Bethany Lutheran traveled to Northwestern (Minn.) in a battle of the two top teams in the UMAC. Bethany Lutheren drew first blood with a 16-6 win with a key doubleheader on Saturday.  d3photography.com photo by Ryan Coleman - More photos click here

John Carroll University swept an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader from Marietta College Friday. The Blue Streaks came from behind to win the first game 8-7 in 10 innings and then completed the sweep with a 9-4 win in game two. JCU scored seven runs over the final four innings to erase a 6-1 deficit in the first game. Three Pioneer errors in the eighth inning led to three unearned runs for the Blue Streaks. JCU added another unearned run in the ninth sending the game into extra innings tied, 7-7. John Carroll wasted little time scoring the winning run in the bottom of the tenth. Dylan Sowers singled to right and moved to second when Ethan Glossa was walked. Erik Daugenti followed with a single scoring Sowers with the winning run. In game two, John Carroll sent 12 batters to the plate in the second inning scoring seven runs on seven hits and never looked back. The Blue Streaks added two more in the fourth and led 9-0 until Marietta put four runs on the board in the top of the fifth.

Penn State Abington had plenty to celebrate on Friday as the Nittany Lions defeated Mount Saint Vincent, 24-4, in a non-conference contest at Alverthorpe Park on Senior Day. A nine run third inning broke the game wide open as the Nittany Lions began pouring it on offensively. Shane Fillman led the inning off with a walk and then later in the inning connected on a grand slam home run. Josh McGee and freshman TJ Coyne each drove in two runs in the inning. The Nittany Lions' offense erupted for 10 more runs in the bottom of the sixth. McGee drove in two runs with a double, while sophomore Zach DiMario cleared the bases with a three-run double later in the inning. Today marked the first-ever meeting between Abington and Mount Saint Vincent.

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Ripon had mixed results on Friday at Joe Brooks Field, falling to Illinois College 6-2 before rebounding to defeat the Blueboys 15-7. A leadoff homer and a two-out, two-run single by the Blueboys gave the hosts an early 3-0 lead. Three more runs crossed home for IC in the eighth, as the hosts put the game out of reach with an RBI double and a two-run homer. Jason Clark led off the ninth with a double, but was unable to score and Ripon dropped game one. After IC scored the opening run of game two in the first inning, Ripon responded with a pair of runs in the second. Ripon kept the scoring run going in the third, as Kyler Hickman extended the Red Hawk lead with a two-run double. And it was a good thing it did, as IC countered with a two-run homer in the bottom of the third to come within 4-3. A third consecutive inning with at least two runs occurred for Ripon in the fourth. With the bases loaded and one out, Chase Hanselman drilled a two-run single. The next at-bat, Evan Olson crushed a three-run homer and the Red Hawks took a 9-3 lead. A trio of two-out runs crossed home for Illinois College in the bottom of the fifthbut Ripon would put the game out of reach in the eighth with a six run uprising. Mitchell Lukasik got the win, going a full six innings. He scattered nine hits and six earned runs across 100 pitches.

The North Carolina Wesleyan baseball team opened its weekend series at Mary Baldwin with a dominant offensive showing, collecting eighteen hits in a 15-6 win over the Fighting Squirrels on Friday evening. Wesleyan tacked on multiple insurance runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, capitalizing on free passes and timely hitting. The Bishops also turned a double play defensively and swiped a base in the victory. Caleb Elias finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs, three runs, a double, and a homer, while Jackson Hobbs went 3-for-4 with four runs scored and four RBIs. Seth Jones and Jackson Ellyson also added three hits each, and Jones drove in two more to round out a potent Bishop lineup that drew twelve walks in the game. On the mound, Marc DeNunzio earned the win, striking out eight across 5.2 innings despite working around six earned runs and six walks. Caleb Dennis came on in relief and was lights out, tossing the final 3.1 innings with seven strikeouts and just one hit allowed to seal the victory.

