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| For the first time in 13 seasons, Springfield earned a doubleheader sweep over Babson College wrapping up the 2025 campaign for the Pride. Springfield won a 5-4, 11 inning thriller in the opener before waiting out a 90 minute rain delay for a 5-1 victory in the nightcap. Springfield athletics |
Ithaca punched another ticket to the Liberty League Tournament as the Bombers defeated Vassar, 10-9, in 10 innings on a walk-off home run by Ethan Daddabbo in the opening game of the Crossover Series and returned to Freeman Field on Saturday to complete a suspended game, which finished by a 9-1 final. Ithaca, which is now 24-13, will be the No. 1 seed in the Liberty League Tournament. Ithaca had to wait until Saturday to finsh off their sweep of Vassar in the Liberty League crossover weekend as their late game on Friday was suspended in the sixth inning. Colin Leyner entered in relief in the top of the sixth inning once played resumed on Saturday and struck out the side on just 13 pitches. Leyner put together one of his best performances of the season as he struck out seven batters and allowed just one hit in 4.0 innings of relief to pick up the save. Ithaca tacked on a run in the bottom of the eighth as three straight hits led to Connor Pedersen scoring on a double down the left field line by Andrew McDermott to make it 4-1. Two more runs scored on a throwing error to the plate with Ryan Laubscher and Riley Brawdy scoring to extend the lead to 6-1 with no outs. Ethan Fantel then drove in another run on a sacrifice fly and Ethan Daddabbo followed with a two-run double to right-center for a 9-1 score. In the only other Liberty League games was Clarkson and Union who opened their series on Saturday. Clarkson won the opener 4-2 in 10 innings but dropped game two 10-5. Clarkson will play Union in a winner-take-all game on Sunday to see who is the final team to advance to next weekend championship tournament.
Sophomore Grant Meert struck out the final two Swarthmore batters of the game with Johns Hopkins nursing a one-run lead and a Garnet runner on first in the top of the ninth inning to help the top-ranked and top-seeded Blue Jays advance to the Centennial Conference title game with a 5-4 victory at Babb Field Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays (38-3), who led 5-1 after six innings, will play Haverford in Sunday's championship game. Haverford won twice on Saturday. They defeated McDaniel 6-5 in walkoff fashion and dominated Swarthmore 24-10. In game two, the Fords came out absolutely blazing against Swarthmore hurler Jeremy Jensen exploding for 11 runs in the first inning—the second-highest single-inning total in Centennial Conference tournament history. Anthony Runfola homered twice in the historuc inning. Haverford will need to beat the Blue Jays twice on Sunday to win the title, while Johns Hopkins grabs its 19th Centennial title with just one win on Sunday.
Sophomore Chase Donahue went 3-3 with a pair of home runs and nine RBI, as second-seeded Mitchell erupted for 23 runs during a 23-2 victory over sixth-seeded Rivier on Saturday afternoon in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship Tournament game at Alumni Field. The Mariners have now scored 43 runs across two games to begin the GNAC Tournament, with the 23 runs being the most the team has scored in a single game this season. The nine runs driven in by Donahue tie a single-game record, while senior Chris Gibbs earned his 26th career victory, becoming all-time winningest pitcher in the Division III era of the Mitchell program. Mitchell will play Lasell to advance to the besy-of-three championship. Lasell defeated Anna Maria 4-3 and Rivier 6-4 to earn a spot on Sundays game. Johnson and Wales will be in the drivers seat in their pod with a 12-2 win over St. Joseph's (Conn.). They will play the winner of Colby-Sawyer and St. Joseph's (Conn.). The Chargers defeated St. Joseph's (Maine) 10-9 to eliminate the Monks and move to the elimination final. The fourth-seeded Saint Joseph (Conn.) kept its title hopes alive Saturday in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament, bouncing back from a 12-2 mercy-rule loss to top-seeded Johnson & Wales in the winner's bracket game Saturday afternoon with a 16-7 victory over eighth-seeded Colby-Sawyer in an elimination game Saturday night in Pod A play at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletics Complex. The Blue Jays (25-17) must now defeat Johnson & Wales (25-13) twice on Sunday on the Wildcats' home field to advance to the GNAC Championship Series, which is set to begin Thursday.
