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'Coug Ball' reaches the D-III pinnacle UW-Whitewater hadn't played anyone like Misericordia, and that's because ... who can play Coug Ball? Only Misericordia. More from Joe Sager in Eastlake.

Misericordia wins Game 1 slugfest Who needs a day off? Well, maybe the pitchers did. The bats didn't take a night off. Misericordia defeated UW-Whitewater 12-9 in the opening game of the best-of-three D3 Championship Series.

Sun sets on Birmingham-Southern The postseason run of the program without a college has come to a close, but the memories and stories of Birmingham-Southern and its impact on its students and alumni will never fully fade. Patrick Coleman reflects on the BSC program, its time in the spotlight, and its legacy.

Misericordia forces winner-take-all game Jared Hoffman's ninth inning, two-out pinch-hit broke a 2-2 tie and with the Cougar style of aggressiveness, they forced a second bracket title game with a 3-2 win over Lynchburg at Classic Auto Group Park in the 2024 D-III World Series

Warhawks score late to advance UW-Whitewater broke a tie game open with two in the eighth and one in the ninth to defeat Salve Regina for the second time on Monday and book their ticket to the Division III Championship Series.

Misericordia advances to D3CS Misericordia scored four late runs to take a 5-1 victory from Lynchburg to advance to the D3 Championship Series, defeating the Hornets twice on Monday to do so.

UWW busts out the bats to earn another shot Whitewater got some big hits and some timely ones, as the Warhawks avenged their one World Series loss in beating Salve Regina, 7-4. UWW and Salve meet again on Monday with a berth in the D3CS on the line.

UW-Whitewater walks it off to eliminate BSC The Warhawks played their way into Monday, scoring six runs in the final three innings to end Birmingham-Southern's Cinderella postseason run.

Endicott stays alive with walk-off W Never say die, Endicott. The No. 1 team was on the verge of a second early exit in as many years but found its offensive stroke to score a 7-6 walk-off win over Pomona-Pitzer in the opener of the second day of the 2024 D-III College World Series.

B-SC lives to fight another day A game with numerous twists and turns finished with Birmingham-Southern scoring the final five runs and winning an elimination game against Randolph-Macon on a walkoff home run by Jackson Webster.

Cougars win battle of coaching classmates Springfield College is a hotbed for educating coaches across all sports, but when two Pride alumni met in the first round, only one could advance. And whether it was Pete Egbert's coaching, or his team's timely hitting and aggressive running, it was Misericordia feeling the pride in the D-III World Series opener, 6-3.

Salve bats put B-SC on the brink The long ball uncharacteristically got it done for Salve Regina, which went up 7-0 before having to call on closer Kyle Carozza to finish off a 7-5 win against Birmingham-Southern, the team without a school which has been the talk of the sports world for the past two weeks.

Arrington pitches Lynchburg past No. 1 Gulls A complete game performance with 12 strikeouts was plenty to shut down the top-ranked Endicott Gulls, as Lynchburg opened its second trip to the D-III World Series with a dominating 7-1 win against Endicott.

2024 Playoff Central The 2024 NCAA playoffs will feature 40 conference bids and 16 at-large bids who will play in two weekend -- a regional and super-regional rounds. Track it all here.

Title defense still alive for Lynchburg The Hornets have different faces at most positions, including at head coach, but Lynchburg has been on a fine postseason run that has kept the defending champions going, all the way to the D-III World Series. A feature by Joe Sager.

One last chance for B-SC One might think the sudden news that your entire college path – and not just athletic career – changing in an instant during the middle of a season could be devastating. Not so for these Panthers, who have gone 14-4 since the news that Birmingham-Southern is closing May 31. It's a Road to the World Series feature by Joe Sager.

Playoff field announced The Field of 60 on the road to Eastlake, Ohio has been announced. Here's who's in, and playing where.

2024 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.

Our 2024 projected bracket We have 39 automatic bids -- those are easy. But the two Pool B teams and 19 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 2024 projected NCAA Tournament bracket.

NCAA's final regional ranking released The NCAA released the final regional rankings of the season. These are the rankings they the NCAA used in selecting the 19 at-large selections last Sunday May 12th.

Behrend claims AMCC title with victory over La Roche No. 2 Penn State Behrend won its seventh Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship in program history with a 7-1 victory over No. 6 La Roche Sunday afternoon.

Millikin headed to NCAA Tournament The Millikin baseball team held off Augustana College 9-8 to win the 2024 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Tournament on May 12 in Chicago earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Scots claim 2024 CCS championship After clinching the 2024 Regular-Season Championship in the final week of the season, Maryville claimed the CCS Championship with a win over LaGrange 9-3 Sunday afternoon at Scotland Yard.

Panthers win program's first HCAC Tournament Title The Hanover Panthers were crowned Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Champions on Sunday afternoon, bringing Hanover their first HCAC Tournament title. The Panthers defeated the Transylvania Pioneers on back-to-back days, taking the championship 9-6.

