Easter weekend sees busy Saturday, quiet Sunday

Nate Seluga (pictured) was 3-for-5 with a homer, three runs scored and two RBI and Alex Hendersson was 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI as 11th-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps earned a 9-2 win over Pacific on Sunday afternoon. With the win, CMS improves to 26-8 on the year, while completing a four-game sweep of its Oregon trip after taking three from George Fox on Friday and Saturday. Pacific slips to 13-15 on the year with the loss.
Claremont Mudd Scripps athletics photo by Peak Form Photography

 

Emory salvaged a series split with No. 25 ranked Chicago as the Eagles won the weekend finale by a count of 11-7 Sunday afternoon at Chappell Park in Atlanta. Senior trio Matthew Sicoli, Jack Halloran and Brok Liu combined to drive in seven runs in the game while sophomore JT Rattigan and senior Bennett Speicher were serviceable on the mound. With the win, the Eagles move to 24-12 on the season and back into a tie for second place in the UAA championship race with Chicago (23-11, 10-6). Both programs will head into the final conference series weekend trailing Case Western Reserve (22-11-1, 11-4-1) by 1.5 games in the standings. Saturday it was all Chicago as they swept the day 21-15 and 14-4.

Case Western Reserve University graduate student Dane Camphausen hit his fourth home run of the series and five pitchers combined to allow just two earned runs on seven hits to pace the 19th-ranked Spartans to a 7-3 win over New York on Sunday morning at Nobby's Ballpark. The win gave the Spartans their fourth win in as many University Athletic Association series this season, as CWRU improved to 22-11-1 overall and 11-4-1 in the conference. The Spartans will head into their final UAA series of the season at Brandeis next weekend in control of their destiny for the conference championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament associated with it, and can clinch the title with three wins in the four games against the Judges. On Saturday Camphausen and sophomore designated hitter Tyler Stillson combined to drive in 10 runs and sophomore left-handed pitcher Quinn Saunders and first-year right-handed pitcher Ayush Shetty held New York University to a run on three hits in a 17-1 Spartans' win in seven innings.

It did not take a large number of runs for Washington University to win both ends of a doubleheader, 4-0 and 1-0, to complete the series sweep of Brandeis on Sunday at Kelly Field. Not only did they win all four games against the Judges, they did so by not allowing a run in either of the final two games. Junior Isaac Zhang (3-1) picked up the complete game shutout with seven strikeouts and just four hits. Levi Gingerich (1-2) picked up the win in 6.0 innings of work with seven strikeouts. Sophomore Owen Block earned his first save of the season, pitching the final 2.0 innings and striking out five. The last time the Bears had back-to-back shutouts was March 1 and March 4 of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season with two, 10-0 wins over Illinois Tech and MacMurray. Going back further, the last time WashU had a back-to-back doubleheader shutout was also against Brandeis on April 23, 2017, with 1-0 and 8-0 victories.

Penn State Behrend brought its winning streak to 12 straight games with a doubleheader sweep, 9-0 and 6-2, of Penn State Altoona on Sunday. Colin Bolla secured the game one win, tossing the first complete game shutout of the season for Behrend. The second-year starting pitcher only allowed three hits and two walks to go along with eight strikeouts in the complete game effort to earn his fifth victory on the mound. Bolla notched his 100th career strikeout in the fifth, fanning the Altoona leadoff hitter of the inning. All nine Behrend batters reached base at least once in game one. Andrew Bredel earned his sixth win of the year with six innings of two-run baseball, striking out five hitters. Sophomore Jake Manendo notched his fourth save of the season, pitching three hitless innings to go along with four strikeouts out of the bullpen.

On a hot and humid day in southwest Indiana, Oberlin earned its first two conference wins against DePauw, taking game one 6-2 before earning a hard-fought victory in the nightcap 7-4. The Yeomen turned to sophomore Calvin Burkholder in desperate need of a win. Burkholder delivered when the pressure was one. The Aurora, Colorado native fired a complete-game, two-run (one earned) masterpiece — his second complete game of the season and fourth of his career. The right-hander scattered eight hits while inducing fourteen flyouts and 9 groundouts and striking out three to push his season total to 35. Going for the sweep, sophomore Grayson Black got the nod in game two. Following Burkholder's lead, Black was lights out through the first six innings. Allowing only two hits while racking up six strikeouts. Also of note, Black picked off three runners at first, a career-high. Matthew Ruttkay slammed the door in the eighth and ninth inning, only allowing one infield single as the big righty earned the first save of his collegiate career en route to a 7-4 Yeomen win. "It's a weight off our shoulders," Burkholder said about the team getting their elusive first conference victory. "Winning that first one means a lot mentally for the whole team. Now that we're in the win column we can play loose and carry it into the rest of conference play."

