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| Grove City found their scoring touch on Sunday with an 11-7 win over St. Olaf . St. Olaf (3-1) yielded 11 runs on 11 hits and 12 walks to a Grove City (3-3) team that has now scored 68 runs its six games this season. The game marked the first-ever meeting between the Oles and Wolverines, who won 31 games and appeared in the NCAA Tournament last season. Grove City athletics photo |
Graduate student Joe Carrea worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning and senior Zander Teator recorded a game-ending strikeout with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to help visiting Babson defeat No. 1 Trinity (Texas), 6-5, to conclude a three-game series on Sunday afternoon. Senior Owen Stephens and first-year Robert Christensen each had two hits and graduate student Ryan Grace singled and drove in a pair of runs for the Beavers. Teator went 1-for-2 with a double and a walk at the plate and picked up his first save of the year in relief of sophomore Chase Burrows, who earned the win after striking out three and giving up three earned runs over 5.2 innings. Junior Mattias Rytting went 3-for-4 with a double and graduate student Michael Lustina and sophomores Grant Anderson and John Ramsey each finished with two hits apiece for the Tigers. Junior Callen Singhania was 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored in the loss.
Danny Jackson hit a three-run double with two outs in the top of the ninth and Cortland trailing by a run and the nationally 16th-ranked Red Dragons defeated third-ranked Kean, 12-10, in the opening game of a non-league doubleheader played on the FDU-Florham campus. The second game finished in a 4-4 tie after being called due to darkness with Cortland batting in the bottom of the eighth. The Red Dragons avenged a loss to the Cougars in last year's NCAA regional championship round, hosted by Kean. In the only completed game, Kean took a 10-9 lead with four runs in the bottom of the eighth on a Michael Simone pinch-hit, three-run double and a Nick Sellari RBI single to set up the ninth inning dramatics. In the late night tie, Cortland rallied from a pair of deficits in the contest. The designated "home" team, the Red Dragons scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 3-3 and once in the seventh to knot the game at 4-4.
Washington & Jefferson College (3-1) picked up a 5-1 top 15 win over the No. 11 ranked Case Western Reserve Spartans (4-2). Junior Brendan Cruz got the call for his first start of the year and opened his 2026 campaign with two hitless innings to open the contest. Cruz had a strong outing, pitching 5.0 innings. The junior had eight strikeouts, only gave up three hits, and no earned runs. Senior Josh Dezenzo led the Presidents' offense going two for four, with a double and a run scored. Additionally, senior Ben Schuler went one for three with two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk.
Dominican was back in action, after winning their first game of the season on Saturday. The Stars were ready to carry that momentum into Sunday. Dominican went to 3-0 with a 14-4 win over Brevard and then squeaked by No. 13 Centre 4-3. In the opener, the Tornados found a strike of lightning in the bottom of the sixth inning scoring three runs on a hit, while taking advantage of 4 Dominican errors. The one-run lead did not last long with the Stars exploding for a 4-run inning in the 7th. The score remained 9-4 in favor of Dominican until the top of the ninth inning, when the Stars added 5 runs to give themselves a 10-run lead. in Game two, senior Matthew Earley gave the Stars the lead with a two RBI double, giving DU a 4-3 lead. Freshman Austin Long, who came into pitch in the 5th inning still on the bump for DU and was ready to close the door on the Colonels. Long got three fly outs in the bottom of the 9th inning to secure the victory over the thirteenth team in the nation. Long earned Star of the Game in his relief outing. Long threw 5 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts.
