March 11, 2025

2025 no-hitters

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Eureka's Ethan McDonald (pictured) threw the second no-hitter in the 2025 DIII season. The Red Devils defeated Maranatha Baptist 25-0.
Eureka athletics photo

 

Coe split a pair of non-conference games Sunday March 9th, defeating Hamline 10-0 in eight innings before falling 6-5 to host Millikin in the nightcap. A trio of Kohawk pitchers combined to toss a no-hitter in the opening game against the Pipers, complimenting the offensive attack that bashed out 15 hits and 10 runs. Starter Caden Richards was excellent from the off, going five innings while surrendering only two walks. Evan Bender and CJ Johnson helped seal the deal in relief as Bender worked a pair of innings before Johnson pitched the eighth.

The Eureka Red Devils dominated Maranatha Baptist in a doubleheader sweep Monday March 10th at Henry Sand Field. Game 2 ended in a commanding 25-0 victory, highlighted by Ethan McDonald's no-hitter. The Red Devils delivered a historic performance on Monday. This win marked the second-largest margin of victory in program history and was highlighted by a no-hitter from Ethan McDonald (Mannford, Okla./Mannford). While the offense dominated, the Red Devils' pitching was equally impressive. Ethan McDonald was lights out on the mound, tossing a complete-game no-hitter. He went seven innings without allowing a hit, striking out six, and finishing with a perfect WHIP of 0.00.

Roman Dorosh (pictured) and Dennis Kelly combined on
the Ram's sixth no-hitter for the Farmingdale State program.
Farmingdale State athletics photo by Mike Janes Photography

The ninth-ranked Salisbury University wrapped up a long homestand on Match 12th holding William Peace without a hit and speeding by the Pacers 14-1 in seven innings on Wednesday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. By keeping WPU out of the hit column, Kyle Speas, Aiden Hankins, and Shawn Rosemond combined for the Sea Gulls' first team no-hitter since Feb. 27, 2010, when SU's Dustin Herbert no-hit St. Mary's (Md.) over seven innings in a 4-0 triumph. Kyle Speas (1-0) buzzed through the Pacers for the first five innings, giving up an unearned run with no hits, no walks, and two strikeouts on 50 pitches. Aiden Hankins pitched a 1-2-3 sixth, and Shawn Rosemond finished off the no-no with a scoreless seventh.

Sophomore Robert Nathan recorded his first career no-hitter as William Paterson (9-3) coasted to a 13-0 win against Framingham State (1-3) in seven innings at the RussMatt Invitational March 16. The game was called after seven innings due to the mercy rule. Nathan improved to 2-0, fanning a season-high eight batters while not allowing a hit in 7.0 innings of work.

Farmingdale State swept SUNY Plattsburgh on Sunday, holding them to just one hit in 14 innings on March 16th. In game one, junior starting pitcher Derek Torres threw a complete game, allowing just one hit in the first inning. The Rams tallied runs on a McGuggart ground out and an infield single by junior Christopher Sais as they earned the 2-1 victory. The Rams made history in game two, throwing just the sixth no-hitter in program history. Senior Roman Dorosh tossed 3.2 no-hit innings before a lightning delay ended his night. Sophomore Dennis Kelly came on following the delay and completed 3.1 innings to preserve the no-hitter and secure a 1-0 victory. The only run of the game came in the fourth inning on an RBI fielder's choice by freshman infielder Tyler Diez.

MIT swept both games of a non-conference doubleheader versus Bates on Saturday March 22nd at Leahey Field. MIT took game one, 3-0, as sophomore Mason Estrada and senior Phillip Hood combined to pitch a seven inning no-hitter. The Engineers then rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to win game two, 7-2. Estrada earned his first victory of the season with a commanding performance, striking out 12 batters and walking one. Hood entered in the sixth and pitched the final two innings, working around a two-out walk in the sixth and erasing a one-out walk with a double play ball that ended the game in the seventh.

For the first time in program history, No. 25 Washington University has a complete game, no-hitter by a single pitcher. Sophomore Townsend Stevenson pitched all seven innings for the Bears in game one on Saturday March 22nd against Maryville (Tenn.) in the 16-0 WashU victory. Stevenson picked up his first win of the season with the shutout. He struck out 12, walked just two, and became the first pitcher in program history with a complete game, no-hitter, and the only pitcher in the UAA this season.

