A nine-inning no-hitter in New England earned the NCBWA NCAA Div. III Pitcher of the Week award for games played April 15-21, while an 18 RBI week and a complete-game, two-hit shutout earned the Hitter and Rookie of the Week awards, respectively.
Salve Regina took two games from Babson, 7-3 and 8-5, and they earn a key NEWMAC series win. Nearby Eastern Connecticut State saw their division leading win steak stop at 20 games as they lost game two today to Southern Maine.
For St. Olaf, Joey Glampe drove in seven runs - most by an Ole since 2016 - and the Oles won for the seventh time in as many games. Elsewhere ECSU won their 19th straight game with the longest winning streak this year in D3 baseball.
Denison joins the top three teams in this weeks D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25. Endicott holds the top spot followed by Baldwin Wallace. New this week is Eastern Connecticut State, who is riding a 14 game win streak and Arcadia.
No. 25 York (Pa.) outfielder Chris Betler powered his team into the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25, while Colby's Nicholas Thompson fired the program’s first no-hitter in 66 years to collect the NCBWA Div. III Hitter and Pitcher of the Week honors for games played March 11-17. A four-homer week by a first-year joined the duo as this week’s Rookie of the Week.
Good news for Eastern Connecticut State comes this year. They have a Championship in each city that has hosted and this year the East Lake era begins. The usual suspects lurk in Southern Maine and UMass-Boston and a Johnny-come-lately in Rhode Island. Last year Endicott made the final eight and have a team that is able and ready to repeat.
CORTLAND, N.Y. – As the first catcher in Eastern Connecticut State University baseball history to steal as many as 20 bases in a season, senior Matt Malcom’s (East Lyme) considerable speed has been on display throughout the season. Saturday in an elimination game of the 2023 NCAA Division III Cortland, NY Regional Tournament at Wallace Field, the pre-season All-America’s footspeed kept the defending national champion Warriors alive.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Eastern Connecticut State University’s last baseball loss had come against the University of Massachusetts Boston in the second game of a doubleheader which had closed out the regular season eight days ago.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Defending Little East Conference champion Eastern Connecticut State University won an 8-5 slugfest in the third round of the 2023 Little East Conference baseball tournament Wednesday at Pontarelli Field to eliminate LEC regular-season champion and top seed and host Rhode Island College and move to within a victory of its second straight conference tournament title.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Defending Little East Conference and NCAA Division III national champion Eastern Connecticut State University is the only remaining unbeaten team after the second-seeded Warriors defeated third-seeded University of Southern Maine, 4-2, in the third of three games Friday at the 2023 Little East Conference Baseball Tournament at Pontarelli Field on the campus of Rhode Island College.
Rhode Island College, Eastern Connecticut State and Southern Maine rolled through their first round games in the Little East Tournament, one of seven that opened today.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The defending conference champion and second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team scored nine consecutive runs on their way to defeating fifth-seeded University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (19-18) on the first day of the six-team, double-elimination Little East Conference tournament, 10-3, Wednesday at Pontarelli Field on the campus of top seed Rhode Island College.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – In his first appearance in over two weeks, sophomore lefty Nicholas Furino (East Haven) got two strikeouts to strand the tying and go-ahead runs in the sixth inning and the No. 13 Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team closed out its home season with a 3-2 victory over Western New England University Thursday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Senior righty Nathan Furino (East Haven) allowed two runs over five innings and the No. 13 Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team broke open a tight game by scoring five runs in the bottom of the eighth in a 9-2 Little East Conference victory over Keene State College Wednesday evening at the Eastern Baseball Stadium
MANSFIELD, Conn. – The No. 12 Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team pounded 18 hits in a 16-1 first-game victory, but followed by allowing a season-high 17 hits in the nightcap in a 7-6 loss as the Warriors and Roger Williams University split a non-conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Every starter had at least one hit and the No. 12 Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team batted around three times and went on to a 16-1, seven-inning Little East Conference win over Western Connecticut State University Tuesday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The No. 8 nationally-ranked defending national champion Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team rallied for three runs over its final three at-bats in the second game but left the tying run at second base in the ninth inning and was swept by Rhode Island College, 7-6, 6-5, Saturday afternoon at Pontarelli Field.