Shenandoah concluded the 2026 Mr. V Memorial Tournament with a 5-4 walk-off win over Oswego State on Sunday at home. In the bottom of the sixth, the Hornets (9-0) tied the game at two as Jaime Padilla delivered a single to center field that brought Carl Keenan home following an error by the Lakers' outfield. Joey Mitchell replaced Bell on the mound in the seventh and pitched a scoreless inning despite two hits by the Lakers. In the bottom of the inning, SU had a chance to take the lead but left a runner in scoring position with an inning-ending strikeout. The Lakers then regained the lead with a two-run eighth that was aided by two errors by the Hornets. The eighth inning then saw the Hornets leave another man in scoring position, allowing the Lakers to carry their lead to the ninth. The Hornets then came to bat, looking to put together a rally, down to their final three outs. The Hornets scored three runs, completed by the game-winning, bases-loaded single by Dillon Mauzy to down the Lakers (0-6).
Bridgewater (Va.) continued its hot streak, defeating No. 19 nationally ranked Pomona-Pitzer by a final score of 12-4 for the 11th straight win of the season Sunday in California. The Bridgewater College Eagles have extended their record to their best program start ever in BC history standing at 11-0. The No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer Hens dropped to 10-5 overall on the season. In familiar fashion to the young season, the Eagles posted runs on the scoreboard in a hurry. BC left nothing behind against a nationally ranked opponent as three home runs highlighted the course of dominant action. In the seventh inning, the Eagles pounced again, breaking out to a dominating 10-run game. Gary Tompkins came in to close the ninth and retired three straight batters. The Eagles held strong and took the win by a final score of 12-4.
Keystone earned a pair of victories Sunday afternoon at Patriots Park North, defeating Westfield State, 7-4, and Eastern Connecticut State, 20-8. Keystone struck early in game one, seizing momentum in the first inning with a pair of timely knocks. Cooper Ryan picked up the win on the mound, scattering just one run over 3.2 innings of relief. The sophomore struck out five. Offensively, Dante Ruby led the way with four hits and two RBI, while Benny Hess contributed multiple knocks and two runs scored. in the nightcap is was a similar story. The Giants wasted no time getting on the board as Hess belted a grand slam to center field. In the third, Keystone broke the game open with a flurry of offense adding on with runs coming off a defensive miscue and timely hits that turned the third into a decisive frame. Eastern Connecticut mounted a counterpunch in the fourth, plating six runs highlighted by an Eric Mathewson home run and a Cameron Forte two run double that pulled the Warriors within one at 9-8. The Giants' put the game away with a five run eighth inning, featuring an RBI hit by pitch, a bases loaded walk, and a two run single by Jaxson Monroney. On the mound, Brandon Valles earned the win, tossing two scoreless relief innings to help seal the victory.
Hot off two dominant wins at the Transylvania Invite, the Big Red took the field against the host for the final game of the weekend in Lexington. The No. 5 Denison squad found themselves in an early defensive battle, but ultimately were able to complete the weekend sweep with a narrow 4-1 decision to move to 4-1 on the season and hand Transylvania its second loss of the year. The offense accounted for seven total hits, led by Eric Sundgren with two. Kelly Crittenberger led the way with two RBIs. Defensively, Denison was perfect in the field with zero errors. Robbie Lee picks up his first win of the season while Devin Parker is credited with the save. The trio of Lee, Ryan Paganelis, and Parker accounted for nine strikeouts and just two walks in the win.
Junior Jeff Valdez Jimenez and redshirt freshman Justin Hernandez each drove in two runs to help the Johnson and Wales open the Colby Greenhalgh-era with a 6-5 win over Hampden-Sydney Sunday evening in non-conference action at Yank Bernier Field. Hernandez, along with junior Jack Dwyer and freshman Gianni Melendez, all collected two hits for the Wildcats, who scored three runs in each of the first two innings and overcame five errors to pick up the win. Redshirt junior Max Randazzo allowed three hits and two runs over five to notch the win. He walked three and struck out five before giving way to Nickerson, who worked the final four innings. The Medfield, Massachusetts native allowed three hits and three runs with no walks and four punchouts.
