For the first time the top three teams in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 remained the same with Shenandoah, Endicott and Baldwin Wallace holding their positions. Lower in the Top 25, there is a shakeup with undefeated Benedictine and Kalamazoo showing up for the first time.
Benedictine (7-0) and Kalamazoo (8-0) stayed perfect through games on Saturday. Benedictine did it with a 6-2 win over Hope and Kalamazoo swept a pail in Jacksonville, Illinois. Other teams who have played a minimum of five games and are still without a loss include No. 2 Endicott (6-0), Johnston and Wales (5-0) and Whitworth (10-0).
St. Joseph's (Conn.) split with Keene State and earned the program's first victory in the process. Elsewhere it was big numbers for the offenses as Kalamazoo posted a 28 run total and three other teams posted 24 runs in one game. Utica was one of those teams who added 16 in another for a 40 run day in a doubleheader sweep of Yeshiva.
Kalamazoo dominated their opener with shutout pitching and hots bats. East Texas Baptist did the same in a 18-0 whitewashing of Sul Ross State as did Hamline with a 15-0 win over Martin Luther as part of a sweep in Kansas. Methodist joined the parade with a 18-0 win over Penn State Abington.
It surprises nobody that the top of the Ohio Athletic Conference dominates the top of Region 7. Baldwin Wallace and Marietta are loaded so let the games begin. Two conferences have clear favorites - Denison in the NCAC and Washington & Jefferson in the PAC while the MIAA is shaping up to be a two team race with Adrian and Kalamazoo.
More than 1,000 players were nominated, and from those, we selected and announce the 16th annual D3baseball.com All-America team, including the Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year.
The two top seeds will be playing each other as expected in the AMCC but in an elimination game as lover seeds, Hilbert and Penn State Altoona scored upsets on Thursday. their higher seeded competition. it was the same in the MIAA where the regular season champ, Kalamazoo finished their season with two losses today.
Kalamazoo clinched the MIAA title and their second 30 win season. it was a busy day for Conference tournament with one team, BSC advancing to the NCAA playoffs on Saturday.
The Hornets completed the three-game sweep over the Comets in the 14-2 win, clinching a share of the conference season title for the first time since 1927.
Home runs were the name of the game last week, as this week’s NCBWA Div. III Hitter and Rookie of the Week combined to hit eight and drive in 33. A two-hit nine-inning shutout claimed the Pitcher of the Week for games played April 10-16.
After last week's performance, Rinehart has now earned NCBWA DIII Rookie of the Week, MIAA Player of the Week, and Kalamazoo SAAC Men's Hornet of the Week honors.
Kalamazoo continued its spring break trip with two games against Williams and Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Hornets pulled out two come-from-behind victories to give head coach Mike Ott's his 200th career victory at Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo College defeated Hope 16-2 Friday to win the 2022 MIAA Tournament championship Friday afternoon. With the win, Kalamazoo earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA III Baseball Championships.
A six run fifth was enough to give Wilkes a non-conference win over Cortland on Monday. In other action around the country, Kalamazoo hit six home runs to draw closer to MIAA leading Hope and Webster extends their winning string with two wins over Franklin.
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.
Student-athletes from the MIAC, CCC and MACF had remarkable performances last week and claimed this week’s NCBWA Div. III honors. This week’s honorees were recognized for performances spanning February 28 to March 6.
Wooster walked off to the first 1-0 win in ages at their home stadium as Adrian saw a second loss of the day laid on them when Calvin walked off one of their own. The Bulldogs fell to Kalamazoo earlier
Keystone earned a key regional win on the road from Alvernia on Monday. Up north of Boston, Tufts hung a 30 spot on Salem State. Out in Michigan it was Hope winning for the 15th time in sixteen games and Kalamazoo upsetting No. 15 Adrian.
Colman Hendershot, New York Univ. earned hitter honors, Ryan Orr, Kalamazoo the pitching award and for the second straight week, Jack Kock, Union was Rookie of the Week.
Ryan Orr threw his second career no-hitter in Kalamazoo College's 7-0 win over Albion College in the first game of a doubleheader at Adrian's Nicolay Field Wednesday afternoon.
The Kalamazoo College baseball team received votes in the Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III preseason national poll for the second consecutive year.
2024 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 - week 3
March 12, 2024For the first time the top three teams in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 remained the same with Shenandoah, Endicott and Baldwin Wallace holding their positions. Lower in the Top 25, there is a shakeup with undefeated Benedictine and Kalamazoo showing up for the first time.
