2023 baseball playoff coverage

Hardware to the Hornets Lynchburg won its first baseball championship and second ever NCAA team championship with a 7-6 win over Johns Hopkins in the finale of the 2023 D-III World Series.

Lynchburg holds serve, gets G1 win Lynchburg took advantage of several Johns Hopkins miscues and took Game 1 in the D3 Championship Series 5-2 to draw within one game of its first national championship. Johns Hopkins will need to win twice on Thursday for their first baseball title.

Day 4: Bracket Championships Baldwin Wallace forced a second bracket winners game with a 6-3 win over Johns Hopkins and East Texas Baptist will try the same thing when they face Lynchburg. .

Johns Hopkins advances to D3CS Johns Hopkins built an early lead and prevailed 8-2 at the 2023 DIII World Series being played on PG Cares Field at Veteran's Memorial Stadium. With the win the Blue jays advance to play in the D3 Championship Series.

Lynchburg wins bracket, heads to D3CS It was a complete game that featured lights out pitching, timely hitting and web gems as Lynchburg finished bracket play 3-0 with a 7-1 win over East Texas Baptist.

Day 3: Filling the Championship game slots Johns Hopkins and Lynchburg await their opponents to be determined today. With the top pitchers resting for a game later this week, we could see the offenses dominate. Baldwin Wallace did just that to advance to Monday's games. ETBU leads Salisbury late in game two.

Yellow Jackets slug their way to bracket final Baldwin Wallace opened an early lead in the first and cruised to a 13-8 win in the bracket one elimination game finale. They advance to a rematch with Johns Hopkins in the first of the bracket championship games scheduled on Monday.

Tigers' bite lethal to Salisbury, ETBU advances ETBU's greatest season continues as the Tigers defeat Salisbury 21-7 in the final elimination game on Sundayat the 2023 D-III World Series being played on PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Day 2: Hot bats start, but cool pitchers finish We finished the night with complete games from Salisbury's Jackson Balzan and Lynchburg's Brandon Pond, after the bats came out hot to start the day.

Pond spins masterful final eight innings for Hornets After a rocky first inning staked Lynchburg to a 5-3 lead, Hornets starter Brandon Pond settled down and faced the minimum 24 batters over the final eight innings to lift his team to the 8-3 win.

Misericordia survives, Endicott heads home Misericordia and Endicott battled in the first elimination game with the Misericordia Cougars earning a 13-6 win in the fifth game of the 2023 DIII World Series being held at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Salisbury survives to play Sunday Kavi Caster had himself a day as the Salisbury Sea Gulls came out on top to advance with a 7-2 win over UW-La Crosse in Saturday's second D-III World Series elimination game.

Johns Hopkins advances, gets Sunday off Shawn Steurer had another big day, and Johns Hopkins will have an easy day on Sunday, as the Blue Jays get their reward for going 2-0 here at the Division III baseball World Series.

Day 1: JHU, BW, ETBU, Lynchburg win A rain delay of nearly two hours never helps, but that's how we got to a Game 4 start at 10:35 p.m. CT. UW-La Crosse took Lynchburg to the final out, after Johns Hopkins, Baldwin Wallace and East Texas Baptist all won their Day 1 openers at the D-III baseball World Series.

Lynchburg slides into winners bracket Another wild sixth inning, this one for the Hornets, got Lynchburg a big lead. UW-La Crosse then chased the Hornets' All-American closer before Lynchburg settled down to get into the winners bracket in their first trip to the Division III World Series.

Big ball dominates small ball in Blue Jays' win Johns Hopkins looked nothing like the No. 1 team in the nation for the opening seven inning. A six-run outburst gave the top seed a 10-5 win in the opening game of the 2023 DIII World Series being held at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

ETBU gets past Salisbury No. 19 East Texas Baptist rode the arm of Sayers Collins to give the Tigers a 7-3 win over No. 2 Salisbury in the third game of the 2023 DIII World Series being held at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Yellow Jackets' jacks batter Gulls in Game 2 Luke Vonderhaar showed he was more than just the guy with the best GPA at the Division III World Series, as the senior was one of two Baldwin Wallace batters to go deep in a big fourth against Endicott.

2023 Division III World Series We're happy to bring you an expanded Division III World Series preview, with a page on each team for quick and easy reference for your use throughout the entirety of Division III's first trip to Cedar Rapids. Key hitters and pitchers, scouting reports, feature stories and more!