LeTourneau rallied from a seven-run deficit in game one to force extra innings in a 16-15 victory, then Dalton Pickett tossed a no-hitter in a 5-0 game-two victory as the YellowJackets took a 2-1 series lead on Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday, March 29th at Red Murff Field. Pickett threw a seven-inning no-hitter and the LeTourneau offense picked up right where it left off in game one in a 5-0 victory in Saturday's second game. Pickett threw the second no-hitter in the program's NCAA-era (1999-present) and is the first to complete the task solo. It is the fourth no-hitter on record in the program's all-time history. Pickett (1-1) was masterful in his no-hitter. The right-hander retired the first 15 batters he faced and only allowed two baserunners the entire game. Both runners were later put out on double plays as Pickett faced the minimum (21) in the win. Pickett struck out seven and allowed just one walk, while getting six ground outs and six flyouts. It was the first no-hitter for the YellowJackets since a combined no-no on Feb. 17, 2023 vs. Dillard.

Four Bates pitchers combined to no-hit the University of Maine at Farmington Beavers and the Bobcats rolled to a 17-0 win Wednesday April 2nd at Leahey Field. The Bobcats (3-11) got masterful performances from senior Ian McAslan, junior Max Dio, senior Christopher McGrail, and senior David Miller on Wednesday April 2nd, with McAslan (1-1) going the first five innings to earn the win. He walked two and struck out two. Dio tossed two scoreless innings, walking one and striking out two. McGrail worked a perfect eighth, striking out one. Then Miller sealed the no-hitter with a perfect ninth, striking out Camden Cook looking to end the game. It's the first no-hitter thrown by the Bates baseball team since Mike Kinsman '05 threw a five-inning no-hitter in 2004 against the University of Maine at Presque Isle in a game that ended early due to a mercy rule. It is not known the last time Bates pitching threw a nine-inning no-hitter, if ever.

A power outage just before first pitch was an afterthought, as Cole Giesige brought all of the electricity, tossing a no-hitter in Albion's 10-0 win over Trine University on Friday April 4th. Giesige (5-1) struck out eight hitters over eight innings of work, as Albion's offense run-ruled the Thunder in the bottom of the eighth. He took a perfect game into the eighth inning before issuing a one-out walk. This is Albion's first no-hitter since Mitch Shedlowsky hurled one over Olivet in 2016. Giving Giesige plenty of run support, Evan Schuster was 4 for 4 with four RBI and two runs scored. Ethan Caris and Carson Dunn each drove in a pair as well. 

Illinois College's Charlie Lardi and Andrew Wieneke combined to toss a no-hitter and helped the Blueboys to a split with Knox in a Midwest Conference doubleheader on Saturday April 5th at Blodgett Field. The Prairie Fire opened the day with a 5-3 win before IC came back to take the nightcap, 2-1. Lardi was the story in this one. Returning to his hometown, the sophomore tossed 7.2 innings of no-hit ball, with 13 strikeouts. Wieneke came in and threw the final 1.1 with three strikeouts to complete the no-hitter.

After a washed-out weekend last weekend and an expected repeat this weekend, Worcester State (13-6, 4-2) was back in action on a Friday April 11th for the second straight week as they journey to Framingham State to face off for two against the Rams. Worcester State won both game, 9-0 and 8-6 with the opening game featuring a no-hitter by Gavin Price. Sophomore Gavin Price would carry a perfect game into the bottom of the seventh where a walk on the second batter would end that dream but not the victory hopes as he would force a ground out and a strikeout to wrap up the game one no hitter.

First-year right-hander Nick Fassert tossed eight no-hit innings Friday April 11th on Memorial Field and got some help from senior Jack Sampedro, who finished off the combined no-hitter in the top of the ninth, then delivered a two-out, game-winning single to left in the bottom of the inning to give Amherst a thrilling 2-1 victory over archrival Williams. Fassert threw 110 pitches and induced 15 groundball outs of the 24 outs he was responsible for. Fassert retired seven consecutive batters until a one-out walk in the sixth. After the free pass, he set down the next eight Ephs in a row and departed after the top of the eighth without allowing a hit, walking just two and striking out five. Sampedro picked up the win and went 2 for 5 with an RBI in the win.

