Teamwork has its rewards and this week Transylsvania makes the cut at the 22nd spot in the latest D3baseball.com NCBWA Top 25. Arcadia and Cortland return this week with the Gulls of Endicott keeping their hold on the number one ranking.
Stevens head coach Kristaps Aldins recorded his 300th career win with the game one victory. over St. Joseph's (L.I.) the Ducks went on to a sweep. Already the program's leader in wins, Aldins has guided the Ducks to a 24-14 record so far this season. He had 277 victories coming into the year. His career winning percentage currently sits at .594 %.
Steve Coleman has announced his retirement from the Hardin-Simmons baseball program, effective at the end of the season, after a 27-year run leading the program.
There weren't many games on Tuesday, but news still happened as Crown did something it has never done before. The Polars faced off with the Saint John's Johnnies and came out on top for the first time in school history.
Down seven runs entering the ninth, Case has a big job and got it done, winning 12-11 over Wash U. Elsewhere in the UAA, it was Brandeis getting their first win over Emory on their home turf.
St. Joseph's (L.I.) Head Coach Tom Caputo notched his 200th career-win as the St. Joseph's completed a Skyline Conference doubleheader sweep of the United States Merchant Marine Academy on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Eagles came away with a 7-1 win in game one before claiming a 7-2 victory in game two.
Catholic took an important step toward securing a spot in the Landmark Conference Tournament on Saturday with two wins over visiting Lycoming. Catholic celebrated manager Ross Natoli became the 16th active head coach in Division III to win 800 games when the team defeated the Warriors in game one.
Suffolk led early and held off a Curry comeback to hand the Colonels an 8-5 game two CCC doubleheader at East Boston Memorial Park. The win, the blue-and-gold's sixth straight, marked head coach Anthony Del Prete's 200th as Suffolk's skipper.
Kean University split their final NJAC regular season games on Saturday in a long day of baseball, falling in the opener, 4-3 in 11 innings and winning the nightcap, 10-9 in 14 innings. The win gave Kean head coach Neil Ioviero his 800th career victory, all at Kean, in the midst of his 27th season.
North Central College scored 24 runs on 26 hits, including six home runs in the doubleheader sweep of Carthage College as Luke Lehnen hit for the cycle in game one which also included Trey Roach's go-ahead grand slam before Jack Oberli belted two home runs in the nightcap.
With the first round of the SAA tournament in the books it was three sweeps as top seeded Centre advanced as well as under dogs Sewanee and Rhodes. Fourth seeded Hendrix defeated Oglethorpe two games to one. The Colonels will host the double elimination pod round of the SAA Tournament on May 2-4.
After 55 years of coaching, 50 coaching baseball, 47 as a Head Coach in the town of Northfield between the high school and Norwich University, Head Coach Frank Pecora has announced his retirement.
Today it was a good day for the Leopards as they extended their lead over Pomona-Pitzer by a game with a win over Whittier while Pomona fell to Chapman on their SCIAC series that opened on Friday. Lurking in third place is CMS who is poised to move up the standings if the top two teams falter.
Nichols head coach Tim Mayo earned his 100th career win as the Bison hit six home runs in a 16-4 win over Clark University on Thursday afternoon from Granger Field. Multiple records were broken as the Bison won their 22nd game of the season.
All No. 1 Endicott does is win and they did it again with a runaway win over UMass-Boston. Joining the Gulls in the win column is Denison who finished a sweep of Marietta. Both Endicott and Denison hit the 30 win mark this week with the Big Read doing it in record fashion.
UW-Eau Claire designated hitter earned a spot on the D3baseball.com Team of the Week as one of 16 players who made the cut with their exceptional performances for the week ending April 21st.
A nine-inning no-hitter in New England earned the NCBWA NCAA Div. III Pitcher of the Week award for games played April 15-21, while an 18 RBI week and a complete-game, two-hit shutout earned the Hitter and Rookie of the Week awards, respectively.
Carthage took on UW-Oshkosh at home on Wednesday afternoon. The Firebirds gained momentum throughout the middle innings, securing the win that gave Augie Schmidt IV his 1,000th victory in his 37th season as head coach at Carthage College.
The NCAA released the first regional rankings of the season. Every Wednesday until the end of the season, the regional rankings will be updated from the results from the previous week .
Colby is one of four new teams to the D3baseball.com NCBWA Top 25 this week. East Texas Baptist made a move into the top 3 as Baldwin Wallace moved down one spot. Endicott continue to be the top team. Week 2,3 number one Shenandoah fell out this week.
N.C Wesleyan doubled up Christopher Newport on Tuesday on a day when top teams prevailed all day. Once of these ranked teams that found victory on the Diamond is Randolph Macon who cliched the ODAC regular season title.
Mitchell stayed perfect in the GNAC and has never lost a GNAC conference game having joined the GNAC this year. The Mariners are just one of three teams who enter this week without a loss in conference play. UMass-Dartmouth and Penn State-Harrisburg also have no conference losses.
Oberlin upset No. 3 Baldwin Wallace on Sunday with a 5-3 win, giving the Yellow Jackets their only loss in their last ten games. It was the same as DePauw took down No. 2 Denison 7-6. The Big Red came back to win the second game. St. Joseph's (L.I.) stretched their win streak to 19 games.
Head coach Matt Kosderka earned his 100th career win after Lewis & Clark defeated Whitworth in game one. They swept Whitworth University to secure their third Northwest Conference series win of the season
Several offenses were smokin' on Saturday. Chatham and MUW both scored 36 runs whil Misericordia scored 37. Penn State Behrend had the most runs in a game (24) as they scored 33 on the day. Rutgers-Newark and Montclair State both scored 30+ as they split their doubleheader. Six other teams with 30 + runs scored.
Wash U got a win behind a gem on the mound from junior Sebastian Guzman but this was not the only outstanding pitching performance on Friday. Baruch, Dallas, Dubuque, Hood, Immaculata, RPI, Rowan and Simpson all pitched shutouts.
Kean and NJCU got good pitching to open this weekend's slate of game on Thursday. Rowan and Stockton needed to rally for their wins and Rutgers-Newark cruised over William Paterson. WPI and Roger Williams became the 12th and 13th team to earn a tie this D3 baseball season.
Wabash third baseman AJ Reid and Marymount outfielder Alec Reilly both became their programs first players to hit for the cycle. Both excelled all week long and are part of the ninth D3baseball.com Team of the Week, our honor role seeking the best performance at each position.
2024 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 - week 10
April 30, 2024Teamwork has its rewards and this week Transylsvania makes the cut at the 22nd spot in the latest D3baseball.com NCBWA Top 25. Arcadia and Cortland return this week with the Gulls of Endicott keeping their hold on the number one ranking.