Westminster (Pa.) forged a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader split at Geneva College Friday, dropping game one 8-7 before bouncing back with a 7-2 game two triumph. Game one was tied 7-7 after seven whrn Geneva's Simon Weir laced a two-out, walkoff RBI double to left to break the tie and go on to win. In game two, trailing 1-0 after one, Westminster scored seven unanswered runs, plating two in the second, two in the sixth and two in the eighth to take the game for a split. Sophomore right-hander Tyson Djakovich ran his record to 6-0 this season with the win, giving up two runs (2 earned) on eight hits with a walk and eight strikeouts in a career-best 8.0 innings. He has struck out eight batters three times this spring. Senior right-hander Ryan Feth stuck out one in a scoreless ninth.

Beloit improved its conference standing with a decisive 7-2 victory over Grinnell at home. Powered by clutch hitting in the middle innings and solid pitching throughout, the Buccaneers moved to 17-10 overall and 5-4 in conference play. The Bucs' offense came alive after a nearly two hour weather delay with two outs in the sixth. Tied 2-2, Beloit seized control definitively in the bottom of the sixth inning, erupting for four runs. The Buccaneers added an insurance run in the seventh. On the mound, Phipps settled in after the fourth inning, pitching six strong innings to earn the win. He allowed just the two earned runs on seven hits while striking out four and, crucially, issuing no walks. Harvey Pena (Riverside, Calif.) shut the door out of the bullpen, tossing three scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and two walks while striking out two to collect his sixth save of the season. The save marked the 18th of Pena's career, a new Midwest Conference record. The Beloit staff combined to limit Grinnell to just two walks for the entire game.

Graduate student Jackson Curtis homered and senior Alex Noel and sophomore Greg Mayo were solid on the mound as Plymouth State took game one of a Little East Conference doubleheader 6-2, against the UMass-Dartmouth at Parish Field on Friday. The Cotsairs won 11-6 in the nightcap. Playing on their home field for the first time in nearly two years, the Panthers jumped out to an early lead with a two-run first inning in game one, before adding another in the fifth. UMass Dartmouth pulled within 3-2 in the sixth, but Curtis smacked a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to make it 5-2. Each team plated a run in the seventh to account for the final score line in PSU’s 6-3 win. Noel picked up the win, striking out five while pitching into the seventh, while Mayo surrendered just one hit over the final 2.1 innings to earn the save. The Corsairs snagged a 3-0 lead through two innings of game two, but sophomore Josh Worthington and graduate student Luke Sokolski hit two-run homers in the third to take the lead. UMD came back with two in the top of the fourth and pulled away with a five-run sixth. PSU battled back with two runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull within 10-6, but the offense would stall there, and UMass Dartmouth tacked on an insurance run to earn the split with an 11-6 win.

Junior John Tully tossed seven strong innings to earn his fourth straight win and the Bates baseball team scored twice in the sixth and three more times in the seventh to defeat Bard 6-3 in the opener of a three-game series Friday at Leahey Field. Tully allowed just one run on three hits, striking out five along the way. It's the fewest hits and runs allowed by Tully (4-1) in a start this season. Bates tallied 12 hits in the contest and held the visitors to just six hits. Every player in the Bates starting lineup reached base at least once in the contest.

The visiting WesConn Wolves knocked off the SUNY New Paltz Hawks, 6-5, in an extra-inning game at Loren Campbell Field. Three WestConn rookie pitchers held the Hawks to eight hits and struck out seven with just one walk, while Wolves senior Nick Moeller had two hits and a stolen base. WestConn freshman reliever Rocco Panaro held New Paltz without a run in the eighth and sophomore SS Bryan Birkl gave the Wolves a fourth run in the top of the ninth with a sacrifice fly. The Hawks tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, 4-4, with two runs off WestConn rookie LHP Quinn McGuire. In the 10th frame, WestConn sophomore 2B Ryan Vallie led off with a single and reached second on an error. Moeller singled, followed by consecutive hit batsmen by Keough and Barnett to plate Vallie for the go-ahead run. Wolves sophomore Jake Coniglio added a sacrifice fly to make the score, 6-4, and McGuire survived the 10th despite allowing run, striking out the final batter to secure his first college win.

