April 14, 2023

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Saint Vincent celebrated Senior Day in style, sweeping visiting Westminster College in a PAC doubleheader at Bearcat Ballfield. In the opener, Saint Vincent (15-13, 8-4 PAC) rallied from a four-run deficit in the eighth inning to score a wild, 8-7 walk-off victory, before the nightcap saw SVC hurlers Michael Klingensmith and Jeremy Kreuzwieser combine for a three-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Westminster (12-14, 6-6 PAC). Friday marked the Bearcats' third straight series sweep, while they extended their winning streak to eight games.
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Zachary Hardee hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th to bring Berry to a 4-3 victory against Southern Athletic Association foe Hendrix, at William R. Bowdoin Field, Friday afternoon. In the bottom of the 11th, Levi Cloud singled to third to put the winning run on first. Joey Garcia followed as he singled down the right field line to put the winning run in scoring position. Garrett Lang then advanced Cloud and Garcia, putting runners on second and third with two outs. Hardee then hit a chopper to first, outrunning the Warriors to the bag to bring home Cloud with the winning run. Tyler Cassidy (3-3) earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief. Patrick O'Rourke got the start, allowing two runs in six innings. Koby Dunn worked the seventh and the eighth, allowing a single run on three hits.

Hilbert recorded the program's first sweep over AMCC foe La Roche this afternoon and set a new single season win record as they improved to 17-13. The Hawks earned a 5-4 early win before outlasting the Redhawks in the 14-13 night cap victory putting the day to an end with an exclamation point. Michael Contini pitched his third win in the opening game, and Brendan Walsh posted his eighth save of the season while setting a Hilbert Single Season game finisher record (13). Thomas Evans set another Single Season record in runs scored (36), Patrick Whelan did the same in runs batted in (36), while Brennen Hediger improved to 4-3 in the night cap.

Rockford battled and split with the Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors on Friday afternoon. The Regents were off to a great start, controlling game one thanks in part to Jared Herzog earning 11 strikeouts in seven innings on the way to a 6-1 victory. The Rockford momentum ran out in game two, as despite only five hits, the Warriors run-ruled the Regents in a 14-3 rout to end the afternoon. Wisconsin Lutheran opened game two up in the fifth with five runs due to a 3-run double and multiple walks to give them back the lead 7-3. The Warriors dominated, scoring another seven unanswered runs by the seventh, forcing the run-rule with the score at 14-3. Rockford got a pair of runners in scoring position in the bottom of the seventh, but came up short, losing the nightcap.

UW-Whitewater split a twinbill with UW-Stevens Point on the road Friday afternoon. The Warhawks dropped the opener 10-8 before taking the nightcap 11-10. Facing a 7-2 deficit in the eighth, UW-Whitewater rallied to cut the margin to just one. The Pointers added three in the bottom of the frame to build a four-run cushion and held onto the win. UWW got game two going with a five-spot in the top of the first. The Pointers responded with nine runs on five hits with the help of one Warhawk miscue in the bottom of the frame. The Warhawks reclaimed the lead in the seventh. UW-Stevens Point threatened in the ninth advancing a runner into scoring position but the Warhawks got out of the jam.

In a unique "road" game at Bruder Field, Neumann defeated the Gwynedd Mercy University Griffins, 8-7 in 10 innings, in an Atlantic East Conference game on Friday afternoon. In the eighth, the Griffins sent ten men to the plate and scored five runs to take a 7-5 lead, thanks to a two-run single, a two-run triple, and an RBI single. Down but not out, Neumann clawed back into the game in the ninth. With one out, Kilmer singled and Glebocki was hit by a pitch. They both moved up 90 feet on a passed ball, putting the tying run in scoring position. After a strikeout made it two outs, Vega pushed a single into left to tie the game at seven, forcing extra innings. Curran led off the 10th with a single and Chris Balshuweit pushed pinch-runner, Thomas Carroll, to second on a sacrifice bunt. Finger hit a grounder to short, which was bobbled. As the fielder recovered the ball, he threw to third but it got away, and Carroll scored to give the Knights the lead and the win.

