• Soete wins 200th with Chapman sweep
    April 13, 2025
    Pacific Lutheran head coach Nolan Soete, with Sunday's sweep of Chapman, collected his 200th victory at his alma mater. The Lutes won the set 5-1, and 12-4.
  • Copskey sets coaching mark in Might Mac win on Tuesday
    March 18, 2025
    Immaculata played their first home game of 2025 with a standout appearance by Stephen Devanney. The win made Head Coach Josh Copskey Immaculata's all-time winningest coach. Elsewhere: Pacific Lutheran defeated D1 Washington 3-1
  • Pacific Lutheran brings win streak to eight
    April 18, 2021
    Pacific Lutheran brings their win streak to eight with a sweep of Lewis and Clark on Sunday. The Lutes trail Pacific in the NWC standings.
  • Barton Juggles Two Sports in One Week for Lutes
    March 04, 2021
    Being a two-sport athlete is a tough assignment. It becomes even tougher when a global pandemic forces the two sports that are usually conducted in opposite seasons; are played simultaneously. But it's a challenge Pacific Lutheran University sophomore student-athlete Ashton Barton tackled head on this spring, suiting up for both the football and baseball teams over a seven-day stretch.
  • Union opens season with sweep
    February 27, 2020
    Union earned a sweep of Purchase to open their season while spring trip games continued in the South. In Texas, Texas Lutheran won a squeaker in a 2-1 win over Pacific Lutheran
  • Lutherans rule the day
    February 08, 2019
    Lutheran ruled the day as Pac Lu and Cal Lu opened their seasons in Arizona with wins. Pac Lu exploded for 13 runs over a two-inning stretch in a 13-8 victory over Redlands. Cal Lu used dominant pitching to take down Texas-Dallas 8-3 for their opening win. Whittier fell to Vangard 9-1 in an exhibition game as they open their season with Willamette on Friday.
  • Roanoke joins Top 25
    March 07, 2017
    Roanoke is just one of four teams new to the Top 25 this week. Joining the Maroons are Johns Hopkins, Baldwin Wallace, and Pacific Lutheran. Emory is the top ranked team for the second straight week.
  • West Regional Preview
    February 05, 2017
    Trinity graduated most of the key pieces from their 2016 National Champion squad, so this year’s field is wide open. Texas Lutheran, Texas-Tyler, East Texas Baptist, California Lutheran, Whitworth and Pacific Lutheran are just a few teams that have a chance to hoist a regional trophy.
  • BEYOND THE STAT SHEET: PLU Baseball’s Max Beatty Gets Second Chance in the Pros
    August 04, 2016
    Former PLU baseball player Max Beatty knows what it means to take advantage of a second chance, making the most of his opportunity as a professional baseball player in the Chicago White Sox organization. At one point in his time at PLU, Beatty had no idea if he would ever toe the rubber again.
  • 2016 Spokane Regional preview
    May 16, 2016
    The Wild Wild West Regional moves to Avista Stadium in Spokane Washington for 2016 as the regional returns to the Northwest. Joining the west region qualifiers is Case Western Reserve.
  • Savite joins Doll and Brown on honor team
    April 26, 2016
    Moravian first baseman Charles Savite joins fellow seniors Willie Doll, Sr., Saint Mary's (Minn.) and Garrett Brown, Sr., Pacific Lutheran on the eleventh edition of D3baseball.com's team of the week.
  • Leads are not safe in So Cal
    April 01, 2016
    Chapman, Occidental, and Pacific Lutheran all found themselves behind early and won with revived offenses and stellar relief pitching. Chapman and Pac Lu overpowered their opponents while Occidental won in walk off fashion.
  • Saturday Top 25 roundup
    February 27, 2016
    Heidelberg, Webster, and Pacific Lutheran stumbled on Saturday while Kean and Salisbury regained their winning ways on a day that eight of the top 10 teams took the field.
  • Willamette, George Fox upset Pacific Lutheran
    February 05, 2016
    It was not a good opening day for the Lutes as they dropped a 4-1 game to Willamette and a 9-8 decision to George Fox. Randolph-Macon and Huntingdon started the Firehouse classic with wins
  • West Regional Preview
    January 29, 2016
    We can expect the West to be wild again with established powers Texas-Tyler, Trinity (Texas), Linfield, and Cal Lutheran, challenged by newcomers like Pacific Lutheran.
