In the final of a three game set between previous World Series champions, Chapman (2003, 19) salvaged one win of the series with a 10-3 victory over Cortland (2015). Rowan (1978, 79) also won a clash of past champions with Southern Maine (1991, 97). ECSU (1982, 90, 98, 2002, 22) was a 2-1 winner over Marietta (1981, 83, 86,2006, 11, 12)
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of current assistant coach Adam Posey as the new Head Baseball Coach. He has been the lead assistant at EMU under Coach Ben Spotts the past five seasons.
Former Bridgewater player and coach Ben Spotts will return to his alma mater to take the head coaching position with the Eagles' baseball program. He takes over for Curt Kendall who stepped down as the program's head coach at the end of the 2019 season.
The eighth seeded EMU Diamond Royals were eliminated from the first round of the 2019 ODAC Baseball Tournament after losing both games at top-seeded No. 23 Randolph-Macon.
The Royals are going back to the ODAC Tournament. EMU's baseball men controlled the final game of Saturday's doubleheader at Virginia Wesleyan, using a 12-2 win over the Marlins to clinch a spot in the eight-team postseason field.
The Diamond Royals scored first against rival Bridgewater College in Tuesday's home finale, and were back in front after seven innings. But the final two frames made the difference, as the Eagles took over in an 18-9 decision.
The EMU Diamond Royals were able to hang on to the lead in game two of their doubleheader against Roanoke to come away with the split Saturday on Senior Recognition Day.
Another come from behind victory for the Diamond Royals results in the first ODAC season sweep of Shenandoah since the Hornets joined the ODAC back in 2012.
A walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning hit by Ray Tricarico (Culpeper, Va./Eastern View) sent the Royals home with a game two victory over Randolph-Macon in Saturday's doubleheader.
With runs being scored in all but two innings, the EMU Diamond Royals were able to edge out Bridgewater in a slugfest on the road to come out on top to win by a score of 13-10.
Brett Lindsay (Gloucester, Va./Gloucester) stepped in to bat with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and hit a bases clearing double to left center field to highlight a seven-run eighth inning as the EMU Diamond Royals beat Washington and Lee 7-5 Wednesday afternoon.
In 17 innings of baseball, the EMU Diamond Royals were only outscored by one run which was enough to give Penn St.-Harrisburg a win in game one and a tie in game two of Monday's doubleheader.
Eastern Mennonite escaped N.C. Wesleyan with a win, their first in three tries. The Top teams recorded wins with the exception of Cortland who fell to Trinity (Texas) for their second straight win over the Red Dragons.
Freshman Brett Lindsay smacked EMU's third straight walk-off homerun, but the Royals didn't have enough for a sweep. Saturday's split against Lynchburg left Eastern Mennonite one game shy of the ODAC Tournament.
Closer Ryan Brewer saved one game before winning the second, and freshman Corey Willis hit a walk-off homerun to fuel Eastern Mennonite to a sweep of Hampden-Sydney Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg.
Despite a rain delay of nearly four hours, Eastern Mennonite's baseball men came out ready to play Tuesday night at No. 24 Shenandoah University. The Royals scored first and had a lead of 5-1 before eventually dropping a 7-6 decision to SU.