CHAMPS! Five-run fourth leads Scranton to title game win A five-run fourth broke the game open and o. 3 seed University of Scranton (30-11) captured its second Landmark Conference title in the last four seasons with a 9-2 victory over the top-seeded Elizabethtown Blue Jays (31-12) on Sunday at Volpe Field in Scranton.

Alvernia captures fourth MAC Commonwealth title #2 Alvernia University defeated #1 Messiah University, 7-2, behind a 118 pitch shutdown performance from Jason Kelly on the mound as the Golden Wolves claimed their fourth MAC Commonwealth title on Sunday evening at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

NACC tournament champions! The Benedictine University baseball team is heading the the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2013 by virtue of winning the 2024 NACC Tournament Championship. The team secured the automatic bid by winning the winner-take-all contest 13-8 over Aurora.

Denison wins fifth straight NCAC tournament championship Denison first won 9-3 to force a winner-take-all game seven, and proceeded to run-rule the Tigers by a score of 17-7 in seven innings in the championship game.

Middlebury tops Tufts for program’s third NESCAC title Middlebury topped Tufts in today's NESCAC Championship. The Panthers dropped the opening contest 7-4 but secured a 9-2 victory in the winner-take-all second contest. Middlebury receives the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament which begins next week.

Baseball wweeps Wheaton to claim NEWMAC title Senior Brant Savage homered in each game and was selected as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player as third-seeded Babson College defeated fourth-seeded Wheaton College twice to claim its first conference championship since 2018 on Sunday afternoon at Govoni Field.

Willamette earns NWC title and playoff slot Willamette's Jeff Hoffman and Rocco Granucci each blasted a home run as the Bearcats outscored Whitworth, 8-4, in the championship game of the 2024 Northwest Conference Tournament on Sunday, May 12 at Borleske Stadium.

St. Joseph's (L.I.) walks off with third straight Skyline title The Golden Eagles forced a second game with a 12-5 victory in a must-win game one before walking off with a 9-8 win and the title in game two. Senior John Lynch (. 471 BA, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 R, 6 RBI) was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Spalding goes back-to-back as SLIAC champs There seems to a bit of deja vu in SLIAC Baseball as Spalding University and Webster University met for the 6th straight year in the championship game. And just like last year it was Spalding on top at the end of the day, winning their second straight SLIAC Baseball Championship.

SUNY New Paltz claims first SUNYAC title Against all odds, the Hawks brought home the first SUNYAC title in program history. A seemingly implausible feat, SUNY New Paltz not only defeated Oswego five times in a row to solidify a spot in the SUNYAC finals but were victorious against nationally ranked Cortland in the championship.

Immaculata wins third straight Atlantic East title No. 3 seed Immaculata won their third straight Atlantic East Baseball title with an 8-6 victory over Cabrini. The Mighty Macs earn the Atlantic East Automatic Qualifier to the NCAA DIII Baseball Tournament. Selection show is scheduled for Monday, May 13th at noon.

Coe knocks off Buena Vista to claim ARC title Coe College won its fifth American Rivers Conference postseason title in school history on Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium, defeating Buena Vista 6-2.

Endicott three-peats, earns CCC championship No. 1 nationally ranked and first-seeded Endicott defeated fifth-seeded Western New England, 9-1, on Saturday afternoon at North Field to claim its third consecutive Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship.

John Jay secures first CUNYAC championship since 2007 For the first time since 2007, John Jay College Bloodhounds are CUNYAC Champions, sweeping CCNY in a best-of-three series Saturday at Maimonides Park. Just one season ago. Now, the Bloodhounds can call themselves conference CHAMPIONS, knocking off the defending champions to claim the league title for the eighth time in program history.

St. John Fisher defeats Utica for fourth straight title St. John Fisher competed in the 2024 Empire 8 Baseball Championship Final against Utica and a big fourth inning helped catapult them to a 13-4 victory. The win secures the Cardinals' fourth-straight conference title.

UMass Dartmouth walks-off with 2024 LEC title Third-seeded University of Massachusetts Dartmouth captured the 2024 Little East Conference Championship Tournament title for the first time in over 20 years with a 4-3, 10-inning victory over top-seeded and tournament host University of Massachusetts Boston Saturday at Monan Park

Ithaca walks off with Liberty League title Second-seeded Ithaca College earned its third straight walk-off victory, and second straight against the University of Rochester, to claim the 2024 Liberty League Baseball Championship on Saturday afternoon at Robison Field at Karl Steffen Ballpark.

Maryniak leads Misericordia to MAC Freedom title Tournament MVP Connor Maryniak lifted the Misericordia University baseball team to the MAC Freedom championship with a 2-1 over Arcadia in the second game of the semifinal series, Saturday afternoon at Tambur Field.

Bridgewater captures third straight title For the third consecutive year, Bridgewater State University rules the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Bears became the first program in MASCAC tournament history to win three straight championships on Saturday afternoon, earning another trip to the NCAA Division 3 tourney

Adrian repeats as MIAA tournament champions Adrian College repeated as MIAA Tournament Champions and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs went on to defeat Hope College in the MIAA Championship game, 8-3.

