WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The fourth-seeded Allegheny College baseball team opened the 2024 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Tournament with a 4-2 victory over No. 3 Waynesburg University on Wednesday evening at Ross Memorial Park.
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Senior pitcher Nick Guidas (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine Richland) fired eight shutout innings Wednesday afternoon while junior batterymate Sam DiStefano (Fairview, Pa./Fairview) went 3 for 4 with two doubles to help lead the Grove City College baseball team to a 4-0 victory over Westminster in the opening round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament at Ross Memorial Park.
WASHINGTON, PA. – Junior outfielder Drew Garth (Glenshaw, Pa./North Hills) knocked an RBI single to deep left center to help lift Washington & Jefferson College baseball to a 6-5 walk-off win over sixth-seeded Thiel College Wednesday afternoon in Game A of the Presidents Athletic Conference Tournament.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College baseball team will look to claim its third consecutive Liberty League championship this weekend at RPI as the Bombers are the No. 2 seed and will take on No. 3 Union College in the first round on Thursday at 4 p.m. The winner of the tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship.
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- First-year pitcher and local product Dawson Thomas (Conneaut, Pa./Conneaut Area) earned national recognition on Wednesday after being selected to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
BOSTON – Junior lefty Dan Driscoll (Waterford) provided solid pitching in his first start in over a month and senior third baseman Tiernan Lynch (Easton) helped the second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team to an early lead with a third-inning three-run home run in an eventual 8-5 victory over fifth-seeded Keene State College on the opening day of the 2024 Little East Conference tournament Wednesday evening at Monan Park.
Norton, MA --- The 2024 season came to an end for the WPI baseball team, as the #5 Engineers fell on the road at #4 Wheaton in the NEWMAC Tournament play-in game. The Lyons (22-12) topped WPI, 23-4, and will play at #1 Salve Regina on Friday at 3:30pm in the double-elimination bracket.
BEXLEY, Ohio — Marietta College closed out the regular season with a pair of 9-2 wins over Capital University Monday (May 6) afternoon in Ohio Athletic Conference baseball action. The Pioneers improve to 21-17 overall and 12-6 in the OAC. Capital concludes its season with a 10-28 overall record and 3-15 in the OAC.
TRAFFORD, Pa. – Matt Jennings (Birmingham, Mich./Brother Rice) was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Hitter of the Week for the final week of the regular season.
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.
The Roadrunners, who won their fifth straight game, earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament which begins on Friday, May 17th. The NCAA bracket will be announced on Monday, May 13th. This is the 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in program history for the Roadrunners and their first since 2018.
NEW LONDON, Conn. – The top-seeded Mitchell College baseball team advanced to the championship series of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Baseball Tournament, defeating fourth-seeded Colby Sawyer College 6-1 in the seventh and final game of pod play on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Case Western Reserve University senior left-handed pitcher Reece Marley struck out six batters to set a new program career record, senior first baseman Tim Demetris hit his first career home run, and senior center fielder Connor Stephenson drove in the game-winning run with a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth to help guide the 12th-ranked Spartans to a 9-8 win over John Carroll University on ‘Senior Day’ at Nobby’s Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.
PRINCE ATHLETIC COMPLEX – Down two in the bottom of the ninth, University of Rochester baseball rallied for three runs to walk off on the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds in game three of the Liberty League Crossover series to win the series and clinch a spot in the Liberty League Tournament.
NEW LONDON, Conn. – The top-seeded Mitchell College baseball team advanced to the championship series of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Baseball Tournament, defeating fourth-seeded Colby Sawyer College 6-1 in the seventh and final game of pod play on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Field.
The 2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will be extended one more day as Centenary pushed Texas Lutheran to a decisive winner-take-all game after Sunday's 10-8, extra-inning victory at La Moderna Field.
Newport, RI --- The WPI baseball team wrapped up its regular season with a doubleheader split with No. 6 Salve Regina on Saturday afternoon at Reynolds Field. The Seahawks took game one with an 11-0 run-rule victory before the Engineers bounced back in game two to come away with a 6-5 victory to close out the regular season with a win.
ROCHESTER, NY – The University of Rochester baseball team and Skidmore College split a pair of close matchups in the Liberty League Crossover Series, forcing the two teams to set up a winner-take-all game three matchup tomorrow.
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – The St. Olaf College baseball team completed its best regular-season run through the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 22 years by splitting two one-run games against Saint John's University on Saturday afternoon at Becker Park.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State baseball team concluded their 2024 regular season on Saturday, splitting doubleheader action with the Vermont State University (VTSU) Castleton Spartans. Alex Kornblau (Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane) continued his record-breaking campaign, as he now holds the single-season record for runs and total bases, breaking the previous marks of 48 and 86. The senior has reached base safely in 34 straight games this season as well.
