2024 baseball playoff coverage

2025 D3baseball.com All-Tournament team An All-Tournament team contains a catcher, a first baseman, three outfielders and the requisite number of other infielders, pitchers and a DH. Presenting the D3baseball.com All-Tournament team, selected by the D3baseball.com staff. 

Whitewater sweeps way to third title UW-Whitewater continued to swing the hot bats on the last day of the season as the Warhawks swept the best-of-three D3CS, defeating Messiah for its third Division III baseball national title.

McVay paves the way for UWW rout Like every game this week, UW-Whitewater scored first and kept the foot on the gas for a 18-3 win to open the D3 Championship Series in the D-III College World Series being played at Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake, Ohio.

UWW pours it on to book return to D3CS UW-Whitewater made sure there would be no 'if game' as the Warhawks took the lead in the fifth and poured it on late to down Rowan and return to the D-III Championship Series for a second year in a row.

Black and boom! Longball propels UWW to win UW-Whitewater continue to hit home runs here in Eastlake and that was a big part of the Warhawks earning an 11-3 win to advance to the bracket championship game without a loss in the 2025 DIII World Series.

Endicott squeaks into the final four Endicott's third baseman Robbie Wladkowski had the biggest home run of his career as he erased a one run deficit with one swing of the bat and the Gulls went on to defeat Kean 5-4 to advance in the 2025 DIII World Series.

Rowan survives and advances Rowan eliminated Trinity (Texas) 13-2 to keep alive the possibility of an All-NJAC Championship Series in game seven of the DIII World Series being played at Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake, Ohio.

Austin K with the W for Rowan Austin Kreyenhagen had thrown one inning for Rowan in the past six weeks, but came up huge on Sunday night, throwing a complete-game four-hitter to lead the Profs to a 6-1 win against Denison.

Rain shortens the Saturday schedule for Day Two Day one is in the books and it took until Saturday to finish all four games. Rain overnight forced a change to the schedule where only the bracket one games will be played on the second day of the DIII World Series being played in Eastlake, Ohio

Gilman delivers win for Kean Kean prevailed 5-3 over Johns Hopkins in the first elimination game of the 2025 DIII World Series. The Johns Hopkins loss ended the career of long-time coach Bob Babb.

Whitewater whitewashes Trinity In a game that started on Friday and ended on Saturday, UW-Whitewater toook care of business on a day more reminiscent of Wisconsin than Texas with a 7-3 win over the Trinity Tigers in game four of the DIII World Series.

Holy Bats-men! Messiah wins In the bracket one winners game, Messiah continues to pound the ball and send their ranked opponents to losses. With a 9-5 win over Kean, Messiah gets a day off to see whom they will play after the the schedule tomorrow is complete.

Bats come out in Series openers The opening games are in the books. Fourth seeded Endicott did what they needed to do but the same cannot be said of Johns Hopkins. While Endicott moved into the winners bracket, Johns Hopkins stumbled against Messiah.

Endicott opens series with a win over Kean Joey Frammartino hit a bomb to right and the Gulls survived a shaky start by Charlie Hale to get their second win ever, a 6-4 victory of Kean, in the DIII World Series being played at Classic Park in Eastlake Ohio.

Denison hammers Rowan in win Denison scored in five of the first six innings to defeat Rowan 12-10. The Profs has no answer to the Denison offense that controlled the temp of the game from the opening inning.

Bats come alive as Messiah stuns Hopkins Eighth-seeded Messiah (37-14) racked up 16 runs on 17 hits to stun the Blue Jays, 16-7, in the teams’ D-III World Series opener at Classic Auto Group Park.

Babb gets one last crack at Series A year ago, longtime Johns Hopkins coach Bob Babb said the 2025 season would be his last as head coach. And it seemed clear the 2025 Blue Jays would be stacked. But 44-3? No. 1 in the nation? Top seed in the Series? The ball has bounced the right way for Babb and the Blue Jays. More in a D3baseball.com feature by Joe Sager.

2025 Playoff Central The 2025 NCAA playoffs will feature 40 conference bids and 16 at-large bids who will play the next two weekends -- a regional and then the super-regional round to determine the eight teams that will play in Eastlake, Ohio in the DIII World Series. Track it all here.

Hungry Tigers ready for Series Trinity (Texas) responded to the way the 2024 season ended by redoubling its efforts in the weight room, and the work has paid off as the Tigers are in the D-III World Series for the second time in four seasons. More in a feature by Riley Zayas.

Redemption on the minds of many on the eve of the DIII World Series Johns Hopkins and UW-Whitewater are hoping to change second place finishes the last two years into a national championship, Endicott will be looking to turn around finishes in the last two years, Kean and Rowan looking for reclaimed glory....and more

Super regional preview The playoff field stood at 64 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 Eastlake, Ohio.

Regional Preview It has been an exciting three months from opening day to the last out in the last conference tournament on Sunday. We started with nearly 400 teams with hopes of postseason glory and are are down to the final 64. Here is our preview of the opening weekend.

2025 Division III baseball postseason scoreboard Follow the entire Division III baseball postseason on the D3baseball.com scoreboard!

