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| Centre made program history as they took the series finale against the Birmingham-Southern Panthers by a score of 4-0 behind a dominant pitching performance. It is the first time the Colonels have ever defeated the top ranked team in the country. Emory athletics photo by Luke Napier |
Elizabethtown continues to be undefeated in the Landmark Conference after picking up the first two games of the series against Susquehanna. The Blue Jays won, 8-5 and 11-9. In both games, Etown sealed their win with three runs in the eighth and three in the ninth. Tyler McGonigle moved to No.1 all-time in Elizabethtown program history in base on balls as he now has 104 walks on his career. Ben Watson also surpassed 100 career RBIs as he now has 107. The Riverhawks tied up game one, 5-5, but in the ninth Ben Watson, would hit what would be the winning three-run homer down the right field line, giving the Blue Jays the 8-5 win. Zach Silfies would hold Susquehanna to a strikeout and two fly outs in the bottom half of the ninth to earn the win on the mound. Game two for Elizabethtown ended with a similar result as the Blue Jays defeated Susquehanna by three after sealing their win in the final innings of the game.
Centenary (La.) completed a three-game series sweep over the Schreiner Mountaineers on Sunday in SCAC play with a 5-4 victory on Senior Day at Shehee Stadium. The Diamond Gents (16-11, 8-6 SCAC) have won a season-high four games in a row and completed their first series sweep of the season. Sunday's win was also significant and historic as Centenary head coach Mike Diaz became the all-time winningest coach in program history with his 292nd win with the Maroon and White. Diaz, currently in his 13th season, is now 292-207-1, and has passed former HC Ed McCann (1999-2010). Senior RHP Parker Primeaux started and picked up the win for Centenary to remain perfect on the season. Primeaux (5-0) went 7.2 innings and allowed four runs, one earned, and seven hits with three walks and one strikeout.
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Franklin jumped on Mount St. Joseph early and often on Sunday afternoon, finishing off a three-game weekend sweep of their conference rival. The Grizzlies (21-7, 10-1 HCAC) scored five times in the first inning and never looked back, doubling up the Lions (12-14, 2-10 HCAC) 14-7. Jonathan LaGuire and Anthony Smith had three hits each and combined to drive in seven of Franklin's runs as FC opened up a two-game lead in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference race. LaGuire and Smith each went 3-for-5 at the plate and combined with Noah Wood, the 3-5 spots in the Franklin lineup drove in 10 of Franklin's runs. LaGuire scored four times on the afternoon and Tysen Lipscomb scored three runs for the Griz.
La Roche got a late start this afternoon against Wooster, but the team wasn't going to let that stop them from staying on top of their game. After a tough sweep by the Hilbert Hawks, the Redhawks were ready to get back to putting tallies in their win column. And place tallies they did. La Roche had 3 big innings in the first, second and fourth this afternoon to earn them the 11-9 win. With an 11-3 lead, the Redhawks held on as Wooster drew to within two runs after six. The Redhawks can contribute their big win to Samuel DiCicco who came in from the bullpen. The hurler earned the save in today's contest, throwing 3 and two-thirds innings, surrendering no runs on two hits, and striking out 6 Wooster batters. Chris Tarqunio earned his first official win on the mound today. The Southpaw lasted four and one-third innings on the mound, allowing 7 runs on 8 hits, and striking out 1.
The fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins Blue jays extend their lead in the Centennial Conference standings against one of the teams tied for second place in Dickinson, winning 25-8 and 8-6. The Blue Jays finished the game before it even started with a historic 14 run first inning to help them coast to a 26-8 blowout win. Five different Blue Jays hit home runs and Caleb Cyr left the yard twice with four RBI as JHU scored 14 runs on nine hits. The Blue Jays six home runs in the first inning tied an NCAA D3 record for the most homers ever hit in one inning of a game, and it is the first time it has happened since 2000. In a back and fourth game, Johns Hopkins came up with the timely hits and hung on to a late lead to take a two game advantage in the Centennial Conference standings.
Tyler Horvat has found many ways to help Washington & Jefferson earn victories throughout his accomplished four-year career. In Sunday's non-conference game at Mount Union, the senior found yet another way to lift the Presidents to a thrilling late-game win. With the bases loaded with two outs and the score tied in the top of the ninth, Horvat stole home to give the Presidents a 6-5 victory over host Mount Union in a non-conference game in Alliance, Ohio. Trevor Dean led the offense with a pair of doubles and two RBI and Mason Kolbe tossed the final two innings to secure the win for the Red and Black.