Friday evening, the Utica Pioneers traveled down to the southern tier of Western New York for a heated series with the Houghton Highlanders in a tussle for the top 6 in the Empire 8 standings. In game one, the Pioneers claimed victory, using a three-run ninth inning to snatch the series opener by an 8-5 final. The visitors would ultimately lose steam heading into game two, as two huge innings by Houghton produced 20 runs, handing the Highlanders a 22-0 win to cap off the night. Justin Mazovec and Tanner Warren each collected a trio of base hits to power the Pioneers offense in a huge victory to start off the weekend. The two batters provided some energy at both ends of the Pioneer lineup, with Mazovec reaching base four times out of the leadoff spot and Warren also getting on base four times out of the seven hole. Thanks to their eight combined times reaching base, the Pioneers had plenty of chances to knock in some crucial runs, which they did, scoring Warren three times and Mazovec twice. Two ugly innings doomed the orange and blue in the second matchup of the night. With the first pitch coming well past sunset, the team couldn't shake some visible fatigue as they fell by a lopsided score. Houghton managed to pile up 13 hits and 20 runs over a two inning span during the third and fourth, creating a massive advantage.

Erik Sibbach turned in one of his most dominating starts of the season, needing just 80 pitches to close out a complete game, five-hitter in an 8-1 win for Stevens Institute of Technology over Delaware Valley Friday afternoon from Dobbelaar Field in Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom play. ibbach allowed just seven total base-runners and induced outs from 18 batters on the first or second pitch of the respective at-bats. Offensively, the Ducks provided ample run support, with the 1-through-6 hitters in the lineup (Victor Schilleci, Eli Somers, Dylan Fishbough, Liam DeRubertis, Chip Krese, and Jack Reichlin) all notching at least one hit, finishing the day a combined 11-for-24, scoring all eight runs, driving in six of them.

Luke Schartner drove in nine runs, the most by a Cortland player in at least 28 years, if not longer, as the Red Dragons defeated host Canton, 16-4, in the opening game of a SUNYAC doubleheader. The Red Dragons completed the sweep of the Roos with a 14-0 win in the nightcap. The first game was called after seven innings due to the SUNYAC's 10-run rule. Cortland led 9-0 in the second game before scoring five times in the top of the ninth. Cortland (20-10, 10-3 SUNYAC) has won 10 straight games and has reached the 20-win mark for the 35th straight full season (the 2020 season was canceled after 11 games). Luis Misla improved to 7-2 with five innings of three-hit ball. He gave up three runs, two earned, with three walks and 10 strikeouts. Misla recorded double-figure strikeouts for the fourth straight game and the fifth time overall this season. Matthew Nochowitz pushed his record to 3-0 in the second game with seven shutout innings. He allowed five hits and no walks and fanned 11 batters. Tommy Lynch struck out five of the six batters he faced over two perfect innings to complete the combined shutout.

Righthander Ethan Carpenter (pictured) threw seven innings to earn his fifth win of the season and third baseman Ryan Nutley sparked Rutgers-Camden offense with a two-run home run in the first inning as the Scarlet Raptors defeated Stockton, 11-3, in New Jersey Athletic Conference action. Rutgers-Camden athletics photo by Nathan Condo

No. 1 UW-Whitewater opened their four-game Conference series against Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Warhawks (22-2, 13-2 WIAC) took a 18-5 victory after 8 innings in the first game. The second game against the Pointers (13-13, 8-7 WIAC) was called early due to darkness. Play will resume at 11 am tomorrow morning with UWW up 17-8 at the Top of 8. In game one, the Warhawks' offense was held a little quiet, with only three baserunners through the first few innings. The Pointers used the momentum on defense, to get up a quick lead. UWSP rallied some hits in the second, and hitting a solo home run in the third to go up 2-0. A huge fifth inning gave the Warhawk offense the momentum to get rolling. Matt Scolan led off with his first homer of the day, with Andy Thies following it up with a 3-run jack to take a 7-3 lead. The Pointers took the side down in order in the 6th, but the top of the 7th added another 5 runs to the Warhawk total. A two-run Pointer home run kept the game alive, but UW-Whitewater added another 5-runs in the 8th to enforce the run rule.