Lewis & Clark used a seven-run seventh inning to take control and never looked back in a 11-7 series-winning contest on Sunday afternoon. After blowing an early lead, Lewis & Clark sent 13 batters to the plate in the seventh inning to secure the series win and their first back-to-back wins of the season. Junior Michael Aikawa and senior Ryan Sanderson led the River Otters offensively on Sunday. Aikawa went 2-6 with two runs and three RBI and gave Lewis & Clark the lead with a go-ahead three-run double in the seventh. Sanderson added two hits and three RBI and belted a two-run double in the seven-run seventh. Sophomores Dylan Lee and Evan Carrubba-Rice, junior Eli Steinhaus and senior Brandon Gonzaga all added multiple hits. Lee went 2-4 with two runs, two RBI and a walk. Carrubba-Rice chipped in two hits, a run scored, an RBI and two walks. Steinhaus added two hits, one run scored, an RBI, a walk and a sacrifice bunt. Gonzaga notched two hits, a run scored and an RBI. Sophomore Dillon Foster earned his second start of the year. He pitched well until running into trouble in the fifth. Foster ended the contest allowing six hits, two walks and five earned runs in 4.1 innings. He struck out a career-high six batters.
Penn State Behrend opened the 2026 season with three games over the weekend, defeating Albion 14-3 and Hiram 6-5 on Saturday but falling to Heidelberg 3-2 on Sunday. in the Sunday game, starting pitcher Logan Walpole hit the walk-off double that scored Grant Bomer to help Heidelberg earn its fifth win of the season. Earlier in the game, Penn State Behrend grabbed the early 2-0 lead in the fifth only to see the Student Princes scored two runs on two hits in the bottom of the sixth to knot the game at 2-all.
No. 14 Adrian starts the season 5-0 for the first time since 2012 after a pair of wins on Sunday. The No. 14 Bulldogs defeated East Texas Baptist 10-3 before taking on host school Huntingdon and coming away with a 10-5 victory. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in game one and drove in the final run in the ninth to win 10-3. Edward Bieniasz earned the win on the mound after tossing five innings allowing two runs on three hits with three strikeouts. In the second game, Adrian also started with a lead and finished the scoring in the ninth, Jack Boike and Nic Bruder both drove in runs to pull ahead 10-5.
Baldwin Wallace finished off the weekend with a 2-0 win against Webster in Legends Stadium. The game was tightly contested and very defensive, but BW's defense held out, and the Yellow Jackets took the game by a score of 2-0. The scoring came early as BW added single runs in the first and third innings. Junior right-hander Matt Moscarino pitched eight scoreless innings with seven strikeouts, while only allowing seven runners to reach base. Sophomore right-hander Sam Hoffman pitched one inning in relief with no runs allowed, two strikeouts, and only one Gorlok reached base. Sean Kolenich went 1-for-3 at the plate with a home run and added a walk and a stolen base. Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider's only at-bat of the game was to hit the RBI double in the first. He finished 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Hobart powered its way to a commanding 16-5 victory over Franklin & Marshall on Sunday at Penn Medicine Park. A seven-run fourth inning fueled the win, with the Statesmen racking up nine two-out RBIs and a season-best four stolen bases in the game. Senior Will Jones, junior Sean Garvin and sophomore Jackson Rucker each recorded two hits, while Jones and Garvin both drove home four runs apiece. First-year Jack O'Neil was 1-for-3, walked twice, and stole three bases. Seniors Cole Tarrant and Aaron Forgues combined to strike out 10 Diplomats. Tarrant struck out six in five innings, earning the win, while Forgues whiffed four over the final two innings.
For the second time in eight days (with an historic blizzard in between), No. 9 Salve Regina stymied Stevens on a ball field in our nation's capital. While the setting moved to Nationals Youth Baseball Academy just a short distance from Catholic University's Talbot Field, the nationally-ranked Seahawks enjoyed a 12-1 decision as starting pitcher Nolan Romanowski hurled eight innings of two-hit ball allowing just one run while striking out six Ducks to improve to 2-0 on the young season. In their second game of the day, Salve Regina unleashed a potent offensive attack, pounding out a 15-1 victory over Montclair State Red Hawks in non-league action at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. With the Red Hawks, Salve Regina (now 4-1) plated eight runs in the first inning and never looked back winning 15-1, rallying for a dominant performance that saw the Seahawks score in three separate innings while blanking Montclair State for six frames. The Seahawks improved to 4-1 on the early season, while the Red Hawks dropped to 4-2.