Saying goodbye to Cedar Rapids As the DIII World Series plays their final year in Cedar Rapids, the teams playing in Perfect Game Field will be the strongest since the games started here in 2019. D3baseball.com took time out today to survey the coaches.

Previewing the 2023 DIII World Series The Division III baseball World Series will be returning to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for one more time. Will it be another year where Salisbury returns to the Championship Series. How will the World Series Rookies fare. We will make our picks in the D3baseball.com World Series Preview.

Super-Regionals - Day One Five host teams found themselves with a win on Friday as Day One ended.The winning teams out-scored their opponents by three runs in earnin a one game advantage with eight doubleheaders scheduled for Saturday.

Super-regional tickets punched Aurora claimed the first spot in next week's super-regional round on Saturday with 13 more regional champions joined them on Sunday. There are two more regional titles to be earned and they will be won on Monday

Championship Sunday Rain shuffled things a little on Saturday but on Sunday the skies will be bright as the Bridgewater State and Mitchell Regionals say the teams get back on the field.

Rain knocks out one, delays others The Mitchell Regional was washed out with others having delays. Top ranked Johns Hopkins is just one win away from a super-regional spot as is Salisbury. No Sunday game for Aurora as they swept John Carroll three games to none to advance to the next round.

Top seeds fall early, late Mitchell found home cooking to their liking with a one run decision over Tufts. They were not the only lower seeds to find success on Friday. Fourth-seeded Bridgewater State, Lewis & Clark, Susquehanna and TCNJ earned wins on the opening day of the NCAA Playoffs.

2023 Playoff Preview A total of 60 Teams will take the field in the 2022 NCAA Regionals. Here is D3baseball.com's take on what to expect.

Playoff field announced The Field of 60 on the road to Cedar Rapids has been announced, and it includes Yellowjackets, Boxers and Gorloks, oh my! Here's who's in, and playing here.

Final 2023 Division III baseball regional rankings These are the regional rankings which the NCAA Division III baseball committee used to select and seed teams for the 2023 postseason.

Aurora claims NACC title It was a historical afternoon at the 2023 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament for Aurora. With a 6-1 victory over Benedictine, the Spartans advance to the 2023 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship field for the 25th time in program history.

Bethany Lutheran wins UMAC championship Bethany Lutheran produced runs on just three swings on Sunday afternoon but it was all they needed to claim the UMAC Championship and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Brockport crowned 2023 SUNYAC champions With a 12-9 win in extra innings, the SUNY Brockport baseball team takes down Cortland for the 2023 SUNYAC Title. Brockport claims its first conference title since 2010 and the sixth in program history.

Denison wins fourth straight NCAC championship The top-seeded Denison captured its fourth consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament crown on Sunday following a 7-2 victory over second-seeded Wittenberg.

Grizzlies claim program's fourth HCAC title For the first time since 2019 and for the fourth time overall, the Franklin College baseball team has laid claim to a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) tournament championship.

Our 2023 projected bracket We have 41 automatic bids -- those are easy. But the two Pool B teams and 17 at-large teams, that's a different story. Our mock committee picked the teams and where we think they should be going. It's all in our 2023 projected NCAA Tournament bracket.

St. Joseph's (L.I.) claims back-to-back Skyline championship The top-seeded St. Joseph's University (L.I.) baseball team claimed their second straight Skyline Conference tournament championship with a 10-4 win over #2 SUNY Maritime at Gregg Alfano Field on Sunday afternoon.

Tufts earns NESCAC title With 12-1 victory over Middlebury Sophomore hurler Connor Podeszwa twirled a gem in the 2023 NESCAC championship game, and the offense scored in each of the first seven innings in rolling to their conference-leading seventh all-time NESCAC title.

VICTORY! Postseason run concludes with AMCC crown Penn State Altoona's magical Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament run ended in victory on Saturday at Pioneer Field, when the Lions defeated Hilbert College 14-5 to claim their third AMCC title in program history.

Arcadia captures second straight MAC Freedom championship For the second consecutive year, Arcadia has been crowned conference champions as the Knights captured the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Championship after defeating No. 2 Misericordia University in game three.