Graduate student Dan Carter logged a three-hit performance and broke the William Paterson program record for career hits during a 21-7 road New Jersey Athletic Conference victory for the Pioneers (17-9, 5-3 NJAC) over Rutgers-Newark (19-9, 3-5 NJAC). William Paterson came up in the sixth and broke the game open by plating six runs. Carter led off the frame with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Lutz. The ensuing four batters all drew a base on balls, allowing another run to score and setting up Yelin for a grand slam that pushed the lead to nine (14-5). Steve Yelin batted 5-for-6, a career best, with three doubles, a home run, five RBI and four runs scored. Carter recorded three hits, including a triple, with two RBI and three runs scored.

Keystone enjoyed a 6-2 CSAC win over Valley Forge Friday afternoon at Christy Matthewson Field. Bobby Pokorney went for 3-for-5 with one RBI while Greg Verano enjoyed a three-hit day. Anthony Raimo went 2-for-4 with three RBI which included a monster three run home run to left-center. Giovanni Diaz went 1-for-3 with a solo home run. Jordan Art earned the start going five innings with six strikeouts. Logan Lixie appeared in relief and got the win as he went two innings where he forced four groundouts. Drew Sorrentino and Ryan Oka both had a one inning relief appearance. Keystone trailed 2-0 until Diaz hit a solo home run to left field to cut the deficit to one. It was not until the seventh inning where the Giants tallied four runs which was highlighted by a three-run home from Raimo. The Giants tallied a run in the eighth inning with a SAC fly from Julio Acosta.

Senior shortstop Cavan Brady drove in four runs to lead the No. 18 Wheaton (Mass.) over visiting MIT, 10-3, in NEWMAC play at Sidell Stadium on the Wheaton campus in Norton, Mass. The Lyons scored the first four runs of the game, including two in the fourth, before MIT cut the deficit in half with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth to make it 4-2. Wheaton broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the sixth and two more in the seventh to take a 10-2 advantage. Brady was 3-4 with a run scored and registered his third outing with four or more RBI and his 13th game this season with multiple runs driven in for the Lyons. Senior third baseman Graham Cartwright paced the Engineers with a 3-4 day.

Wisconsin Lutheran rebounded from a 6-1 game one loss with a 14-3 seven-inning game two win for a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference doubleheader split with Rockford on Friday at Pohlman Field. A two-run home run in the first inning gave the Regents (9-15, 4-6 NACC) an early 2-0 lead over the Warriors (3-18, 2-8 NACC) in the opener. Then added a pair of runs in the fifth inning off two hits and an error for a 4-1 lead. WLC threatened in both the sixth and seventh, but stranded a pair of runners on base in both frames. Rockford tallied a RBI single in the seventh and sacrifice fly in the eighth for the final 6-1 margin. The Warriors plated four runs on one hit in the sixth inning of the nightcap. WLC, which drew 12 walks in the game, added its last three runs in the seventh on a two-RBI double from Dominick, who also came across to score on a wild pitch.

Buena Vista scored 23 more runs during Friday night's doubleheader against Coe College and ran its current win streak to eight with 12-2 (8 innings) and 11-6 victories. BVU scored in each of the first four innings of game one, including a five-run third inning to build a 10-0 lead. Both Jordan and Caden Mathewson finished the game 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored. Caden chipped in with two RBI while Jordan added one. The offense picked up right where it left off to begin game two, scoring three times in the bottom of the first. The Beavers would then go on to tack on two runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to build an 11-3 cushion going into the ninth. Brayden Polzein got the first two outs of the inning but then walked the bases loaded, hit one batter and allowed a two-run sinlge that brought the Kohawks within 11-6. The right hander buckled down, however, and recorded a strikeout to end the game, sending BVU to the sweep.

Franklin & Marshall (19-11, 6-2 CC) completed its series sweep of Ursinus (11-19, 3-5 CC) as the Diplomats climbed back from a five-run deficit to walk-off the Bears, 9-8, in the 11th inning of Friday afternoon's Centennial Conference showdown at Caplan Field. Drew Butera's lead-off triple into the right center field gap set up Spencer Berson to lace a single down the third base line – completing the comeback victory. Ursinus scored a run in the top of the ninth to get some breathing room, but F&M quickly responded in the bottom of the frame as the hosts loaded the bases with no outs. An error on the Ursinus second baseman scored a run and kept the bases loaded for Berson to single into left field – plating Falese and tying the game. Despite the F&M rally, Ursinus managed to escape the jam and extend the game into extra innings.