Playoff field announced The Field of 64 on the road to Eastlake, Ohio has been announced. Here's who's in, and playing where.

Our 2025 projected bracket With the NPI, the NCAA Power Index, the selection of the 64 bids makes the work of the selection committee easy. Putting them into 16 4-team regionals, that takes time. We take a swing at it and here is our take on building the NCAA Playoffs.

Pitching, defense leads Endicott past Nichols for CNE title Endicott shut out Nichols, 3-0, to clinch the inaugural Conference of New England and the fourth straight overall conference championship on Sunday afternoon at North Field.

Baruch wins sixth All-Time CUNYAC The baseball team defeated the Beavers of CCNY, 14-10, in the third game of the Best of Three Championship Series on Sunday afternoon to win their sixth all-time CUNY Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Title in team history.

Cardinals captures sixth Landmark crown For the first time in seven years, the Landmark Conference trophy is returning to D.C. The Catholic Cardinals defeated Scranton, 5-3, on Sunday afternoon to clinch its sixth title in Landmark Conference history.

Keene State edges Eastern to win first tile sins 2008 Top-seeded Keene State took down third-seeded Eastern Connecticut State to capture the 2025 Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament crown, marking the Owls’ first LEC tournament win since 2008.

RPI wins 2025 Liberty League championship Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute captured its first Liberty League Championship since 2015 with a 4-1 win against Ithaca.

Two wins gives Messiah first championship since 2012 On Sunday afternoon, Messiah University used two dominant efforts to earn the 2025 MAC Commonwealth Championship for the first time since 2012.

Arcadia captures 2025 MAC Freedom championship Trailing 5-0 after two innings, No. 3 seed Arcadia rallied for a 7-6 win over No. 1 Stevens, capturing the 2025 Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) Championship on Sunday afternoon

Bridgewater State captures fourth straight MASCAC title One more time, for the fourth consecutive season, Bridgewater State was on a field with family members and friends, celebrating yet another Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament championship.

Husson slugs its way to sixth-straight NAC championship Husson is back on top of the North Atlantic Conference following a 17-7 thumping of Thomas in the conference title game on Sunday afternoon. The victory for the Eagles marks their eighth NAC title since 2009.

Middlebury downs Williams 10-6 to claim second-straight crown The Middlebury baseball team claimed each of its three games in the double-elimination NESCAC Tournament to hoist the league's trophy for the second-straight year. The Panthers outlasted Trinity 5-4 on Friday, and topped Williams 7-1 on Saturday, followed by a 10-6 triumph on Sunday to claim the crown.

Salve Regina crowned NEWMAC champions 10th-ranked and top-seeded Salve Regina University baseball swept three games in the 2025 NEWMAC Championships with the final coming against third-seeded MIT, 6-5, as graduate student Tyler Petrosino delivered a walk-off single to left center with the bases loaded to plate Shane Williams.

Rain concludes SAA tournament, Rhodes advances After nearly 48 straight hours of rain in central Mississippi, the SAA Baseball Tournament was officially washed out with Rhodes earning the title as the last undefeated team left in the bracket. Teams got through four games before rain saturated the field and it was determined by the SAA office that the tournament could not be concluded.

Leopards crowned SCIAC tournament champions In a game worthy of a championship finale, the University of La Verne baseball team rallied past Pomona-Pitzer for a dramatic 9-7 victory on Sunday afternoon at Ben Hines Field to claim the 2025 SCIAC Tournament Championship—its first since 2015.

Farmingdale State sweeps Merchant Marine to win Skyline Farmingdale State swept top-seeded Merchant Marine on Sunday afternoon to claim the 2025 Skyline Conference Championship. The Rams opened with a 6-1 victory in game one to force a deciding second game. FSC took game two by a 2-1 score.

Cortland hammered out 16 runs to earn a 16-1 victory over Oneonta in the championship round of the 2025 State University of New York Athletic Conference Tournament on Sunday on Wallace Field.

Keystone wins 20th straight title Keystone captured its 20th consecutive conference championship and second United East title with a 6-3 win over No. 19/24 and No. 2 seed Penn State Harrisburg Sunday morning.

CHAMPS! Marymount secures Atlantic East yitle Marymount claimed their second Atlantic East Conference Championship on Saturday, first since 2021, in decisive fashion over the Neumann Knights to avenge the heartbreak just a year prior. The Saints will head to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time,

Behrend wins second consecutive AMCC title For the second straight year, the Penn State Behrend baseball team earned the right to be called Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Champions, defeating No. 2 Alfred State by a score of 8-2 on Saturday.

Buena Vista walks off to ARC tournament title Buena Vista rallied late with three runs in the seventh before sophomore Jake Eddie came through with the walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to knock off Nebraska Wesleyan in the title game of the American Rivers Conference Tournament.

Winning their 11th College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Tournament in program history, North Central (Ill.) defeated Illinois Wesleyan University 11-7 on Saturday at Horenberger Field.

Brockport captures first Empire 8 title No. 12 Brockport are the 2025 Empire 8 Champions, defeating Russell Sage 11-0 in the championship game on Saturday. The Golden Eagles are heading to NCAA Regionals with a 36-3-2 overall record.