Royals down Oles for third consecutive MIAC crown Bethel needed two games to do it, but won its third consecutive MIAC championship Saturday evening with a 12-1 win over Saint Olaf.

Beloit holds off UChicago to repeat as MWC champions Beloit College edged out the University of Chicago 2-1 on Saturday afternoon, winning the Midwest Conference Baseball Tournament title for the second year in a row.

Husson captures fifth-consecutive NAC title Husson University is headed back to the NCAA tournament for a fourth-straight year after securing its fifth-consecutive North Atlantic Conference championship overall and its fourth-straight title under head coach Chris Morris following a 9-1 win in the NAC championship game.

Baldwin Wallace in back in playoffs with OAC title No. 3 nationally ranked and top-seeded Baldwin Wallace University was crowned the 2024 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament champions after splitting the championship series with third-seeded Marietta College as they dropped game six by a score of 9-5 and won game seven by a score of 6-5 at Fisher Field.

Lynchburg hoists second straight ODAC trophy The Hornets played the minimum amount of contests in posting three victories over the course of three days at Capital One Park to claim the program's 11th overall and second straight league title with a 9-4 victory over Roanoke College on Saturday afternoon in Tysons, Va.

LaDuca lifts Presidents to fifth-straight PAC crown Junior captain Jacob LaDuca smacked a two-run go-ahead home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the top-seeded Washington & Jefferson to a 4-2 victory over second-seeded Grove City in the 2024 Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship.

Sagehens wins first ever SCIAC tournament and NCAA qualifier The second-seeded Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Sagehens scored in double figures all three games, capping their first-ever SCIAC Tournament championship and NCAA automatic qualifier bid with an 11-6 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges late Saturday afternoon.

Keystone sweeps to 19th straight conference title Keystone College captured its 19th straight conference championship as they swept nationally ranked Penn State Harrisburg 5-4 and 8-3 in the 2024 United East Conference Baseball Championship Series.

Polars crowned UMAC Champions, sweeps Yellowjackets The Crown Polars battled with the UW-Superior Yellowjackets on Saturday in the UMAC Championship and won both by scores of 9-7 and 8-6.

NC Wesleyan sweeps Brevard for title The 2024 USA South Tournament has come to an end on the campus of N.C. Wesleyan University. The host, and top-seeded, Battling Bishops claimed their second consecutive and ninth all-time tournament title with a 17-2, seven-inning, victory over second-seeded Brevard in the second game of the best-of-three championship series.

Warhawks claims WIAC tournament crown UW-Whitewater collects the 2024 WIAC Baseball Tournament crown with a 10-3 win over UW-La Crosse. The Warhawks blasted out 7 runs in the first inning with Jack Hagen controlling the mound in the offensive-turned-defensive game.

C2C CHAMPS! Christopher Newport shuts out Mary Washington for title Christopher Newport left no doubt in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Championship Game, capturing the 2024 title with a 16-0 win behind another darling start by Dylan Weber while the offense put up 16 runs on 21 hits at Captains Park.

Mitchell wins GNAC title in first year Mitchell defeated Johnson & Wales 5-4 on Friday to capture the GNAC Championship during their inaugural season in the conference. The Mariners entered Friday needing just one win against the Wildcats to become conference champions after taking the opening game in the best-of-three series by a final of 3-1 on Thursday.

Lynchburg no-hits Randolph-Macon in ODAc opener University of Lynchburg baseball graduate student Wesley Arrington threw a no-hitter against Randolph-Macon Thursday as the Hornets defeated the Yellow Jackets 5-0 in the first game of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship weekend.

NCAA's third week regional ranking released The NCAA released the third regional rankings of the season. The NCAA will recalculate the Regional Rankings on Sunday before making the at-large selections on Sunday May 12th.

Johns Hopkins tops Dickinson, wins 18th title The top-seeded Johns Hopkins baseball team outscored second-seeded Dickinson 11-2 between the third and seventh innings and the Blue Jays locked up the 18th Centennial Conference title in program history with a 15-10 victory over the Red Devils in the league championship game Monday evening at Babb Field.

CHAMPIONS! Centenary wins SCAC The No. 2 seed Centenary baseball team defeated the No. 4 seed Texas Lutheran Bulldogs by a score of 9-5 on Monday afternoon to win the 2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship at La Moderna Field.

CTX defeats Texas-Dallas to become the 2024 ASC champs In their final season as a member of the ASC, Concordia Texas won the ASC Tournament Championship with a 9-0 victory over Texas-Dallas. Chris Morrow notched his fourth home run of the tournament and Zach Seigrist also went yard at Woods Field on Championship Sunday.

Ramapo wins 2024 NJAC Championship The Ramapo College baseball team won the program's third NJAC Tournament Championship with a 9-7 comeback win over Rowan University today at Rutgers-Camden Community Park

Centre baseball punches ticket, first in In a season that has seen Centre make history and rewrite the program record books over and over, another milestone was hit today as the Colonels walked off for a 3-2 win over Hendrix to win the SAA Tournament for the first time, securing an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.

NCAA's second week regional ranking released The NCAA released the second 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.

NCAA's First week regional ranking released 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 .