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| Penn State Altoona ended its 2025 season on the road Thursday afternoon, when the Lions split a doubleheader with non-conference opponent Juniata College at Langdon-Goodale Field. Juniata (10-27) jumped out to an early lead in game one and successfully held onto it the rest of the way, prevailing 9-3. Penn State Altoona (13-24-1) salvaged the split with an extra-innings victory in the nightcap, winning 2-1 in eight innings in game two. Penn State Altoona athletics photo by Kirk Zembower |
Jason Morgan went 5-for-5 and recorded his 200th career hit to lead No. 13 Rowan to a 16-4 win over Ramapo in the opening round of the NJAC Championship. The tournament now moves to Montclair State for the weekend, with the second-seeded Profs (30-8) taking on third-seeded TCNJ on Saturday at 7 p.m. in a winners bracket game. Zach Coluccio (7-0) settled down after a rocky first inning to allow only four hits and two runs the rest of the way, finishing with seven strikeouts in 8.0 innings. Steven Maiers got the final three outs in the ninth for the Profs. Down to its last three outs, Rutgers-Camden exploded for six runs in the top of the ninth inning here Thursday to stun the top-seed Kean Cougars, 7-4, in the opening game of the double-elimination New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament. After clinging to a 2-1 lead for most of the game, it appeared Kean picked up the insurance runs it needed in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Scarlet Raptors, however, had other ideas, plating six for the early 7-4 upset. Behind a steady offensive performance and a quality start from senior Jackson Malouf, third-seeded TCNJ took down fourth-seeded Montclair State, 8-5, in the opening round of the NJAC Tournament on Thursday afternoon at George Ackerman Park. Malouf improved to 6-2 on the season, going seven-plus innings and allowing four earned runs on seven hits, three walks, and two strikeouts. The weekend portion of the NJAC tournament moves to Montclair State, where the sixth-seeded Scarlet Raptors (26-15) will face the fourth-seeded Montclair State Red Hawks (24-15-1) on Saturday. Montclair State dropped into the losers' bracket Thursday with an 8-5 loss against The College of New Jersey.
An 11-run first inning and a seven-run sixth inning propelled No. 2 seeded LeTourneau to a 19-9 victory over No. 3 seed Mary Hardin-Baylor in the first round of the ASC Tournament on Thursday in Marshall. Dane Jones went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs as LeTourneau hit four home runs in the victory. The two home runs gives Jones 20 for a second straight year -- tying his own program record. His three hits put him at 240 for his career, tying him for the top spot in the program's all-time list. It was the most runs scored by the YellowJackets in an ASC Tournament game and the 13th double-digit run game this season.. Hardin-Simmons advanced in the American Southwest Conference Championship with a 4-3 win over Howard Payne on Thursday at Woods Field. With the win, the Cowboys advance to the double elimination portion of the bracket and will take on top seed East Texas Baptist on Thursday night. Senior Alex Carte took the baseball for the Cowboys and delivered as he went six and two-third innings and allowed only two runs, while striking out four. He improved to 4-7 on the year. Freshman Jack Kimsey worked the final two and one-third innings for his first career save. A late-inning rally by East Texas Baptist was enough for the opening round American Southwest Conference Tournament win over Hardin-Simmons University, 6-4. ETBU scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to advance to the ASC semi-final game on Friday. The Tigers are now 26-14 and 7-3 in opening-round games of the ASC Tournament under Jared Hood. ETBU had seven hits, with three being extra-base hits, as Connor Massimini and Dylan Burnaman collected home runs. Hunter Rumachik added a double. Luke Finn and Burnaman had two hits: Massimini posted two RBI, and Joaquin Costa, Ben Lea, and Carson Livesay had one RBI. Matthew Irwin went 6.1 innings for a no-decision with five strikeouts and a perfect game through five innings. Carson Speegle pitched the final 2.2 innings for his fourth win recording four strikeouts with two earned runs and two hits. Mary Hardin-Baylor will play Hardin-Simmons in an elimination game with Esate Texas and LeTourneau in the winners bracket game on Friday.