Saturday Games

The Saints got dominant pitching from Michael Hutchins and Boden Driscoll and put up 14 runs combined as St. Lawrence swept Saturday's doubleheader, 7-3 in both games, against Hobart at Tom Fay Field. St. Lawrence took the important series win and improved to 10-18 overall and 6-7 in conference play. Hobart fell to 16-11 with the loss and 6-8 in league action. Hutchins made his return to the mound and didn't disappoint, pitching seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits, and striking out four batters. Driscoll turned in 7.1 innings in game two, giving up two runs on five hits and striking out a career-high eight batters. Brendan Karadenes and Joe LaPrade came on in relief for the Saints to help secure the wins. Sean Desjardins led the Saints with four RBI on 3-for-8 batting, while John Donnellan and Mike Siano swatted solo home runs in the two games.

The No. 1 UW-Whitewater Warhawks completed the sweep
over UW-Stevens Point with two wins in Saturday's  
doubleheader. After finishing out the end of Friday's game,
the Warhawks took game one, 8-1. Game two was lower
scoring to start, but two four-run innings late pushed the
Warhawks ahead of the Pointers, 10-2. It was a historic day
for Matt Scolan at the plate & on the base path. Scolan broke
the Warhawk career hits with his first hit of the game, as he
added his 260th hit of his career. Scolan rounded the bases
three times, tying the WIAC record for career runs at 225.

UW-Whitewater athletics photo by Tim Kruse Sports Photography

Senor lefty Francis Ferguson pitched a complete-game four-hitter with 11 strikeouts to lift the Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team to a 5-3 victory over No. 6-ranked Salisbury University in the first game of a non-conference doubleheader Saturday at Williams Stadium. In the second game, Salisbury rebounded to take the nightcap 15-8. Eastern (21-8) scored five first-inning runs, out-hit Salisbury (26-7), 16-15, but left 11 runners stranded and the Gulls scored six times in the bottom of the third inning on six hits and one of Eastern's five errors in a 15-8 victory.

It was a memorable day of celebration for Saint Mary's (Minn.) (18-13). Not only did the Cardinals complete a conference sweep, 4-1 and 7-2, over the Carleton Knights (8-14), but they did it in front of a spirited crowd of over 75 baseball alumni — all in honor of 100 years of Saint Mary's baseball history. Connor Tulley delivered a standout performance on the mound for the Cardinals, completing a full game with seven innings pitched. He allowed just two hits and one earned run, striking out three batters and walking two. In game two, Riley Bauman led the Cardinals with an impressive performance, tallying three hits, including a home run and a double, while driving in three runs and scoring two. On the mound, Eric Stomberg pitched seven innings, allowing only one earned run while striking out two.

No. 16 Coe secured a series victory over Wartburg Saturday afternoon, splitting an afternoon doubleheader with the Wartburg Knights with a 12-1 win in game one and a 6-3 loss in game two. Coe's offense destroyed the Knights in the opening game, racking up 16 hits en route to the run-rule victory. The Kohawks went behind in the opening inning but scored twice in the second inning and later blew the game open with five runs in the fifth inning. Six players had an RBI, led by Eli Elsbecker who had a team-high three RBI and two hits. Coe managed double-digit hits again in the second game but Wartburg scored six runs within the first four innings and held on as the Kohawks attempted to come from behind. Coe scored once in the sixth and once in the ninth to make things interesting but Wartburg escaped any further damage, leaving a runner on third in the ninth inning to earn the split.

Russell Sage hit five home runs as a team on Saturday as they took down the nationally ranked Golden Eagles of SUNY Brockport 10-5. The Gators (19-9/13-2 E8) trailed 3-0 heading into the top of the fourth inning, before hitting three home runs in four at bats to flip the scoreboard and take a 4-3 lead. The Golden Eagles tied it up in the fourth, before Sage senior Evan Grimes cleared the right field wall with a two-run shot, his second big fly of the week. Senior Zachary Figueras finished the scoring for the day with the Gators fifth home run, a solo shot over the right field wall. Evan Grimes got the nod on the mound punching out three in his seven innings of work. The senior was relieved by senior Liam Doyle who struck out one in two innings of no-hit ball to shut the door on the Saturday afternoon victory.

