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| Dylan Maria (pictured) slugged two home runs, including a grand slam, and Phil Sedalis had four hits, to power #19 Rowan past NJCU, 17-2, in an NJAC baseball matchup as the Profs pick up their first conference win of the year. Rowan athletics photo Chris Taylor |
No. 6 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace picked up an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep over No. 16 nationally-ranked Marietta College by scores of 2-1 (11 innings) and 7-3 on the Fisher Field. BW (18-4, 4-1 OAC) was led by sophomore right-handed pitcher Dylan Snyder (Stow/Archbishop Hoban) threw a career-high 10 innings limiting Marietta (17-7, 3-2 OAC) to one run and six hits while striking out five. Senior All-OAC outfielder Vincent Capolupo (Kenmore, N.Y./Saint Joseph's Collegiate) went 3-for-6 and drove in the winning run with a walk off single. Snyder picked up the start going 10 innings and allowing just one run on six hits. He picked up a no decision in the game. Senior right-handed pitcher Garrett Miller pitched the 11th inning and struck out a pair picking up his fourth win of the season. BW (19-4, 5-1 OAC) was led by Kolenich who went 4-for-5 at the plate with a RBI and run scored. Senior All-American infielder Luke Vonderhaar and senior All-OAC first baseman Alexis Castillo each led the team with two RBIs. Capolupo scored a game-high three runs.
Millikin swept a doubleheader at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. The Big Blue won game one 2-1 and took the nightcap 9-0. It is the first sweep against the Cardinals since May 5, 2007. Millikin won game one 2-1 behind a great pitching effort from three Big Blue hurlers. Starter Matt Wilson improved to 5-0 on the season throwing seven and two-thirds innings allowing seven hits while striking out five. Max Simpson came in and recorded an out in the eighth inning. Senior Aaron Agee picked up his sixth save of the season getting three outs in the ninth. Agee allowed the first two Cardinal batters to reach before getting two strikeouts and a groundout to end the game. The Big Blue broke open game two in seventh with three runs aided by two North Central errors.
Cabrini split its doubleheader with Centenary Friday afternoon as the Cavaliers dropped Game 1, 8-5, but took Game 2, 17-6, behind two home runs and five RBIs from Dustin Sutton. In the fifthof game one, Cabrini extended its lead to 5-2 with a lead-off homer from Christian Strickland and an RBI-single from Shane Chavez-Zottnick, but that was the final Cavaliers lead in the ballgame as Centenary scored five unanswered runs in the bottom half. In Game 2, Centenary knotted the game at three apiece in the fourth, but in the sixth, three Cabrini hits and three Cyclones miscues led to six runs for the Cavs. Then in the eighth, Sutton and Narciso, the team's home run leaders, led off the inning with back-to-back jacks; the Cavs then batted around as Sutton came back to the dish with the bases loaded and promptly unloaded them with a homer to right to put Cabrini ahead 17-4 and cap off the eight-run inning.
Tufts won its sixth straight Friday evening, scoring three runs in the seventh and eighth inning to rally for a 4-3 non-conference victory at Amherst in play from Memorial Field. The contest was the first of a three-game, non-conference set this weekend in Amherst, and the game was tight throughout. Late in the contest with the Mammoths (8-6-1) leading 2-1, Tufts battled back to tie the game in the top of the seventh after Connor Flavin plated Ben Leonard who had singled to lead off the frame. In the top of the eighth, Tufts (12-5) got a pair of clutch two-out hits to take the lead as Henry Fleckner scored Jackson Duffy from second base to make it 3-2. Fleckner advanced to second on a wild pitch, coming around on a RBI knock by Leonard to give the Jumbos some insurance. Amherst came back with a single run in the bottom of the eight, but Tufts closer Brendan McFall came in out of the bullpen and got the next five outs to pick up his conference-leading fifth save of the season. McFall also ranks in the top 10 in the nation in saves with his fifth Friday.