MEADVILLE, Pa. - The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team split Saturday's doubleheader in an away matchup against the Allegheny Gators at Robert M. Garbark Field.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- With the regular season Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference championship on the line, Christopher Newport fifth-year senior ace Dylan Weber saved one of the best outings of his career for 5th-ranked Salisbury University and led the Captains to a 6-1 win at home on Saturday afternoon. Playing in front of a season-high crowd of over 400, Weber struck out a career-high 14 batters in a complete game effort and lifted CNU to the top seed in next week's C2C Championship.
MEADVILLE, Pa. - The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team split Saturday's doubleheader in an away matchup against the Allegheny Gators at Robert M. Garbark Field.
The Presidents secured the top seed in the Presidents Athletic Conference with their game one victory. With today's split, the Presidents conclude the regular season with an overall record of 28-12. W&J finished the regular season slate 16-4 in conference play.
Game One – W&J 6, Allegheny 2
The Presidents five-run fourth inning propelled them to victory in game one over the Gators.
Joe Lehner (Painesville, Ohio / Lake Catholic) led off the fourth inning with a walk before advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt by Zac Stern (Coraopolis, Pa. / Montour). Brody Bartenstein then walked, and Andrew Miko (Portage, Pa. / Portage) was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Brendan Cruz (Carnegie, Pa. / Chartiers Valley) was then hit by a pitch, scoring Lehner to give the Presidents a 1-0 lead.
Ben Schuler (McDonald, Pa. / South Fayette) flew out to second base for the first out of fourth inning before Jacob LaDuca (Clarence, N.Y. / Canisius) singled up the middle to knock in two runs and give the Presidents a 3-0 lead. A throwing error on LaDuca's single resulted in Cruz also scoring, increasing the Presidents' lead to four. Drew Garth (Glenshaw, Pa. / North Hills) then singled up the middle to score LaDuca and put the Presidents up by five.
Allegheny responded in the bottom of the fourth with back-to-back singles to lead off the inning but was only able to muster one run in the inning.
The Presidents added one more run in the top of the seventh to take a 5-1 lead. Nolan Lutz (McDonald, Pa. / South Fayette) led off the inning with a single to left field before advancing on a sacrifice bunt. Lutz scored on Stern's single to right field.
Allegheny's bats came to life in the bottom of the ninth to add three more runs but ultimately fell short as W&J secured the game one victory by a score of 6-4.
Anthony Pass (Clinton, Pa. / West Allegheny) was W&J's winning pitcher, throwing five frames and only allowing one earned run. Pass finished the season with a 7-2 record. Ethan Marszalek (Katy, Texas / Seven Lakes) also had a solid outing for W&J, throwing three innings in relief and allowing no earned runs and only two hits. Ethan Boring (Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley) recorded the final out for his fourth save.
Game Two – Allegheny 8, W&J 1
W&J fell in game two by a score of 8-1 to conclude the regular season.
The Gators' pitching staff stifled the Presidents, as W&J ended the game with only three hits.
Allegheny's bats stayed hot from their ninth inning near comeback in game one, driving in five runs in the bottom of the third and and another three runs in the eighth to take a commanding 8-0 lead. The Gators ended the game with nine hits against W&J's pitching.
Garth was the lone offensive bright spot for the Presidents, as he finished game two 2-4 at the plate, with a single in the first and ninth innings. Brian Feldman (Gibsonia, Pa./Eden Christian Academy) drove in pinch runner Eli Kite () with an RBI single up the middle to break up the shutout in the ninth.
Dante DiMatteo (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) started for W&J and took the loss. DiMatteo pitched 2.2 innings and gave up five earned runs.
On Deck: The top-seeded Presidents will open the PAC Tournament on Wednesday, May 8, at 11 a.m. at Ross Memorial Park in Washington, Pa. W&J will look to claim its fifth straight PAC title.
Senior Drew Ramos (Williamsburg, Va./Lafayette) tossed five scoreless innings, sophomore Jordan Hill (Norfolk, Va./Granby) had a two-run single to highlight a six-run first, and freshman Zach Wernoski (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) had his first four-hit game as the 20th-ranked and top-seeded Randolph-Macon baseball team defeated eighth-seeded Washington and Lee 12-1 on Saturday afternoon to win their quarterfinal series in the 2024 ODAC Championship.
NEWPORT, R.I. (Saturday, May 4, 2024) - Salve Regina University baseball split its final regular-season doubleheader with Worcester Polytechnic Institute winning 11-0 in seven innings before dropping the nightcap, 6-5, with the potential game-tying run stranded on second base.
Allegheny Opens PAC Championship Tournament With 4-2 Win vs. Waynesburg
May 08, 2024WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The fourth-seeded Allegheny College baseball team opened the 2024 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Tournament with a 4-2 victory over No. 3 Waynesburg University on Wednesday evening at Ross Memorial Park.