After dropping game one of the series yesterday, Redlands (23-13, 12-8) won game one of their doubleheader at Chapman 11-1 in seven innings before completing the doubleheader sweep in game two, 6-1. In game one, the Bulldogs scored all of their runs in three innings, including five in the first two. Thanks to five shutout inning by starter Erik Radder, the Bulldogs were up 5-0 heading into the sixth. In the inning Redlands put the game away with six runs. In the second game of the day, Gavin Duenez pitched a scoreless ninth after Nathan Buchan moved to 9-0 on the season after throwing eight one run innings on only 86 pitches. At the plate Nate Miller stayed on fire with a 3-for-4 mark. He added two RBI and two runs scored.

Illinois Wesleyan completed a sweep of College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin foe Wheaton (Ill.) on Saturday. The Titans edged out the Thunder with a 6-4 victory in game one before staging a late-game comeback to claim an 11-8 win in game two. Freshman Cole Benson delivered a strong start for Illinois Wesleyan, earning the win behind 7.2 innings of work, recording four strikeouts. Luke Costello came on in relief and locked things down, striking out three in 1.1 innings to earn the save and secure the Titans' 6-4 victory in game one. Junior Cole Shamhart got the start on the mound for the Green and White, working three innings in his outing. The Titans turned to a trio of relievers—juniors Flagg and Jake Pullam, along with freshman Cade Addis. Flagg picked up the win in relief, while Pullam closed out the game to earn the save. Freshman Ben Ford (Naperville, Ill.–Waubonsie Valley) had a standout day at the plate, going 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

No. 2-ranked Johns Hopkins squared off against Swarthmore (20-15, 11-3) Saturday afternoon in a twinbill, sweeping the Garnet 16-6 in the morning game and 14-4 in the nightcap. The Blue Jays are in sole possession of first in the conference standings after Saturday's senior day doubleheader. Hopkins (32-3, 13-1) came out swinging in game one of the series, jumping to an early 3-0 lead and broke the game open in the sixth, plating six runs. Swarthmore jumped on Drew Grumbles early, plating three runs in the top of the first, but Hopkins wasted no time responding, evening the score in the bottom half with a three-run inning, highlighted by an RBI double from Alex Shane and a two-run home run from Dillon Souvignier.
In the second, Jake Siani added to the momentum with a two-run blast to right, giving the Blue Jays a 5-3 lead. From that point forward, it was all Hopkins. Hopkins tacked on two more in the eighth to push the lead to double digits, sealing a 14-4 victory and a series sweep over the Garnet.

Bethany Lutheran struggled to get the bats going in game one on Saturday falling 5-2 to Northwestern, but they were able to bounce back in game two to claim a 5-4 win. After a scoreless top of the first from Bethany, the Eagles jumped on starter Adryen Tietz in the bottom half, plating four runs—only one of them earned. They used five hits and a Bethany error to take an early 4–0 lead. In the final two innings, the Vikings couldn't get a runner into scoring position, as the Eagles held on to take the game one win. Game two was all about Sean Gamble, as the junior kept Bethany in control throughout the contest. Gamble struck out 10 Eagle hitters en route to picking up the win thanks to seven scoreless innings of work. Ethan Lung picked up the save, striking out three in 1.2 innings of scoreless relief. "Found a way to win another series," said BLC head coach Ryan Kragh. "Didn't play great on either side of the ball, but I thought we showed guts. Back to work next week."

Junior center fielder and team captain Jack Wilson (Petersburg) hit a game-winning two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning, while senior left fielder Christian Chambers and freshman second baseman Sam Vick each had two hits, to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 non-conference home win past Marymount University on Saturday evening on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium. Junior right-hander Sterling Austin (Petersburg) pitched the final two scoreless innings to gain the pitching victory for the host Tigers (16-18) on Senior Day against the visiting Saints (18-15).