Cortland held on after a furious Fredonia rally over the final three innings and the Red Dragons defeated the visiting Blue Devils, 14-10, in the opener of a three-game SUNYAC series at Wallace Field. Cortland won its 12th straight game to improve to 17-7 overall and 7-0 in the league. Cortland led 10-0 entering the bottom of the sixth before Fredonia scored three times. The Red Dragons scored four runs in the top of the seventh to take a 14-3 lead and was one out away from winning by the SUNYAC's 10-run rule before Chet Palmer hit a two-run single. Fredonia then scored a run in the eighth on Tyler Curtis' solo homer to make it 14-6 and scored four times in the bottom of the ninth on a Curtis two-run triple and RBI singles by Jake Wentland and Riley Cardinali. The Blue Devils had the bases loaded and the potential tying run at the plate before Jordan Maher flied out to deep center field to end the game.
No. 9 LaGrange (21-7, 9-0 CCS) wouldn't wait until the late innings like the first two games of the series as they scored early and often to pound Belhaven (17-12, 9-3 CCS) into submission by an 11-1 score in an conference game. Nick Lucido would have the lone RBI for Belhaven Luke Miller would start and go four innings, getting tuned up for six runs and eight hits against just two strikeouts to take the loss and fall to 1-1. Curt Bonner would fill up the stat sheet for the Panthers as he went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a pair of runs while Noah Preuer added three RBIs on a double. Senior pitcher Baley Coleman threw the first 4.1 innings, striking out five and allowing one unearned run for the no-decision while junior pitcher Jack Richards surrendered just one walk and three hits in 2.2 scoreless innings to pickup the win and move to 3-2.
Nathan Welch and Nick Barone combined for six hits, three home runs and drove in nine runs as the SUNY Canton earned an 11-10 win in the North Atlantic Conference opener for both teams on Friday evening. Welch went 3-for-5 with two runs, a walk and five RBI, while Barone was 3-for-4 scoring twice and driving in four runs. Nick Shoemaker and Dylan Allen supplied three hits each. Cameron Ciampaglia went 3-for-3 with two home runs, two walks and four RBI for Cazenovia. Gavin Neuland earned the win for the Roos striking out six batters and walking five surrendering four runs in 5.1 innings. Zach Rainville took the loss allowing seven runs with two strike outs and a walk in two innings.
Swarthmore scored in every inning as they bounced back to split the series against Muhlenberg, 21-5, on Friday. The Garnet totaled their most single-game runs since tallying 22 runs against SUNY Canton on March 12, 2019. Jett Shue played the best game of his career with highs in hits, runs and RBI while belting his first career home run. The junior went 4-for-5 at the dish with two RBI and four runs scored. The Garnet also received a trio of four RBI performances from Aidan Sullivan, Matthew Silvestre and Joe Radek. Sullivan put together his second-straight two double performance to end the two-game series with four doubles against the Muhls. The four RBI also marked a career-high for Sullivan and Radek. Matteo Sollecito earned the victory in one of his best performances of the season. The senior tossed a season-best five innings while allowing just two runs on five hits. Sollecito struck out three batters and did not allow a walk.
Five UW-Oshkosh pitchers combined for 16 scoreless innings to give the Titans (13-5, 4-2 WIAC) the doubleheader sweep over UW-Eau Claire (5-9, 0-4 WIAC) on Friday afternoon. Connor Brinkman took the hill for Oshkosh in the first game, facing off against Eau Claire's Nico Smith. Brinkman (5-0) earned the win and Smith (1-1) was assigned the loss. The 23 runs scored by Oshkosh were the most since April 23, 2021, when the Titans defeated Finlandia 24-3 at home. For the second game, Matt Sorrells started for Oshkosh. Sorrells (1-1) earned his first win of the season. Jake Surane led the Titans on the day with six hits (three doubles) with six RBI and four runs scored.