Messiah used a strong offensive performance to defeat the Pride of Widener, 10-6 to advance to the MAC Commonwealth Championship series. The Pride and Falcons both scored three runs in the second to keep the game tied. After two scoreless innings, the Pride scored two in the top of the fifth, but the Falcons answered back with four in the bottom of the fifth to take a 7-5 lead. The Pride cut the Falcons lead to one in the top of the eighth, but the Falcons added three more runs in the bottom of the eighth to give the Falcons the 10-6 win. Drew Hurst led the Falcons offense with two hits and two RBIs. Jarrett Gordon added two hits, including a solo home run. Dylan Beard and Evan Wagaman each added two hits. Luke Ott and Dustin Isanogle each added a hit and two RBIs. Messiah will play York (Pa.) next weekend for the conference title. York used a come-from-behind effort to sweep the MAC Semifinal series from Alvernia, 10-8, on Saturday in York. The Spartans took an early 6-2 lead but, just like Friday when York had a big lead, the Golden Wolves came roaring back with three runs in the seventh and three more in the eighth to take an 8-7 lead before York won the game in the bottom of the frame. Alvernia sees their campaign comes-to-a-close with a record of 24-18.
Arcadia ended Misericordia's season on Saturday. Arcadia won a game suspended in the 10th inning 11-10 and then scored a 7-5 win at Tambur Field. The day started to finish the game started on Friday. When play resumed, the first batter was Cam Seymour, who reach on a hit by pitch. After a strikeout, Jake Hendershot pinch hit and launched a double to center that brought Seymour all the way around. Andrew Tyszka pitched a scoreless 10th for his first career save in the comeback win. In game two, Arcadia took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second and the Cougars got a run back in the bottom of the inning. The score stood through the fifth with Arcadia adding a run in the top of the sixth inning to take a 3-1 lead. Arcadia got a two-out, pinch-hit, two-run triple and an infield chopper to plate three runs in the top of the seventh go back in front, 6-3. Burger reached via hit by pitch to start the bottom of the seventh and Bollinger hit a two-out double off the fence in center to drive in a run and Korchok singled inside the third-base bag to make it 6-5. Arcadia added an insurance run in the eighth and the Cougars went down in order over the final two innings. The Stevens-Lebanon Valley games were pushed to Sunday with Lebanon Valley holding a 1-0 games lead.
Brett Hilsheimer went 2-for-3 with a two RBI home run as top seeded Kean stayed alive in the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament with a 4-2 victory over fifth seeded Ramapo Roadrunners at Montclair State University on Saturday. The Cougars fell behind 2-0 in the second with a two home run by J. Swartout to left center. Kean responded in the fifth with a two-run homer from Hilsheimer and a Tyler Stone RBI single that scored Dominic Masino. The Cougars added an insurance run in the eighth as Justin Teixeira singled through left side to score Dan Reistle. In a playoff game that featured everything from a squandered seven-run lead to a long rain delay and a nail-biting ninth inning shutdown, sixth-seed Rutgers University-Camden exploded for four runs in the 10th inning to outlast and eliminate fourth-seed Montclair State University, 12-8, on Saturday in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. Rutgers-Camden junior second baseman Frankie Romond opened the top of the 10th inning with an infield single and sophomore Matt McAleer dropped down a sacrifice bunt in a pinch-hitting role. After graduate first baseman Jack Murphy was intentionally walked, a wild pitch moved up the runners. Senior third baseman Ryan Nutley brought in the winning run as three insurance runs followed. Because of the length of the second game, Rowan vs TCNJ was moved to Sunday.
