The Defiance Yellow Jackets won both games in comeback fashion during their Senior Day doubleheader against the Earlham Quakers, 7-4 and 12-9, to finish the 2024 season on Sunday at Rutter Field. Gunner Gregg cycled in game one.
Stevenson rapped 24 hits on the day to take a season opening doubleheader sweep. Hanover was even more offensive minded as they had 29 hits in a sweep of Defiance.
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Yellow Jacket baseball squad traveled to Manchester University on Thursday for the opening round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. In a game that came down to the final play, the Jackets lost by a final score of 7-6.
As playoff bids were awarded across the D-III landscape, teams were jockeying for seeding in next weeks tournament round. Among conference tourney qualifiers were Defiance and Oberlin.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Defiance College baseball program reached the 20-win plateau for the first time in almost 20 years on Saturday with a 6-3 game one win at Transylvania. The last time the Jackets won 20 or more games was 1995. DC dropped the final game of the series by a final of 3-0.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Yellow Jacket baseball team traveled down to Lexington on Friday to wrap up its regular season with a crucial three-game clash against the Pioneers. The Defiance College pitching staff came through with a gem, as DC won a 2-1 pitcher’s duel to take game one of the three-game set.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College baseball team played its final home game of the 2013 season on Tuesday afternoon. The Jackets hosted the No. 13 team in the nation in Manchester and the visitors proved worthy of their ranking by winning cruising to a 17-1 victory.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – After a tough, hard-fought loss the night before to the Engineers, the Yellow Jackets came out on Saturday and showed its toughness by recording a 3-2 comeback win in game one of Saturday’s two games before falling to the Engineers in game two by a final of 5-4.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Yellow Jacket baseball program traveled to Rose-Hulman this weekend for a pivotal Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference three-game series with major postseason implications. After a back-and-forth game, the Engineers struck last in their final at-bat to secure a 9-8 walk-off win.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Yellow Jackets improved to a record of 17-10 on Sunday afternoon with its win over Earlham by a final score of 7-3. The 17 wins are the most for the Purple and Gold in the last 14 seasons when the squad won 19 games in the spring of 1999.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Senior pitchers Aaron Patterson and Jake Taylor each notched wins against the Earlham Quakers in the first two games in a pivotal Hearltand Collegiate Athletic Conference series. The Jackets rallied to win game one 8-7 in extra innings and then used a 9-5 victory to move into fourth place in the conference standings.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – After a hard fought-fought 3-2 victory in the series opener on Saturday afternoon, the Yellow Jackets needed only a split to claim the series with the Grizzlies. The Purple and Gold won the first game of its doubleheader on Sunday in dramatic fashion to win the regular season set against Franklin for the first time since 2006.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – On a cold and windy afternoon at Defiance College, the Yellow Jacket baseball team hosted the Franklin Grizzlies in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference matchup between two sides fighting for position in the standings. DC pulled out a tough 3-2 win to even its conference mark at 6-6.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. â The Defiance College baseball squad traveled to Manchester University to take on the No. 16 team in the nation in the Spartans. Manchester proved itself worthy of the ranking, as the Spartans dominated the game, winning by a final of 19-2.
DEFIANCE, Ohio â The Yellow Jacket baseball team entered Saturdayâs doubleheader two games under .500 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference standings with a record of 3-5. Defianceâs pitching staff stifled the MSJ hitters all day and led the Jackets to two victories, leveling their conference mark at 5-5.
DEFIANCE, Ohio â The Yellow Jacket baseball team came into the weekend Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference series against Mount St. Joseph on a hot streak, winning its last two contests. Unfortunately for DC, the squad could not stay perfect on the week and lost the first of a three-game series by a final of 6-4.
ANGOLA, Ind. – The DC baseball team won its second game in as many days on Wednesday afternoon, as the squad traveled to Trine University for a non-conference matchup against the Thunder. The Jackets prevailed over Trine with a narrow 5-4 victory.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Yellow Jacket baseball team got back on the winning track on Tuesday afternoon, as Defiance defeated its arch-rival, Bluffton University, in a 14-8 victory. DC was led by a trio of freshmen hitters in Ben Weber, Ryan Kohlhofer and Gary Levingood, who combined for eight hits and eight RBIs.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Yellow Jacket baseball team played a doubleheader against Anderson on Saturday to finish the three-game series between the two sides. After the Ravens claimed game one an evening before, Anderson completed the sweep of DC by winning two games on Saturday by scores of 10-7 and 6-0.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College baseball program hosted Anderson University on Friday afternoon in a unique game where DC was deemed the visitors due to the poor playing conditions at Anderson. The Jackets dug themselves into a 9-0 hole before a valiant comeback attempt fell short, as DC lost to the Ravens by a final of 9-6.
HANOVER, Ind. – The Yellow Jacket baseball team split a pair of games against Hanover on Saturday, losing game one by a final of 11-7 and winning the second contest 8-5. With the win on Friday evening over the Panthers and the split on Saturday, the Purple and Gold took the series against Hanover for the first time since 2005.
HANOVER, Ind. – The Defiance College baseball program won its Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opener for the first time in recent memory, as the Jackets defeated Hanover in extra innings on Friday evening. DC pulled out the win over the Panthers by a score of 3-2.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Yellow Jacket baseball program finished its spring break trip in fine fashion on Friday, as the Purple and Gold swept Salem State by scores of 4-1 and 8-6 to finish with a record of 4-3 on the trip and improve its season record to 6-3.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Yellow Jacket men’s baseball team faced Lakeland College in the midst of its play at the Gene Cusic Classic in Florida. The Purple and Gold fell by a score of 3-2 to the Muskies, as a Lakeland late-inning rally downed the Jackets.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Yellow Jacket baseball team won game two of its doubleheader against Mitchell College in dramatic fashion on Tuesday afternoon, as freshman Ryan Kohlhofer lifted a one-out single over the left fielder’s head plating pinch runner Ryan McLaughlin in the bottom of the eighth inning to deliver the Yellow Jackets a 6-5 victory.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Yellow Jacket baseball squad got its annual Florida spring break slate of games underway on Monday, as Defiance took on the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran College for a doubleheader. The Jackets shutout the Warriors in game one, winning by a final of 5-0, before dropping the second game 4-2.