Saint Mary's (Minn.) (3-2) opened its Florida trip on Sunday, where they played a doubleheader against Trine (2-4) and split the cloudy day series. The Cardinals rallied for an 11-8 win over the Thunder, then dropped the nightcap 5-3 at Lake Myrtle Park. Trailing by four early, the Cardinals erupted for eight runs in the seventh inning to flip the game and secure the comeback victory. At the mound, Connor Tulley earned the win pitching four innings and striking out three. Patrick Schork sealed the game, recording his first save of the season. In the final game of the day, the Cardinals came up just short. Trine seized control early in the second inning, using a walk and a hit-by-pitch to spark a three-run rally that helped build a 4-0 advantage that put the Cardinals on their heels. Despite the late push that included Schulte's run-scoring double, Saint Mary's could not fully erase the early gap. The Cardinals stranded two runners in the seventh after a leadoff single by Anderson, and key opportunities throughout the game went unfinished as the Thunder's early surge ultimately held up.
Redlands (7-8) trailed 7-0 heading into the seventh inning before scoring five times in that inning, but their rally would fall short as they lost 7-5 in the series finale at Hendrix. In the eighth Karlsen Drake and Mateo Carresi were stranded as the tying runs. Their final opportunity came in the ninth with the tying run at the plate with two outs after an error extended the game, but another ground out ended the game.
Elizabethtown opened up the season with a sweep over Manchester as they started off their spring break trip on Sunday. Etown forced an extra inning in game one to come back and win 10-4 while taking game two, 6-2. In the sixth of the opener, the Blue Jays tied up the game at 4-4 following a Mason Woolwine two RBI single. After neither team scored in the seventh an extra inning was forced to break the tie. Etown got hot in the eighth inning scoring six runs on four hits which included Schwing's three RBI double to right center. Cory Rible was able to hold off Manchester in the bottom half of the inning to secure the 10-4 win. In the nightcap, the Blue Jays went up 3-0 in the second inning and then extended their lead to 6-0 after the third inning. Woolwine started off the third with a bunt then advanced after Dylan Pope reached on an error. Alex McClain's single scored Woolwine bringing the score to 4-0. On a double play, Dylan Pope scored Etown's fifth run before Martin scored on Jake Ruple's single. Manchester scored two runs in the fifth but it wasn't enough as the Blue Jays won, 6-2. Alex McClain went 2 for 3 with a run and a RBI. Jake Ruple went 1 for 2 with two RBIs. Justin Marraccini earned the win on the mound tallying four strikeouts.
Wooster came out ahead following a series of early crooked numbers in Sunday's 9-7 win over SUNY Oneonta, which gave the Fighting Scots the series win at Art Murray Field. Wooster (4-2) hung a five spot on Oneonta (2-3) during its first trip to the dish. Junior left fielder Andrew Kerr made it 5-0 with his two-out single up the middle. Oneonta answered right back with a six-run second, half of which came in on Brendan Duffy's bases-clearing double to left. Wooster rallied in the third, scoring four times to take a 9-6 lead. Oneonta threatened again in the ninth, getting the tying run on base. A liner off Nick Jacoby's bat found Rizzo's glove, and the Scots' second baseman nearly doubled up Zachary Rowe at second to end the game. However, Rowe was ruled safe, getting in just ahead of the tag of first-year shortstop Noah Lindberg. Sophomore Carter O'Neill nailed down the save, getting the final four outs. He froze Ryan Cronin on a fastball that painted the outside corner for the final out of the game.