After postponing game play yesterday, the Berry Vikings hit the field to take on the Hendrix Warriors, defeating 7-6 and 2-0, them in both games to claim the fourth seed in the remainder of the tournament hosted at Millsaps College. The fourth inning in the opener was key for Berry as they posted a six spot to hold the lead over the Hendrix and go on to win. Game two was an eleven-inning thriller that stood stagnant until the top of the 11th. Jackson Halla and Mason Schoonover were doing work on the mound. Halla threw the first six innings allowing the only two Hendrix hits of the game with four strikeouts. Schoonover, the winning pitcher threw a hitless five innings to support the Berry defense as they tried time and time again to get things going at the plate. Nick Brunswick started the eleventh with a single through the left side and with one out and scored on a sacrifice fly for the winning run. Rhodes joined Berry in the double elimination phase of the SAA tournament with a 11-1 and 9-3 win over Oglethorpe. Evan Weyler went a perfect 3-3 at the plate with three RBIs to bring his series average to .888. and Baylor Woodall led all players with four RBIs as Centre completed next weeks four team field, winning 12-2 over Sewanee.
Bridgewater (Va.) topped No. 6 seeded Averett Saturday afternoon in the deciding game three after a split series on Friday in the ODAC tournament opening round at home. The Eagles took the 7-3 win over the Cougars to advance to the ODAC double elimination format in the championship round. After leaving 10 runners on base through six innings, Bridgewater turned the offense around for the last three innings with only one remaining baserunner. Jake Harris shined offensively giving the Eagles the game-winning hit to bring in two runs. Harris ended the day going a solid 2-for-4. Matthew Bishop helped relieve Lucas Cash as Cash allowed only two earned runs on three strikeouts through a full six innings of work. Bishop relieved nicely pitching two complete innings while also tossing three strikeouts to take the win on the mound. There is just one more team to qualify for the double-elimination tournament next weekend. Randolph-Macon and Hampden-Sydney split on the day. Second-seeded Randolph-Macon pounded seventh-seeded Hampden-Sydney 17-5 in the opener, while the Tigers scored a pair of unearned runs in the eighth in the nightcap to push the series to Sunday. Senior first baseman and team captain Grayson Harris had two hits and the game-winning RBI in the second game. Junior right-hander Sterling Austin gained the pitching win in relief in the 5-4 nightcap.
The War Hawks faced Concordia in the first game of the SCAC Conference Tournament on Saturday. McMurry's offense came alive in the top of the 2nd inning to take a 4-0 lead. Concordia responded in the bottom of the 2nd, scoring three runs of their own, to tighten McMurry's lead to 4-3. Concordia would add four runs in the 4th inning and two more in the bottom of the 8th to push their lead to 9-4. McMurry would threaten but was unable to score after the second inning, giving Concordia the 9-4 win. McMurry would bounce back with a 12-2 win over St. Thomas (Texas) and will face the loser of the winners bracket final. Top-seeded Trinity defeated second-seeded Concordia (Texas) in Saturday's final game of the day and punched its ticket to the 2025 SCAC Baseball Championship final on Sunday afternoon. first-year Will Baker slipped on the hero's cape and provided the clutch hit as eighth-ranked Trinity scored twice in the bottom of the eighth and held on for a 7-6 victory.