Southern Virginia made history Thursday afternoon, picking up its first-ever USA South Conference Tournament win with a commanding 21-10 victory over North Carolina Wesleyan. After falling to the Bishops in last year's tournament, the Knights came out with fire, knocking down the four-time defending champions in emphatic fashion. The top of the seventh was a statement. Garrett Stauffer launched a two-run homer and Marcelino Leonardo Jr. followed with a towering three-run blast to left field—his first home run of the year—giving the Knights an 18-10 lead. They added even more insurance in the eighth with RBI hits from Geertsen and Leonardo Jr., who capped off the game with a two-run single, bringing his RBI total to seven—tied for third most in a game in program history. A massive seven-run sixth inning proved to be the difference as Brevard (17-21-1) opened its USA South Conference Tournament run with a 11-4 victory over sixth-seeded Pfeiffer (14-25) at historic McCrary Park on the turf of Dr. Jon "Buck" Couch Field. With the contest tied 3-3 in the middle of the sixth, the Tornados surged for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth and held Pfeiffer in check down the stretch. Facing elimination the NWC Bishops couldn't recover offensively and were blanked by top-seeded Methodist in a 15-0 decision. Methodist capitalized on five Bishop errors and multiple wild pitches to put the game away early, scoring five in the second and two more in the third. The Monarchs added four runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to put the game out of reach. Pfeifer fell to Greensboro 14-12 and was eliiminated from the USA South tournament. Southern Virginia will face Methodist and Brervard will take on Greensboro is what is now a best of three to advance to the conference finals.
Top-ranked and top-seeded Johns Hopkins opened the 2025 Centennial Conference Tournament with a decisive 18-8 victory over visiting McDaniel at Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium Thursday afternoon. Johns Hopkins got a five-inning performance on the mound from starting pitcher Kieren Collins, who picked up the win to improve to 7-1 on the year. The victory moved Collins into a tie for first place on Johns Hopkins' career pitching victories list (29). The second-seeded Swarthmore College used a five-run second inning to take the lead and it held up in an 8-5 victory against third-seeded Haverford College on Thursday in the Centennial Conference Tournament. Noah Potholm tossed seven innings for his seventh win of the season. Zach Potthoff came in for the final two frames and earned his second save. The duo combined to shut down Haverford's elite lead-off hitter, Harry Genth, who went 0-for-5 to end his 34-game hit streak. Hopkins moves into a winner's bracket game against Swarthmore. McDaniel and Haverford will meet in an elimination game on Saturday, May 3 with the Johns Hopkins and Swarthmore to follow with a winner's bracket game. The winner of the McDaniel-Haverford game will then meet the loser of the Hopkins-Swarthmore game in an elimination game later Saturday afternoon.
LaGrange stayed alive in the CCS Baseball Tournament with a 9-2 victory over top-seeded Maryville on Thursday afternoon at Scotland Yard. The Panthers (19-22) will face the Belhaven-Piedmont loser on Friday. LaGrange got outstanding relief pitching from Parker Copeland (1-1), while Noah Preuer led the Panthers' 14-hit attack with three hits and two RBIs. Copeland relieved starter Eduardo Peralta in the fourth inning. He threw five scoreless innings, holding the Scots (31-11) to just one hit. Caden Hare closed out the win by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. Belhaven delivered a commanding performance on Thursday night at Scotland Yard, routing Piedmont by a final score of 9–1 to punch their ticket into Friday night's CCS Tournament semifinal. From the very first inning, the Blazers set the tone. After leadoff hitter JD Weed was hit by a pitch and advanced on a balk, Nick Thornton put Belhaven on the board with an RBI double to left center. The junior designated hitter was a force all night, going 3-for-5 with three doubles and four RBI. Also facing elimination was Huntingdon following their loss to Belhaven yesterday, Huntingdon returned to action against Covenant College in an elimination game for both teams. After falling behind 6-0 in the first inning, the Hawks responded with six runs of their own to even things up before the third inning. The Scots reclaimed the lead in the top of the 9th, 8-7, but with two outs on the board, Cade Morgan drove home two runs, keeping the Hawks alive with a 9-8 victory.
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| Aaron Young earned his 100th career hit as Thomas won their final two home games of the season against the University of Maine Presque Isle. The final scores were 13-0, and 9-1. Thomas athletics photo |
The final homestand got underway for the Utica Pioneers today as they engaged in the first of four battles on their home soil to end the regular season. Facing off with the Fighting Tigers of SUNY Cobleskill, the orange and blue pulled through despite battling fatigue during their fourth game in four days. Christopher Reese had a stellar showing in his first career start, holding the line long enough for the Pioneer offense to arrive and grab an explosive 16-14 win over their non-conference foe. Reese settled in after the initial Fighting Tiger fireworks though, allowing just two more runs in his next four innings of work. The freshman threw well in the midweek matchup, only giving up two earned runs and striking out three Cobleskill challengers. Reese earned the win thanks to his five-inning effort, grabbing his first career victory as a part of the Pioneer program. The Fighting Tigers made it interesting during the ninth. Reliever Kody Czternastek found his way out of danger in the final frame, leaving the tying run stranded on base as the team took a big non-conference victory.