After sweeping a doubleheader on Friday against New York University, Case Western Reserve repeated the feat on Sunday, defeating the Violets 11-6 in game one and 11-4 in the second game to complete the four-game sweep at Maimonides Park in Brooklyn. The Spartans have now won eight of their last nine games to improve to 18-12 overall and to 7-5 in the University Athletic Association. CWRU outscored NYU 46-17 and totaled 61 hits over the four games. Junior third baseman Zack Carinci hit safely in both games to increase his hitting streak to 21 straight contests. Sophomore outfielder Nick Harms finished the day with seven hits over 10 at bats during the two games, including a double, a triple, five runs scored, an RBI, and a stolen base.
For the second time in four games, opportunistic baserunning led Stevens to victory. Sophomore pinch-runner Liam DeRubertis scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to cap a two-run rally as the Ducks defeated Wilkes 4-3 to close out a MAC Freedom doubleheader Sunday at Bruggeworth Field. Wilkes won the opening game of the twinbill 3-2. Trailing by a run in the nightcap, senior Michael Reyes lofted a sacrifice fly to drive in a run and tie game. Junior Christian Kreiser walked and drew the throw on a stolen base attempt, allowing Liam DeRubertis to break for home, beating the throw for a 4-3 lead. Anthony Pron worked around a leadoff single but retired the three batters to secure the victory. Game one saw the teams locked in a pitcher's duel. Wilkes' Aiden Murphy (4-2), one of the MAC Freedom leaders in ERA kept the Ducks in check, allowing just four hits through six innings. The Ducks spoiled Murphy's shutout bid in the seventh on Eli Somers' pinch-hit RBI single, however, the Ducks couldn't push a second run across the plate as Murphy struck out sophomore Daniel Roman to end the game with runners on the corners.
No. 9 LaGrange (23-9, 10-2 CCS) rallied in the eighth inning to pull out a 5-4 victory at Piedmont (18-13, 5-6 CCS) on Sunday. The game was 4-3 heading into the eighth with the Lions looking for another upset win. In the eighth when LaGrange came through in the clutch. Joe Ruth drove home a run with an RBI single, knotting things up at 4-4. David Smigelski lofted a sacrifice fly to right to plate Ruth for a 5-4 lead. Senior pitcher Baley Coleman produced an impressive day, going eight innings with one earned run and four strikeouts to pick up the win and move to 3-2. Freshman Eli Folds followed up that performance with a hitless inning and two strikeouts to lock it down and collect his second save of the season.
Hood's pitching staff allowed just three total runs in 14 innings as they split a Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth doubleheader with visiting York (Pa.). The Blazers won game one 3-1 before the Spartans salvaged split with a 2-1 win in the nightcap. Joe Alexander threw his second complete game in a row for the win in the opener. The senior scattered four hits and two walks, striking out seven and allowing one run. In game two, both teams scored once in the second inning with no runs alled until the sixth inning. York broke through in the sixth against Hood's bullpen as Michael Tinneny greeted him with an RBI single up the middle for a 2-1 lead.
Junior Matt Myers had a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to snap a 7-7 tie and junior Cole Stamm retired the Hornets in order in the ninth as tenth ranked Randolph-Macon edged No. 3 Shenandoah 8-7 in ODAC action on Sunday afternoon for Senior Day. RMC is 20-0 when leading after 7 innings and 21-0 when leading after 8 innings. The Yellow Jackets are now 5-1 against nationally-ranked opponents.
Stevenson completes the season sweep of Albright thanks to stellar pitching performances from aces Sam Downs and Matt Reich. With 14-0 and 6-2 victories over the Albright Lions, the Mustangs improve to 16-13 overall and 10-8 in the MAC Commonwealth. The Mustangs got started in the third inning bringing home five runs and followed this up with five more in the fourth. The final four Mustang runs came in the sixth inning. Downs earned his fourth win on the season in shutout fashion, going six innings, and recording six strikeouts. Christian Pellegrino came in for the seventh, striking out one batter. Game two was a closer affair with the knockout inning coming in the sixth inning with three runs to take a 6-1 lead. The Lions scored a final run in the seventh, but the Mustangs come out on top 6-2. Reich notched seven strikeouts, giving up a lone run in 6.0 innings of work.
After inclement weather forced yesterday's contest into a postponement, Catholic resumed the halted game before battling Moravian in an additional nine inning contest. Ross Natoli and the team honored its eight seniors before the resumption of game one. No. 11 Catholic took both from the Greyhounds, 13-11 and 13-4, to advance to 23-3 on the year and a perfect 11-0 in Landmark Conference play. Catholic rallied with six runs in the fifth and got a massive lift from a Ben Nardi bomb to claim game one. Catholic wasted no time jumping on the Greyhounds again in game two, scoring in the first inning and pushing four across before Moravian got on the board. Senior Tucker Alch provided another solid start on the mound, allowing three earned runs over 6.0 innings pitched. He fanned nine batters to move to 6-0 on the season. Lucky Perrotto followed Alch well with 2.0 clean innings with no hits allowed and three strikeouts. Three seniors who were honored in the pre-game-one ceremony—Patrick Durkan, Hector Navarro and Skylar McLean—combined to get the final three outs of the game.