Misericordia opened a three-game series with Lycoming with a 13-8 win Friday afternoon at Tambur Field. Jason Sanfilippo had four hits and drove in two runs and Derrick Vosburg hit a grand slam to lead the Cougars. Brock Bollinger and Gabe Bunn both drove in two runs. Tommy Tracy worked 2.2 innings of shutout relief to earn the win. Misericordia made the most of its nine hits as the Cougars took advantage of six walks and five HBP to score in six eight innings.

No. 23 Trinity (Texas) kicked off a three-game weekend series in SCAC play with a 5-2 win against No. 24 Southwestern University on Friday evening. Cade McGahan improved to 3-1 on the season after allowing just one run on five hits over 5.1 innings to start the game, striking out eight batters. Jack Martinez came on and pitched the final 3.2 innings to pick up his third save of the year, matching McGahan with eight strikeouts in the game. Ty Preston and Michael Lustina finished with two hits each to account for four of Trinity's seven total hits in the game. Preston scored twice and was one of three Tigers to steal a base in the game, while Lustina led the way with two RBI on the night.

Cortland scored 21 runs over the first four innings and the Red Dragons routed visiting Oneonta, 23-4, in a SUNYAC contest that was called after seven innings due to the league's 10-run rule. Cortland (20-7, 10-0 SUNYAC) won its 15th straight game and reached the 20-win mark for the 33rd straight full season. Oneonta entered the game in second place in the SUNYAC standings and is now 19-7 overall and 5-2 in the league. The teams will play a doubleheader in Cortland Saturday at noon. Adam Mieczkowski hit two of Cortland's four homers on the afternoon. He finished 2-for-3 with five RBI and three runs scored. Nick Chemotti homered and ended 3-for-3 with three RBI and three runs and Mitchell Kelly homered and drove in three runs.

Hayden Norris had four hits and five RBIs and LeTourneau used an eight-run seventh inning to earn a 14-10 comeback win at McMurry in game one of the ASC series on Friday night in Abilene. LeTourneau (15-17, 9-10 ASC) scored 12 runs across a three-inning stretch from the sixth through the eighth innings to erase a 3-1 deficit and take the series opener. Norris, making his second start of the year in the lineup, produced his first collegiate hit, home run, and RBI in the same game. The sophomore went 4-for-5 with a three-run homer and five RBIs to lead the YellowJackets' 12-hit parade. Cole Thompson, Dane Jones, and Devin Greaff all had two hits apiece in the victory. Jones was 2-for-6 with three RBIs and two runs scored.

Gettysburg and McDaniel played another back-and-forth battle, this time to extra innings, as Gettysburg swept the home-and-home series with a ten-inning 10-8 win. The Green Terror shut Gettysburg down in the top of the ninth with another straight one-two-three inning, but couldn't score any runs as the game went into extra innings. JR McCloskey, David Preziuso, Kyle Miller, and Jack Pistner rapped out four straight singles to score the final two runs of the game, and the Bullets recorded a one-two-three bottom of the inning to defeat the Green Terror and sweep the home-and-home series, 10-8.

On Wednesday, Concordia-Moreherad ran its win streak to six games and senior Thomas Horan became the 29th player in Cobber history to reach the 100-hit milestone. Horan's leadoff single in the eighth inning of Game 1 earned him a spot next to teammates Andy Gravdahl, who became the Cobber career leader in hits on Wednesday, and Matt Gruber in the exclusive CC hit club. Horan eventually scored the game-winning run in the opener as Concordia outlasted Carleton 5-3. The Cobbers then posted their third straight MIAC sweep by rolling to a 15-1 victory in the nightcap. The two wins in Northfield even the Cobbers' overall record at 12-12. CC is now 6-2 in league play which is good for third place in the current conference standings.