Minnesota Morris took the opener in a three-game series with North Central University on Friday by a score of 17-5 in eight innings. The win lifts the Cougars to 7-12 overall and evens their record at 2-2 in the UMAC. The scoring started early for Minnesota Morris, with lead-off hitter David Steffen reaching on an error and scoring on a double from Ethan Schmitz. With the bases loaded later in the inning, Keegan Jonas drove in Schmitz on a fielder's choice grounder to make it 2-0. The offense continued to roll in the fifth inning. Any NCU hopes of a comeback were dashed quickly with an eight-run explosion from Minnesota Morris in the top of the eighth. An error kept the inning alive and the subsequent seven runs all scored with two down in the frame. With the bases loaded, Ben Meuser cleared them on a grand slam to increase the lead to 12. After Josh Osten retired the side in the bottom of the eighth, the game ended early via the run rule.
Aurora swept their third NACC doubleheader of the season, defeating the visiting Muskies of Lakeland 12-1 (7 innings) and 11-4. The Spartan offense scored early and often in a run-ruled victory. Max Baer made his collegiate debut on the mound to close out the seventh and AU won 12-1 in a run rule ended game. The starting pitchers were dominant in the first several innings of game two with AU's Jack Fisher striking out seven and allowing just one hit over the first six innings. In the fifth the Spartan offense scratched across a run and the bats woke in the next, batting around while scoring six runs for a 7-0 lead. From this point both teams played even as Lakeland could not overcome the runs in the fifth and sixth.
UW-La Crosse split a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader with UW-Stevens Point Friday afternoon at Copeland Park. UWL took the first game, 6-5, but dropped game two, 14-3 in 7 innings. The score would remain 5-4 in favor of the Pointers until the eighth inning when the Eagles scored two runs. Anthony Vivian led off the eighth inning with his eighth home run of the season to tie the game at five. Hamilton followed that up with a double and scored with one out on a single by Olver. Tucker Bouche, who came on in relief, would retire the Pointers in order in the ninth to earn his third win of the season. Bouche (3-0) pitched the final two innings for the Eagles and gave up just one hit while striking out three. In the second game, both teams scored in the first inning but UW-Stevens Point made sure their was no comeback in the cards for UWL.
Wilmington won its first Ohio Athletic Conference contest of the season on Saturday, splitting a doubleheader with Heidelberg at Tewksbury-Delaney Field on Friday. The Quakers won game one 11-5 and the Student Princes took game two 11-7. Offense was plentiful early for both teams on the day. In the game one win, Wilmington pounded out 17 hits in the game and stole four bases. Owen Baumann finished 3-for-4 with a walk and four runs scored while Jared Lammert also had a three-hit game one. In the nightcap, Heidelberg jumped out to a 6-0 lead after two innings. The Quakers made things interesting in the ninth by scoring two runs, but came one baserunner away from sending the tying run to the plate as three fielder's choice outs ended the game.
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| Daniel Gutierrez led Adrian to a 4-0 shutout over Hope on the road to begin a three-game weekend series. Gutierrez threw eight shutout innings for the Bulldogs to earn his fifth win of the season. The last time Adrian shutout Hope was May 10, 2019. Adrian athletics photo |
Keystone took down Cairn, 11-9 Friday afternoon in CSAC action. Robert Estrada went 4-for-5 on the day. Griffin Yastremski went 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI. Greg Verano, Chris Hadsall and Bobby Pokorney all finished with two base knocks. Julio Acosta enjoyed a two-run home run in the fifth inning. On the pitching side, Jordan Art , Cam Hale, and Logan Lixie appeared in relief with Lixie picking up his third save of the season. Cairn went up 1-0 at the top of the first, but Keystone got the lead back thanks to a three-run home run by Yastremski in the bottom of the first. Keystone tacked on more runs in the second, third, and fifth inning. However, the Highlanders started to mount a comeback in the ninth as they put up five runs, but the Giants were able to hold for the win. The Giants and Highlanders combined for 25 hits in today's game.
