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| SUNY Cobleskill earned a split on Sunday afternoon against visiting Lesley, taking the opener 18–3 in dominant fashion before falling 6–5 in a tightly contested nightcap at Fighting Tiger Field. SUNY Cobleskill athletics photo |
Elizabethtown bats exploded in a marathon of a game against Drew, Sunday finishing with a season-high 18 hits and 21 runs. The Blue Jays defeated the Rangers, 21-11 in seven innings. RJ Agriss recorded his 100th career-hit with a double in the second inning. Quinten Perilli went 2-4 with two runs, five RBIs, a home run, and three stolen bases. Alex Perrin went 3-4 with two runs, three RBIs, and a double. Agriss went 3-5 with two runs, two RBIs, and a home run. Alex McClain went 2-5 with three runs, a RBI, and a double. Elizabethtown got off to a slow start, going down 5-0 against Drew. The Blue Jays flipped the script in the fourth taking a 7-6 lead with the help from Perilli's three run homer. Etown kept up their momentum going into the fifth, scoring four runs on five hits to bring their lead to 11-6. The Rangers came back within reach of the Blue Jays scoring two runs in the sixth to trail 11-8. In the sixth David Woolley and Mason Woolwine reached first hit by pitch and walked; respectively. Perilli knocked in a 2 RBI single to score Woolley and Woolwine. In the seventh, Drew scored their final three runs to come within three runs of Etown. In the bottom half of the inning, Etown scored seven more runs ending the game, 21-11 with Agriss' two run homer to left center.
Tufts put on an offensive showcase in game three at Colby on Sunday afternoon, downing the Mules 20-5 in nine innings. The Jumbos (14-19, 6-6 NESCAC East) hit the ground running scoring the games first 14 runs, then outscoring the Mules 6-5 the rest of the way. The Tufts starter, Michael O'Brien, did his job well, pitching six innings with five hits and two unearned runs for the winning decision. The 20-5 win is the biggest win by run differential for Tufts this season.
The Pacific Boxers clinched the 2025 title by sweeping George Fox over the weekend. On the mound, Nicholas Saelens continued his spectacular freshman season, holding the Bruins to three hits and one run over seven innings on Sunday to earn the game three win. Pacific scored two runs in the first and added three more in the third on its way to a 5-1 victory. "This isn't about me. This is about these guys and the coaches that have been here," head coach Jacob Upwood said. "I'm along for the ride. I was very fortunate. That was one of the things when I got the job that I was looking forward to the most is this is a program that's had quite a bit of success recently and it was up to me to just continue that success." After starting the season 0-9, including three losses at Willamette to open NWC play, Pacific won eight straight conference series.
Scoring the game's final seven runs, North Central (Ill.) completed the season sweep of Carroll in a 7-3 victory on Sunday afternoon at Zimmerman Stadium, extending the Cardinals' winning streak to six. Carroll scored an unearned run in the top of the third before tacking on two more in the fourth, thanks to three straight hits to take a 3-0 lead. North Central responded to bring the Cardinals within two, 3-1. With the pitching staff suddenly stingy with runs, the gave NCC the time to overcome the deficit with three in the seventh and three in the eight innings. Elijah Hammond did not allow a hit in the ninth to earn the save and secure a 7-3 win for North Central. Justin Lang drove in three runs while Peyton Burgh and Caleb Coberley each scored twice. Kotecki earned his first win of the season, not allowing a hit in three innings of work. Andrew Bollman tossed four innings, allowing three runs (two earned) with four strikeouts. Hammond tallied three strikeouts in his two innings of work. Before the game, the team celebrated the 500th win yesterday of head coach Ed Mathey.
No. 2-ranked Johns Hopkins squared off against Ursinus (20-20, 5-13) Sunday afternoon in the final regular season games, sweeping the Bears 7-5 in the morning game and 6-2 in the nightcap. The Blue Jays end the regular season 17-1 in conference play and are the top seed heading into the Centennial Conference Tournament. Hopkins (36-3, 17-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning of the opener and later pushed the lead to 7-3. Ursinus made a late push, scoring twice in the seventh to cut the deficit to 7-5. With two on and the winning run at the plate, Grant Meert closed it out in the ninth, earning his fourth save with two shutout innings, capped by a game-saving catch by Shane in right field. The Blue Jays again took a 2-0 lead in the second inning of game two. The Bears never did close the lead to less than three runs as Quinn Rovner earned the win, improving to 6-0 on the season. He threw 6.0 innings, striking out four while allowing just two runs – one earned – on seven hits with one walk. Charles Monterrosa recorded his first save of the season, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings and striking out four.