Buena Vista jumped out to an early 11-0 lead over No. 22 Coe on Thursday night and would go on to hold off a late rally by the Kohawks, as the Beavers took the opener of the much-anticipated three-game series, 12-7. BVU came into the series needing a three-game sweep of Coe to clinch its third regular season conference championship in the last four years. All nine batters recorded at least one hit for the Beavers in the game led by Evan Taylor who was 3-for-5 with three RBI and one run scored. Joel Garcia was 2-for-4 with a double and three runs scored, Kaden Struck was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and one run scored. He was also hit by a pitch. BVU had four doubles in the game and was hit a total of three times.
No. 11 Salve Regina banged out 13 hits but it took extra innings for the Seahawks to finish with a 5-3 victory against UMass Boston at Monan Park on the Beacon campus. Christian Homa singled in two runs in the top of the tenth for the winning margin. Seahawk pitchers held the Beacons hitless over the final five frames as Andrew Wertz (W, 1-0) worked the ninth for his first pitching triumph and Connor Toriello (S, 1) claimed his first save when right fielder Shane Williams made an ESPN SportsCenter #SCTop10 worthy catch to end the game. For the 11th-ranked Seahawks (27-7), it was their 12th straight victory.
Pitt-Bradford secured its first trip to the AMCC Tournament since 2021 on Thursday, picking up two wins against Hilbert on the road. The Panthers scored in 5 of 7 innings to win the opener 8-4 before battling back with 8 runs in the final three frames to take game two 8-6. In the opener, Pitt-Bradford jumped out to an early lead and then rallied for 4 runs in the 4th to break open the game and then hold on for an 8-4 victory. The second game of the doubleheader started off as a pitchers' duel with neither team scoring through 5 and a half. The hosts struck first, taking a 4-0 lead, but the Panthers battle back to tie the game in the 8th. After the Hawks responded with 2 in the bottom of the 6th, Pitt-Bradford rallied for 4 runs in the 9th to secure the victory and clinch a playoff spot.
Lesley wrapped up its road portion of the 2025 schedule with a dominant sweep of UMaine Farmington by a score of 15-0 in game one, and 9-4 in game two. After both sides would go scoreless in the first inning, Lesley scored a combined two-runs between the second and third for the 2-0 advantage. The Lynx would go onto tack on another run in the sixth thanks to a Colin McCarthy RBI. However, the squad really put things out of reach in the eighth courtesy of an eight-run eighth that made it 15-0. Kevin Dorsey's hot bat continued to give UMaine Farmington trouble as the sophomore drove in another two runs which made it 11-0. Finally, in the bottom of the frame, Lenhard would go onto retire the side and give the Lynx a game one win. Lesley's offense continued right where it left off in game one as the Lynx jumped on the Beavers in the first with a three-run inning. UMaine Farmington responded in the third and cut the deficit to three (5-2) but Lesley would get those two-runs back which made it 7-2. The Beavers would not go quietly though as the hosts made it a 7-4 game thanks to a Ike Wrigley two-run shot. That would be the closest UMaine Farmington would get as the Lynx went and pushed the lead back to five in the seventh. Lesley starter Andrew Gryniewicz would go onto retire the Beavers in order to secure the 9-4 victory.
Adrian opened its final series of the regular season in dominant fashion on Thursday, routing Albion College 32-9 to officially clinch the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association title outright. Entering the game with a three-game lead and three games remaining, the Bulldogs' explosive win secured sole possession of the MIAA Championship—marking the program's 16th conference title. The Bulldogs' 32 runs set a new program record for most in a single game, breaking the previous mark of 28 set in 2022. Adrian also broke the single-game records for RBIs (31, surpassing 26 from 2022) and walks (18, topping the 17 recorded in 2012). The eight RBI day from Easton Rogers ties the program record for most in a single game previously set by Miccoy Drzewiecki in 2017.