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No. 2-ranked Johns Hopkins faced Dickinson (13-16, 4-8) Friday afternoon, defeating the Red Devils 18-8. The Blue Jays used an 11-run seventh to power Hopkins to its 12th-consecutive win. Much like Tuesday's matchup, the Red Devils struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a pair of singles. the lead changed a couple times with the Red Devils taking their second lead of the game, 8–7. Then came the seventh. Whitney tied the game with an RBI single before Siani laid down a bunt to bring in the go-ahead run. Pinch-hitter Lukas Geer followed with a two-run double to extend the lead to 11-8. The floodgates opened from there. Shane, Steuerer and Stevens each homered, pushing the lead to 17-8. An error by the Dickinson shortstop allowed one more run to cross the plate, capping off an 11-run outburst and sealing the win for Hopkins.

No. 5 Denison hosted Wooster in a Friday clash for first place in the North Coast Athletic Conference. After a dominant game one victory of 17-0, the Big Red were able to tie the Scots for first in the conference. With the field lights shining over Big Red Field, Denison was able to seal a 7-1 victory in game two to take control of the one-seed in the NCAC. The Big Red move to 25-5 on the season and 9-1 in the conference. Big time programs win big time games in the greatest moments. The Big Red were able to oblierate the Fighting Scots with a 17-0 decision in game one. Eric Colaco kicked off the onslaught with a two run homer in the bottom of the first inning. The Big Red continued to rain terror on their opponent over the next six innings. Colaco drove in four RBIs alongside two from Jack Lutte, Erik Sundgren, Cade Nowik, Jack Steel, and Jake Blozy. Nowik's homer in the second inning accounted for his RBIs. Sundgren was a perfect 4-4 at the plate in game one. In game two Jack Lutte racked up two doubles in game two(four on the day) and Jake Blozy notched a triple. Erik Sundgren led the way with a 3-5 performance, going 7-9 throughout the doubleheader.

No. 10 UW-La Crosse had to come from behind in both games as they swept UW-Eau Claire, 7-6 and 3-2, in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday afternoon. The score of the opener would remain 5-3 until the eighth inning when the Blugolds would score a run on an RBI single by Cade Mueller to take a 6-3 lead. In the bottom half of the eighth inning and with one out, Emiliano Ramos led off with a walk and advanced to second on a ground out. Mac Born and Calvin Hargrove each walked to load the bases. Nate Witte then doubled which brought both Ramos and Born into score to cut the Blugold's lead to 6-5. Chris VandenHeuvel then singled to bring home Hargrove to tie the game at six. After a 1,2,3 top of the ninth inning, Seaman led off with a single and advanced to second when Jack Olver walked. Ramos then moved Seaman and Olver up with a sacrifice bunt. Andrew Rajkovich was intentionally walked to load the bases before the Blugolds would record a strikeout for the second out. Alec Campbell then drew a walk to force Seaman in for the winning run. Game two would remain 1-0 until the seventh inning when UW-Eau Claire took a 2-1 lead. UWL would get two runs of their own in the seventh inning to take a 3-2 lead. Relief pitcher Tucker Bouche would pitch a clean eighth and ninth inning to seal the Eagles win.

No. 16 Coe opened its weekend series at Wartburg Friday evening with a 4-2 victory, taking down the Knights to improve to 14-2 in the A-R-C. The Kohawks, riding the backs of top starter Jack Walsh, bashed out 12 hits en route to the victory. Coe took a 1-0 lead in the second inning after an RBI triple from CJ Johnson as the sophomore helped give Walsh the advantage. Wartburg scored in the fifth to tie the game, using a safety squeeze to make it 2-1 but a clutch inning-ending strikeout got him out of the jam. The Kohawks responded in the seventh with an RBI single from Jon Wille and added two key insurance runs in the eighth as Jake Brosius delivered a solo homer for 3-0 before an RBI single from Jack Allison made it 4-2. Tyce Johnson took the ball from Walsh in the eighth and despite allowing a run and three hits in the eighth, he settled down and stranded two runners in the inning before working a perfect 1, 2, 3 ninth with two strikeouts to earn the save.