Back on Top! J&W Wildcats capture 2025 GNAC Junior Brett Nickerson struck out eight in a complete-game win to propel JWU to a 5-2 win in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship Saturday afternoon at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.

Manchester wins 2025 HCAC Manchester followed their regular season baseball title by claiming the 2025 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday, defeating Transylvania University 7-3 to win it's first HCAC Baseball tournament title since 2013.

Beloit rallies on final day to secure title Beloit showcased its offensive might and received a stellar pitching performance in relief to secure a convincing 11-4 victory over Monmouth to secure Beloit's third straight MWC Tournament Title. The win improves Beloit's impressive season record to 29-15.

MSOE wins NACC tournament; Heads to the NCAA for second Ttme For the second time in program history and second time in four years, MSOE has won the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament and heads the NCAA Tournament after a dominating win over Edgewood College in the championship game.

Denison captures NCAC title Denison captured the 2025 North Coast Athletic Conference tournament title with a 10-5 win over the Wooster Fighting Scots (24-17-1) at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. The NCAC tournament title is the sixth-straight crown for Denison.

Whitworth completes tournament comeback Whitworth defeated host Pacific twice on Saturday to complete a stunning run through the losers' bracket all the way to the Northwest Conference tournament championship. .

Baldwin Wallace tops in OAC Third-seeded Baldwin Wallace won the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship for the second straight year after rallying to defeat second-seeded Ohio Northern University by a final score of 9-6 at Rafeld-Rogers Field.

Three-Peat! Lynchburg claims third straight ODAC ttle Lynchburg are your Old Dominion Athletic Conference Champions for the third consecutive season and fifth time in six years after taking down Randolph-Macon in the second game of the championship series, 7-3, on Saturday evening at Capital One Park.

PAC champions! It might have taken an extra game Saturday afternoon but Grove City captured its first Presidents' Athletic Conference title since 2008 by earning an 8-1 win over Westminster (Pa.) in the championship game of the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament, held at Ross Memorial Park.

Gorloks back on top with 2025 SLIAC title Webster is back on top of the conference after winning the 2025 SLIAC championship 13-5 over MUW. The win is the 13th championship in Gorlok program history, extending their conference record, and their first since 2022.

Big eighth lifts BLC to crown in UMAC Championship Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Bethany Lutheran rallied for five runs to complete a comeback and claim the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament Championship with a 6-3 win over Crown.

Warhawks claims tournament title with two wins UW-Whitewater secured their 9th tournament title in program history with a win over UW-Oshkosh in the 2025 WIAC Championship. After forcing a decisive game two in an 11-inning thriller, the Warhawks kept the momentum in their favor to cruise to an 11-4 win.

Clouse walks it off, Adrian wins MIAA Adrian is headed back to the NCAA Regionals after sweeping Kalamazoo to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs needed two wins on Friday and delivered, taking game one win, 9-0, and winning game two in a12th inning walk-off walk-off.

Methodist sweeps Greensboro to NCAA playoffs The UAS South tournament host, and top-seeded, Monarchs claimed the program's fourth all-time tournament title, their first since 2013, with a 10-5 victory over second-seeded Greensboro in the second game of the best-of-three championship series.

Huntingdon punches ticket with CCS title Fifth seeded Hawks of Huntingdon pulled off an upset and on Monday earned a spot in the NCAA Playoffs. Huntingdon defeated the Blazers 2-1 last night to force this morning's elimination game, where the Hawks prevailed, winning 3-1 to win the CCS tournament.

Tigers claim 2025 ASC title East Texas Baptist University claimed the 2025 American Southwest Conference Championship title with a 9-8 win over LeTourneau on Sunday in Marshall.

Hopkins three-peats, claims 19th CC title The top-ranked and top-seeded Johns Hopkins baseball team captured its 19th Centennial Conference Championship — and third in a row — with a dominant 14-4 victory over Haverford on Sunday afternoon at Babb Field.

UAA Champions! Case Western wins UAA title No. 21 Case Western Reserve secured the 2025 University Athletic Association Championship and the automatic bid associated with it with a 25-18 win over Brandeis on Saturday afternoon. The win, combined with a loss by the University of Chicago earlier in the day, allowed the Spartans to lock up the league championship.

Super-Regionals - Day One The day was dominated by the home teams but two, Messiah and Rowan ended the day with wins over their higher ranked opponents. Kean needed an extra inning to notch win one but Denison, Endicott and UW-Whitewater rolled to wins on Friday.

Salisbury smokes CNU for C2C championship For the fourth time in five years, Salisbury is king of the Coast-to-Coast. The Sea Gulls bested the third-seeded Christopher Newport Captains 15-4 in seven innings in the C2C Tournament championship game on Thursday afternoon.

Rutgers-Camden are playoff bound with NJAC title The Rutgers University-Camden Scarlet Raptors entered the New Jersey Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament as the sixth seed. Following a 5-2 win over TCNJ, they left here Friday as the NJAC champions.