The Blue Jays completed the regular season sweep over
the Garnet with another impressive offensive display,
plating 16 runs in a 16-3 victory.
Johns Hopkins athletics photo

WPI used a big sixth inning to grab a 7-2 win over NEWMAC-rival Springfield at the New England Baseball Complex on Friday afternoon. WPI's Jacob Hand was 2-for-3 with two RBI while Tommy Burns also drove in a pair of runs. Gavin George added two hits, two runs, and an RBI, while Jack Zawacki also drove in a run. Everett Wonson moved to 3-1 on the season, pitching eight strong innings, allowing two runs on 10 hits with five strikeouts, Noah Pins pitched a scoreless ninth, working around one hit. For Springfield, Joe Traversa, Ryan Sorgi, Michael Lepere, and Cole Zalegowski all collected two hits, with Lepere and Cadin Maynard driving in the only runs.

Phil Sedalis had two home runs, and Dylan Maria and Ryan Murphy each added one, as #17 Rowan scored an 8-3 win over TCNJ in NJAC action today. It completes a series sweep of the Lions by the Profs in the past two days, as they improve to 20-7, and 6-2 in the conference. Sedalis was 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBI, and with one triple, tied the single-season record for triples in a season with six, last achieved by Dillon Mendel in 2018. Anthony Schooley was 2-for-4 with an RBI while Tyler Cannon drove in two runs. Starter Jason O'Neill earned the victory and combined with Mike Shannon to limit the Lions, while combining for eight strikeouts.

Coast Guard continued NEWMAC play and beat the Clark Cougars, 6-3. In the very first inning, CGA came out swinging and was able to get up 2-0 on Clark. In the top of the second, the Cougars were able to tie it up. However, the Bears never let Clark take the lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Richard Barkley hit a three-run bomb to give CGA a 5-2 lead. Clark could only add one more to the scoreboard the rest of the game which would not be enough to top CGA. Bears would take game one of the three-game series, 6-3. John Thigpen was oustanding on the mound for CGA and had eight strikeouts in eight innings pitched. Barkley was three for four at the plate with a homer and three RBIs. John Carrol hit a double and had one RBI. Luke Percfield was one for one on the day with an RBI as well.

Case Western Reserve opened its four-game series with New York University at Maimonides Park in Brooklyn with a sweep of a doubleheader on Friday, winning the first game 9-4 and securing a 15-3 victory in the nightcap. CWRU's offense totaled 24 runs on 30 hits over the two games on Friday. Junior third baseman Zack Carinci hit safely in both games to extend his hitting streak to 19-straight contests. Senior catcher Jack Anderson picked up a pair of hits in the first game but went hitless in the second, ending his hitting streak at 23-straight contest, matching the third-longest ever by a CWRU hitter.

Redshirt sophomore Alex Margot took a no-hitter into the final frame of game one while the offense launched six home runs as Penn State Abington completed a doubleheader sweep against visiting St. Mary's College (Md.) on Friday afternoon at Alverthorpe Park. The Nittany Lions won game one, 11-0, and finished with a 14-9 victory in game two of the United East Conference twin bill. Margot (3-2) silenced the Seahawks' bats through the first 6.2 innings. With two outs in the top half of the seventh, St. Mary's Dan Weeden broke up the no-hitter with a double to right-center field. Margot settled for an impressive one-hit shutout as he struck out the final batter for his season-high 12th strikeout. Trailing 8-6 entering the bottom of the sixth inning the Nittany Lions ripped off four runs to take their first lead of the game since the opening inning. Morales and senior Josh Baar recorded back-to-back run scoring singles in the inning. St. Mary's made it a one run game at 10-9 after scoring a run in the top half of the eighth. However, another four-run frame by the Nittany Lions extended their lead to 14-9. Fogel hit a solo home run before Baar connected on a two-run homer in the inning. Junior Eric Rollins drove in a run later in the inning with a double to fight field.

Keuka opened their Empire 8 Conference series at Houghton with a win on Friday, topping the Highlanders 4-2. Josh Tryon had three hits for Keuka College (5-14, 1-6 Empire 8) including a double and a triple. Nolan Quinn also finished with three hits and scored a pair of runs. On the mound, Spencer Brown pitched into the eighth inning to earn the win. Ethan Tillotson retired all four batters he faced to earn his second save of the season. Keuka College is now 6-9 all-time against Houghton. It was the fewest runs the Wolves have allowed to the Highlanders in the 15-game series.