PURCHASE, N.Y. – Four pitchers limited Manhattanville College to six hits, junior shortstop Zach Donahue (South Windsor) collected his 100th career hit and first-year junior transfer Tiernan Lynch (Easton) hit a ninth-inning grand slam for his first home run in an Eastern Connecticut State University uniform as the defending national champions and No. 8-ranked Warriors posted their seventh straight victory, an 11-4 win Wednesday afternoon.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Sophomore righty Matthew Wootton (Milford) and sophomore lefty Dan Driscoll (Waterford) pitched back-to-back complete games and the No. 8 Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team got solo home runs in the second game to sweep the University of Southern Maine in a Little East Conference doubleheader, 3-2, 2-0, Saturday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – First-year righty pitcher Dylan Scudder (Simsbury) pitched a no-hitter for 5 1/3 innings and junior rightfielder Jason Claiborn (Prospect) had four hits as the No. 8 nationally-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team posted a 7-1 non-conference win over Anna Maria College Wednesday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Adam Maher of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth outdueled Eastern Connecticut State University’s Dan Driscoll (Waterford) in a match-up of sophomore left-handed aces as the Corsairs salvaged a Little East Conference baseball split with a 3-1 second-game victory Saturday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior righty Nathan Furino (East Haven) threw four shutout innings in relief and junior shortstop Zach Donahue (South Windsor) and senior catcher Matt Malcom (East Lyme) hit solo home runs when the Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team broke a tie with two runs in the seventh inning in a 3-1 non-conference win over Johnson & Wales University Thursday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Trinity College collected 15 hits off seven Eastern Connecticut State University pitchers – scoring six runs in its first three at-bats – in an 11-5 non-conference win Tuesday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – The first nine batters of the game reached safely and scored in a ten-run, 25-minute top of the first inning as the No. 4 Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team posted a 14-1, seven inning first-game win and went on to a Little East Conference sweep of Castleton University Sunday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Junior Josh Cofrancesco (Southington) and sophomore Hank Penders (Wethersfield) each had four hits and sophomore leadoff hitter Ray Leonzi (Trumbull) drove in four runs in Eastern Connecticut State University’s 13-5 non-conference baseball win over WPI Wednesday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
NORTON, Mass. – Junior righty Nolan Lincoln (Londonderry, NH) pitched into the seventh inning for his tenth consecutive win over two seasons and three different players drove in runs in a five-run fourth inning that lifted the No. 4 Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team to a 7-4 victory over No. 21 Wheaton College Tuesday afternoon at Sidell Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Sophomore lefty Dan Driscoll (Waterford) pitched a no-hitter through seven full innings and combined on a two-hitter with two teammates as the No. 2 nationally-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team completed a Little East Conference sweep of Plymouth State University with an 8-0 victory in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
NEWPORT, R.I. – Salve Reginal University cleanup hitter Tyler Cannoe drove in six runs with a first-inning two-run home run and sixth-inning grand slam that helped send the No. 2-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team to its first two-game losing streak in regular-season play in more than four years, 13-6, Thursday afternoon at Reynolds Field.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – Cleanup hitter Dan Burnett had four hits and drove in two runs in Westfield State University’s 16-hit attack as the Owls routed No. 2 nationally-ranked and defending national baseball champion Eastern Connecticut State University, 10-1, Wednesday evening at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
MANSFIELD, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut State University baseball team scored six runs with two out in the bottom of the fifth inning and pulled away for a 12-2 non-conference victory over New England College in its 2023 home-opener Tuesday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
Guiterrez, Furino, Brinsfield honored with weekly NCBWA honors
April 24, 2024A nine-inning no-hitter in New England earned the NCBWA NCAA Div. III Pitcher of the Week award for games played April 15-21, while an 18 RBI week and a complete-game, two-hit shutout earned the Hitter and Rookie of the Week awards, respectively.
