A five-homer week, a 16-strikeout performance over eight shutout innings, and a four-hit shutout earned the Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Committee for games played February 26 through March 3.
Mount Union took game three on Sunday to complete a sweep of home standing Guilford. Emory felt like they were playing two as they were on the winning side of a 14-hour marathon with Huntingdon.
Dubuque, Fontbonne, Huntingdon, Moravian and Oglethorpe opened their seasons with a wins in mid-week action. Rhodes and Centenary met for the first time, splitting a two game set that saw Gents head coach earn win #300.
Pitching and defense wins games but some times you need some extra offense. Huntingdon needed 10+ runs in their 17-10 win over Brevard. Amherst, Kalamazoo and Ohio Northern were a few more that needed to out score their opponent.
Huntingdon and William Peace earned their first wins in their season opener. The Hawk prevailed 13-2 over Edgewood and William Peace took a pair from Methodist. Greensboro and Lynchburg also earned wins on Saturday as they split a pair.
Odom, an All-American catcher during his days at Huntingdon , was activated from the Seattle Mariners' three-man taxi squad and added to the starting lineup on the last Tuesday in July.
Coe and Concordia (Texas) are new to the Top 25 this week as Huntingdon and Cal Lutheran drop out. For the first time this year the top three teams remain the same with Concordia-Chicago remaining at number one.
Methodist won a contest between top 20 teams as they defeated Huntingdon 8-3. Out in Texas it was a bigger game where Texas Lutheran took two on Saturday from top ranked Trinity (Texas) in a Top 10 match-up.
Knocking on the door in the Top 25, Adrian made a bid for entry with a comeback win at Oglethorpe. Meanwhile, Huntingdon won a D-III best 13th game, also coming from behind as the Hawks defeated LaGrange 5-4.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 10th-ranked Huntingdon baseball team fell behind early but bounced back to beat LaGrange 5-4 on Friday night in the first game of a three-game conference series.
CNU stayed undefeated and halted a seven game losing streak to Randolph-Macon with a 4-3 win on Tuesday. Huntingdon also won by the same margin, pushing their record to a D-III best 10-0.
No. 3 Texas Lutheran won their sixth against no losses with a pair of wins over Hardin Simmons. Huntingdon matched the win totals for the Bulldogs with wins over No. 2 UW-Whitewater and Spalding.
No. 7 Birmingham-Southern defeated No. 10 La Grange 10-6 in their home opener. Huntingdon outscored everyone on Tuesday with 26 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Elmira.
The South Region has had its off years recently in Division III baseball. We don't think this is one of them, and since the perennial playoff contenders are the lower-seeded teams in this regional, all bets are off.
Huntingdon won twice on Sunday to capture its first USA South Athletic Conference championship. Behind Tournament MVP Zach McGrady, the Hawks beat Maryville 1-0 and left fielder Alec Raley made a diving catch to preserve a 9-8 win in the championship game.
Averett send top seeded Ferrum into the losers bracket in the first Conference tournament to be played this season. Not to be outdone, Huntingdon sent the second seeded La Grange Panthers to a 4-2 loss.
Huntingdon put Belhaven away in the first inning on Tuesday to help head coach D.J. Conville reach a milestone win. The Hawks downed the Blazers 25-0 in seven innings for Conville's 300th win.
Huntingdon's offensive output set a D-III season high with 25 runs scored on D-III newcomer Belhaven. Berry scored early and late to stay perfect on the season with an upset of No. 3 Emory.
It was not a good opening day for the Lutes as they dropped a 4-1 game to Willamette and a 9-8 decision to George Fox. Randolph-Macon and Huntingdon started the Firehouse classic with wins
A sparkling 90-pitch start and .500 batting average with seven extra base hits helped guide Kyle Rossman and Jordan Freeman to NCBWA D-III Player of the Week awards.
Ithaca's standout shortstop was the first D-III player selected in the 2013 MLB amateur draft, in the 13th round. In all, a total of 14 players were drafted. Here's the rundown on each.
Ithaca's standout shortstop was the first D-III player selected in the 2013 MLB amateur draft. He was followed by Joseph Odom 18 picks later, also in the 13th round. The latest picks:
St. Scholastica posted a 1-0 upset of St. Thomas and Huntingdon fell 4-3 to Methodist in extra innings as two top seeds fell in the first day of regional playoff action.
The dominoes are starting to fall in the long-rumored Great South/USA South collaboration as Piedmont is set to join the USAC in the fall of 2012. Could others follow?
The Huntingdon College baseball team celebrates the 50th anniversary of competition during the 2011 season. The Hawks first head coach John Mabry will throw out the first pitch on Saturday, Feb. 5, against Methodist University at 2 p.m.
Jones, Cassedy, Landrum honored with NCBWA honors
March 06, 2024A five-homer week, a 16-strikeout performance over eight shutout innings, and a four-hit shutout earned the Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Committee for games played February 26 through March 3.