Freshman Austin Kreyenhagen had 10 strikeouts and Damon Suriani drove in three runs as No. 18 Rowan swept the two-game series with TCNJ, winning 8-3, in NJAC action. The Profs improve to 21-4 and 6-8 in the conference. Kreyenhagen (3-1) tossed 6.2 innings to record his career-high in strikeouts, with Luke Vaks closing out the game with 2.1 innings in which he allowed just one hit and no runs. Suriani went 3-for-5 to lead the Profs while Tyler Cannon, Marco Mannino and Jason Morgan recorded two hits apiece. The Profs jumped out right away, going up 2-0 after consecutive singles from Morgan and Suriani, taking advantage of one TCNJ error, a balk, a passed ball and a walk. Rowan scored five in the sixth to go up 7-1 with Mannino's two-run single being among the key hits, as well as RBI singles from Cannon and Suriani adding to the total. Although TCNJ (20-12; 8-4) got back two in the seventh, the Profs added one more in the eighth as Suriani's single brought home Morgan.

No. 24 Concordia-Texas earned a series sweep with a 7-3 win over Texas Lutheran. Colby Christian & Kalen Clark homered at Gardner-Boggs Field on Good Friday. Christian put the Tornados up 3-0 with his homer in the first. The Bulldogs cut their deficit to 3-2 in the second frame, but the Tornados made it 4-2 in the third when Clark answered with his solo shot. TLU scored a run in the top of the fourth, but CTX upped their lead to 6-3 with RBIs from Logan Smith & Carson Riley that scored Landon Hyle & Matthew Armes. Both teams went scoreless over the next two innings, before Christian tallied a RBI-single to left and scored Aaron Gomez for a 7-3 advantage heading into the eighth as the Tornados would go on to earn the victory. Handed a five-run cushion, senior Bennett Speicher locked down the win as he retired six of the seven batters he faced in his two scoreless innings to close out the game.

Centre returned from a lengthy layoff without any Rust. The Colonels kicked off the final home stand of the regular season on a positive note as the No. 13 Colonels rallied in the late innings for a 6-4 victory over the Sewanee Tigers to improve to 22-7 on the year and 8-5 in conference play. Centre threw the first punch in the bottom of the second as Chase Austin connected on a two-out triple that reached the center field wall. One batter later, Baylor Woodall snuck one through the left side for a base hit to give the Colonels a 1-0 lead. In the third inning, Ayden Lohr led off with a solo homer to double the Centre lead at 2-0. Singles by Evan Weyler and Graham Johnson put runners on the corners and Weyler eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0 in favor of the home team. The Tigers chipped away at the lead with two runs in the fourth. Leading 3-2 in the fifth, Lohr led off the inning with a base hit the other way, stole second, was moved to third and scored after Johnson hit a ground ball past the diving shortstop for an RBI. In the sixth, Sewanee rallied to tie the game at 4-4. The score remained tied until the seventh when JT Weisberg led off with a base hit. Ben Prather came up next and drove him with a double. With Prather on third, Lohr lifted a deep fly ball for a sacrifice and a 6-4 Centre lead. Working his fourth inning, Zach Heavern retired the side in each of the last two innings to lock down Centre's 22nd victory of the year.

No. 12 Brockport extended its winning streak to 12 games, sweeping Russell Sage, 2-0 and 7-1, in DH action on Friday. Pitching was the story on the day. Zach Eldred (W, 6-0) dominated on the mound for Brockport, tossing a complete game shutout with seven strikeouts and just three hits allowed. Both teams would muster just three hits each in game one, with one swing of the bat changing the game for Brockport. In the bottom of the fourth, Jason Story would connect for a two-run homer to give Brockport a 2-0 lead, his seventh deep fly of the season. Despite picking up a no-decision in the second game, Anthony Lapine dominated Russell Sage all afternoon. Lapine provided 6.2 innings of scoreless baseball, striking out eight Gators in an excellent performance. Josh Indek would put the game out of reach with a bases-clearing 2 RBI triple, with Zach Eldred adding a sacrifice fly to center field to give Brockport the 7-2 advantage. Eric Servellon (W, 2-0) shut the door on Russell Sage, allowing just two hits, one run, and striking out two Gators to earn the win.