No. 25 Augustana completed a two-game sweep of North Park on Friday, securing game one in 10 innings by a 2-0 score before a 6-5 triumph in game two. Josh Wintroub received the start in game one for Augie. Wintroub tossed eight scoreless innings, striking out 12 batters and allowing just one hit. Six different Vikings recorded hits, with Simon securing the lone RBI. In the second game of the doubleheader, neither team scored across the first three innings, with Jacob Irwin opening for Augie and Sam Jackson on the mound for North Park. The Vikings broke the drought in the fourth inning, scoring all six of their runs. North Park added their first run of the game before scoreless seventh and eighth innings brought the 6-1 score into the final inning. The home team quickly loaded the bases in their final at-bat opportunity, pushing across five runs before Augie recorded two outs. Reusch entered with one out to get, forcing a groundout to short to end the game.
After a six-run inning gave George Fox a tough 5-7 loss in game one, the Bruins bounced back in game two, staging a late rally to win, 4-3. While the Bruins gave up one run in the sixth, it was a costly seventh inning that turned the tides of game one. Whitman rattled off six hits in seven at-bats, scoring six runs to grab control of the game, 7-1. Four of the Blues' hits were singles, along with one double and a home run. In game two
Whitman jumped on the Bruins in the opening inning, putting two in scoring position before Fox could muster an out. The Blues drove home both their runners, taking a quick 2-0 lead that the Bruins could not refute in the opening inning. Gordon Wend pitched well from the bullpen on Saturday, throwing three innings while only giving up one hit. Wend's pitching left Fox with a chance in the bottom of the eight — still knotted at three, Nakamura reached base due to an error and advanced to third on a walk and a balk. With a runner in scoring position, Carson Coulter hit a chopper through for his second RBI single of the day, giving the Bruins the 4-3 lead. Alex Abbott's number was called as the closer, pitching the ninth inning and picking up the save in Fox's win.
Rochester picked up its fourth straight win in Liberty League play, defeating visiting Clarkson 5-2 on Friday afternoon at Towers Field. Four Yellowjacket pitchers combined to allow just five hits on the day, led by starter Nolan Sparks who was terrific through seven innings, earning his fourth win of the season. The junior right hander struck out a career-high tying nine batters and allowed just two hits and one run in his outing. Thomas Blaydes and Thomas Karpishin combined to pitch the eighth inning, with Karpishin getting two outs with runners on base to end the inning, and sophomore Mark Aaronson needed just five pitches in earning his fifth save of the season in the ninth. Graduate student Joseph Rende paced the Yellowjackets (13-8, 5-2 Liberty League) with a 3-for-4 day at the plate, finishing a double shy of the cycle. Rende scored three runs, notched and a triple, home run and one RBI. First-year Colton Avera extended his hitting streak to nine games with a 2-run double to open the scoring in the fourth inning and both John Moses and Colby Cruser recorded sacrifice flies in the victory.
Another stellar pitching performance from the Johns Hopkins staff, lead by seven scoreless from Kieren Collins led the team to back-to-back shutout wins over the Shormen to earn win number 22 on the season. Matthew Cooper picked up where the Blue Jays offense left off last time out, belting a no-doubter over the left field fence in the bottom of the first. It was his team leading ninth homer of the season to get JHU an early 1-0 advantage. Another run would be tacked on in the next inning when Dylan Whitney roped a two-out RBI double down the left field line to double the Blue Jays lead Kieren Collins put together his best start of the season, hurling seven shutout innings, while only allowing three hits. Collins fanned seven batters and it was the most shutout innings he has pitched so far this season. After allowing the first two runners to reach in the seventh, Collins set down the next three Shoremen to finish off his outing. The Blue Jays added two more runs in the later innings and Cole Jefferson, William Boneno and Jack McRae picked up the final six outs to close out a 9-0 win for JHU.