Augustana captures second consecutive CCIW title No. 1 seeded Augustana completed their title quest with a 6-5 winner-take-all victory over the No. 5 seeded Illinois Wesleyan Titans on Saturday, securing their second CCIW Tournament championship in as many years.

Beloit punches ticket To NCAA tournament For the third time in school history, Beloit will be playing in the NCAA Regional Tournament. The Buccaneers earned that distinction after a marathon of games on the second and final day of the 2023 MWC Tournament.

Bethel wins 2023 MIAC title For the second time in as many seasons, the Bethel Royals are Baseball Playoff champions of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Bridgewater State captures MASCAC title Bridgewater State captured its second straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference title and seventh overall as the second-seeded Bears downed #5 seed Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 11-6.

Kingsmen back-to-back SCIAC tournament champs Cal Lutheran baseball is Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Tournament Champions for the second straight year as they defeated Chapman 6-2 on Saturday afternoon.

Eastern Connecticut repeats as Little East champions Eastern Connecticut State successfully defended its Little East Conference crown, defeating UMass Boston 14-6 in the 10th and final game of the 2023 LEC Championship Tournament.

BACK-TO-BACK! Endicott blanks Salve Regina in CCC title game No. 4 nationally ranked Endicott defeated No. 13/18 Salve Regina, 1-0, in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship game to win its second straight title on Saturday evening at North Field.

Immaculata wins back-to-back titles No 1 seed Immaculata won back to back Atlantic East Titles with a 6-0 victory over second seed Cabrini. With the victory Immaculata secures the Atlantic East automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Championship.

Ithaca claims Liberty League title win over RIT Ithaca swept through the Liberty League Tournament for the second consecutive season as the Bombers dropped RIT, 6-4, in the title game on Saturday at Castle Diamond in Saratoga Springs.

Blue Streaks win OAC tournament Despite losing Game One of the Series to the #2 seed Marietta, 6-3, the #4 seed John Carroll Blue Streaks did not flinch and clawed their way to an 8-4 victory in Game Two to clinch just their second OAC Championship in program history and first since 2014.

Dutchmen wins second consecutive conference title Lebanon Valley won their second consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth title on Saturday at McGill Field, defeating Alvernia 4-1 behind timely hitting and dominant pitching.

Loras claims first ARC AQ tournament title For the first time in program history, the Loras College Duhawks won the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) AQ Baseball Tournament title. The No. 3 Duhawks defeated the No. 5 University of Dubuque Spartans 12-7 in the championship game.

Lynchburg wins ODAC championship University of Lynchburg baseball team won their 10th championship second in three years. On Saturday, the Hornets won the 2023 crown with an 11-9 comeback victory over last year's champion Shenandoah.

NC Wesleyan captures first conference title since 2009 The Battling Bishops claimed their first tournament title since 2009 with an 8-4 victory over third-seeded William Peace in the second game of the best-of-three championship series. N.C. Wesleyan had defeated William Peace, 9-2, the night before.

Harrisburg collects third-straight United East title For the third time in as many seasons, Penn State Harrisburg was crowned United East Champions after downing Penn College, 27-7, Saturday afternoon on a drizzly day in Middletown, Pa.

Fisher wins third-consecutive Empire 8 championship St. John Fisher were at home on Saturday, hosting Russell Sage for the Empire 8 Baseball Championship final. A consistent defense and pitching helped push the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory, securing the three-peat.

From elimination champions: Spalding downs Webster Spalding beat a familiar foe in Webster twice to take home the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Championship. It is the first SLIAC Tournament title in the program's history.

UWL Defeats UW-Whitewater to claim WIAC title UW-La Crosse baseball team claimed its fourth WIAC Tournament title Saturday afternoon with a 7-2 victory over UW-Whitewater at Zimmermann Field. The Eagles d earn league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships.

W&J rolls past Saint Vincent for fourth-straight PAC title The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team rolled to a resounding 12-3 victory over Saint Vincent in the title round of the 2023 Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships.

Adrian returns to NCAA Playoffs with MIAA crown Adrian is back in the NCAA Tournament after earning the MIAA Automatic Bid. After losing to Alma in the opening round, the Bulldogs swept its pair of elimination games on Thursday before sweeping Alma in the championship on Friday.