Tufts scored five runs in the second inning, and never trailed after that as the Jumbos knocked off visiting Bowdoin College 8-5 in NESCAC play from Sol Gittleman Park in just under two hours. Despite the combined 13 runs and 21 hits from the teams, the contest was played at a quick pace as both starters Connor Kinney from Tufts and Bowdoin starter Jason Bogdanos worked at a quick pace. The 1:51 time for a nine-inning game was the fastest this season for the Jumbos, and the fastest since playing a nine-inning contest at Johnson & Wales University March 15 of last season in a 7-2 win. Jimmy Evans had a solid game as he went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored, in addition to his third homer of the campaign, and Ben Leonard was 3-for-4 with two runs scored.

Texas-Dallas took the first contest of a three-game American Southwest Conference from Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-1 at Red Murff Field Friday night. Despite both teams each having nine hits, the Comets (19-11, 12-7 ASC) took advantage of four errors by the Cru (10-16, 6-13 ASC), while drawing nine walks, compared to just one issued by the UTD staff. The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth when Comet right fielder Luke Finn reached on an error nad later scored on a base hit by Brayshon Savage. Two more errors in the sixth led to the visitors leading 4-0 in the sixth. Third baseman Daniel Zamora was hit by a pitch, moved to third on a double by Finn and scored on an Austin Nairn sacrifice fly to make the game 5-0 in the seventh. Shortstop Rhett Grosz led the bottom of the seventh off with a solo home run for the Cru's only run. Keagan Vance led the eighth off with a single and scored on a double from second baseman Andrew Skivington. Grayson Coltharp drove in Skivington with a single to give the Comets a 7-1 advantage. The final run came in the ninth after another UMHB error.

Sophomore Evan Pravato hit a key three-run homer, senior Justin Doyle allowed a run over seven effective innings, and Stevens defeated Wilkes 6-3 Friday in a MAC Freedom matchup at Dobbelaar Field. Senior Chris Davis had three hits and sophomore Daniel Roman walked twice and stole a base as the Ducks won their second straight to improve to 20-9 on the year and to 11-5 in the MAC Freedom. Stevens has won 20 or more games nine times under current head coach Kristaps Aldins and in each of the last three seasons. The victory kept Stevens a game-and-a-half behind Misericordia, who defeated Lycoming 12-8. Todd Kolbicka had an RBI double and Jason Spezzaferra had two singles and an RBI for Wilkes, who fell to 13-18 on the year and to 7-11 in league play. The Colonels are a game ahead of Delaware Valley for the fifth, and final, spot in the conference tournament. Stevens has won six of the eight all-time meetings between the programs, including each of the five meetings in Hoboken.

Plattsburgh State won the SUNYAC series opener over New Paltz on Friday afternoon, winning by a score of 7-5. The Cards hit well throughout the day with runners on, led by Conner Gonzalski who had two hits and drove in four runs. Sean Malamud was strong on the mound for Plattsburgh, battling through 7.2 innings before giving way to the bullpen. He earned the win, struck out seven, and allowed four earned runs while scattering nine hits. Kyle Cremin and Christian Ott each had a hit and an RBI, while Alex Kornblau scored two runs, had a hit, and walked twice. Jack Defayette also had an RBI and walked twice over four plate appearances, as Andrew Veit had a base-hit and a two-out save out of the bullpen for Plattsburgh. The Cardinals rise to 7-14 (1-6 SUNYAC) and will look for the series win in tomorrow's doubleheader with New Paltz at noon, who fell to 7-16 (0-10 SUNYAC) on the year.

Stevenson defeated MACC opponent Albright College 24-3 on Friday afternoon. Brady Power earned his second win this season after coming in out of the bullpen to throw six hitless innings. The Mustang's record improves to 14-13 and 8-8 in the MACC. Albright started the first inning off with a 3-0 lead, but the Mustangs quickly matched that when up to bat. The third inning brought in six total runs for Stevenson and finally, in the eighth inning, senior Elliott Schilpp doubled down the infield line scoring Graham Sears for the final score of the game to be 24-3.