Montclair State snapped a three-game losing streak with a 10-6 triumph over Ramapo College Friday. Montclair (15-5, 2-2 NJAC) fell behind in the first as Ramapo scored on a wild pitch. The Red Hawks broke through three in the third frame. The Roadrunners dug into the lead with a single run in the bottom half of the stanza before Montclair tacked three more. Ryan McKenna registered a one-out RBI single before a Sam Angelo's fielder's choice allowed McKenna to score. Jason Moore's RBI double plated Angelo, and Montclair took the 6-2 lead into the sixth. McKenna, Miles Feaster, Angelo, and Moore delivered consecutive doubles in the sixth, extending the advantage to 9-2. Jack Haveson entered in relief in the sixth and got the final two outs with a 5-4-3 double-play just after Ramapo trimmed the margin to six. Haveson induced a 6-4-3 double-play in the seventh, and a Feaster sac fly brought the score to 10-3. Ramapo got back into the game on a three-run home run with one down in the ninth. The junior got a pop-out with the tying run on deck to cement the 10-6 victory.McKenna and Feaster, the top two hitters in the lineup, combined to go 6-for-9 with three RBI. Angelo and Moore each drove in two runs as the team smacked five doubles. Michael Timberelake improved to 3-0 on the season as Haveson recorded his first save of the season.
Lawrence rallied for a dramatic win in the opener Friday at Capital Credit Union Park and settled for a Midwest Conference doubleheader split with Cornell College. Lawrence won 9-8 in 12 innings in the first game, and Cornell took the nightcap 6-2. The opening contest stretched into the 12th when the Vikings had two on with one out. The Rams threw a runner out at the plate on Charon's single, but Perez then walked to load the bases. Taylor Freeman hit a slow roller to third, and Cornell's Kale Rose threw wildly to first and Leslie scored the winning run. In the second game, Cornell's Jake Schope limited the Vikings to three hits and one run over six innings. Patrick Montagna then tossed three innings of one-hit relief to pick up the save.
The Lynx took on the Hendrix Warriors in the first of a 3-game set, winning 12-4. The bats got going early yet again, putting up 3 in the second inning off a Gunnar Vachris RBI groundout, and RBI singles from Ben Wilson and Malcolm Rohlfing. Freshman Zac Sohosky improved on his already stellar year, going 6 innings of 2 run ball, striking out 3. John Fears pitched in relief of Sohosky, pitching the final 3 innings of the game. Fears gave up only 2 runs on 4 hits, 3 of which were bloopers that just left the infield, striking out 2 en route to the Lynx' convincing win.
Senior Garrett Zimmerman had four of the 16 hits posted by Delaware Valley in a big 13-3 Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom victory over visiting Wilkes University on Friday afternoon. Reliever Colin Foley gave DelVal three innings of two-hit ball and did not allow a run while the offense posted one in the seventh and five more in the eighth to blow the game open. Connor Esbenshade got the final three outs on the mound to secure the 13-3 victory. Garrett Zimmerman led the Aggies with four hits, four RBIs, and two runs scored including a double and a triple. Nine-hole hitter James Miskanic added a 3-for-4 effort with two runs scored. DelVal finished with 16 hits from seven different players and surrendered 11 while striking out five. Dalton Moore earned the win with five innings pitched, nine hits allowed, three runs, and two earned.
Arcadia erupted for 15 runs in its win over FDU-Florham on Friday afternoon at Skip Wilson Field. Three Knights recorded three hits in the commanding win. Alex Madera, Justin Massielo and Ryan Smolen all paced the Arcadia offense. Smolen had a career-high five RBI's in the win. Carson Denham got the start and earned his fourth win of the season on the mound for the Knights. The senior righty threw 5.1 innings, allowing two runs and striking out seven. Vinny Versaci, Gabe Marshall, Jason Pace and Gavin Kincs all chipped in with scoreless outings for Arcadia.