William Paterson (19-9, 7-3 NJAC) came out on top of a pair of one-run games to sweep visiting Stockton (17-13, 5-5 NJAC), 4-3 and 5-4. The Pioneers built a 4-1 lead with Stockton get two runs back in the seventh, cutting William Paterson's lead to 4-3. The Ospreys had the bases loaded with two outs, but senior Dan Castaneda took the mound and got a comebacker ground ball that he tossed to first base for the inning-ending third out. In game two, Stockton took another early lead and stretched its advantage to 4-0 in the fourth. In the home half of the fourth, WP started the comeback with Steve Yelin's second home run of the day knotted the score at 4-4 during the bottom of the seventh inning. Carson Weis started the bottom of the ninth inning with a double to center, Dan Carter and Jake Lutz walked to load the bags with zero outs. Junior left fielder Elliott Hayward, who had entered the game as a defensive replacement during the top of the eighth, hit a long fly ball to the base of the fence in center field, a walk-off single to give the Pioneers the victory.
Muhlenberg headed into the second half of the Centennial Conference with a home doubleheader split against Franklin & Marshall. The Mules (13-16-1, 6-4) took the first game, 9-2, and dropped the second, 4-3, against a Diplomat team that finished first in the CC preseason poll. With eight league games to play, Muhlenberg is tied for third place in the CC. The Mules' six CC wins are one more than they had all last year. The Mules got outstanding starting pitching from Quinn Rovner in the opener. The senior righty tossed seven innings, allowing only one run on five hits, to pick up his third win of the season. F&M took the early lead in the nightcap, scoring two runs in the top of the first. The Mules cut the gap in half in the fourth and in the next inning Jake Swerdloff tied the game with a blast to straightaway center. The Diplomats went back ahead, 3-2 with a run in the top of the seventh and scored what proved to be the winning run on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth. Muhlenberg got the tying run to third in the bottom of the ninth but could not push it across.
Misericordia swept a doubleheader from Lycoming, 13-2, 5-1, Sunday afternoon at Bowman Field. The Cougars took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first in game one and scored in every inning except the second. Derrick Vosburg had two hits and three RBI in the opener and Nick Giardino had two hits and two RBI. Steve Rinda struck out five over five innings to earn the win. Misericordia got all the runs it needed in the first inning of the nightcap. Connor Maryniak struck out six over 5.2 innings to get the win and Jaiden Cioffi got the final four outs to earn the save.
Anthony Schooley drove in five runs and Ryan Murphy went 4-for-4 as #17 Rowan defeated Ramapo, 11-5, in the first game of an NJAC doubleheader, but Ramapo scored a 9-3 win in the second game to force a split. Rowan is now 21-8 and 7-3 in the league. Zach Grace earned the game one win to improve to 5-0 as he scattered three hits and struck out eight in five innings. Sean Colbert pitched the remaining three and kept the Roadrunners scoreless. Ramapo (16-12; 4-6) struck first with a run in the second and Rowan tied it in the third. The Roadrunners then cored five runs to take a 6-1 lead into the seventh. Rowan added two runs in the seventh but the Roadrunners countered with three. Will Paoli pitched the last two innings for Ramapo and retired three straight Rowan batters in each of them to preserve the win.
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| TCNJ picked up their first sweep of the year on Sunday with two wins over Montclair State. The Lions won the first game 3-2 and the second 7-6. Cabrinia athletics photo by Nigel Pacheco |
Falling behind early in both games, Clarkson rallied for a win in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader and nearly repeated the feat in the nightcap as the Golden Knights split with Rensselaer, winning game one 7-3 and dropping game two 10-7. Game one saw RPI jump out to a 3-0 lead through the first three innings. Clarkson picked up a run in the fourth, one in the fifth, and four more in the sixth to take the lead. Clarkson would tack on another run in the ninth as Jake Millich doubled in pinch-runner Aidan Kuefner. RPI took a 9-3 lead through four frames in game two. Clarkson chipped away to close the gap to 9-7 but could get no closer. The Knights loaded the bases with no one out, but a fly out to center and a 6-4-3 double play ended the threat and the game.