Tufts lives on to fight another day as they split the first two games of the best of three series in a doubleheader against Middlebury on Forbes Field to force game three of the first round of the 2025 New England Small College Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. Middlebury rallied from a 3-0 deficit to secure a 5-3 victory during the opening contest. Thufts threatened in the final innings but the Panther pitching staff kept the lead intact. Game two saw the hard-throwing senior Connor Podeszwa take over on the mound with his best stuff at his fingertips. The senior starter suffered from an early hiccup resulting in two runs for the Panthers, but quickly put the incident behind him to resume his domination on the mound. Podeszwa, clearly feeling comfortable, pitched 8.0 complete innings for the winning decision. It was an incredible outing, as shown by the emphatic fist pump the starter displayed after getting the third out in the eighth. Derek Desmarais came on for the second time in one day and pitched a clean ninth inning. Tufts added some insurance with RBIs from Lysko and Brala to pump their lead up to 6-2, and would secure the win behind Desmarais' strong close to the ballgame. Behind strong pitching and timely hitting, the Williams College Ephs opened their NESCAC quarterfinal series with a poised 4–1 win over Bowdoin. While the bats gave Williams the edge, the pitching staff held the line. Starter Owen McHugh tossed three scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out three. first-year reliever Grant Greiner earned the win with four solid innings in relief, surrendering just one earned run and striking out four. Closer Lucas Asanovic pitched a clean ninth to earn his fourth save of the season. Colby and Trinity (Conn.) will not need a Sunday game as they swept their games on Saturday.
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| Lewis & Clark College posted their third shutout of the season in game two and nearly mounted a huge comeback in game one, to earn a split with visiting Linfield University on Saturday at Jerry Gatto Field. Lewis and Clark athletics photo by Ella Ruark |
U.S. Merchant Marine recorded a doubleheader sweep of Skyline foe Farmingdale State. The Mariners picked up a 6-4 victory in the opener before adding an 11-4 win in game two. USMMA improved to 24-13 (14-4 Skyline), while Farmingdale Stat fell to 19-13 (12-6 Skyline). A four-run sixth helped the Mariners record a 6-4 victory in the opener. Sophomore Tommy Chiappetti finished 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run, while senior Danny Heck was 2-for-4 with two RBI and sophomore Ricardo Olivares went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Freshman Cody White allowed four runs, one earned, in 5.1 innings for the win. The Mariners jumped out an 8-1 after five innings and went on to complete the sweep with an 11-4 victory in game two.
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Illinois Wesleyan clinched its first College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Regular Season Championship since 2013 Saturday, sweeping Carthage College to win the title outright. IWU took both games in the doubleheader, winning 5-2 and 6-4, to earn hosting rights for next week's CCIW Tournament. With the victories, IWU climbs to 26-13 and 16-4 in conference, while CC falls to 28-12 and 14-6. Heading into the bottom of the eighth on the opener, the game remained tied until Tristan Figus broke the deadlock with a towering shot over the left-field fence for a decisive three-run four-bagger to push the Green and White ahead, 5-2. Illinois Wesleyan would close the Firebirds out in the ninth to take the game, and secure hosting rights to the tournament. Junior Cole Shamhart started on the mound for the Titans and went 4.0 innings with seven strikeouts, including three in the third inning, and allowed three earned runs before being relieved by junior Jack Flagg. Entering in the seventh inning, senior Luke Schwab earned the win behind 1.1 innings of work where he scattered two hits with no runs allowed during IWU's comeback. Senior Brady Hartman notched the save, his second of the season, as he closed the Firebirds out in the ninth.
Redlands (26-14, 15-9) secured their first series victory over No. 4 La Verne since 2016 as they won game one 7-6 and then lost game two, 10-3. They already qualified for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, their first since 2021. Redlands, however, came back in the bottom of the seventh with three runs in game one, again all came with two outs. Rylan Morris was the one who started the rally with an RBI-triple into right center that allowed Mason Chetcuti, who singled, to score. Tyler Preece kept the momentum going with a single back up the middle to tie the game at six. Following a Mark Kirkland double that moved Preece to third, Cell had his second two-out RBI as he chopped a ball to shortstop that was hit too softly to make a play on as Preece scored what would be the game-winning run. The Bulldogs fell behind 8-0 after five innings before scoring their first run of the second game as La Verne salvage one win of the series.
