On a light day when most sports eyes were on the Super Bowl. Stevens took on CCNY and opened with two wins on Sunday in dominating fashion. Howard Payne also won two games while Occidental split with La Sierra to lose their first series of the year.
Illinois Wesleyan put 26 runs on the board in a doubleheader sweep of Greenville but Texas Dallas did the feat one run better in a single game. The Comets scorched Howard Payne for 27 in their opener of a three game set this weekend.
The Schreiner Mountaineers traveled to Brownwood, Texas and won the first game 12-11, before falling 2-9 to the Yellow Jackets in the second game. Also in Texas, McMurry won easily over Dallas Christian and ETBU won on a walk-off balk in other games in Texas.
University of Dallas took the series win over Sul Ross State after defeating the Lobos 13-2 on Sunday afternoon. Pacific's stopover on the way to the Cactus Classic Tournament went as planned as the Boxers took a second game from Redlands 8-6. HPU ended their Hawaii trip 0-5.
Sul Ross State split Saturday's season-opening doubleheader with University of Dallas. The Lobos dropped an 8-5 decision in game one before pounding out 12 hits in a 16-0 shutout victory in the second contest. HPU lost twce to D-II Hawaii Pacific.
Pacific, Redlands, and Howard Payne opened the D-III season on Friday night. Pacific traveled to Redlands where they scored twice in the ninth to break a 2-2 tie en route to a 4-2 win. Howard Payne dropped their opener to D-II Hawaii Pacific 7-4.
Howard Payne opened their season on a high note with a dominate sweep of Schreiner on Wednesday. Rain was not an issue in a set of games played in the Peach state On Tuesday. La Grange earned a key regional win while Oglethorpe added to their impressive start.
University of the Ozarks took state honors on Wednesday with a win over Hendrix. Elsewhere Howard Payne defeated McMurry and Pomona-Pitzer survived a Bates rally to close the D-III baseball action on Wednesday.
Holden Novak, Centenary (La.); Jonah Paul, Covenant; Colton Spears, Hardin-Simmons; and Josh Thomas, Piedmont all earned spots in a senior sweep of the pitching staff in the first D3baseball.com Team of the Week of 2016.
Doubleheaders were a common sight on today's schedule. No. 18 Bridgewater (Va.), Howard Payne, Maryville, and Penn State Behrend all earned two wins on the day with doubleheader sweeps.
After an off day for D-III baseball on Monday, six teams got back on the diamond for a short slate of games. in mid-America, Hendrix opened with a win over D-II Harding and Howard Payne defeated Southwestern.
Howard Payne and Chapman opened their season with wins as SCIAC rivals Whittier, CMS and Redlands fell in non-conference contests. Pacific Lutheran split with Concordia (Ore.) on Monday.
On Tuesday, Salisbury scored two late runs to win their season opener. and Howard Payne swept a doubleheader from Dallas Christian. On Monday UMHB dropped their season opener.
Aurora announced that Lane Stahl will be promoted to head coach for the university. Stahl takes over the reins of the successful Spartan program from Shaun Neitzel.