Vermont State Lyndon beat Maine at Presque Isle Owls by a score of 20-3 on Saturday afternoon. The game was the first of a scheduled doubleheader. However game two was called in the fourht inning due to rain,. The Hornets' record improved 10-19 and UMPI fell to 4-13. This was the most runs for the Hornets over three years. Senior pitcher Dylan Crump came in to get the final three outs to give the Hornets a 20-3 win. Jacob Wechselblatt earned the win for this game and his record now is 1-0. He pitched four innings, had two strikeouts, and gave up five hits. The Hornets had eleven hits combined.

Central got back in the win column Saturday afternoon with a 7-6 win in third game of its weekend series against Nebraska Wesleyan University. Nebraska Wesleyan (18-14, 7-9 American Rivers Conference) won the first game of Saturday's doubleheader 10-7. "You always want to get two out of three in the series," coach Adam Carey said." Especially when you play three close games, you have to find a way to get two wins there. At the same time, we need to take what we learned and utilize it this week to get ready for Simpson." Mark Kenney got his fourth win of the season on the mound, yielding four earned runs across 7.2 innings pitched. He gave up 11 hits and two walks while striking out five. Turner Williams came on for a four-out save, his first of the season. The Prairie Wolves' offense erupted for five runs in the sixth inning to break open a 4-3 game in the opener. Carter Betts led the charge, finishing 4-for-6 with two triples, two RBI, and two runs scored. His second triple in the sixth drove in two, capping a record breaking day at the plate. Betts eclipse 100 career hits in the victory. Betts also broke school records for triples in a season (8) and career (12).

No. 3 Endicott mercied Hartford, 17-1, in game one, but was forced to pull out a come-from-behind victory in game two, 12-9, to keep their home winning streak alive on Saturday afternoon. The Gulls immediately bounced out to a five-run lead in the bottom of the first in game one. After they tacked on three more in the bottom of the third, the rout was on. Game two featured a much different kind of win than game one, as the Gulls were forced to pull off a big comeback. After finding themselves down 6-0 through two, Danny MacDougall inserted some life into the Endicott offense with a two-run blast to left center. In the fourth, the Gulls received a gift from the Hawks, as TJ Liponis and Robbie Wladkowski each came around to score on a "Little League homer" which featured two errors on the same play from the Hawks defense. The next batter up following was Zach Stephenson who demolished his sixth homer of the season over the left center field fence to make it a 6-5 ball game. In the following inning, Endicott tied things up at six apiece. They then posted a huge six-run bottom of the eighth, taking a comfortable lead on the Hawks. Despite a slight ninth-inning rally from the Hawks, Derek Roberts was able to bear down and close things out for a thrilling 12-9 Endicott home victory.

St. Olaf College snapped a four-game losing streak with 3-2 and 18-6 (seven innings) victories over Augsburg for its fourth Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sweep of the season on Saturday afternoon at Mark Almli Field. St. Olaf (18-9, 9-3 MIAC) won a low-scoring opener on a walk-off sacrifice fly off the bat of sophomore Cole Pleimann before exploding for season-high totals in runs (18) and hits (20) to sweep Augsburg (10-19, 4-8 MIAC) for the third season in a row. The Oles hit .459 (28-for-61) as a team on the day and got on base at a .527 clip in the two wins.

No. 7 Kean clinched the NJAC regular season crown with a sweep of TCNJ, 4-2 and 7-3 on Saturday afternoon. It was a tight pitching matchup, with Kean's Jason Gilman striking out nine through the first four innings. The Cougars (30-5, 14-0 NJAC) chipped away with singles but weren't able to push through until the fourth inning. John Chiusano's monster homer to left, the first of his career, gave the Cougars a 2-0 lead. Kean doubled their advantage in the fifth which was reduced by the Lions (20-14, 8-6 NJAC) in the sixth. Jason Basilicata (7) nailed down the save with two innings of scoreless, hitless relief. The nightcap turned into a see-saw battle. Kean took the lead back for good with a four spot in the fifth. Tyler Stone drove in two with a double and CJ Tomalavage followed with an RBI single. Masino closed out the scoring in the inning with an RBI fielder's choice.

Senior Frank Parrotti tossed a complete-game allowing just one run in game one leading DeSales to a doubleheader split, winning 9-1 and losing game two 20-7, in MAC Freedom action on Saturday afternoon at Weiland Park. The Bulldogs made it a 4-1 game in the opener in the fifth scoring two unearned runs and Colin Houck hit a two-out grand slam to put the exclamation point on the game one win in the sixth inning. Parrott scattered seven hits over seven innings, striking out five and walking just one. Arcadia scored three times in the first inning and four times in the second inning to take a 7-0 lead. That lead swelled to 10-0 after the Knights scored three more times in the fourth and AU put up eight runs in the fourth to put the game out of reach. The split keeps the Bulldogs in the race for a spot in the MAC Freedom postseason tournament. DSU will needs to win all three games next weekend in its series with King's College and then hope that either Arcadia loses all three of its games with Lebanon Valley or Misericordia loses all three of its games with Stevens.