Brett Gaynor recorded the 12th no-hitter in the UW-Oshkosh basebll program's history on Thursday, April 17 during the Titans' doubleheader wins over UW-River Falls at Tiedemann Field. UW-Oshkosh (10-8, 11-5 WIAC) extended its winning streak to seven games by defeating the Falcons (11-20, 4-12 WIAC) in seven-inning scores of 11-1 and 12-0. In his ninth career start, Gaynor threw just 85 pitches to earn his first career shutout and his first complete game. Gaynor (3-2) retired 20 of the 21 batters he faced and struck out six batters, including two in the sixth inning. The no-hitter was the 12th in program history and the first since Chris Atwood no-hit former WIAC affiliate Finlandia University (Mich.) on March 31, 2019. It is also the 14th in Division III, the sixth solo, and the first thrown by a WIAC pitcher this season. The last WIAC pitcher to record a no-hitter was UW-La Crosse's Tyler Schmitt against UW-Platteville on April 4, 2023.

No. 20 Penn State Harrisburg wrapped up conference play with a doubleheader sweep of Valley Forge on Sunday afternoon, April 27. Penn State Harrisburg pitchers combined to no-hit the Patriots in seven innings a 14-0 game one win before the Lions closed out the weekend with a 15-4 victory in eight innings in the nightcap. Bradyn Eckert, Benjamin Ross and Cole Lambert allowed just two baserunners with no hits surrendered in the opener, with Demetre Koutras III and Alexander Ruiz each having three-hit games. Lucas Floyd homered, while Blaine Waltimyer tripled, doubled and scored three runs. Eckert allowed just one walk in the bottom of the second but retired the other 15 batters he faced. Ross hit one batter but did not allow a hit in the sixth and Lambert retired Valley Forge (11-26, 3-12 United East) in order in the bottom of the seventh to seal the no-no.

Pomona-Pitzer sealed a 2-1 series win over Cal Lutheran with a doubleheader sweep Sunday April 27th at home, defeating the Kingsmen 18-1 behind a Jack Wiessinger no-hitter and 5-4 off a JC Ng walk-off home run. Wiessinger pitched Pomona-Pitzer's first no-hitter since 2015 in a dominant seven-inning 18-1 win in game two of the series. He fanned two batters while giving up just one run and two walks in 24 batters faced. Tanner DeGrazia led the Sagehen bats with four RBI, while Ng and Sammy Lee each had three. Wiessinger and the Pomona-Pitzer defense held strong throughout, with the sophomore ace striking out the final batter to give the Sagehens a commanding 18-1 victory and tying the series at 1-1.

Both Seahawk starting pitchers - Brayden Clark (W, 8-2) and Kyle Carozza (W, 6-0) - worked five innings apiece in games on Sunday April 27th and had a pair of relievers follow in the sixth and seventh innings. Brody Valentine and Peyton Heisner finished in Game 1, while Joe DeRienzo and Jason Arrigo got the final six outs in Game Two to record a combined no-hitter. Kyle Carozza, Joe DeRienzo, and Jason Arrigo combined to no-hit the Lions over seven innings. Hunter Yaworski drove in three runners to lead the Seahawks while Evan O'Rourke, Christian Homa, and Shane Williams each had a pair of RBIs.

Baldwin Wallace swept crosstown rival John Carroll on Friday May 2nd in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader on Seniors' Day by final scores of 10-2 and 2-0 as junior Academic All-OAC left-hander Brit Kostura recorded the fifth no-hitter in program history in game two at Fisher Field. Kostura tossed a complete-game no-hitter retiring 26 of his 29 batters with seven strikeouts and only three walks. Kostura now improves to 4-0 on the season. Kostura goes down in the history books as only the fifth BW pitcher with a recorded no-hitter in program history and the first since Josh Scott no-hit Ohio Christian University in the 2011 season.