Moravian swept visiting Susquehanna University, 10-3 and 8-4, at Gillespie Field Saturday afternoon in a Landmark Conference doubleheader to close out the 2025 season. Graduate student Aaron Flyte earned his second win of the season in his last collegiate start. Flyte registered four strikeouts in 7.1 innings while throwing 123 pitches. Sophomore Wes Griffith pitched the final 1.2 innings with a strikeout. Freshman Andrew Sagrestano recorded his second win of the season on the hill with four strikeouts in five innings of work. Freshman EJ Youngling and Cam Elicier both tossed one inning with Youngling registering a strikeout while Griffith pitched the final two innings with one strikeout. Moravian had 21 hits on the day with Luke Keitsock going 3-for-6 with a double two runs, two RBIs and four walks. The Hounds finish the season with school records of 32 home runs and 255 walks.
Mary Washington took home a thrilling victory over No. 9 Salisbury on Saturday afternoon in Fredericksburg, Va., 4-3. In the sixth, once the Eagles loaded the bases with no outs, George Rizzo lifted a ball towards the Eagles' dugout on the first base line that was deep enough for Noah Roots to think about scoring. Roots attempted to score from third, but wisely put on the brakes once the first baseman caught the ball in foul territory. But with Roots' fake-out, Salisbury's first baseman dropped the baseball on the exchange, allowing Roots to beat the throw with a head first dive into home to put UMW in front, 4-3. And once the inning ended, Matthew Boyd's day on the bump was finished for UMW as the righty polished off another excellent performance after tossing six innings of three-run ball. Boyd yielded six hits and one walk on 73 pitches to put himself in line for his third win of the season. Connor Hassan collected his sixth save of the season to save the day. Hassan walked the first batter he faced, then got a ground out to put runners on second and third with an out. An intentional walk loaded the bases and then on the next pitch forced a double play to end the game.
The Beloit Buccaneers showcased their offensive depth and solid pitching as they defeated Illinois College 8-1 and 4-0 to open their final MWC series of the season. The win improved Beloit's record to 24-13 overall and 12-7 in conference play. Offensively in the opener, Beloit was led by Seth Brankey and Connor Vogel, who each collected three hits. Vogel also scored twice and drove in a run. On the mound, starter Aiden Phipps earned the win, tossing seven strong innings. He allowed just one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out four Illinois College batters. Harvey Pena provided two innings of perfect relief, walking one and striking out one to close out the victory. Ben Schweit was the story of game two, delivering a dominant performance on the mound. The Beloit pitcher went the full nine innings, allowing just four hits and, remarkably, issuing zero walks while striking out two. He efficiently navigated the Illinois College lineup, needing only 99 pitches to secure the shutout victory and keep the visitors off balance all afternoon.
Closing out the regular season with a doubleheader sweep, 3-2 and 5-4, of North Park University, North Central (Ill.) won two one-run games against the Vikings, highlighted by quality pitching and two home runs from Parker Wyatt. The Vikings opened the day with two runs in the top of the first inning, thanks to two hits and two walks. The Cardinal defense turned a double play behind AJ Kutcher, who worked out of the jam. After Yuhki Yamada reached on a fielding error, Wyatt crushed his first home run of the day into the win and over the left field fence to knot the game at 2-2. Both starting pitchers settled in, not allowing a run until the sixth inning. Wyatt led off the bottom of the sixth with a double down the left field line. John Michael Scumaci moved Wyatt to third on a sacrifice bunt before Caleb Coberely plated Wyatt on a sacrifice fly to put North Central in front, 3-2. Jaedin Kotckei relieved Kutcher in the seventh and did not allow a Viking runner to touch third base to earn his second save of the season and secure the 3-2 victory in game one. In game two, North Central opened a 5-0 lead and held on as North Park could only muster single runs in four innings. Wyatt drove in a game-high two runs at the plate for the Cardinals. Andrew Bollman won his third game of the season with five strikeouts over his five innings of work. Hammond and Gerdes did not allow an earned run in their appearances. Diaz recorded his seventh save, tying the second-most in a single season in program history.
