Salve Regina took two games from Babson, 7-3 and 8-5, and they earn a key NEWMAC series win. Nearby Eastern Connecticut State saw their division leading win steak stop at 20 games as they lost game two today to Southern Maine.
After nearly four decades of dedicated service to University of Southern Maine student-athletes as the Huskies' baseball coach, Ed Flaherty, is retiring from coaching at the end of the 2024 season.
In the final of a three game set between previous World Series champions, Chapman (2003, 19) salvaged one win of the series with a 10-3 victory over Cortland (2015). Rowan (1978, 79) also won a clash of past champions with Southern Maine (1991, 97). ECSU (1982, 90, 98, 2002, 22) was a 2-1 winner over Marietta (1981, 83, 86,2006, 11, 12)
Good news for Eastern Connecticut State comes this year. They have a Championship in each city that has hosted and this year the East Lake era begins. The usual suspects lurk in Southern Maine and UMass-Boston and a Johnny-come-lately in Rhode Island. Last year Endicott made the final eight and have a team that is able and ready to repeat.
Rhode Island College, Eastern Connecticut State and Southern Maine rolled through their first round games in the Little East Tournament, one of seven that opened today.
Bates earned their first win against the Southern Maine Huskies since 1988 as Henry Jamieson set a new record for stolen bases. Wittenberg moved their win string to 15 games with a 7-4 win over Baldwin Wallace. The Tigers are 2-0 over Top 5 teams this year.
With the Huskies 8-3 win over No. 10 Johns Hopkins, Southern Maine head coach Ed Flaherty earned his 1100 win. In his 38th season Flaherty is 1100-498-4, top 3 among active NCAA DIII coaches, and is 28th all-time in the category of winningest coaches in DIII
Ithaca and Southern Maine were powerhouse teams in the 1990's and have met only five times before. The Huskies of USM earned the win on Sunday. Elsewhere in a battle of unbeatens, ECSU defeated Johns Hopkins in extra innings to keep their long winning streak active.
A repeat championship by Eastern Connecticut is not in the cards as Southern Maine is the preseason favorite in their conference. The Huskies will have company at the top of Region 2 as Endicott has a team that could bring home their first DIII World Series title.
Joshua Joy was lights out firing the Southern Maine Huskies first-ever nine-inning no-hitter as USM shut out the Owls 7-0. Joy matched his career high with 11 strikeouts in the win, and is now the only Husky hurler to record a nine-inning no hitter.
Southern Maine grabbed a win over TCNJ in twelve innings with two runs to force extras and twice had to answer the Lions in the extra portion. Elsewhere Simpson and New England College were on target with big strikeout performances.
No. 13 Southern Maine opened with an extra innings win over No. 5 Johns Hopkins. In other action No, 24 Kean made it 10-0 to start the season and No. 16 Texas-Dallas received their first loss but recovered to split a set with Concordia-Texas.
With the New England region split in half, Region 2 looks like it could be the home of some interesting late-season battles when talking about NCAA tournament consideration.....more
Freshman Cam Seymour hit a two-run, opposite-field home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap an improbable comeback and give the second-seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies their sixth Little East Conference tournament title with a thrilling 7-6
St. Thomas (Minn.), playing in their final MIAC tournament, opened with a win over Bethel as Graham Laubscher baffled the Bethel hitters. In a LEC showdown, it was ECSU and Southern Maine splitting on the day as they try to add tournament champion or state their their case for an at-large bid.
Southern Maine swept Plymouth State on Monday. On a light schedule, Cortland split with Brockport, Bethel bested Concordia Morehead and George Fox edged Linfield in a pair.
Southern Maine split a LEC doubleheader with Western Conn State but the awaited clash between Babson and Wheaton (Mass.) was cancelled and the top 25 teams will play next weekend.
Marietta climbs to number five as Southern Maine and North Central drop out of the Top 10. The trio of Trinity (Texas), Washington Univ. and Salisbury maintain their hold on the top three spots in the latest D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25.
A four-home run week, a no-hitter, and an 11-RBI week took home the week five NCAA Div. III National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association honors. This week’s honorees were recognized for performances spanning March 22-28.
Mass-Dartmouth and Southern Maine split the conference opened for each with the Huskies winning easily in the opener and the Corsairs walking off in the nightcap as part of a busy day on Thursday.
UMass Dartmouth Head Baseball Coach Bob Prince made the drive from the South Coast to State College, Pennsylvania but what happened next was anything but normal. Far from it.
In the final regular season D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25, a shake up in the top of the poll has Christopher Newport the new number one team heading into the NCAA D-III Playoffs. Following the Captains is Concordia Chicago, Southern Maine, Trinity (Texas) and Washington U.
Southern Main joined three other Top 10 teams looking for an at-large pass into the NCAA Playoffs as they were eliminated by UMass-Boston 2-0 on Saturday. Ten of the 40 conference bids are set to be awarded on Sunday.
Top ranked Westfield State and third seeded Framingham State advanced in the MASCAC tourney and will play Thursday in the winners bracket final. In other tournament action, Adrian and Southern Maine, their conferences top seed, opened with wins on the day.
Southern Maine has ridden an eleven game win streak to a second place ranking in this weeks D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25. Christopher Newport drops to third as Concordia-Chicago holds on to the top spot.
Hope fell behind early but came back to win their 20th game in 21 tries. Elsewhere in the nation, UMass-Boston scored a big win with an upset of No. 3 Southern Maine.
Salve Regina sweeps on Sunday, ECSU extends win streak
April 14, 2024Salve Regina took two games from Babson, 7-3 and 8-5, and they earn a key NEWMAC series win. Nearby Eastern Connecticut State saw their division leading win steak stop at 20 games as they lost game two today to Southern Maine.