CCNY captures 2023 CUNYAC title The City College of New York Beavers secured the program's second CUNYAC Championship and its first since 1994 after sweeping Lehman College on Friday to win the 2023 CUNYAC Baseball Championship at Maimonides Park. The Beavers shut out the Lightning in the first game, 10-0, and rallied back in the ninth inning of game two to win, 20-8.

Salisbury takes Coast 2 Coast title The third-ranked and top-seeded Salisbury opened the floodgates in the middle innings and never looked back, besting the third-seeded Mary Washington Eagles, 22-4, to win their third straight Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship.

NCAA's regional ranking released Selection time is creeping ever closer, and these regional rankings are one of the two which will be considered in the selection process. Here's how the NCAA committee ranks them.

Husson earns third straight NAC championship Husson won three straight North Atlantic Conference elimination games en route to claiming their third straight conference title with a 4-1 victory over SUNY Cobleskill on Tuesday afternoon at the Harold Alfond Diamond.

Piedmont becomes first CCS tourney champs Piedmont team was crowned CCS Champions Monday following a 3-2 victory over Maryville in the title game. The Lions were led by Kolton Hicks who earned Tournament MVP honors after going 2-for-4 with a home run, his second of the tournament.

TCNJ wins thriller to take NJAC crown TCNJ capped off their Cinderella run on top, defeating Kean in the 'winner take all' game two on Monday night by a score of 12-9. This is the first championship for the Lions since 2019.

Wheaton defeats Babson twice to NEWMAC crown First year pitcher Benjamin Oliveira threw a complete-game victory to lead the No. 8 and top-seeded Wheaton (Mass.) over third-seeded Babson, 10-2, to capture the NEWMAC Tournament Championship this afternoon at Sidell Stadium..

ETBU sweeps to ASC Title East Texas Baptist captured its first ASC Championship title after winning five straight elimination games. The Tigers answered an early deficit to Hardin-Simmons in game one to win 16-8 and sealed the trophy with an 8-1 final.

Johns Hopkins staves off Dickinson to capture 17th championship Third-seeded Dickinson forced a deciding game in the Centennial Conference Tournament with an 11-6 win in game one on Sunday, but top-ranked Johns Hopkins rebounded with a 13-8 win in game two to win its league-record 17th conference title.

J&W are playoff bound with GNAC title Johnson & Wales captured its third-consecutive Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship with a come-from-behind 19-13 win over Anna Maria Sunday afternoon at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.

Mitchell claims 2023 NECC championship The top-seeded Mitchell College baseball team won the 2022 New England Collegiate Conference Baseball Championship on Sunday afternoon, defeating second-seeded Eastern Nazarene College by a final score of 15-2 at Alumni Field.

Trinity takes down Texas Lutheran to win SCAC title Trinity (Texas) won its 13th overall Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship by defeating Texas Lutheran University 13-6 in Sunday's SCAC Tournament Final at The Depot at Cleburne Station.

BSC WINS THIRD STRAIGHT SAA TOURNAMENT TITLE Birmingham-Southern defeated Berry for the second time this tournament to win their third straight SAA Conference Tournament Championship.

NCAA's second week regional ranking released The NCAA released the second week's regional rankings. Wheaton (Mass.), Salve Regina, Cortland, Rowan, Johns Hopkins, Shenandoah, Marietta, Aurora, Buena Vista, Claremont-MS are all ranked first in their region

NCAA's alphabetical ranking released The NCAA released the first week's regional rankings, but remember, these ones are just the top teams ranked by letter of the alphabet.

CHAMPIONS! Lewis and Clark sweeps Pacific Second seeded 2 Lewis & Clark College earned a sweep of the NWC top seeded Pacific University on Championship Sunday to earn their first-ever Northwest Conference Title and first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Super regional preview The playoff field stood at 60 teams last Friday and after four days, the field stands at a sweet 16. The Super-Regional round will begin on Friday reducing the number of playoff teams to eight for the D-III College World Series in Cedar Rapids.

2022 Playoff Central Super Regionals are back this year as well as a full field. Here is all the information as we march to crowning a National Champion for the first time in two years in Cedar Rapids in June.

Regional Preview It has been an exciting 15 weeks from opening day to the last out in the last conference tournament on Sunday. We started with nearly 400 teams with hopes of post season glory and are are down to the final 58. Here is our preview of the opening weekend.