Rider Gordon and Dillon Martin each had two-run singles, Blaise Heher was 4-for-5, and Dominic Rolla and Parker McGraw combined on a five-hitter, as No. 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps opened its four-game Oregon trip with a 6-2 win over George Fox on Friday. Rolla started and went five innings to get the win for the Stags, improving to 5-1 on the year, while McGraw threw four shutout innings of relief for the save. Gordon broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning with a two-run single, which came after Alex Henderson and Carter Bennett drew walks, and a Heher single loaded the bases. In the eighth, Slader Spoor and Nate Seluga hit doubles to put runners on second and third and nobody out, and one out later, Martin singled to right to plate them both and stretch the lead to 6-2. Heher started the scoring with an RBI single in the second, before George Fox went ahead 2-1 in the bottom half. A Gordon sacrifice fly in the fourth pulled CMS even. McGraw had five straight strikeouts at one point, getting the last two outs in the sixth via K, and then striking out the side in the seventh. He hit two straight batters to start the eighth, but Gordon started a double play to get the two lead runners to help CMS escape the jam.

No. 23 Washington and Jefferson prevailed in both ends of a doubleheader with Allegheny at Robert M. Garbark '32 Field. In a battle of the top two teams in the PAC standings, the Presidents (23-7, 13-1 PAC) solidified their hold on first place with a 13-0 win in the early game and a 4-1 victory in the nightcap. As a result, the Gators (17-13, 10-4 PAC), who entered Friday in second place, slid one game back of Grove City College (21-9, 11-3 PAC) into third. In the opener, the Presidents scored once in the first and second innings, but W&J turned its 2-0 lead into a looming 7-0 advantage with a five-spot in the fourth. The inning was fueled by a two-run homer from Luke Alvarez and a two-run double off the bat of Drew Garth. W&J reached the final score by adding two in the seventh and four more in the eighth. The highlight of the late game was the pitching battle between Allegheny's Walker Cunningham and the Presidents' ace, Dante DiMatteo. The two starting pitchers matched each other with zeros on the scoreboard throughout the first six innings. Cunningham retired the first 11 batters he faced and ended the fourth having faced the minimum after picking off Knox Meier, who broke the perfect-game bid with a two-out walk. Cunningham stranded two in the fifth and, after giving up a single in the sixth, got the double play he needed. The turning point of the contest spun momentum in Washington and Jefferson's favor in the seventh. In the bottom of the seventh, Allegheny looked ready to respond. However, DiMatteo struck out the last two batters he faced to preserve the shutout. The only offense the Gators managed in the second game was a two-out wild pitch that allowed Tyson Bryant-Dawson to score in the bottom of the eighth.

Emory won its sixth straight game Friday afternoon, erasing two separate deficits to come from behind and defeat No. 25 ranked University of Chicago, 10-5, in the series opener at Chappell Park in Atlanta. The Eagles rode the strong performances on the day by senior Blake Dincman and junior Josh Zuckerman to improve to 23-10 overall and 9-4 inside University Athletic Association play as Emory remains in the hunt for the conference title with seven games to play. Dincman had one of his best overall games for the Eagles this season as he drove in a season-high four runs in a 3-for-5 afternoon and launched his second home run of the campaign. Zuckerman won his fourth game on the mound as he spun seven innings and struck out seven Maroon hitters.

No. 7 Kean powered their way to their 12th straight win with a 16-1 win over Ramapo College on Friday afternoon. Connor Ramsey got out of an early jam in the second inning after loading the bases with no outs. He then recorded a strikeout and induced a double play to keep the game scoreless. That sparked the offense who then dropped five runs in their next at-bat. With runners on first and second (who both walked), Kyle Adorno singled home the game's first run. Tyler Stone followed with a two RBI triple and CJ Tomalavage launched his 10th homerun of the season to quickly jump ahead. The Cougars (28-5, 12-0 NJAC) continued to add runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh and added another five-spot in the eighth. Highlighting the offense was a two RBI single by John Chiusano and a two RBI double from Adam Scire.

