Tre D'Amico, an outfielder for Frostburg State, Keith Long, a right hander pitcher for Texas-Tyler, and Andrew Santobuono, a right handed pitcher for Alfred State, earned the first NCBWA player of the week award for the 2019 season.
Texas-Tyler pitcher Keith Long threw the first no-hitter of the 2019 season in the Patriots last hurrah in D-III before moving to D-II next season. Birmingham-Southern did it with their staff and Grove City's Lake Pry added his own no-no.
Texas-Tyler swept two games from UMHB Sunday afternoon. The first game was highlighted by a no-hitter from junior right-handed pitcher Keith Long with UT Tyler earning a 3-0 win.
Emory walked it off on Wednesday, on a throwing error by the LaGrange shortstop, for their first win of the season. Also on the day, Berry, William Peace, and Piedmont came out winners. On Tuesday, Texas-Tyler shutout Henderson State and Centenary (La.) was one run better than Millsaps.
University of Dallas announced the hire of Erik Grafton as the Crusader's head coach. Grafton will be the 20th head coach for the program. Grafton arrives after spending the previous six seasons as the assistant coach for the Texas-Tyler Patriots.
In the battle of the Lone Star state, the Patriots swept Texas Lutheran 8-1 and 9-6 in the D-III Championship Series to earn their first national championship in baseball, bringing the Walnut and Bronze back to Texas after a year's absence.
Texas-Tyler scored six times with two outs in the fifth inning to erase a Randolph-Macon lead and the Patriots went on to win 8-6 to advance to the Division III Championship Series.
Rick Spiers inside-the-park home run ignited the dugout as the Yellow Jackets made it two wins on Sunday to force a winner-take-all game on Monday with a 5-1 win over Texas-Tyler.
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.
Defense was a struggle but it was Texas-Tyler who look a 10-5 win over Oswego State. Blake Maddox's home run in the fourth broke a 4-4 tie as the Patriots extended the Lakers' World Series losing string to three games.
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Misericordia powered their way to two wins to wrap-up their pass to the D-III World Series. It was a different route for Texas-Tyler who scored four in the ninth to walk off to a series ticket. Wooster took care of business against NCAC rival Wabash to advance.
The two additional teams in the NCAA Tournament, expanding the field from 56 to 58 teams, land here, turning the Central Regional from a six-team regional to an eight-team regional. Whether that means a team will be more tested, or just less rested, remains to be seen.
Blake Maddox's' grand slam in the 11th inning lifted Texas-Tyler to an 8-4 win over McMurry and gave head coach Brent Porche a milestone as he surpassed the 200-win milestone. The Patriots finished the sweep with a 6-4 win in seven innings.
Ozarks walked it off in game one and rolled in the nightcap for a 4-0 start to the season. On a trip to Arizona, Redlands downed Texas-Dallas in extra innings. In Texas, No. 15 Texas-Tyler completed a three game sweep of La Verne
Ozarks walked it off in game one and rolled in the nightcap for a 4-0 start to the season. On a trip to Arizona, Redlands downed Texas-Dallas in extra innings. In Texas, No. 15 Texas-Tyler completed a three game sweep of La Verne
Winning is fun, and the West Region has been winning. Three teams from three different conferences have claimed the Walnut and Bronze in the last five seasons. Cal Lutheran emphasized team spirit and family through their championship season in 2017..
No. 6-ranked Texas-Tyler Patriots earned their third straight ASC Championship with a 6-1 win over East Texas Baptist in 10 innings on Saturday at Irwin Field to finish off a Gold Bracket series in two games that both went extra innings.
The three remaining teams playing in the Top 10 all won out on Friday with UW-Whitewater winning two and Wooster one as both advanced to their conference championship games. Texas-Tyler needed extra innings to start their ASC championship series with a win.
Texas-Tyler clinched the top seed in the upcoming ASC tournament with a win over East Texas Baptist and will host the first of two post-season tournaments, the ASC tounament next week and the West regional in mid-May.
Gunner Quick led Texas-Tyler to a doubleheader sweep but no games were bigger than Shenandoah's extra inning win at Randolph-Macon and Oswego State's two game win over Cortland that put both winners at the top of their conference standings.
Methodist started their scoring with a steal of home as they opened their tournament with a 6-4 win over Mary Washington on Friday. In Texas, the Texas-Tyler Patriots are now 2-0 against the defending National Champion Trinity Texas) following a 5-2 home win
Methodist started their scoring with a steal of home as they opened their tournament with a 6-4 win over Mary Washington on Friday. In Texas, the Texas-Tyler Patriots are now 2-0 against the defending National Champion Trinity Texas) following a 5-2 home win
Methodist started their scoring with a steal of home as they opened their tournament with a 6-4 win over Mary Washington on Friday. In Texas, the Texas-Tyler Patriots are now 2-0 against the defending National Champion Trinity Texas) following a 5-2 home win
Texas-Tyler ended their opening weekend in Mississippi with an 8-1 win over Maryville. ASC conference mate Concordia-Texas outscored Hendrix 9-6 in three extra frames for a wild 17-14 win.
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.
Brent Porche has been named the fourth head coach in Texas-Tyler program’s history after amassing a 147-83 record in four seasons at LSU Alexandria where he also served as athletic director this past year.
Texas-Tyler will be under the leadership of the fourth head coach in program history next season with the announcement earlier this month that Chris Bertrand has resigned following four seasons with the Patriots to pursue new professional opportunities.
Texas-Tyler will be under the leadership of the fourth head coach in program history next season with the announcement earlier this month that Chris Bertrand has resigned following four seasons with the Patriots to pursue new professional opportunities.
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.
D’Amico, Long, and Santobuono get first NCBWA awards
February 27, 2019Tre D'Amico, an outfielder for Frostburg State, Keith Long, a right hander pitcher for Texas-Tyler, and Andrew Santobuono, a right handed pitcher for Alfred State, earned the first NCBWA player of the week award for the 2019 season.
