Several offenses were smokin' on Saturday. Chatham and MUW both scored 36 runs whil Misericordia scored 37. Penn State Behrend had the most runs in a game (24) as they scored 33 on the day. Rutgers-Newark and Montclair State both scored 30+ as they split their doubleheader. Six other teams with 30 + runs scored.
Catholic and Scranton stepped out of the Landmark Conference schedule and got wins over regional rivals. Catholic hit a record six home runs in their win over Arcadia and Scranton upset No. 19 Misericordia with a complete game win by Thomas Plunkett.
A day after losing 2-1 to Misericordia, Marietta turned the tables in a 2-1 win over the Cougars on Thursday. Marymount also found a change in fortunes as they defeated Fontbonne to move to 11-1 with a third of the season completed.
Covenant halted a five game losing streak with an upset win over at No. 4 Birmingham-Southern. otherwise it was a day of success for the other teams in the Top 25. in the only contest between ranked opponents, Misericordia edged Marietta
Westfield State earned a pitching win and one with their bats as they bested St. Joseph's (Conn.) and the weather. Elsewhere top ranked Baldwin Wallace fell to Misericordia and York opened up with a win over No. 5 Lynchburg.
Misericordia opened the season with a doubleheader split at Shenandoah in battle of nationally-ranked teams, Monday. On Wednesday Grove City entered the ninth with La Roche two runs up but needed three in the ninth to walk off a winner in their season opener.
With most of their team back, top ranked Johns Hopkins is the favorite for the National Championship. You do not have to look far down the Top 25 to find the another Region 5 team. Salisbury is ranked second in the 2024 Preseason Top 25. Misericordia also brings back the core that propelled them to a DIII World Series appearance.
Misericordia and Rowan are favorites in Region 4. If either falters, the likes of Arcadia, Montclair State and Penn State-Harrisburg are waiting in the wings with a team that can top either the Cougars or the Profs.
Baldwin Wallace opened an early lead in the first and cruised to a 13-8 win in the bracket one elimination game finale. They advance to a rematch with Johns Hopkins in the first of the bracket championship games scheduled on Monday.
Misericordia and Endicott battled in the first elimination game with the Misericordia Cougars earning a 13-6 win in the fifth game of the 2023 DIII World Series being held at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Johns Hopkins looked nothing like the No. 1 team in the nation for the opening seven inning. A six-run outburst gave the top seed a 10-5 win in the opening game of the 2023 DIII World Series being held at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
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As the DIII World Series plays their final year in Cedar Rapids, the teams playing in Perfect Game Field will be the strongest since the games started here in 2019. D3baseball.com took time out today to survey the coaches.
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Endicott was the first to clinch a spot n the DIII World Series followed by Lynchburg and Misericordia. Baldwin Wallace will return for the second straight year and Salisbury will be three-peating. Johns Hopkins, UW-La Crosse and East Texas Baptist needed three games to fill the final three spots.
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
Birmingham-Southern scored another win over a Top 5 program, Marymount returned home for a Stevenson sweep, No. 21 Shenandoah swept Misericordia to move to 4-0, and more on a busy Saturday on D3 diamonds on Saturday.
The Misericordia University baseball team earned a dramatic split at DeSales to take the season series and give head coach Pete Egbert his 500th career victory, Saturday.
The newly named Region 4 features some of Division III Baseball’s up and coming teams. No stranger to national relevance, Rowan finished last season ranked 7th nationally in the D3Baseball.com Top 25 Ranking of 2021....more
Dante Salerno singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Misericordia University to their 10th straight MAC Freedom title with a 10-9 win at Stevens, Monday.
Salisbury's Jackson Balzan, Misericordia's Ian McCole and Schreiner's Devin Hooper earned the first NCBWA player of the week
award for the 2019 season.
Penn State Altoona finished their Tuesday game on Wednesday in comeback fashion, defeating Clark 8-7. Only No. 21 Misericordia escaped a postponement for Top 25 teams, besting Baldwin-Wallace by a run. Concordia-Moorhead continues to swing a hot bat, scoring 68 runs in their first four games.
No. 11 Misericordia opened with a sweep of No. 25 Shenandoah on a day four other Top 25 teams were dealt losses. UW-Whitewater opened their season with a loss, a 8-5 set back to Spalding, for the first time in ten years.
Randolph-Macon broke open a tied game with eight runs in the sixth inning to extend its season with a 14-6 win vs. Misericordia. The Yellow Jackets play with the bracket one title on the line in a late afternoon game with Texas-Tyler.
Misericordia is making its first appearance at the Division III World Series. And it could be said that the reason the Cougars are here is because of relief pitcher Dan Zurowski. John McGraw has more in a feature from Appleton.
The Patriots got a strong pitching performance by their starter Ryan Cheatham who just missed a complete game as they defeated the Cougars 7-3 to advance to the Championship game of Bracket One.
Misericordia stranded 14 Randolph-Macon baserunners and got off on the right foot in its first-ever trip to the Division III World Series, defeating the Yellow Jackets, 4-2.
....and good hitting beats good pitching
April 20, 2024Several offenses were smokin' on Saturday. Chatham and MUW both scored 36 runs whil Misericordia scored 37. Penn State Behrend had the most runs in a game (24) as they scored 33 on the day. Rutgers-Newark and Montclair State both scored 30+ as they split their doubleheader. Six other teams with 30 + runs scored.