PJ Wendler struck out eight in six innings to get the win in the opener, and Hamilton Finefrock picked up his second save of the day in the nightcap, as No. 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps took a pair of one-run games over George Fox, winning the opener 5-4 and the nightcap 3-2. In the opener, CMS secured the win with one run in the seventh and two in the eighth. Carter Bennett singled and stole second to start the seventh, then advanced to third on a flyout. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Rider Gordon, putting CMS up 3-2. In the eighth, Nate Seluga scored on a groundout by Dillon Martin, and Bryce Didrickson scored on a balk, giving the Stags a 5-2 advantage heading into the ninth inning. In the nightcap, the Stags scored all three of their runs in the seventh inning, overcoming a one-run deficit. Rider Gordon's walk started the rally, and Keegan Cabrera's single put runners on the corners. A walk by Slader Spoor loaded the bases, and Heher's walk brought in the first run. A fielder's choice and a single by Dill Martin added two more runs for the Stags, resulting in a 3-1 lead after the seventh. In the eighth, George Fox managed to score their second run, but Finefrock closed the door for a second time with 1.1 innings of relief.

Mary Washington took down Christopher Newport in Newport News, Va. as it took down the Captains 5-0 on Saturday afternoon. For the Eagles, it's the first time they've swept CNU since 2015, while for CNU, it's the first time its been shutout since March 1, 2023. The Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Ty Lowe doubled home Ryan Schwarz in the top of the first for an early run, then in the second Schwarz tripled home Oliver Martin and Tommy Martinez to push the to 3-0. And finally Bobby Ayscue smoked his fourth homer of the season to move the lead to 5-0. That would be all the offense the Eagles needed as Matthew Boyd tossed five innings of one-hit ball before departing in the sixth. Boyd struck out five, yielding just one walk and no runs in his first NCAA Division III start. Brendan McComber took over for Boyd and the sixth and continued the Eagles' shove effort as he recorded the next eight outs, working around a pair of hits and three walks. McComber struck out a pair before Connor Hassan took over for the final four outs. Hassan walked a batter, while striking out two and recorded his fifth save of the season, taking care of the UMW victory.

Stevens locked up the No. 1 seed in the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Tournament by completing a sweep of Delaware Valley on Saturday. The Ducks (23-11, 17-1 MAC Freedom) took the opener 6-2 before cruising to a 21-9 victory in the nightcap. Jordan Fisse was dominant on the mound, allowing four hits and a single run. Jacob Buurman pitched the final inning to close out the win. In game two, Delaware Valley tied the game at two in the second before Stevens erupted for 11 runs on 10 hits in the fourth. The Aggies responded with three runs in the fifth to cut the deficit to 13-6, but Stevens extended the lead with a DeRubertis sac fly and a Krese triple in the sixth. The Ducks added more in the seventh, including an RBI single by Wong and two additional runs scoring on a wild pitch. Delaware Valley got three back in the bottom of the seventh, trimming the margin to 18-9, but Stevens closed the scoring with three runs in the ninth on RBI hits from Robert Savely, Luke Mahala, and Tonina.

No. 21 Gettysburg had a five-run bottom of the first in game one to set the table for a sweep of Ursinus. The Bullets took the opener 10-0 in seven innings before completing the sweep, 7-1. Alex Wilkie-Viscio tossed a four-hit shutout in game one for the Bullets, striking out six. James Weedon threw seven innings in game two with six strikeouts for the win. Robert Murphy led the offense with five hits on the day. With the sweep, the Bullets have won three straight and are now in a tie for the fifth and final playoff spot in the Centennial Conference standings entering the final week.