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| Susquehanna started spring break off by sweeping Norwich. The River Hawks earned the close battle in game one with a deciding score of 4-3, before defeating the Cadets in game two by a score of 8-5. Michael Girardi played hero ball in game one, sending a dibbler to the first-baseman and beating out the throw to push the game winning run across the plate. Susquehanna athletics photo |
MSOE capped off their weekend with a 6-0 shutout victory over Central College. The Raiders allowed just five hits while striking out twelve, eight coming from Eric Williamson. Williamson took the mound to start the game for MSOE (5-3, 0-0 NACC) and held Central (4-5, 0-0 American Rivers) to just four hits in the first four innings. The Raiders first run on the board in the bottom of the fourth as Camden Hoier brought Ben Sullivan in on an RBI groundout. Jake Franks continued to showcase his power, blasting a two-run home run in the fifth, making it 3-0 midway through. The Raiders' bullpen continued to dominate as Jaiden Delaney and Max Babich each tossed a scoreless inning to keep the Dutch off the scoreboard. The Raiders blew the game open in the bottom of the eighth, putting up three runs to make it 6-0. Graiden Liethen shut the door in the top of the ninth, sealing the shutout.
Marymount rallied late to pick up a 13-8 win over Catholic on Sunday afternoon, sweeping the weekend after earning two wins over Hampden-Sydney yesterday at home. Joshmar Carbonell followed up his strong Saturday with a 2-for-5 day on Sunday with a double, knocking in a run. Gray Ellenburg collected three RBI in the win, going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double. Jay Wandell looked strong on the mound for the second-straight week, going 5.0 innings on the bump allowing just two earned runs with three strikeouts. Owen Singer earned the win on the mound to pick up his first collegiate win, going 2.1 innings of work with a pair of strikeouts. Graham Jones picked up his first save of the season, finighing out the final 1.2 innings allowing just one hit.
Behind a strong pitching performance, Olivet defeated Wilmington, 2-1, this afternoon on Tewksbury-Delaney Field. With the win, the Comets sweep the three-game weekend series against the Quakers. The Comets scored their first run in the second inning. Wyatt Ball singled down the left field line, stole second base and advanced to third base on a ground out. He came around to score when Austin Alflen struck out. But the ball was dropped and then thrown away by the catcher, allowing Ball to come home with the game's first run. Wilmington used a two-out hit to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. Olivet plated the winning run in the fifth inning. Tyler Duncan hit a single to the right-center gap, stole second and scored on EJ Suggitt's base hit up the middle. Charlie Quilliam started on the mound and threw four innings. He allowed a run on one hit, while striking out 10 and walking one. Quilliam pitched in a game for the first time since the Comets' 2025 season-opener. Dawson Sherman tossed five scoreless innings of relief to pick-up the win. He gave up three hits, with three strikeouts and zero walks.
Allegheny earned the first win of its annual spring break trip in Central Florida on Sunday afternoon, as the Gators defeated Bluffton, 7-5, at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. The Gators (3-2) scored all seven runs in the first five innings and set the tone early with a three-spot in the bottom of the first. A wild pitch with the bases loaded allowed the first run to reach home, followed by a two-run single off the bat of Tyler Skaggs. Ryan Cochran laced an RBI single down the left field line in the second to make it 4-0, and Connor Kunkle made it a 5-1 lead on a wild pitch in the fourth. Bluffton (1-1) got two runs back in the top half of the fifth, but the Gators responded with two of their own to push the lead back to four runs. Elijah Muckle earned an RBI after being plunked with the bases loaded, and Kunkle drew a walk in the next at-bat to force home another run. After getting Allegheny out of the fifth, southpaw reliever Jackson Mariano added two more scoreless innings to his ledger. Clinging to a two-run lead in the ninth, righty Michael Alspaugh entered out of the bullpen and saved the victory with a 1-2-3 frame of his own.
