For the first time this season, a player with a cycle was chosen for the NCBWA Div. III Hitter of the Week, while one of last week’s two nine-inning no-hitters garnered the Pitcher of the Week award. A .625 average with 11 RBI and six steals rounded out the honors for games played March 18-24 as the Rookie of the Week.
Jacob Charon hit for the cycle Friday to lead Lawrence to a 13-0 victory over Knox College in the Midwest Conference opener for both teams at Northeast Regional Park. Charon went 4-for-4, drove in four runs and scored three times to pace Lawrence's 14-hit attack.
The second-to-last NCBWA Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week selections are in. This week’s picks, which cover games played April 24-30, went to a hitter with a .654 average and four homers, a no-hitter, and a rookie who carried a no-no into the seventh inning.
The best of Region 9 looks the same as always, a couple WIAC teams and the best of the MIAC. Unlike in other years, the top teams in the MWC - Lawrence and UMAC - Crown are capable of making the leap from regional to World Series participants.
The comeback kids did it again on Saturday. Lawrence University grabbed its 11th come-from-behind win this season and posted a 7-6 victory over the University of Chicago in the Midwest Conference Tournament Championship Game at Whiting Field.
Jacob Charon set the Lawrence season home run record on Tuesday but it was a ninth inning single that gave the Vikings a walk off win and a sweep of Ripon
Carroll walked off in a game with Concordia (Wis.) on Monday while the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran played past midnight on Sunday to gain a split with Lawrence.
Illinois Tech scored 19 but still fell 11 runs short of their opponent as NYU set a program record with 30 runs in the win. Waynesburg, Allegheny and Lawrence put 20+ on the scoreboard in their Thursday contests.
Hood stole a total of 19 bases during a doubleheader sweep of Penn State Brandywine, including a school record 13 in the opener. Lawrence set a double record and tied other offensive marks in a split with Iowa Wesleyan.
The spectacular two-decade run of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship will come to an end after 2018. Scheduling changes and the unavailability of a host facility starting in 2019 forced Lawrence University, UW-Oshkosh and the Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau to bow out as hosts.
Rowan, Franklin and Marshall, and Lawrence all needed extra frames to find wins on the diamond this Tuesday. Elsewhere around the nation the Top 25 teams all found wins as well.
It is the day that changed Lawrence third baseman Davis Ogilvie. Changed his life. Changed who he was. Changed everything as he diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.
Charon, Maher, Middlebrooks honored with weekly NCBWA honors
March 27, 2024For the first time this season, a player with a cycle was chosen for the NCBWA Div. III Hitter of the Week, while one of last week’s two nine-inning no-hitters garnered the Pitcher of the Week award. A .625 average with 11 RBI and six steals rounded out the honors for games played March 18-24 as the Rookie of the Week.