La Verne completed a dominant three-game sweep of Occidental on Saturday, closing out the series with a 12-2 victory in game one and a resounding 20-0 shutout in game two at Anderson Field. The Leopards opened Saturday's doubleheader with an offensive barrage, racking up 22 hits en route to a 12-2 win. Eight different La Verne players recorded multiple hits, led by Logan Corthell, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with four runs scored. Jason Givens added a three-hit, four-RBI effort, which included a solo home run in the fifth and two doubles. The Leopards saved their most explosive performance for last, exploding for 21 hits and 20 runs in a run-rule shortened seven-inning shutout. Five La Verne pitchers combined for the two-hit masterpiece, led by starter Caughlin Shults, who struck out four in two innings to earn the win.

RPI swept Vassar today by scores of 24-6 and 10-5 on Saturday. The Engineers scored all their 24 runs in three innings of the first game of the day. RPI scored seven runs in the second, 11 runs in the fourth, and six runs in the seventh to capture the seven-inning win. Aidan Hicks logged six runs batted in, Ian Oehlschlaeger, Michael Lebenson, Matt Chotiner drove in three runs apiece, and Aysuh Krishnappa and Ben Belliss all registered two RBI in the opener. Jake Contois, Charlie Lapp, Julian Scarpa, and Walker Abdallah each had one RBI each as well. Lebenson homered as part of a 3-for-4, three RBI-effort in the second game of the afternoon. Jon Primerano matched Lebenson with three hits and Belliss had another multi-hit performance in the finale.

Union College scored eight runs over the final two innings of game one and put up a 12-spot in game two to deal Liberty League-leading Skidmore a pair of losses by the scores of 8-6 and 12-1 in conference action on Saturday afternoon at Castle Diamond. The two wins keep Union (19-13, 6-3 Liberty League East) in a tie for second place in the East Division with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who the Garnet Chargers play next weekend in a three-game series to decide who will host a conference crossover series. Junior Andrew Keaveney led the way for the Garnet Chargers on Saturday, going 5-for-10 with five runs batted in and two runs scored. Junior Caleb Miller homered twice, drove in two and scored five times in the two wins, and first-year Dylan Swarts drove in four runs and crossed the plate five times as well.

Minnesota Morris closed out their series with the UW-Superior with two wins, 9-6 and 16-12, to take the series 2-1. The Cougars totaled up 19 runs on the day, including four home runs in the second game of the day. With the two victories, the Cougars move to 11-4 in UMAC play and will face off against Bethany Lutheran College Apr. 25-26 with the hopes of improving their record. After a slow start, the Cougars got the scoring started with two runs in the bottom of the second followed by two more in the third to jump out to a 4-0 lead early in the game. Two more runs in the eighth inning secured the victory for the Cougars as the defense allowed just one run in the ninth inning and closed the game out with a popup to Bradie Black at shortstop. It was the Yellowjackets who drew first blood in the second game of the day, where a lot of blood was spilled with 28 runs scored in the game. The Yellowjackets looked to make a comeback, getting as close as 8-10 before a grand slam from David Steffen put the Cougars up in a commanding 16-8 fashion. The Minnesota Morris defense held UW-Superior to four more runs, and the Cougars posted a 16-12 victory to close out the day.

Ninth-ranked Trinity (Texas) finished off a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend sweep of St.Thomas (Texas) with a 12-8 win in Saturday's series finale. With the win, the Tigers (30-7, 24-3 SCAC) have won nine consecutive games and will continue their #1 standing in SCAC. Kaleb Woodward had a great game after scoring four runs and going 2-for-5 at the plate with two doubles. Kai Tinker also had a standout performance after hitting 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI. Maddox McDonald, Nicholas Lazzara, and Cam Champness all had two hits and two RBI each for the Tigers, while Will Baker joined Tinker with a team-best three hits. Sam Rickman got the win and improved to 1-1 this season, while Will Taylor pitched the final 3.2 innings to earn his second save of the year.

Keystone took down United East foe Wilson 15-5 and 2-0 Saturday afternoon at Christy Mathewson Field. Wilson exploded for four runs in the first inning. Keystone added a run in the bottom half to cut their deficit to three. The Giants' offense came alive as they scored five runs in the second followed by three in the third and fourth. After a scoreless fifth inning, they added two runs in the sixth off a balk and wild pitch. The Phoenix scored one run in the seventh off an RBI groundout to make it, 15-4. Keystone would end in the bottom of the seventh as Griffin Yastremski brought a runner home with a single to left and give the Giants the 10-run rule win. Greg Verano went 3-for-3 with two RBI. Darren Hagan posted a game high four runs batted in off two hits. Andy Rivas had two RBI as well. Quinn Holt picked up his third win of the season as he went the distance with six strikeouts. He gave up five earned runs off eight hits. Yastresmki was responsible for the two runs for Keystone as he recorded an RBI double in the first and a SAC fly in the third. The game would be called in the seventh due to the weather. Yastresmki and Nate Ewing were the lone players with a multi-hit game as the two combined for five hits this afternoon. Leam Powell started the second game and gave up no runs off eight hits with a strikeout in 6.1 innings of work. Drew Sorrentino pitched the rest of the seventh and got a groundout and fly out.

