• 2025 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Week 8
    April 22, 2025
    The top five teams in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 remained the same with UW-Whitewater holding onto the top spot. New this week are Bethel (Minn.), East Texas Baptist and Mount Union.
  • New teams this year earn DH slips on Sunday.
    March 23, 2025
    UW-River Falls split a pair of games on Sunday with Bethel as the Falcons earned their fifth win in their first year of competition since 2002. Penn State Brandywine also split a pair as they play their first DIII season. Newcomer Notre Dame (MD) was off.
  • Johns Hopkins stays unbeaten after midweek game
    March 04, 2025
    No. 3 Johns Hopkins defeated Marymount on Tuesday to stay unbeaten in their first six games. UW-Eau Claire opened their season against Bethel and swept the Royals
  • Region 9 Preview
    February 12, 2025
    The best teams in Region 9 comes out of Wisconsin. UW-Whitewater is coming off a second place in the national tournament and UW-La Crosse, a loss to the Warhawks in the Super Regional round. Outside Wisconsin, keep your eye on Coe in the ARC.
  • Royals down Oles for third consecutive MIAC crown
    May 11, 2024
    Bethel needed two games to do it, but won its third consecutive MIAC championship Saturday evening with a 12-1 win over Saint Olaf.
  • Bethel gets back in the win column
    March 12, 2024
    The beginning of the week was so yesterday. Bethel got a loss on Monday but bounced back on Tuesday to get back in the win column with a 4-2 win over Loras. Birmingham-Southern also found the winning touch after losing a weekend series to Oglethorpe.
  • Raabe gets 300th win
    March 02, 2024
    With the Royals' 6-4 extra-inning win over Northwestern in game on Saturday, head coach Brian Raabe picked up career win No. 300. Bethel rallied late in game one scoring two runs in the seventh to tie the game at three forcing extra innings.
  • Region 9 Preview: Midwest
    February 09, 2024
    The best teams in Region 9 comes from Wisconsin. UW-La Crosse looks as strong as does UW-Stevens Point. UW-Whitewater will be a factor as well. Add Bethel, Gustavus and Buena Vista and you have a region that competes with any other.
  • Bethel wins 2023 MIAC title
    May 13, 2023
    For the second time in as many seasons, the Bethel Royals are Baseball Playoff champions of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
  • Region 9 Preview: Midwest
    February 10, 2023
    The best of Region 9 looks the same as always, a couple WIAC teams and the best of the MIAC. Unlike in other years, the top teams in the MWC - Lawrence and UMAC - Crown are capable of making the leap from regional to World Series participants.
  • Montclair walks off to get sweep
    April 10, 2022
    Montclair State won easily in game one but needed walkoff magic to earn a sweep over Ramapo. Bethel found themselves in the same position as they walked off game one and dominated in the nightcap on Sunday.
  • St. Thomas making the best of their D-III farewell tour
    May 20, 2021
    St. Thomas (Minn.), playing in their final MIAC tournament, opened with a win over Bethel as Graham Laubscher baffled the Bethel hitters. In a LEC showdown, it was ECSU and Southern Maine splitting on the day as they try to add tournament champion or state their their case for an at-large bid.
  • Banks opens early, late
    March 10, 2021
    U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is providing an early season stadium for teams around Minnesota to get in games. St. John's swept Bethany Lutheran early today and their two game set was followed by a Simpson-Bethel doubleheader
  • Simpson duo combine for no hitter
    February 27, 2020
    Brady Leonard and Zach Hollingsworth teamed up for Simpson's first no-hitter since 2011 to split the series with Bethel on Wednesday at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Storm lost 9-6 against the Royals to open its season but bounced back to win 2-0.
  • Raabe wins 200th in sweep
    April 25, 2019
    Bethel slugged its way to a non-conference sweep at UW-Superior Thursday evening. The Royals took the opener 9-7 before taking the night cap 19-1 that gave head coach Brian Raabe his 200th career win.
  • Williams passes early test
    March 22, 2019
    Williams defeated No. 9 Johns Hopkins on Friday and a good Bethel (Minn.) team in an early season test. The Ephs and Louisiana College, a 5-4 winner over No. 11 Concordia-Texas, are the only teams to register an upset of a Top 25 team.
  • 2018 Duluth Regional preview
    May 15, 2018
    The Duluth Regional is one of three six-team regionals and if it gets cold or rainy, there will be more time to catch up. Last year’s winner of the Midwest Regional was Concordia-Chicago and this year they’re the top seed.
  • D3baseball.com Team of the Week
    April 30, 2018
    D3baseball.com celebrates Senior Day with an all senior outfield in the latest D3baseball.com Team of the Week. Bethel's John Leach, Monmouth's Grant Myers, and Randolph-Macon's Cole Migliorini earned spots in our outfield.
  • Doheny takes reins of Crown
    June 30, 2017
    Crown Athletic officials announced the hiring of new head coach Ryan Doheny. Doheny has been an assistant at Crown for five years and played collegiate baseball and basketball at Bethel (Minn.),
  • Breaking down the at-large teams
    May 15, 2017
    Thirteen teams got in via at-large selections, while seven teams were left at the table and even more never even got into the discussion process. Pat Coleman analyzes who got in, and who was left out, and tells you why, using the NCAA criteria.
  • D3baseball.com Team of the Week
    May 02, 2017
    Catholic's Brennan Cotter earned a spot on the D3baseball.com's 12th Team of the Week at first base. Joining Cotter are infielders 2B Brian Killinger, Adrian, SS Max McCoomb, St. Joseph's (Maine) and 3B Joey Fredrickson, Bethel.
  • MIAC sweeps weekly honors
    March 22, 2017
    Bethel (Minn.) junior Austin Ledin and St. Mary’s (Minn.) junior R.J. Brown were named Division III National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Hitter and Pitcher of the Week for the period of March 6-12.
  • Messiah escapes in season opening win
    February 21, 2017
    Messiah closed their game leaving the sacks full in a 4-3 win over Eastern Mennonite. It was easier for Catholic, Bethel and Chapman as all three put up big numbers on Tuesday.
  • Midwest Regional Preview
    January 31, 2016
    Three Midwest region teams enter 2016 nationally ranked and all believe they have the potential to make it to Appleton. After getting knocked out in the first round of the WIAC tournament, UW-La Crosse went on to win in the Regionals and make it all the way to the World Series.
  • No time like the present
    April 25, 2015
    Mass-Maritime earned a regular season crown for the first time since Reagan was President and Scranton earned the top seed in the upcoming Landmark tournament for the first time in league history.
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