Tim Kiely and Chandler Barnard combined to allow six hits
and no walks with 20 strikeouts and Ryan Piacentini went 4-for-8
with four runs scored and three RBI to lead Trinity (Conn.) to a
141, 11-1 doubleheader sweep against Wesleyan (Conn.). Trinity
finishes the regular season with a perfect, 34-0 record and sets a
new NCAA Division III mark for consecutive wins to start a season.
Johns Hopkins held the previous record of 33-0 but no Division III
team had completed its regular season schedule without a loss in
the modern era until today. Last year, in its final year of
provisional status, Texas-Tyler won 35 straight games to start the
season. Wesleyan falls to 15-21.
Wheaton (Mass.) scored 10 times between the third and fifth
innings to break open a tie game during an 11-2
victory against Johnson & Wales on Saturday during
Senior Day in Sidell Stadium. The Lyons, improved to 32-8 in their
regular season finale, while the Wildcats slipped to
24-18.
The University of Dallas lost the first game of
the doubleheader this afternoon 3-1 to Chapman. Despite
getting one of the best pitching performances of the year from
Phillip Carkhuff, the Crusaders couldn't quite get over the top.
Carkhuff pitched a complete game allowing just three runs while
striking out four. In the end, the Crusaders couldn't overcome the
pitching by Chapman, leading to the close loss.
Eric Redding’s one-out single in the ninth inning
scored the game-winning run in the second game of a doubleheader
and RPI swept a Liberty League twinbill from
Skidmore at Robison Field. RPI won the first game, 3-1, behind a
complete game by Joe Zongol before twice coming back for a 7-6
victory in the nightcap.
May 3, 2008
Trinity finishes regular season unbeaten
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