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| Washington & Jefferson (1-0) opened its 2026 campaign with an emphatic 26-6 victory over the visiting La Roche Redhawks. The 26 runs scored are the most the Presidents have put up since the 2009 season where W&J went on to defeat Bethany, 27-2. Read the release by clicking here Washington and Jefferson athletics photo by Bella Anzevino |
The 10th-ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays avenged last season's Division III World Series loss to No. 15 Messiah in emphatic fashion Wednesday afternoon, blasting six home runs in a 21-6 win at Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium. The six long balls marked the most in a game for the Blue Jays since they hit six in last season's NCAA Regional matchup against Farmingdale State. Hopkins entered with a vengeance. After starter Charles Monterrosa worked a scoreless top of the first, the Blue Jays erupted for eight runs in the bottom half, sending 11 men to the plate. Messiah woulf close the game to 8-3 but would not get any closer. Michael Yousef earned the win with a dominant relief outing. The right-hander tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, striking out four while allowing just four hits. Four Blue Jays recorded multi-hit games. Lucas Geer led the way, going 3-for-4 with five RBIs.
Bridgewater (Va.) cruised by No. 22 nationally ranked Christopher Newport by a final score of 18-1 on the road Wednesday behind a single-game program record of three home runs by Jakson Walter. The game flew smoothly and explosively for the Eagles from the start. After a steady lead through four innings, BC stormed further ahead. The Eagles pushed the lead even further out of reach in the seventh inning. To capitalize on the run-rule advantage, Walter launched his third homer of the day for three more runs and closed out the contest in dominant fashion with an 18-1 victory. Walter posted a program record with three home runs in a game and added eight RBIs to his stat line which ties the program record. The last time Bridgewater won with a 17-run differential was back in 2022 against Guilford in a 17-0 win.
Trevor Myers launched a ball well over the Greensboro Monster for a grand slam, putting Guilford (6-3) in front and they never looked back as the offense slugged their way to a 15-5 run-rule victory in eight innings over Pfeiffer (1-6) at Edgar H. McBane Field on Wednesday afternoon. Marcello Ricigliano got the midweek start for Guilford and was good, but not great. He ended up plagued by a couple longballs that represented four of the five runs he permitted, but he also only walked one and navigated 10 hits decently over 6.0 innings to pick up the win and move to 3-1. Myers led the run production, scoring twice and driving in a Quakers season-high five runs on a 2-of-4 day with his grand slam and an HBP. Skyler Dark maintained his early-season hot streak with a team season-high 4-for-6 showing including a couple doubles, scoring twice and driving in three.
Millsaps secured a dramatic, 12-11 win over Huntingdon College in a 12-inning contest on Wednesday at Twenty Field. Millsaps (4-4) capitalized on six walks and seven hit batters to maintain offensive pressure throughout the game. The game ended with a bases-loaded, hit-by-pitch where freshman Dominic Mendieta brought home the winning run standing tall at the plate. Senior EJ Ousley recorded four hits in five at-bats, two RBIs, and eight assists, demonstrating his effectiveness both at the plate and in the field as a shortstop. He also was hit by two pitches, scored a run and stole a base. Senior Andrew Bradley was terrific in the final 3.2 innings of relief. He held the Hawks scoreless and yielded just one hit. Bradley added a strikeout.
Waynesburg got a pair of outstanding starting pitching efforts during Wednesday's home doubleheader win, 4-2 and 7-0, against Wilson. That work on the mound led the Yellow Jackets top a sweep of the Phoenix. Graduate student Gavin Pratt got the ball in game one and allowed two runs, both of which were earned, over 4.1 innings of work. He gave up just two singles and walked four while striking out seven Wilson (0-3) hitters. Sophomore Aydan Adamson scattered four base knocks over the final 2.2 innings of work for his first collegiate save. He didn't issue a walk. Senior Ethan Erhard was outstanding in game two and, like Pratt, improved to 2-0 on the season. He allowed just one hit and three walks over five innings, while striking out eight opposing hitters. The veteran righty retired 10-straight batters between innings two, three, four and five.
Junior second baseman Matthew Kim had career-highs of two hits and five RBIs, and sophomore catcher Seth Truesdale had career-highs of three hits and four RBIs, to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a 15-12 non-conference road win at William Peace University on Wednesday afternoon at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. Sophomore right-hander Brady Wilson (Virginia Beach) started on the mound to earn the pitching victory for the visiting Tigers against the host Pacers. The Garnet & Grey won their fourth-straight game and improved to 5-1 on the season, while WPU dropped to 1-6.