Elizabethtown used strong pitching from Nicholas Ortega and Greg Zerbe to win the first of two against Drew in the Landmark Conference series. The Blue Jays won 12-3 and 5-3. Etown really got it going in game one in the sixth scoring seven runs on five hits to take the lead at 9-2. To start game two, Drew was on the board first before Elizabethtown put up three runs in the bottom of the first. Etown extended their lead to 4-1 after Perilli scored on a sacrifice fly. Chance Montgomery led off the bottom of the sixth with his second homerun of the season. Drew gave Etown a scare scoring two runs in the top of the eighth to cut the Blue Jays lead, 5-2. Drew then scored the final run of the game in the top of the ninth on a sacrifice fly to left field. Zerbe picked up his fifth win of the season as he was just one strikeout shy of tying a career-high. Zach Silfies came in for relief, earning his fourth save of the season.
Lebanon Valley jumped out to an 11-2 lead after four innings to win their seventh consecutive game with a 13-8 victory over visiting Stevenson University on Friday afternoon in the series opener at McGill Field. The Dutchmen (16-10-1, 12-1 MAC Commonwealth) scored four runs in the second inning to take the early lead. After the Mustangs (11-10, 5-6 MAC Commonwealth) walked the bases loaded, Andrew Miles hit a two-RBI single down the line in left. Dave Mangold scored on a balk and then Ryan Murphy knocked in Miles with an infield single to third. Stevenson scored a run in the third before LVC added three in the bottom of the inning. Conor Smith scored on a fielding error and then Nico Santoro knocked in two runs with a double down the line in left. The Mustangs scored their second run of the game in the fourth. LVC loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning and Logan Brewer scored on a wild pitch. Miles singled to left to plate a run and then Murphy knocked in two with a single to right center. Stevenson responded with five runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 11-7. The Dutchmen once again walked to load the bases in the bottom half before Mangold singled to right center to score Brewer. Stevenson scored their final run of the game in the sixth. Shane Stossel blasted a leadoff home run to left in the seventh for the game's final run.
Chad Evans drove a three-run shot deep over the wall in left field to give Penn State Berks a walk-off 6-3 victory over Penn State Abington in the opening game of the United East series on Friday afternoon. Ricky Peters and Greg Wiley were involved in a pitcher's duel, with the lefty's each putting up zeroes on the scoreboard in the first two innings. In the top of the third, Abington started out the inning with an infield single and bunt single, followed by a walk to load the bases with no one out. In the seventh, Nick Bergeman walked and Kolbie Reeser roped a ground-rule double down the left field line to put runners on second and third with one out. Evans put a charge into one to center that was stayed in the yard, but was more than deep enough to score Bergeman from third to even the game at 3-all. In the bottom of the ninth, Colin Templin was again hit by a pitch to get things going. Reeser stroked a line drive single over the third baseman's head to put runners on first and second with the cleanup man coming to the plate. After a pitch in the dirt, Evans sent a moon shot to left that got sent the dugout and fans into an instant frenzy. Evans was mobbed at home by his teammates and greeted with an ice bath as the Nittany Lions celebrated the walk off win.
In a game that took under two hours, Conor Merton and Jackson Huiras combined to allow just four hits as Bethany Lutheran was able to defeat UW-Superior 3-1 on Friday afternoon. From the get-go this game was bound to be a pitcher's duel as Merton and Superior starter Ben Welle were efficient in the first two innings to keep things scoreless. Liam Peterson would leg out a single and force an errant throw that allowed him second base before Hopper knocked his second extra base hit of the game, a massive triple to right center to give Bethany a 2-1 lead. Brad Bickmann then stepped up and ripped a single to left to score Hopper and make the game 3-1. Merton went 1-2-3 again in the seventh and recorded the first out of the eighth before allowing a single that took him out of the contest. Jackson Huiras came on in relief and after a walk and fielder's choice to put runners at second and third, he induced a towering pop fly that Bickmann would snag to get out of the jam. Huiras would then shut the door in the ninth to give the Vikings the 3-1 victory.