New York University used an offensive explosion to capture Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against No. 19 Case Western Reserve with a 13–9 win, then battled to a thrilling 19–19 tie in one of the most memorable games in program history. The Violets came out swinging in the first inning on a three-run homer by Nick Pallotta and continued their power surge throughout the game. Harrison Blueweiss, Nick Argenziano and Kosta Mocklis each homered, as well. NYU poured in four runs during a key sixth inning to pull ahead following two-RBI singles by Argenziano and Connor Roggero. The Violets added insurance in the eighth on Mocklis' two-run home run and a sacrifice fly from Bobby Kuenzler. Cooper Paule improved to 3–1 on the season, earning the win with two strikeouts in relief. In Game two both offenses were in control, Due to fading light, the game was called shortly after—marking NYU's first tie since returning to NCAA Division III play in 2014.

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Quinten Perilli and David Woolley each knocked a home run in the 9-3 win over Susquehanna to start off the Landmark Conference series. Woolley went 2-4 with four runs, two RBIs, and a home run. Perilli went 3-4 with a run, a double, a home run, and a season-high five RBIs. Sawyer Martin went 3-5 with two RBIs. Joey Smith earned the win on the mound with three strikeouts, helping the Blue Jays to a total of eight strikeouts. Elizabethtown racked up a 4-0 lead after just two innings at Susquehanna. Martin hit a two-RBI single in the first to get the Blue Jays on the board. In the second, Alex Perrin singled to left field before Woolley hit his first home run of the season to score two. In the sixth with the bases loaded, Perilli hit a bases clearing double to extend Etown's lead to 7-0. To start off the seventh, Woolley reached base on his second walk of the day before Perilli hit a two-run homer which would end the Jays scoring. The River Hawks scored their three runs in the bottom of the ninth off a home run.

Adrian recorded a big win on Friday afternoon against Calvin, 12-2. The Bulldogs sat at the top of the conference standings at 10-2 entering the game followed in second by the Knights at 9-2. Ryan Davis made history on Friday hitting two home runs including his 26th of his career to break the program career home run record. The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a double from Linken Hayward to score Jake Burns. Ryan Davis smashed his first home run of the game in the third inning to extend the lead to 3-0. In the fourth, Burns and Hayward hit back-to-back home runs to jump up 5-0. Burns singled in a run in the fifth followed by an RBI double from Hayward, a sacrifice fly from Rolando Jimenez, and a Calvin wild pitch to lead 9-0. Calvin got on the board in the sixth with a solo home run which was answered in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly from David Kedrow. After another Calvin run crossed the plate in the seventh, Adrian scored on an error in the bottom of the inning to lead 11-2 before Davis crushed his second homer of the game in the eighth to enforce the 10-run mercy rule.

Hobart got a nine-inning, 99-pitch complete game from junior Teck Nash and earned an important Liberty League win over St. Lawrence 7-2 this afternoon. Nash was impressive in his eighth start of the season, retiring the first 11 batters he faced. In fact, he sat down the Saints in order in six of the nine innings. He carried a shutout into the eighth inning, finishing the game with five hits allowed, two runs (one earned), four strikeouts and no walks. It was Hobart's first nine-inning complete game since Nash went the distance against Ithaca on April 26, 2024. "Today was one of our most complete games," said Hobart Head Coach Brad Cook. "Offensively, we were able to score early and play with a lead. It was great to get their starting pitcher out early and get into the pen. Teck Nash was phenomenal with a 99-pitch complete game. He attacked early and often allowing our defense to make plays."

Brevard (14-19, 9-6 USA South) scored nine-straight runs to pull away from William Peace (10-24, 5-11 USAS) 13-7 on Friday evening at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. Trailing 7-4 after five innings, BC began its rally with three runs in the top of the sixth to tie things up, 7-7. Frankie Vasquez then came across to score on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh, proving to be the ultimate difference in the game. BC then brought five insurance runs across to score in the top of the ninth, and Matthew Evans (3-3) capped off his stellar relief appearance by sealing the six-run win up in the ninth. CP Pyle led the way with a three-hit performance for Brevard, going 3-for-6 with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored. Vasquez went 2-for-3 with two runs scored - including the eventual game-winner - and Davis Bryson, who got the start at third base, went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Hunter Busque notched his first collegiate triple, and Hayden Jennings added a double as the Tornados logged 12 total hits and three extra-base knocks. Evans earned his third victory of the season, coming on in relief to provide four innings of shutout work. The Yulee, Florida native surrendered just four hits and struck out one Pacers as well.

