In a play-in game Susquehanna needed extras to defeat Drew to earn the final spot in the Landmark four-team double elimination tournament. They were not the only team to save their season with an extra inning win. John Jay needed an extra inning to advance to play CCNY in the CUNYAC finals.
Mitchell found home cooking to their liking with a one run decision over Tufts. They were not the only lower seeds to find success on Friday. Fourth-seeded Bridgewater State, Lewis & Clark, Susquehanna and TCNJ earned wins on the opening day of the NCAA Playoffs.
Moravian swept Susquehanna on Sunday and on the day Carmine Palummo scored his 100th career run. The Greyhounds maintained their fourth place position in the Landmark standings.
With a doubleheader sweep of Elizabethtown, Susquehanna broke a tie with Catholic to take over first place in the Landmark Conference on a busy day in Pennsylvania. Out west W&J stayed unbeaten with their 16th win.
Alex Burman hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the ninth inning and Will Carey closed out an instant classic and the Susquehanna University Baseball defeated TCNJ to kick off regional play in Baltimore. The Lions (31-10) are ranked No. 8 in the latest d3baseball.com national rankings. The victory puts the team in the winners bracket and the River Hawks (24-16) will face the winner of Johns Hopkins.
Dillan Weikel, Nathan Madden and Will Carey pieced together gritty efforts on the mound and the relentless River Hawk lineup continued to dominate as Susquehanna defeated Moravian 8-5 to win the Landmark Championship Sunday afternoon in Scranton.
Ramapo opened at rival Kean and defeated Susquehanna to start the season with a win. NYU made it two in a row to start the season with a win over Canton.
The shutout of Mid-Atlantic teams in the D-III World series notched another year as Wheaton (Mass.) took the regional crown to Appleton. The favorites are all familiar faces to the national stage with Johns Hopkins and TCNJ leading the pack.
Last year Cortland came out of the New York Regional and captured its first D-III World Series championship. The Red Dragons are back but who can dethrone the top team in the region and nation?
For the second time in three years, Susquehannal is the Landmark Conference Champion. The Crusaders secured their second-ever Landmark title with Saturday's 10-4 win over Elizabethtown.
Justin Cassinelli went 5-for-5 and hit for the cycle with three RBI and five runs scored as Susquehanna's 13-3 win over Elizabethtown. With the win, the Crusaders clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Landmark Conference Tournament.
Moravian and Rowan head to the Moosic Regional as Moravian is looking for their first D-III World Series appearance and Rowan is looking to win its first national title since 1980.
Ernie Banks is famous for saying "Lets play two". Chicago, Covenant, Gordon, Hope, Sul Ross State, and Susquehanna all swept their doubleheaders on Saturday.
Southwestern, Lebanon Valley and Susquehanna got good pitching from freshmen on Tuesday. Heidelberg also found some pitching after allowing 10+ runs in their first three games.
Franklin could not hold their ninth inning lead as Capital was a walk-off winner in Florida. Up north, Shenandoah showed their pitching and offensive power with a sweep of Susquehanna.
St. Joseph (Maine) swept Rhode Island to open their season on a day that saw 14 of the Top 25 see action. Susquehanna and Illinois Wesleyan upset top 25 teams on Saturday.
Senior pitcher/outfielder John Lunardi from Exton, Pa. pitched a perfect game 1, literally, as Susquehanna swept visiting Drew , 9-0, 12-5, in a Landmark Conference doubleheader.
There will be a new look New York and Mid-Atlantic regions this year. The formation of the Landmark Conference set the dominoes falling with 17 teams changing conference affiliations.