Mount Union swept Marietta and shut out the Pioneers in a game for the first time in program history at Rafeld-Rogers Field on Sunday in both teams' OAC opener.
Rowan rolled to an 11-1 win over Mount St. Vincent but was not the only team with a 10 runs win on Friday. Alvernia, Clark, Mount Union and Virginia Wesleyan also won by double digit totals.
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.
Mount Union completed a four-game OAC sweep of Capital with 7-5 and 3-0 wins Sunday at Clowson Field in Columbus. The win in game two also marked career win No. 500 for Paul Hesse
Mount Union's baseball team swept Muskingum in a pair of OAC games Saturday at Rafeld-Rogers Field. The Purple Raiders held on to win the opener 9-7 then got an 8-1 win in game two. Eric Schilling hit for the cycle to lead Mount Union in game one.
Louisiana College’s Dane Pedersen crushed the ball, Mount Union junior Thomas Gallant made the batters miss, and Rochester freshman Nolan Sparks was on target as all three are honored with NCBWA's weekly awards.
The Babson seniors have opened each of their four seasons with a win as the Beavers won on opening day for the fourth straight time. Mount Union and Illinois Wesleyan swept their Friday doubleheaders with superb starting pitching.
Last year it was Washington and Jefferson who took the mantle as Mideast Regional champs and the Presidents ended the season with their highest ranking and a runner-up finish in the D-III World Series. W&J will be in the national spotlight again in 2018.
Thirteen teams got in via at-large selections, while seven teams were left at the table and even more never even got into the discussion process. Pat Coleman analyzes who got in, and who was left out, and tells you why, using the NCAA criteria.
Grove City won on the narrowest margins with a four run ninth to win a PAC tournament game. GCC with will play walkoff winner, Washington and Jefferson, in a winners bracket final. In the OAC, no comebacks were available as both Mount Union and Otterbein shut out their opponents.
La Grange continued as the top ranked team in the latest D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25. Mount Union returned and Mass-Boston and Rochester Tech debuted this week.
Babson halted Salem State's six-game win streak as the Beavers stretched theirs to ten games on Tuesday. Mount Union tied its program record for wins and their day's opponent, Washington and Jefferson, pitched their ninth shutout - the most since 2014.
Rochester Tech set records for consecutive shutouts and wins in a season as they captured their first Liberty League crown. Mount Union also clinched the OAC title for the first time in the D-III era on Sunday.
Salve Regina, with an eight game winning streak, joins the Top 25 in the 21st spot this week. Joining the Seahawks are OAC leader, Mount Union. Former top ranked Emory, who dropped out of the poll after a six game losing streak, returns at No. 25.
A sweep of John Carroll added to Mount Union's OAC lead as the Purple raiders came back in both games. In the USA South tournament, the two top seeds, La Grange and Ferrum won their early round games.
Paul Hesse won his 400th game as head baseball coach at Mount Union in an 10-8 extra inning win in game one of a two-game sweep of SUNY-Polytechnic in the 2017 season opener Saturday at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale, Fla.
Mount Union junior Jimmy Scott hit for the cycle to spark a rally as the Purple Raiders rallied from a 7-1 deficit to beat Hiram 20-8 in the home opener Thursday at 23rd Street Field.
Salisbury defeated Washington College 22-11 with both teams swinging the bats. A couple of Mideast teams rode the arms of freshmen pitchers as Mount Union and Franklin posted wins.
Only Shenandoah escaped the Monday doldrums with out a loss in a light national schedule. John Carroll took two from Mount Union and Penn State-Abington defeated Rowan.
Mount Union, St. Thomas and Salem State all scored more than 20 runs on Friday but it was Heidelberg with 37 runs as the top offensive output on Friday.
In the Mideast region conferences are deeper than they have been in years and is loaded with talent in 2014. Expectations have never been higher throughout the region.
Augustana, Manchester, Mount Union, Penn St. Behrend, RPI, St. Scholastica, and Washignton & Jefferson all earned spots in their conference Championship games on Friday
Both lower seeds won on the opening day of the OAC tournament, but it was business as usual in the rest of the Mideast tournaments with the top seeds advancing.
William Paterson and Mount Union make statements on Thursday. William Paterson defeated No. 5 Ramapo while Mount Union split a doubleheader with No. 3 Marietta
Mount Union started their season 2-0 with a Sunday sweep over Greensboro. Case Western Reserve found relief in their opening win in the UAA championship over Emory
Mount Union gets historic sweep on Sunday
March 24, 2024Mount Union swept Marietta and shut out the Pioneers in a game for the first time in program history at Rafeld-Rogers Field on Sunday in both teams' OAC opener.