Franklin collected a critical double-header sweep of league-leading Anderson on Friday afternoon, winning a pair of shootouts at John P. McDowell Field. Game one saw the Grizzlies (16-15, 8-8 HCAC) overcome a big first inning from the Ravens (21-12, 11-5 HCAC) and hang on late for a 10-9 victory. Game two saw the two offenses combine for 10 home runs, but Franklin scored in each of their final four trips to the plate in a 15-11 win. The Ravens pounced for six runs in the first inning, getting all their offense with two outs in the inning to put the hosts behind the eight-ball early. The Grizzlies began their comeback bid in the bottom of the first with Dyllan Redmon scoring on a passed ball and Franklin made it a 6-3 game with two more runs in the bottom of the second. One inning later, the Grizzlies grabbed a lead they would hold the rest of the day, plating six runs in the bottom of the third off Raven pitching. Danny Cross drew a bases loaded walk for the first run and Nic Deering followed with a sac fly to make it a one-run game. Redmon put Franklin in front with a two-run single and Garrett DeHart followed with a two-run single of his own to make it 9-6 Grizzlies. DeHart added an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh and Franklin kept the Ravens at bay in the ninth to claim a gritty game one win. In game two, pinch hitter Kam Seitz came up with a two-run triple in the sixth and Alex Billman tied the game at 11 one batter later with a single that knocked Seitz in. Garrett DeHart continued to torment Anderson pitching when he put Franklin in front for good with a solo shot in the seventh. Jordan DeAtley clubbed a solo homer of his own in the eighth and Redmon added some insurance later in the inning with a two-run triple.

Securing first place in the American Southwest Conference, East Texas Baptist finished off LeTourneau, 14-9, to take the four-game series, 3-1. ETBU honored 16 players on senior day, improving to 23-11 and 10-2 in the ASC. ETBU had 13 hits, scoring 14 runs with four home runs and four doubles. They scored 63 runs in the series and hit 16 home runs in four games. Ben Lea went 4-of-4 with two RBI, a home run, and two runs scored. Dylan Burnaman was 3-of-5 with two RBI and two runs scored with a home run. Joaquin Costa added two RBIs and a home run, while Hunter Rumachik had a home run for one RBI. Luke Bumpus also had three RBI on one hit, scoring twice. Tyler Bogusz started the game, going three innings, allowing five earned runs with two strikeouts on six hits. Landry Powell earned his first win of the year, going 4.1 innings with two strikeouts on six hits with two earned runs. Carson Speegle worked the final 1.2 innings with three strikeouts and one run on two hits.

Piedmont earned a 9-0 win over Huntingdon Friday to take game two of the series. Peyton Irvin earned the win on the mound tossing 7.2 scoreless innings allowing just six hits and striking out four. Peyton Irvin allowed just two hits through six innings ending the day surrendering six but maintained a clean sheet with no runs. The Hawks' best opportunity came in the eighth when they had runners on the corners with two away and the Lions went to the bullpen. Andrew Misirly was able to get the final out on a fielder's choice and keep the clean slate heading to the ninth. The Piedmont offense was not done in the game as they lit up for four runs on five hits despite a double play in the inning. With a 9-0 lead, Misirly closed it out in the ninth and ended the game on a strikeout.

Trinity (Conn.) downed Tufts get 19-7 down in Hartford. Tufts got the ball rolling well, scoring the first runs of the game and carried a 5-0 lead into the bottom of the third inning. The Bantams responded with six runs in the bottom of the third, taking advantage of an error that extended the inning. From there, the home team piled it on the Jumbos, scoring in the next four frames. By the end of the sixth, they led 16-5. Tufts managed a couple runs in the top of the seventh but that paled to the three put on the board by Trinity.