Wilkes completed their weekend series against Susquehanna, defeating the River Hawks 6-4. The Colonels took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, with Devin Markert scoring his second run of the day off a double to left field by Jacob Cambria to bring the score to 4-3. Wilkes added two more runs after a double to left center by Michael Sabella bringing Matthew Show and Cambria home. Susquehanna recorded an additional run in the eighth inning during a pick off between first and second to make it 4-6 with Wilkes still in the lead. On the mound, Caleb Graham and Ethan Jezewski each pitched three innings and both recorded two strikeouts. AJ Levandoski pitched in relief for the Colonels, recording two strikeouts and one hit to help secure the 6-4 win.
Eighth-ranked Trinity (Texas) finished off a three-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend sweep with a 17-7 run-rule win over Southwestern on Sunday afternoon. Trinity piled up 20 hits to score 17 runs, aided by three home runs and a pair of doubles. Five players had three hits each in the offensive showcase and all but one starter had at least one hit. Brandon Nelson hit his team-leading 10th home run to tie the game in the third inning, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored. Kai Tinker also had three hits and three runs scored with one RBI. Will Taylor improved to 4-0 this season after pitching 4.1 innings of relief, striking out five batters and allowing two runs on three hits. Zack Balbin and Clayton Jackson came on after Taylor and finished the game, allowing just one hit between the two of them, and recording three total strikeouts.
Mike Shannon (6-1) struck out eight in eight innings and surpassed the 200-strikeout mark in his career as No. 17 Rowan defeated New Jersey City, 14-0, in the first game of a doubleheader. The Profs (29-8; 14-4) recorded the sweep with a 7-4 win in the second game as the teams closed out the NJAC regular season. Shannon went 8.0 innings, allowing just three hits, with Sean Colbert closing out the final inning as the duo combined for a shutout. Shannon now has 202 strikeouts in his career and is only the sixth Prof to reach the milestone. Phil Sedalis went 2-for-4 and drove in four runs to lead Rowan. Steven Maiers (5-1) pitched 6.0 shutout innings in relief, allowing just one hit while striking out five. The NJAC Championship begins on Thursday and Rowan will host a first-round game on Thursday with more info to follow once the NJAC Championship bracket is announced later this evening.
Mitchell locked up the second seed in the upcoming Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament by sweeping a conference doubleheader against Elms College on Sunday afternoon at Mackenzie Stadium. The Mariners overcame an early deficit to rout the Blazers 16-8 in the opener, before rolling to a 15-2 victory in game number two. In game one, Mitchell built an early 6–1 lead but saw Elms rally to go ahead 8–6 by the fifth inning. The Mariners responded with three runs in the seventh and exploded for five more in the eighth to seize control. The Mariners pounded out 16 hits in the second game of the twin bill, led by Michael Ficocelli's 4-5 day with an RBI, while junior Nicholas Bracale added three hits and drove in two. Freshman Ethan Petrowski also delivered a big three-run double in the sixth inning. The Mariners conclude the regular season with an overall record of 22-16, including a 13-3 mark in GNAC play. The Blazers finish their season at 10-22 with a 4-12 record within the conference.
Penn State Behrend's 16-game winning streak was snapped on Sunday, falling in game one at Pitt-Greensburg, 8-5. The Lions bounced back with a season-high 20 runs on 16 hits for a 20-1 win in game two. Pitt-Greensburg starter Conner Burkey hurled a complete game, surrendering five earned runs on eight hits with five strikeouts to pick up his seventh win of the season. The Lions broke game two open early with 12 runs in the first three innings. Starter Andrew Bredel earned his seventh win on the mound, tossing six innings to go along with four hits, one earned run, one walk, and six strikeouts. Freshman Chase Caricato (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland) threw a scoreless seventh inning to secure Behrend's 25th victory of the season.
