in Albion's first run in the nightcap, before Stephens and Emery added RBIs for a 3-0 lead through three. The Britons pushed across two in the fifth, aided by Comet errors, with Stephens driving in another. Junior Zak Kelly (1-0) threw five shutout innings, striking out a career-high seven. Ian Balint earned the save, throwing the final four.
Gianni Serenelli fired a complete-game shutout to lead Penn State Brandywine to a United East Conference victory for the first time as the Lions cruised to a 9-0 triumph over Penn State Abington on Tuesday afternoon. Serenelli went the distance to earn his first victory. He struck out five Abington batters, while allowing six hits, five of which were singles. Just four runners reached scoring position against Serenelli, but he was aided by his defense, which produced three double plays, including an outfield assist from David Kursman, who threw out a runner at the plate to end the sixth inning. Brandywine gave Serenelli all the runs he would need in the second inning, scoring six times on five hits. Eight of Brandywine's nine batters in the lineup collected at least one hit and all nine scored a run. Nate Turner was 3-for-4 ate the plate, while Kursman and Miguel Rodriguez both tallied two hits.
After launching a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth, Collin McGuire took the second pitch he saw from Carter Liverman off his front shoulder to put Guilford (17-10, 5-9 ODAC) in front once again, this time for good, as it forced in Rylan Smith, elevating GC to a key Old Dominion Athletic Conference victory in walk-off fashion over Ferrum (14-16, 4-12 ODAC) at McBane Field on Tuesday afternoon. Tanner Royals got the ball and tossed 5.0 innings without allowing an earned run, however four unearned runs were charged against him on six hits, three walks, and two HBP against six strikeouts. He did not factor into the decision and instead it was Jack Ratliff, who despite blowing the save, got his first NCAA win to improve to 1-0. He allowed one run on two hits while fanning one. Panthers' starter Jai Penn also did not qualify for the win after allowing three runs, two earned, on three hits and five walks across 4.0 innings with three strikeouts. McGuire did not even start the game for the Quakers, but was their top run producer with three RBIs and a run scored going 1-of-1. He was hitting in place of Sam Melton who also was not retired in three plate appearances with a single and two walks, scoring once.
Halen Otte gave his team the lead with a homer in the eighth, Luke Malzewski stole home in the 10th and Whitman rallied for a 10-9 extra-inning victory over Eastern Oregon on Tuesday night at Borleske Stadium. Otte (2 H, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 2B) and Sam Mieszkowski-Lapping (2 H, 1 R, 3 RBI) both clubbed three-run homers with Otte's coming in the eighth inning to give the Blues a one-run lead. Eastern Oregon scored in the ninth to force the game into extra innings where Whitman loaded the bases in the bottom of the 10th inning after back-to-back intentional walks. An errant pitch on Nik Greb's squeeze attempt allowed Malzewski to sprint home and beat the tag at home plate, thus walking off the win for the Blues. Carl Moland-Kavoash (2-0) earned the win for the Blues after pitching a scoreless 10th inning.
Buena Vista returned home on Tuesday evening to host an American Rivers Conference doubleheader against Central College, and the two teams battled it out for 6.5 hours on the diamond with the Dutch rallying late in game one for a 9-6 victory before BVU escaped the nightcap with a 10-9 victory in 12 innings. In game one, The Dutch had seven of their 13 hits in the game during their eight-run inning. All six of BVU's hits in the game came from their first three hitters in the line-up. Just as it did in the opener, Central put up a crooked number late in game two by plating seven runs in the seventh inning that brought the Dutch all the way back to tie things up at 9-9. The Beavers had chances to win the game in both the 10th and 11th innings but stranded five combined runners. They had the bases loaded with one out in the 11th but a line drive by Evan Taylor was snagged at second base and then thrown quickly to first for the inning-ending double play. Drew Taylor nearly ended the game with one out in the 12th as he launched a ball deep to left that hit high off the fence and ended in his 48th career double. One batter later, Kaden Struck put an end to the marathon of a game by lining a single into right center field that scored Taylor just ahead of the throw.
La Roche took on Penn State New Kensington on Tuesday afternoon and in the frigid temperatures, iced the Lions, 13-0. La Roche wasted no time hitting the scoreboard, bringing 10 to the plate in the bottom of the first inning, taking a 4-0 lead. Andy Sopata, Caden Maffitt and Larry Bielawski all delivered RBI singles in the frame, while Christian Melendez came through with an RBI double. The Redhawks tacked on a pair of runs in the bottom of the second, as Maffitt brought in a run with an RBI double and Melendez then made it 6-0 with an RBI double. Three more runs scored for La Roche in the bottom of the third, beginning with an Alex Perez solo homer, Ricky Heyz scoring on a double steal and an RBI ground out by Brandon Snyder. Sopata delivered his second RBI of the game in the bottom of the fifth on a fielder's choice, then the final three runs came in the bottom of the seventh, first by Heyz scoring on a wild pitch, then a two RBI single by Melendez, giving him four RBI on the day. Bryson Bubb shined on the mound, tossing a complete game, allowing just two hits, two walks and struck out three. Offensively, the Redhawks collected 17 hits off Lion pitching, with Dreyer and Melendez both having three hits, while Sopata, Maffitt, Bielawski and Heyz all had two each.
