Willamette's Jeff Hoffman and Rocco Granucci each blasted a home run as the Bearcats outscored Whitworth, 8-4, in the championship game of the 2024 Northwest Conference Tournament on Sunday, May 12 at Borleske Stadium.
Mike Coduto has been hired by Willamette as the head coach of the baseball team. Most recently Coduto served as the associate head coach at Earlham College in Indiana, where he was on the coaching staff since the 2017 season.
Aaron Swick, a 15-year NCAA Div. III head coach who achieved great success at Willamette, has been hired as The College of Wooster's head baseball coach.
Willamette won both games of a doubleheader against George Fox , 4-3 and 9-5, on Sunday, March 5 to give Willamette Head Coach Aaron Swick his 300th victory with the Bearcats.
A full day of action saw Willamette's Matt Steindorf set a school pitching record. Teams made moves within their conferences, some like Washington and Jefferson increase their hold on first or others like Catholic who improved their conference position.
Willamette catcher Cole Pursell is the backstop on the third D3baseball.com Team of the week for the 2019 season. Joining Pursell is teammate Connor Bailey who earned his spot in the outfield.
The West Regional championship returns to Avista Stadium in Spokane Washington. The West Region champion has won two straight National Championships and three of the last five. Is the West up for a three-peat?
Matt Steindorf pitched six scoreless innings and Connor Bailey blasted his 14th home run of the season, as Willamette defeated George Fox, 5-3, in the championship game of the 2018 Northwest Conference Baseball Tournament on Sunday, April 22 to earn the NWC's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Matt Kosderka, a long-time coach in the Portland area and Northwest Conference, has been selected to lead the Lewis & Clark Pioneers program, the 11th head coach in program history.
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.
Brockport, Washington,Trinity (Texas) and Oberlin all took down Top 10 teams on Saturday but the upset bug was not limited to the top ranked teams. NJCU, Washington and Lee, Willamette and Hampden-Sydney all joined in the parade of upsets.
Maryville scored five runs in the ninth to steal a win over No. 11 Rhodes and No. 14 Linfield won with the long ball on Sunday. Eight teams are 3-0 or better after the first weekend of activity across the nation.
It was not a good opening day for the Lutes as they dropped a 4-1 game to Willamette and a 9-8 decision to George Fox. Randolph-Macon and Huntingdon started the Firehouse classic with wins
Willamette swept a Northwest Conference doubleheader from Lewis & Clark, 8-2 and 9-0, as the Bearcats recorded 25 hits. WU starters Peter Hoffman (complete game) and Connor Loar (7 innings) provided solid pitching.
Tiras Koon smacked a 3-run homer and Hunter Galant hit a solo homer in the first game, while Austin Hagarty belted a two-run homer in the second game, as Willamette swept a doubleheader from George Fox, 11-1 and 6-0.
A dozen regular season games were played on Easter starting with a doubleheader between Virginia Wesleyan and Washington and Lee. Pacific Lutheran and Willamette ended the day with a single game.
Willamette players are participating on various summer league teams throughout the country as they prepare for the 2013 season. In total, 17 players from the 2012 team are competing this summer.
Willamette earns NWC title and playoff slot
May 12, 2024Willamette's Jeff Hoffman and Rocco Granucci each blasted a home run as the Bearcats outscored Whitworth, 8-4, in the championship game of the 2024 Northwest Conference Tournament on Sunday, May 12 at Borleske Stadium.