Charlie Hartman delivered a pinch-hit walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to deliver fourth-ranked Salisbury a dramatic 3-2 win over the Arcadia Knights on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. with the score knotted at 2-2 after three, the game devolved into a staring contest until SU finally forced the Knights to blink in the bottom of the ninth. Griffin Shirk poked a one-out single into right, and Trent Waire followed with a base knock of his own to put two on. Hartman then stepped into the box as a pinch-hitter and roped a 1-2 pitch into shallow center for a base hit. Shirk rounded third and hook-slid to avoid the tag, touching the plate with the winning run before joining his teammates in mobbing the freshman hero at first.
George Fox took down their rivals, the Linfield Wildcats, in a 6-3 game — finishing off their NWC opening series strong. After Michael Singleton retired the side to start, Fox put together the best first inning of the season, scoring four to take a lead that they would hold. With the scoring done after six, the finish wasn't without its fireworks. GFU led by three heading to top of the ninth, and sat three outs away from their first conference win of the year. Cole Schmidt entered the game and recorded a quick out, but walked three of the next four batters to load the bases with two outs. With the tying run on first and the winning run at the plate, the freshman stayed composed, striking out the final Linfield batter to pick up his third save of the year and giving the Bruins a 6-3 victory.
For the second day in a row, Johns Hopkins spotted visiting Hamilton an early lead and went on to win 17-3. After the Continentals grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a Taylor Kaufman run-scoring single, the Blue Jays answered with two in the second and one in the third to grab a 3-1 lead. Logan Scully's two-run home run plated the two Blue Jay runs in the second and an Alex Shane sacrifice fly chased home Jacob Harris an inning later. Hamilton (0-2) trimmed the deficit to 3-2 on an Alfonso Rada run-scoring double in the third, but the Blue Jays scored 14 of the game's final 15 runs to move their record to 6-1 on the year. Any hopes for a Hamilton comeback were dashed in the bottom of the eighth as the Blue Jays sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 10 runs on five hits to quickly turn the 7-3 lead into a 17-3 advantage. A two-run Damian Brown single and a three-run Nathan Lewis home run highlighted the inning for the Blue Jays.
No. 23 Penn State Harrisburg completed the weekend sweep of UMass Dartmouth thanks to a pair of victories at In the Net Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon. The Lions closed out the suspended game from the day prior with an 11-10 win in 11 innings before wrapping up the three-game series with another 18-12 victory. After the game was suspended due to darkness the day before, Alexander Ruiz ended the 11-inning marathon with a walkoff, RBI double that plated Coy Schwanger and gave Penn State Harrisburg a thrilling, 11-10 victory over the Corsairs (0-5). The bats were out in full force in Penn State Harrisburg's 18-12 victory over UMass Dartmouth in the final game of the weekend series on Sunday afternoon. The Lions (5-1) racked up 13 hits, five of the extra-base variety, and 16 walks in the final outing.
Bethany Lutheran slugged four home runs Sunday, capping its four-game series at Sewanee with a decisive 15-1 win in eight innings while claiming the series 3-1. After two scoreless frames, the Vikings exploded for six runs in the third. Joshua Miller hit a grand slam and Gary Swann followed with a two-run homer. The Tigers scored once in the fourth, but the Viking pitching staff closed the door the rest of the way. Vincent Curzie and Jared Harry hit solo home runs in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively. The sixth inning also featured RBIs off the bats of Xander Meissner, Swann, Jayden Kopp, Kyle Carlberg, and Miller for an eight-run frame. The Vikings collected eight hits, 11 walks, and 15 RBI. Miller (2-5, 2 R, 6 RBI) and Curzie (2-4, 2 R, RBI) led at the plate. Nate Hoffman earned the win on the mound after five innings, allowing one run on four hits with seven strikeouts. Caeden Willaert tossed 1.1 innings of relief with no runs and two strikeouts. Jaden Case closed out the final two outs with two strikeouts.