Earlham continued action with an 8-3 win over Asbury in Sadler Stadium on Wednesday. Braeden Lewis entered the game in the second inning, and threw three frames of one-hit baseball, allowing one run with a strikeout. Hayden Scalf earned the win, with four batters faced in 1.1 innings with one strikeout. Dylan Rieck went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, one RBI with a double and a home run. Noah Wagster tallied two RBI with a double. Mitchell Roether went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a double. Rieck hit a solo homer over the right field wall in the bottom of the seventh to give the Quakers their first lead of the game, and the Quakers piled on with a four-run eighth inning culminating in a two-run homer by Jackson McFarland.
Randolph-Macon saw home runs from three different Yellow Jackets in their rematch of the home-opener, helping the program post a dominant 12-5 win against Dickinson. RMC opened the scoring with a two spot in the second and added multiple runs in the next four innings. Dickinson would score a run in the top of the third to cut the lead in half but could not match the Yellow Jacket offense on Wednesday. The Yellow Jackets were able to limit their runners left on base this time around, winning the battle seven-to-12. Zach Wernoski and Carter Schmitt tied for a game and season-high three hits. The duo combined for four hits, two RBI, a stolen base and a 1.250 slugging percentage.
After dropping their second matchup to Hanover 10-9 earlier in the day, Keystone bounced back with a 17-13 win over Methodist on Wednesday afternoon at the Cal Ripken Experience. In the decisive eighth inning with Methodist, Keystone exploded for four runs, highlighted by a grand slam by Teegan Monroney, which ultimately sealed the victory. The pitchers for the Giants were able to hold off the final charge from Methodist to close out the contest. In the opener, Hanover got off to a hot start scoring five runs in the first three innings, freshman Jack Shaeffer started the scoring with a first inning home run. Sophomore Ben Brittingham added to the lead with a two RBI triple the following inning. In the sixth inning, senior Josh Simpson added to the run total on an RBI to right center field. Freshman Michael Kirk got the final run across on a sacrifice fly to center field to score Senior Trevor Jones.
Scranton defeated Marywood, 9-4, for its first win of the season on Wednesday evening at Volpe Field. Scranton exploded for six runs off Owen Reilly in the first inning, sending 10 batters to the plate in the frame. Marywood scored a pair of runs in the third but the Royals had the answer, pushing the lead to an 8-2 advantage. The Pacers scored a run in the seventh on a fielder's choice, but Scranton responded again. Marywood added a run in the ninth inning, but it was too little, too late as the Royals held on to win their first game of the year, 9-4.
Mary Washington won a thriller with Eastern Mennonite on Wednesday evening, downing the Royals, 13-11, in Fredericksburg, Va. The Eagles jumped out to an 8-0 lead through the first three innings. A two-run fourth and fifth gave Eastern Mennonite some life back as UMW's lead bled down to 8-4, but the Eagles grabbed two more insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth giving UMW a 10-4 lead. A fifth-run seventh for the Royals, though, drew them within a run, 10-9. In the bottom half, however, Sean Smith singled a run home to give the Eagles a little more breathing room, 13-9. In the eighth, EMU added a pair of runs, but it was Connor Hassan's seven-pitch save the slammed the door and gave the Eagles a close win for their first victory of the season.
Washington College took a lead over Notre Dame of MD early and never relinquished. The Shoremen scored 15 runs off 17 hits to take down the Gators in their first competition of the season. Drew Kinsey started the season off for the Shoremen with a double to right field. He stole third and then scored on an error by the catcher to go up early 1-0 over Notre Dame of MD. The runs would continue as the Shoremen led 12-0 after three innings. Through the rest of the game Washington College would just put up three more runs as they finished the game with a 15-2 win.
Virginia Wesleyan powered past Regent, 12-6, on Wednesday afternoon in Virginia Beach, improving to 5-3 on the season. Gino Meienschein was 2-for-4 at bat with a double, scored three runs, and had one RBI. Nick Valentin went 2-for-4 with a double and scored three runs. Israel Dozier was 1-for-4 with a double, scored one run, and led the team with three RBI. Darius Walston was 1-for-3, tallied three RBI, and stole three bases. Carl Sword recorded his first appearance and start of his career as he pitched 2.0 innings, allowed four hits, and two runs. Sean Tracey recorded the win in relief as he pitched 1.0 innings, allowed two hits, one run, and had one strikeout. Mason Sylvest pitched 2.0 innings, allowed one hit, and registered two strikeouts.
Shenandoah defeated Hood 13-5 at home on Wednesday in the first-ever meeting between the two teams. The Hornets (6-0) hit four home runs on Wednesday with two from Tyler Smith, including a go-ahead three-run shot in the first to grab the lead for good from the Blazers (2-4). Smith reached base all five times he stepped up to the plate with three hits and two walks. He finished the afternoon with six RBI.