Edgewood continued their seven-game road trip with a non-conference pit stop Tuesday evening. They took on the Beloit Buccaneers in Beloit, Wis. The Eagles (10-12) claimed a 9-5 victory against the Buccaneers (13-9) with a consistent offense and strong pitching. Edgewood College struck early. A sacrifice fly from Brevin Brisack and a RBI single through the left side from Daniel Bentivegna left things 2-0 after one. The Eagles continued to apply pressure in the second, with a Terry Tolliver Jr. double to left field and a Dominic Lee single to right giving them a 4-0 edge. Beloit replied in the fourth with a three-run home run to cut into the deficit. A pair of runs in the fifth, including an RBI single up the middle from Mac Vesperman, pushed Edgewood College ahead 6-3. Bentivegna added another RBI with a single up the middle in the sixth. Both teams plated a pair of runs in the seven. Lee doubled in a pair down the left field line, while the Buccaneers replied with a two-RBI single up the middle. After Kris Hahn had a strong start with seven innings pitched and nine strikeouts, Mark Tor silenced the Beloit lineup. He pitched two innings and struck out one to secure the victory for the Eagles.
North Park cracked 18 hits, including six for extra bases, en route to a 14-4 mercy-rule win over Carroll University on Tuesday afternoon. The North Park arms, Brett Ravitz and Jackson Nuese, limited the Pioneers to just seven hits, including no home runs inside the hitter-friendly dimensions of Frame Park. Carroll made it a game in the fifth when five free passes and a pair of Pio hits made for a four-run fifth. However, the Vikings were not far away from returning to form on the way to a short-gaming. The sixth inning started with Alex DiVito's single, followed by Reyn Matsuzaki's two-run home run, his first of two auto-trot homers on the day. Joe Perona drove in the final run of the inning. In the seventh inning, Rylan Kawakami was hit by a pitch before DiVito doubled. Next Matsuzaki hit a towering three-run home run, putting NPU in a position to get out of Waukesha in just three innings. Junior reliever Jackson Nuese would oblige, getting the Pios out in order to earn his second win of the season.
Although the third game didn't go as planned for the Loras Duhawks, it was a series win for a third straight season against their crosstown rivals, with the 4-3 and 3-7 results. The opener was a teeter-totter game. Dubuque pushed one across with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. Then, just as it was meant to be, the junior Jackson Cullen would score Jake Olszewski with bases loaded and one out, although a nifty pitching effort from UD's Charlie Jaeger would keep it at a one run advantage for the Purple and Gold. Adam Williamson was relieved in the ensuing half-inning by Andrew Krause, and he'd lead Loras all the way to the ninth, where the reigns were given to Dylan Ackermann. A quick one-two-three inning for the senior gave the Duhawks their tenth straight victory over the Spartans and confirmed their third straight series victory in as many seasons. Once again, the Purple and Gold would strike first, this time in the second inning. Although the Duhawks jumped out in front, the Spartans had an answer. Over the next seven innings, the Spartans snagged seven runs and limited Loras to only one. A last gasp in the bottom of the ninth saw a run score on an error from UD, but it was to no avail. The loss broke a ten-game winning streak for the Duhawks against their rivals, however, the series went in Loras' favor for a third consecutive year.
Saint John's (Minn.) jumped back to the win column in fine fashion with a doubleheader sweep at Carleton, 5-3 and 16-5 in seven innings, on Tuesday. The Johnnies (14-9, 4-2 MIAC) took advantage of six errors and 15 free passes (10 walks and five hit batsmen) by Carleton (6-10, 0-6 MIAC), which entered the day with a .965 fielding percentage this season. SJU gained the game one lead for good with three two-out runs in the top of the sixth inning. Sophomore Alex Matchey cut the deficit to 3-2 with a pinch-hit, RBI single and a throwing error from the pitcher to first base brought in two more. The Johnnies scored another unearned run with two outs for some insurance in the seventh. Sophomore Carter Theisen went the distance and improved to 4-1 with the win. He allowed the three runs (two earned) on three hits and struck out five. In the nightcap, senior third baseman Joe Becker tripled and scored on an RBI single from senior first baseman Owen Best to give the Johnnies a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning before erupting for a pair of crooked numbers in the second and third. The Johnnies plated seven runs on five hits in the second inning and added six more on four hits. All that remained was for sophomore Hunter Hoen and Junior Jack Dobesh to shut down the Knights for the sweep.