Marco Mannino and Karson Harcourt each drove in the winning runs as No. 18 Rowan walked it off twice in a doubleheader sweep of William Paterson by scores of 11-10 and 12-11 (10 innings) on Senior Day at the Rowan Baseball Field. The Profs (23-8; 8-4 NJAC) have now won five in a row. Phil Sedalis hit home runs in both games and went 4-for-9 on the day with five RBI and Mannino was 5-for-8 with five RBI. Mark Grubb (2-1) earned the win in Game 1 and freshman Evan Brasberger (1-0) picked up his first career victory in Game 2. Prior to the game, Rowan's seniors were honored - Sean Colbert, Zach Coluccio, Karson Harcourt, Steven Maiers, Marco Mannino, Jason Morgan, Tyler Parks, Eric Sabato, Phil Sedalis, Chris Serrano and Luke Vaks. The 2004 and 2005 Rowan teams that reached the College World Series were also recognized in between games.

UW-La Crosse completed the four game series sweep with two more wins, 5-3 and 9-1, Saturday afternoon of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opponent UW-Eau Claire. UWEC would take an early lead but the Eagle offense would catch them in the third and pass them by with a three run seventh. Eagle starting pitcher Chayce Osterhaus would retire the final six batters in order to seal the win for the Eagles. In game two, UW-Eau Claire would again score an early run in the first inning but it would be all UW-La Crosse on the bases after that. After walking three batters and giving up a run, UWL starting pitcher Owen Deprez (5-1) settled in as he did not give up another hit while striking out 12 in 7.0 innings.

Ramapo swept NJAC rival Rutger-Camden at Jeff Maund Field. The Roadrunners (23-9, 7-6 NJAC) won game one, 2-0 and game two, 3-0. The Scarlet Raptors fall to 22-13 overall and 6-8 in the conference. In the opener, James Pazdera (5-1) worked 7.1 innings with 10 strikeouts to match his season and career high. Pazdera scattered four hits, walked three and did not give up a run. Ryan Lasko earned his 8th save of the season in 1.2 innings of work. Lasko's eight saves is third-best in a single season in program history. Four different Roadrunners collected one hit in the game. Jack Martin would work a complete game shutout in the nightcap with a career high 15 strikeouts to earn his fifth win of the season. He struck out two or more in five innings and did not walk a batter while he scattered four Scarlet Raptor hits. Ramapo collected eight hits in the game as Julian Caruso finished 3-4 while Zach Novakowski and Jesse Swartout finished 2-4.

Bowdoin concluded its NESCAC regular season schedule with a doubleheader split at Colby on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears are 21-9 overall with a 7-5 NESCAC East record. The Mules still have one series remaining and are 16-10 (4-4 NESCAC). Bowdoin won the first game 3-1 and dropped game two 5-4. Kevin Murray and Lukas Tsai hit back-to-back homeruns in the top of the first inning to put Bowdoin up 2-0. Colby got on the board with an RBI single in the fifth inning. Cal Thompson drove in one final run for the Polar Bears with a first baseline groundout that allowed Conor Moriarty to score from third. Alex Saavedra pitched five innings with four hits allowed and one run. Will Bordes closed out the game on the mound and allowed two hits and no runs. Grant Collins was the lone Polar Bear with a multi-hit game. Colby rattled off five runs before Bowdoin scored in the final two innings of the game. The Mules scored a pair of runs in the third and a run in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. Bowdoin rallied late as Will Cooke tagged a two-run double to left center and Henry Bibeau added an RBI single. Murray pulled the Polar Bears within one in the ninth, doubling down the right field line and driving in one run. Murray went 3-for-5 on the day. Jackson Melendy went four innings with four hits and four runs allowed. Sam Sacerdote, Alastair Rose, and Connor Cassady combined to finish out the game.