Isaac Becker's big league infield pop up found the turf in Sunday's resumed game against St. Scholastica as No. 19 Gustavus walked off winners 5-4 after 10 innings. The game was suspended on April 3 due to darkness, tied 4-4 after nine. The Gusties improve to 29-7 overall and 13-3 in the MIAC. The Gusties sent Adam Biewen out to the mound to pitch the 10th, fresh off D3baseball.com Team of the Week honors. Biewen continued to impress on the bump, striking out the Saints in order. Biewen joined teammate Luke Siegle as one of only five players in program history to eclipse 150 career strikeouts - now with 152 in his career. Brayden Kohls started the home half with a sharp single to center. After a pop fly and a groundout, Drake Siens was intentionally walked to put runners on first and second with two down. Becker then stepped into the box and drew the count full. On the next pitch, Becker hit a towering pop fly over third base and with the wind swirling the ball found the turf as Kohls hustled home froms second for the game-winning run. Biewen earned the victory on the mound, improving to 5-0 this season. Becker led the team at the plate, batting 2-for-5 with three RBI and a hit by pitch.
Ninth-ranked Salisbury picked up a convincing win over a Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference rival, torpedoing the Christopher Newport Captains, 8-0, on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. After a pair of quiet innings to start, the Sea Gulls manufactured their first runs in the third. CNU walked the bases loaded with one out, Dylan Winebrenner punched an RBI single into center, then Noah Burroughs brought another home on a sac fly to right to make it 2-0. SU broke it open with a five-run fourth. With the bases loaded and one out, Max Ehrhardt was plunked to force in a run, then Danny Sheeler brought home two more with a single. Winebrenner followed with a sac fly, and Burroughs capped the rally with a groundball RBI single through the left side, boosting the margin to 7-0. Salisbury starter Tyler Villa was locked in on the hill, pitching into the eighth and giving up just one CNU hit. The Sea Gulls tacked on one more in the eighth for reliever Cole Williams, who slammed the door over the final two frames.
No. 3 Endicott bashed their way to a Conference of New England doubleheader sweep over Roger Williams on Sunday afternoon. They took game one by a 15-0 score (7 Inn.) before again mercying the Hawks in game two (11-1, 7 Inn.). Hale's third complete game of the year and four long balls led the Gulls to victory in game one. Robbie Wladkowski kicked off the home run parade with a three-run shot in the third inning. An inning later, Joey Frammartino and John Mulready each went yard to put the Gulls up 10-0. Kyle Grabowski then jumped in on the action with a two-run shot to left center field in the fifth. Game two was another home run parade. Evan Scully's solid start paired with the explosive offense was more than enough to lead the Gulls to the sweep over the Hawks. Danny MacDougall hit two bombs and Wladkowski also hit a grand slam as part of a six-run fourth inning, while Mulready homered again and tripled to highlight the game two offensive action. Scully spun a clean 5.1 IP before handing the ball off to Jake Harmony (Fairfield, Conn.), who closed things out with a perfect 1.2 IP (two K's).
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| Penn State Abington split its final United East Conference doubleheader of the season at St. Mary's College on Sunday afternoon at the Hawk's Nest. St. Mary's won the opener by the score of 14-4, while the Nittany Lions took game two, 11-9. Abington wrapped up conference play at 9-7 and as a result earned the sixth seed in the upcoming United East Championships. Penn State Abington athletics photo |
UW-Oshkosh finished its four-game regular season sweep of UW-Stevens Point at Zimmerman Field on Sunday with a 5-3 win and a seven-inning 14-4 victory. The sweep was Oshkosh's first over the Pointers since 2018 and the first in Stevens Point since 1995. The Titans (25-11, 16-8 WIAC) recorded 32 hits between Sunday's contests, including 19 in the second game, the most since notching 23 in a 15-4 win at UW-La Crosse on May 5, 2018. All nine starting batters had at least one hit in the game one win. Zach Taylor went a perfect 5-for-5 in Sunday's second game with two doubles, two runs, and two RBIs. Nick Shiu also went 100-percent at the plate with a 4-for-4 game, three runs and two RBIs while Mason Kirchberg hit 2-for-2 with a pair of walks, a home run, two runs, and an RBI.
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Senior Shane Daly led an offensive explosion with seven hits and six RBIs on the day as the McDaniel split a doubleheader, winning 21-17 and losing 13-10, with Swarthmore on Sunday to close the regular season. The Green Terror (18-20-1, 9-9) have clinched the fourth seed in the 2025 Centennial Conference Baseball Championship and will host fifth-seeded Gettysburg on Tuesday at 3 pm from Preston Field. McDaniel will make its second straight appearance in the conference playoffs, securing back-to-back berths for the first time since 2015-16. It will be the program's sixth appearance overall. Game one was an offensive shootout as both teams combined for 38 runs. The Green Terror hit three home runs and eight extra-base hits in the 21-17 win.