Bethany Lutheran picked up a pair of big conference wins on Friday night, defeating Northwestern 7-6 in game one before an 11-6 comeback win in game two. With the wins the Vikings move to 10-8 overall and 6-3 in the UMAC. In the top of the eighth in the opener, Eli Fest would walk and Matt Verdugo would get hit by a pitch to put two runners on. Ben Hopper then knocked a single to right center to plate Fest and put Bethany up 7-6 after 7 1/2 innings. It was all Jackson Huiras from there, as the first-year went 1-2-3 in the eighth with a pair of strikeouts, before working around an error in the ninth to close the game. Trailing heading into the seventh of game two, the Vikings were finally able to get the bats going with Eli Fest starting it with an opposite field double. Matt Verdugo would then walk before a ground and strikeout would then put runners at second and third with two outs. Liam Peterson then stepped up and put up the biggest at bat of the game, knocking an opposite field double to the fence to plate a pair of runs and give Bethany the lead. Bickmann would then follow him up with an infield single to second to put Bethany up two in the seventh inning.

Minnesota Morris outslugged UW-Superior to the tune of 10-9 and 11-10 victories on Friday on the campus of Saint John's (Minn.). The sweep from the Cougars lifts their record to 11-12 (6-2 UMAC) on the season. Down to their final three outs, the Cougar offense came up clutch. Scheler led off with a single, though he was later called out at second on a debated call in which the UW-Superior shortstop dropped the ball on the force. Initially called safe, the call was reversed on the UW-Superior challenge, putting one out on the board. Meuser came up to the plate next and singled to put two runners aboard, ending the day for Harbaugh and sending the Yellowjackets back to their pen. Aiden Pfeifer was in next, but his outing lasted all of one batter as Schmitz smoked a ball to the wall in right, with Payton Steiner bursting through a gate in an attempt to get the out. With the ball still live, Ty Beasley and Meuser raced around the bases to tie the score and Schmitz made it to third. Max Howell came in next trying to preserve the tie and send the game to extras, but with the defense drawn in, Jonas hit a ball to center field and Schmitz had plenty of time to sprint home for the game-winning run. In the nightcap, the Cougars were undeterred by a first-inning grand slam from Christian Garcia, rallying from a 4-0 hole to score 10 unanswered runs before holding on late. 

UW-Oshkosh split their doubleheader against UW-Stout on Friday afternoon at Wakanda Park with a 15-4 win in the first game and an 8-10 loss in the second. The Titans won the first game 15-4 in seven innings, led by Nicholas Shiu, who went three-for-four with two home runs, three runs batted in and three scored. Brinkman (6-0) earned the win in 6.2 innings pitched. He struck out a season-high eight batters while allowing four runs on eight hits. Buss (1-2) was assigned the loss with seven runs allowed (six earned) on six hits and four walks while striking out three. For game two, UW-Stout built a 10-3 lead through five innings. Oshkosh made an effort to get back in the game in the eighth inning, scoring five runs. After keeping Stout scoreless in the bottom of the eighth, the team went down in order in the top of the ninth, ending their six-game winning streak with an 8-10 loss.

Adrian grabbed a series opening victory on Friday afternoon as they opened up with Albion College on the road. The Bulldogs went on to win 9-3 on Friday with the help of a six-run seventh inning, and another quality start from Daniel Gutierrez. Adrian and Albion were scoreless through the first four innings until the Bulldogs scored three in the top of the fifth. Edward Wagner drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to lead 1-0 followed by an Albion error off the bat of Alejandro Montada that drove in two more to lead 3-0. Gus Weaks singled in a run in the seventh inning followed by a RBI double from AJ Miranda and a 2-RBI single from Logan Loeffler. With the bases loaded, David Kedrow was hit by a pitch which followed with a sacrifice fly from Jack Boike to lead 9-0. Albion responded in the bottom of the third with a RBI ground out and a 2-run homer. Gutierrez picked up his sixth win of the season after tossing seven innings allowing three runs on three hits with eight strikeouts. Joe Toth closed out the game with a pair of scoreless innings in relief allowing just one hit.