Luther secured the No. 3 seed for the A-R-C Tournament after defeating Nebraska Wesleyan University 14-2 in seven innings this afternoon in the valley. The Norse tallied 16 hits and scored eight runs in the second, four in the third and two in the sixth en route to the victory. Joshua Matanich, Zach Gwost, Mark Prince, Garren Heinert, Will Heitoff and Noah Pinette all had multiple hit afternoons. Prince set the single season home run record (11), after hitting a three-run shot in the third. He finished the afternoon with a team best four rbi. Matanich tied the career school record for rbi (171) with a single in the sixth frame. Growst and Pinettte were also credited with two rbi, while Gavin Scurr, Heinert, Ike Swanson and Noah Dutler all drove in one run. Josh Stratton (4-3) was credited with the win. Stratton pitched four innings, allowed one run on three hits, did not issue a walk and struck out seven.
No. 3 Endicott swept Wentworth, 9-2 and 11-1 (7 Inn.), in Saturday afternoon's Conference Of New England action from North Field. The Gulls scored runs in the second (1), third (3), fourth (2), and eighth (3) innings to down the Leopards 9-2 in game one. In the nightcap, an early Danny MacDougall first inning solo blast put the Gulls up 1-0, but the Leopards knotted the score in the top of the second. The Gulls reclaimed a 2-1 lead in the second thanks to TJ Liponis' sac fly to left, and would not relinquish the lead the rest of the way. Endicott added three in the fifth with RBI singles from MacDougall and Joey Frammartino and an RBI double from Zach Stephenson. Then, a six-run seventh inning brought the game to a close via the 10-run mercy rule. Evan Scully turned in another strong start from the rubber, limiting the Leopards to just one run on five hits. Ben Gill replaced him and escaped a bases-loaded situation to turn in a scoreless seventh inning of relief.
No. 10 UW-La Crosse finished the regular season with a sweep of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foe UW-Stevens Point, 15-4 and 14-1, Saturday afternoon. The Eagle offense exploded for nine runs on 10 hits in the first inning. The Pointers would get one run back in the top of the second inning but would never challenge the Eagles in the opener. In game two, UP-Stevens Point would take an early 1-0 lead. The Eagles would erase that and put the game away with another big inning, the fourth this time with 8 runs scored. Max Born finished game two 2-for-5 with three RBIs. With his two hits, Born broke the WIAC All-time hits record as he now has 321 hits for his career. Born surpasses Bradley Comer who set the record last season at UW-Stevens Point. The hits record is 356 and was set in 2024 by LaGrange's Joe Ruth.
No. 2 UW-Whitewater clinched the outright conference title, their 23rd in program history, with a game one win against UW-Platteville. The Warhawks (34-4, 24-4 WIAC) secured the outright title with a 19-4 win in just seven innings, but the Pioneers (18-19, 13-15 WIAC) fought back in game two for the 3-1 win, securing their own spot in the WIAC Baseball tournament next weekend. The Warhawks had their work cut out for them early in game one, as UW-PLatteville spotted three runs to begin the game, but a sacrifice fly from Eli Frank and a solo shot for Adam Cootway closed the gap to just one run after the first 6 outs of the game. From there, it was all UW-Whitewater, as the Warhawks scored in every single inning. Cade Hansen pitched a complete game, notching 11 strikeouts in a 7.0 inning win. In Game Two, the hitting slowed for both teams, with only three runners on through three complete. But the Warhawks went into a bullpen game, giving UW-Platteville an RBI double in the fourth to open up scoring. The Warhawks were unable to get any runners moving, and a two run homer in the top of the 6th gave the Pioneers the 3-0 lead. With the Pioneers maintaining their lead, the Warhawks kept bringing in new arms, managing to not extend the deficit. UWW held off the shutout, with an Eli Frank sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th. Sam Paden had a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth, but UWP held on to avoid a walk-off, winning 3-1.