Benedictine (7-0) and Kalamazoo (8-0) stayed perfect through games on Saturday. Benedictine did it with a 6-2 win over Hope and Kalamazoo swept a pail in Jacksonville, Illinois. Other teams who have played a minimum of five games and are still without a loss include No. 2 Endicott (6-0), Johnston and Wales (5-0) and Whitworth (10-0).
CNU pitchers struck out 19 Pacers as they opened their season with a walk-off win in extra innings over William Peace. The NWC was the offensive leaders as Whitworth scored 18 and George Fox got 20 as both opened their seasons with thunder.
Millsaps defeated Hendrix, the top seed in the SAA tournament on Friday. The news was not good for the USA South #1 seed, Piedmont who exited their postseason set with a 0-2 record. Only NWC top seed, Whitworth was a winner on Friday.
The first D-III player taken in this year's MLB amateur player draft was Hugh Smith, a righthander out of Whitworth and was the only name called on day two. Christian Cosby, Chapman was the first of 11 players drafted on the third and final day of the MLB draft.
Spokane was added as the regional host in late March. Adrian and the MAC was announce as NCAA Regional hosts in mid February. William Peace and Cortland were tabbed to host Regionals in 2017 with Webster, Mass-Maritime and St. Scholastica added in early 2018.
Dan Ramsay, who has guided Whitworth for nine years, is leaving to become the manager of the Minnesota Twins’ minor league team in the Gulf Coast League. School officials named Pirate assistant coach CJ Perry as the school’s interim head coach.
One run games were the norm as Willamette and Whitworth opened the NWC tournament with wins. On the other coast it was offense that ruled the day as the winning margin of the three CAC games averaged 11+ runs.
If the 11-inning, 6-5 NWC in the opener over visiting Whitworth wasn't exciting enough, Whitman made sure the day was a memorable one with first-year Eric Ma's no-hitter in the Blues' 2-0 win Saturday at Borleske Stadium in the nightcap.
Vikings pitching was spot on as was the N.C Wesleyan offense as Augustana won a close game and the Bishops was anything but.. Whitworth, Occident were also winners on Monday.
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.
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.
All eight NCAA Regionals are set. Bids were accepted for host schools Berry, Cortland, ECSU, Misericordia, Washington & Jefferson, Webster, Whitworth, and Wis.-La Crosse.
Holden Novak, Centenary (La.); Jonah Paul, Covenant; Colton Spears, Hardin-Simmons; and Josh Thomas, Piedmont all earned spots in a senior sweep of the pitching staff in the first D3baseball.com Team of the Week of 2016.
Whitworth, with an 8-7 win over No. 3 Emory and an 8-6 victory with Mary Hardin-Baylor, leads D-III with seven wins. Following the Pirates is Berry with six wins after a 5-2, 6-2 sweep of Guilford.
Cory Mack pitched seven strong innings and Whitworth scored seven early runs as the Pirates defeated top-seeded Pacific Lutheran for the second consecutive day with an 8-2 win to claim the inaugural NWC Tournament championship at PLU Field.
Senior ace Dan Scheibe threw the first nine-inning no-hitter by a Whitworth pitcher in the metal bat era to forever trademark the Pirates' debut in the inaugural Northwest Conference Tournament, a 2-0 win over Linfield on Friday at PLU Field.
Wooster's Eddie Reese and fifty more players appear on the 2014 edition of the D3baseball.com preseason All-American team. click here for the full list.
Whitworth will not surprise anyone this year as the Pirates and Trinity (Texas) battle for western supremacy. If not these two, look for traditional powers in the ASC, NWC, or SCIAC to a make a bid for the best team for 2013.
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.
On Monday, the sticks came out in the second and third game after Cortland State got the day started with a fine pitching performance. Monday's full wrapup from Appleton.
Cortland State started the Memorial Day slate of games with a 5-4 win over Whitworth, ending the Pirates' surprising season. The Red Dragons will play Tuesday at noon.
Whitworth got off to a quick start on Sunday and put Christopher Newport on the next flight home, eliminating the Captains 7-2 in the completion of Saturday's suspended game.
Webster sent Kean home in the early game on Saturday, and Mother Nature sent everyone else home for the night. On noon Sunday, we'll resume with CNU and Whitworth in the bottom of the fifth.
At the start of the game, the weather looked promising with a very comfortable breeze and the sun barely shining through the clouds. But that was too good to be true.
Staying perfect
March 09, 2024Benedictine (7-0) and Kalamazoo (8-0) stayed perfect through games on Saturday. Benedictine did it with a 6-2 win over Hope and Kalamazoo swept a pail in Jacksonville, Illinois. Other teams who have played a minimum of five games and are still without a loss include No. 2 Endicott (6-0), Johnston and Wales (5-0) and Whitworth (10-0).