WPI split a NEWMAC doubleheader with Springfield on Sunday afternoon at Granger Field. The Engineers took game one, 11-5, before the Pride rallied late to claim an 11-7 victory in the nightcap. WPI moves to 14-21 overall and 2-11 in conference play, while Springfield sits at 11-21 and 4-9 in the NEWMAC. WPI's offense erupted for 13 hits and capitalized on a pair of Springfield errors to take the opener. Springfield used a four-run eighth inning to pull away for the victory in the nightcap.
Junior first baseman Ryan Kramer roped a game-tying double off the base of the fence in right in the sixth inning of Wooster's 5-4 Sunday afternoon win over Bethany at Art Murray Field. Wooster, which scored its 20th win (20-13) of the year struck for three runs in the sixth inning. Junior catcher Nathaniel Huxtable was hit by a pitch to start the inning, and senior third baseman Nick Pett joined him on the bases with a walk. Kramer's double was followed by a single off the bat of senior center fielder Leo Widtmann that made it 4-3, Scots. Huxtable added to the lead with a triple in the seventh inning. The three-bagger followed a double down the right field line from first-year shortstop Luke Rizzo. Wooster clamped down in the eighth inning to preserve a one-run lead after Bethany loaded the bases. Senior right-hander Alex Gerdenich painted the outside corner for a called third strike on a payoff pitch to strand three Bison on the bases and get the Fighting Scots out of the eighth inning. Fine defense got Wooster over the finish line of Sunday's win. First-year Maanav Bhatt ranged well to his right on a grounder off the bat of Jaden Nestor-Fox, and Kramer dug the throw off the turf for the second out of the ninth inning. Gerdenich then found a little extra to blow a 3-2 pitch by a swinging Gian DeGenova for the final out of the game.
One day removed from clinching the UAA Championship, the 21st-ranked Case Western Reserve concluded conference play with a 15-3 win in seven innings over Brandeis in Waltham, Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans wrapped up UAA play with a 14-5-1 overall record, marking the most league wins in a season by a team in conference history. CWRU improved to 25-12-1 overall with the win, its third in a row. Brandeis dropped to 11-27 overall and finished its UAA slate with a 3-17 mark. Graduate student designated hitter Dane Camphausen hit a pair of home runs to break his own program single-season record (set last season) with 15 home runs this year. He finished the game three-for-five with three runs and five runs batted in. Sophomore first baseman Tyler Stillson also homered twice in the game and went three-for-five with six RBIs, a double, and three runs scored. Junior center fielder Matt Trout homered for the second-straight day and went three-for-four with two runs, two RBIs, and a walk. Meanwhile, first-year left-handed pitcher Charlie Griffith turned in a solid performance on the mound, holding the Judges to three runs on five hits and four walks and matching his career-high with eight strikeouts. He improved to 4-1 with a 5.40 ERA following the effort.
No. 23 Mount Union (25-8) won a non-conference game against Thiel (13-23) on the road on Sunday, 12-2. The Purple Raiders have won 21 out of their last 23 games. Mount Union fell behind early, 1-0 in the first inning, and started the first two innings slow offensively. But the Purple Raiders had a third inning surge. Mount Union continued to score in the fourth inning. Thiel added one more run in the top of the sixth, but that's all they could muster, as starting pitcher Jaired Lehman had a dominant performance, pitching 5.2 innings with a strikeout, allowing two runs, both unearned. Senior right-handed pitcher Chris Phillips finished the game for the Purple Raiders, pitching 1.1 innings, allowing only one hit and no runs, securing the 12-2 win on Senior day.
For the second time in two days, Marietta won in extra innings. Sunday afternoon the Pioneers defeated Washington & Jefferson by the score of 8-7 in 11 innings. Marietta improves to 17-18 on the season, while the Presidents slip to 26-10 overall. Nick Bonnizzio doubled with two outs in the bottom of the eleventh inning. Cael Magill hit a chopper to the first base side of the mound that the pitcher failed to field. Bonnizzio was moving on contact and never stopped. Rounding third at full speed as the second baseman tried to get Magill at first base, Bonnizzio sprinted toward the plate. Magill easily beat the throw and by the time the President first baseman realized that Bonnizzio was headed home, it was too late to get him at the plate as he scored the winning run. Bonnizzio finished the game 4-for-6 with two doubles, an RBI, and two runs scored. Magill had two hits, including a solo home run, and two RBI, while Diego DeCello had two hits, including a double and an RBI.