  • PLU assistant and alum Nolan Soete named interim head baseball coach
    June 11, 2015
    PARKLAND – Longtime assistant coach and former Pacific Lutheran baseball player Nolan Soete will take over as interim head coach of the PLU baseball program for the 2015-16 academic year, PLU athletic director Laurie Turner announced.
  • 2015 Demorest Regional preview
    May 12, 2015
    The South Region has had its off years recently in Division III baseball. We don't think this is one of them, and since the perennial playoff contenders are the lower-seeded teams in this regional, all bets are off.
  • Lutes reach 30 wins with Senior Day victory over George Fox
    May 03, 2015
    PARKLAND – Pacific Lutheran scored three runs in the first inning and hardly looked back as the Lutes clinched the fourth 30-win season in program history with a 5-1 Senior Day victory over George Fox Sunday afternoon at PLU Field.
  • Lutes improve to 4-1 against Linfield this season with dramatic 4-3 win over Wildcats
    May 02, 2015
    PARKLAND – Dramatic wins over Linfield have become something of a habit for the 21st-ranked Pacific Lutheran baseball team this season, as the Lutes tied it on a bases-loaded double in the bottom of the eighth claimed their second walk-off win over the Wildcats in a week with a 4-3 victory Saturday at the PLU Tournament.
  • Shenandoah moves to title game, Coast Guard moves on
    April 24, 2015
    Shenandoah need two walk off wins to advance to the ODAC title game and Coast Guard pitching took care of Babson in the opening game of the NEWMAC tournament. In the Northwest, Pacific Lutheran was a winner and will meet Whitworth Saturday.
  • Lutes, Golden Eagles lock up top seeds
    April 19, 2015
    On Sunday, Pacific Lutheran and St. Joseph (L.I.) clinched the top seeds in their conference tournaments. Pacific Lutheran is the regular season champ of the NWC while St. Joesph (L.I) is tops in the Skyline.
  • NCBWA D-III Hitter and Pitcher of the Week
    March 05, 2015
    A sparkling 90-pitch start and .500 batting average with seven extra base hits helped guide Kyle Rossman and Jordan Freeman to NCBWA D-III Player of the Week awards.
  • Lutes jump into Top 25
    February 24, 2015
    With a series win over No. 6 Linfield, Pacific Lutheran vaulted into the Top 25. Rhodes also secured a spot in the Top 25 bumping Adrian and Buena Vista outside the weekly poll.
  • Pacific Lutheran's late-inning rally propels Lutes to series win over No. 4 Linfield
    February 22, 2015
    McMINNVILLE, Ore. – It was better late than never for Pacific Lutheran as the Lutes tied it with a run in the eighth and scored three in the ninth to claim a 6-3 win over fourth-ranked Linfield to pick up PLU's first series win against the Wildcats since 2006 Sunday afternoon at Roy Helser Field.
  • Pac Lutheran Loomis wins 300th in upset win
    February 21, 2015
    Pacific Lutheran head coach Geoff Loomis earned the 300th win of his coaching career, with a 5-2 win over No. 4 Linfield. He now owns a 300-186-2 record in 13 seasons at the helm of the Lutes program.
  • Four top 10 teams get Saturday losses
    February 21, 2015
    Chapman, Millsaps, Pacific Lutheran, and Rhodes came up big on Saturday as they all gave the their top 10 opponents their first losses against D-III competition.
  • Loomis and Konopaski hit milestones as Lutes split against #4 Wildcats
    February 21, 2015
    McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran bounced back from a 3-0 defeat in the opener to pick up a milestone 5-2 win in the second game as the Lutes split a Northwest Conference doubleheader against fourth-ranked Linfield Saturday afternoon at Roy Helser Field.
  • Mother Nature is the winner in early week games
    February 17, 2015
    Winter came east and disrupted games along the Atlantic seaboard on Monday and Tuesday. Out in Texas and California, the sun shone down on a light game schedule.
  • Our preseason All-Americans
    January 13, 2015
    Power hitting first baseman Simon Rosenbaum is one of 45 players on the 2015 D3baseball.com preseason All-American squad that will take the field in 2015.
  • Fifteen D-III players were selected in the 2014 MLB draft
    June 08, 2014
    The Tampa Rays made Pacific Lutheran's Trevor Lubking as the first D-III player taken in the 2014 MLB amateur baseball draft. Fourteen more players were taken on the final day of the annual draft.
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