Elms opened their play in the New England ECAC championships with a 5-1 win over Nichols. On a light schedule this Wednesday, the Little East and MIAA opened their tournaments with upsets.
WCSU used offense and superb pitching in their upset win over No. 5 Ramapo on Monday. It was offenses that dominated with nearly half the teams playing putting up eight or more runs on the scoreboard. Fredonia had the biggest inning with nine runs in a wild ninth.
The Saints and Colonials opened up Sunday morning with a pitchers' duel between sophomore Dylan Gerdts and Western Connecticut's Craig Frobel with Frobol coming out with the win and a no-hitter.
Five Top 25 teams had their doubleheaders postponed on Saturday. Webster and Southern Maine wish they had as Spalding and Western Conn. pull off upset sweeps.
Ithaca's standout shortstop was the first D-III player selected in the 2013 MLB amateur draft, in the 13th round. In all, a total of 14 players were drafted. Here's the rundown on each.
Ithaca's standout shortstop was the first D-III player selected in the 2013 MLB amateur draft. He was followed by Joseph Odom 18 picks later, also in the 13th round. The latest picks:
Kalamazoo, Western Connecticut, and Marian were all upset winners on Monday. Kalamazoo swept Alma, Western Connecticut needed one last defensive play to beat Ramapo and Marian was a winner over UW-Oshkosh.
Trey Martin, Nick Stein, and Tim Wilson repeat in the 2013 edition of the D3baseball.com preseason All-American team. The preseason honor role highlights 45 of the best players in the country.