| Ethan Netherton had three RBI
in the Panthers' sweep of Sewanee on
Sunday. Birmingham-Southern athletics photo |
Birmingham-Southern rallied for four runs in the sixth inning to erase 1-0 deficit and take a win 4-1 over Sewanee in game two of a Southern Athletic Association doubleheader at Striplin Field. The Panthers won game one 8-0.
Wheaton (Mass.) earned a 3-1 victory over Farmingdale
State in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon. Junior
right-handed pitcher Alec Palioca fanned five batters in
five-and-one-third innings, gave up five hits, one run (earned) and
three walks for the win. Junior closer Ryan Grant recorded his
first save of the season inducing two flyouts and two groundouts to
go along with one walk.
Linfield took a 4-0 lead into the ninth, but Pacific put together
a string of gutsy at-bats and nearly completed the comeback. As the
tying run took off for home on a dropped third strike, Linfield
catcher Kyle Chamberlain threw to
first to complete the final out of a tension-filled 4-3 Wildcat victory over Pacific.
Marietta's title defense will have to wait for Monday. The Etta Express is now slated to open against Anderson in Xenia, Ohio after the weekend action was postponed.
Cortland started slow but finished
strong in a 17-1 win over Eastern. Reserves Conrad
Ziemendorf and Keith
Andrews both went 2-for-2 as they gave the everyday
starters a break midway in a lopsided contest.
Fifth-ranked Christopher Newport converted its third weekend sweep
in four tries against league opponents this year, dropping
Methodist, 10-2. Bryan Bierlein has won all four of his outings
this season, and converted the Captains' 10th straight quality
start against conference foes. Against the Monarchs, the junior
struck out eight in eight innings of work, giving up just two runs
on five hits.
New Paltz State scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning to complete a 10-9 come-from-behind victory over sixth-ranked Salisbury at the SU Baseball Field. Matt Prescia was 3-for-5 with a two RBIs and a run scored to pace New Paltz
Trinity (Texas) finished off a SCAC weekend sweep with a 15-2 win over Southwestern. The Tigers were on fire offensively in today's game, piling up 15 runs on 16 hits in a game that was shortened due to a 10-run rule. The Pirates were held to just five hits by four Trinity pitchers.
| Roanoke sent Shenadoah to
defeat in their first ODAC contest. Roanoke athletics photo |
Roanoke surprised Shenandoah in the ODAC opener for both teams.
Roanoke won the first game 18-9, while Shenandoah took the second
game, 7-3. Bradley Mattox led the Maroons in hitting in the first
contest, going 5-6 with four runs scored and three RBIs. Lew
Johnson, Andrew Creamer and Daniel Freshley led the Hornets in
hitting with two hits each in the nightcap.
No. 24 Aurora made it 3-0 in dealing St. John Fisher their first
loss of the team, defeating the Cardinals 10-5 at Chain of Lakes
Park in Winter Haven, FL. The Cardinals attempted a comeback in the
sixth, closing the scoring gap to a run but Aurora put the game out
of reach with a five hit, five run bottom of the sixth.
Texas-Tyler closed out the 2013 Clements Fluids Classic with a
12-2 win over No. 15 ranked Whitworth. The Patriots exploded
for six runs in the second inning, led by Kevan House's fourth
triple of the season. The game was decided in the bottom of the
second inning, with the Patriots scoring six runs off of Pirates
starter Nick Scourey.
Keystone split a pair of non-conference games on at Richard
Stockton. The Giants, now 5-1 on the season, won the opener
7-2 before the Ospreys, 4-2 on the young season, salvaged the split
with a 6-3 decision in the second game as Keystone suffered its
first setback of the year.
Senior shortstop Kyle McKelvey connected for five hits and two runs batted in as the Western New England offense exploded for a season-best 14 hits to back a solid pitching effort in a 7-1 non-conference victory over Saint Joseph's (L.I.) at Gregg Alfano Field.
North Central (Ill.) opened up the 2013 slate, splitting a pair of non-conference games at GCS Ballpark, crushing No. 11 Webster, 10-3 in the opener before falling to Washington (Mo.) in the nightcap 3-1.