Catholic had an opportunity to pick up its second sweep over a Landmark opponent in a Sunday matchup against Lycoming. In a back-and-forth contest, the Cardinals came up with three runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead and the bullpen held on for the final innings to win 9-7 to improve to 20-16 on the season. The game was tied up by the Warriors in the bottom of the inning as they capitalized off a couple errors from the Cardinals to score four runs to tie things back up at five. Catholic immediately regained the lead in the top of the fourth inning. After Lycoming tied things back up with a run bottom of the sixth inning, Catholic's offense once again hung a crooked number in the top of the seventh to take a late three-run lead. After a run was scored by Lycoming in the bottom of the seventh, the Cardinals turned the ball over to Jack Scholz out of the bullpen who stranded runners at first and third in the inning by striking out a batter and inducing a fly ball out into center field. Scholz then set the side down in order in both eighth and the ninth inning to earn his second save of the season and close out a 9-7 win for the Cardinals to move to 11-10 in Landmark play. The Cardinals offense pounded out 17 hits in the win on Sunday which is the second-most hits they have had in a game this season and the 17th time the team has had double-digit hits in a game this season.
TCNJ showcased its resilience in a marathon Senior Day doubleheader against Montclair State on Sunday afternoon, securing a 17-14 win in a high-scoring game one before rallying for a dramatic 15-15 tie in game two. Across the two games, the Lions (23-15-1, 10-7-1) and Red Hawks (24-14-1, 10-7-1) combined for a staggering 61 runs and 76 hits in one of the wildest days in program history. With the teams wrapping up the regular season with identical conference records, the game one victory gave the Lions the tiebreaker for the No. 3 seed and a first-round home game in the NJAC Tournament. The two sides, who combined to throw 716 pitches on Sunday, will meet once again at George Ackerman Park for a 3:30 p.m. playoff opener on Thursday. The Lions wasted no time getting the offense going in Sunday's opener, striking for five runs in the bottom of the first inning. Montclair State refused to go quietly, but Ben Amon provided a solid six-inning start, and Joe Ferreri and Jack O'Shea combined to lock down the final outs and preserve the 17-14 victory. The second game of the twin bill turned even crazier, as both offenses continued to light up the scoreboard in a contest that ultimately ended in a tie due to darkness. Montclair State erupted for eight runs in the second inning and TCNJ came all the way back to tie the game at 10-10. The Red Hawks ninth inning two-out grand slam gave them a stunning 15-14 lead. Facing a potentially heartbreaking loss, a solo home run tied the game at 15-apiece. With no lights at George Ackerman Park and sunset fast approaching, the game was officially called after nine innings, giving the Lions their first tie in 22 years.
Mary Washington's Ty Lowe already broke the career RBI last season and he left another impression on the Eagles' record book on Sunday as he broke the all-time hits mark with a pair of knocks on Saturday, giving him 250 career hits in UMW's drubbing of Hampden-Sydney, 16-3, in Fredericksburg, Va. Lowe surpassed Eric Fitzgerald's mark of 248 set back at the end of the 2007 season and he did it in the third inning of a 2-1 ballgame, singling Burke Steifman home to tie the score at a pair of runs. And from that point, it was all Eagles. After a two-RBI double in the top of the first, UMW scored 11 unanswered runs until a solo homer for the Tigers in the top of the sixth ended UMW's run. The Tigers were finally back on the board with the aforementioned solo homer in the sixth, but the Eagles added five more in the sixth. Matthew Boyd turned in another solid start on the bump for UMW as he tossed five innings of two-run ball, working around that two-out double in the first inning. He struck out five, yielding three walks and three hits. Gavin Riley tossed the sixth inning, then Griffin Graham came on for a shutout seventh to finish the win off for Mary Washington.
After spending the last four days in Fredonia, SUNY New Paltz finally took on the Blue Devils and earned an eight-inning, 15-2 victory to open up the series. The Hawks improved to 22-11 overall and ended a two-game losing skid, while improving to 10-2 in conference play. They are one win away from matching the most wins in SUNYAC action in program history, which was set last season after the team went 11-7 to clinch the No. 2 seed in the postseason tournament. Kiran Pangankar earned the start and went six innings, allowing just four hits, two earned runs and three walks with a season-high eight strikeouts as he improved his record to 3-1 with Johnny McHugh pitching the seventh and shutting down the side in order in relief.