Today it was a good day for the Leopards as they extended their lead over Pomona-Pitzer by a game with a win over Whittier while Pomona fell to Chapman on their SCIAC series that opened on Friday. Lurking in third place is CMS who is poised to move up the standings if the top two teams falter.
Cal Lutheran got a bases load walk in the final inning to walk off with a comeback win and a sweep of La Verne in a key SCIAC series. John Frazier pitched a complete game five hitter to open the doubleheader.
There is a storm brewing in Southern California this weekend. Highlighting the Friday slate, Redlands upset La Verne and Pomona-Pitzer gave Claremont their first loss of the season. The biggest surprise was Whittier taking game one of their series with Cal Lu.
In 2023, semifinalist East Texas Baptist made the deepest run into the national tourney from the Region since Chapman won it all in 2019. No. 5 ETBU has the inside track for a repeat World Series appearance but a trio from the SCIAC, the top of the SCAC and NWC will have something to say about that.
Aurora claimed the first spot in next week's super-regional round on Saturday with 13 more regional champions joined them on Sunday. There are two more regional titles to be earned and they will be won on Monday
Piedmont and La Verne earned their first wins of the season. ThLions defeated Cal Lutheran and La Verne bested Linfield. Widener was a Wednesday winner with Rhodes and Hendrix opening with wins on Tuesday.
Shenandoah hung on to a win in game one in the battle of the Hornets and Lynchburg came back to claim the nightcap. Out in California, La Verne and Pomona-Pitzer split their top 25 match up.
La Verne and Christopher Newport joined the Top 25 in Week 6 of the weekly poll of the best teams in the nation. Marietta continues in the top spot followed by Eastern Connecticut State and Birmingham-Southern.
La Verne head coach Scott Winterburn earned his 500th career victory at the collegiate level on Saturday when his Leopards' squad defended their home turf by sweeping the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags.
Ozarks walked it off in game one and rolled in the nightcap for a 4-0 start to the season. On a trip to Arizona, Redlands downed Texas-Dallas in extra innings. In Texas, No. 15 Texas-Tyler completed a three game sweep of La Verne
La Verne treated their visitors from Mexico rudely as their bats exploded for 18 runs. Linfield also found Southern California the place to be with a 8-7 win over the 2017 National Champions, Cal Lutheran.In Georgia, Sewanee dumped No. 10 La Grange.