Brevard (20-12, 10-5 USA South) used a five and eight-run inning to break open a 14-3 victory over Mary Baldwin (4-26, 0-15 USAS) to sweep all three games of this weekend's USA South Conference series on Sunday afternoon at Gil Coan Field. Brevard scored 14 unanswered runs to take the win after the visiting Fighting Squirrels scored three runs through the first three innings. BC totaled five runs in the bottom of the third and then exploded for eight in the bottom of the eighth to clinch the win. Cale Oehler went 2-for-4 with a pair of triples, two runs scored, and a team-high four RBIs. Senior catcher Brett Burchett capped off Senior Weekend with a solo home run as part of a 2-for-3 outing at the plate, scoring two runs while driving in two RBIs. Connor Crosby got the start, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits with a strikeout in three innings of work. Cameron Cook (2-0) came in after BC's five-run third inning and proceeded to shut out the MBU lineup for the remainder of the contest to earn the win, giving up five hits and two walks in six scoreless frames with a strikeout.
Strong pitching and defense and timely hitting keyed Penn State Altoona's doubleheader sweep of Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent Pitt-Bradford on Sunday afternoon at Stewart Athletic Field. Penn State Altoona (12-19, 3-5 AMCC) pulled out a tight 4-3 victory in game one, then came back to beat Pitt-Bradford (6-19, 3-5 AMCC) by a score of 9-4 in game two. The Lions played error-free defense on the day while getting a pair of strong pitching performances, and the team came up with several hits in significant moments to generate runs.
William DeForest hit a key three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, and Paul Roche threw out a runner at third from near the right field wall in the top of the eighth, as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps finished a three-game series sweep of Redlands with a 7-6 win on Sunday at Azusa Pacific's Cougar Baseball Complex. CMS scored four times in the second inning to take a 4-1 lead, but did not score again until DeForest took a 3-2 pitch over the left-center field wall with two outs in the seventh to stretch the lead to 7-3. Redlands battled back in both the eighth and ninth innings, though, and forced the Stags to make some big defensive plays to seal the win.
The Rhodes Lynx completed the sweep of the Millsaps Majors with a 14-7 win on Senior Day, celebrating the 19 Seniors and 5th years that have given so much to the Rhodes Program. After giving up runs in the first three innings, the Lynx countered with a higher total. Adding runs from there out, the Lynx built a lead that Millsaps could not counter themselves. It was a picture-perfect game for Senior Day festivities, as nearly every senior and fifth-year pitcher made an appearance.
Johnson & Wales split its Great Northeast Athletic Conference doubleheader against Elms Sunday afternoon at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex. The Wildcats won game one 11-1 and dropped the nightcap 4-1. Sophomore Trevor Juan homered and drove in two runs and junior Riley Hasson laced a two-run single and picked up three RBI for the Wildcats. Junior Thorin Sanchez-Guerra smacked a two-run triple and classmate EJ Leone recorded three hits as JWU scored 11 runs for the third consecutive contest. Graduate student Kyle Cutler allowed seven hits and one run with one walk and a pair of strikeouts to move to 5-2 on the season. Colby Arnold earned the win for Elms in game two to move to 2-0. He pitcher 5 innings with a walk and four strikeouts. Camden Murphy earned his second save as he faced just four batters in the ninth inning.
Christian Fagnant and Tyler McCord each had three hits Sunday to pace a 17-hit attack for Amherst, which outslugged Hamilton 15-5 at the Loop Road Complex. The Mammoths' fourth straight win propelled them into first place in the NESCAC West Division with a 4-2 NESCAC West record. They are 14-8-1 overall. Hamilton fell to 5-4 in the West, 14-11 overall. Amherst built an 11-1 lead after six innings Sunday, scoring once in the first, once in the second, twice in the fourth, once in the fifth, and finally six runs in the sixth to blow the game open.
Whitworth celebrated Senior Day with a 14-0 win over visiting Puget Sound in the final conference game of the season on Sunday at Merkel Field. Tim Gee had four of the Pirates' 19 hits, including his first career home run, and four runs batted in, while pitcher Hunter Dryden allowed only two hits over eight shutout innings. Dryden (5-2) was in complete control, throwing only 88 pitches over eight innings. He struck out four and walked only one batter. Aidan Smith recorded the final three outs in relief, giving up one hit.
Mary Washington journeyed to Salisbury to bolster their resume for an at-large bid for the NCAA playoffs. Second-ranked Salisbury opened Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) play with a wild 12-10 win over the Mary Washington Eagles, its 12th straight, on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. Holding a five run lead in the ninth, UMW refused to go quietly in the top of the ninth. Schwarz led off with a double and Luke Guerzon singled him home. After a walk and a flyout, Luke Guerzon came home on a Jacob Christenbury sac fly, then Jonathon Sedmak ripped an RBI double to bring the Eagles with 12-10. With the tying run at bat in the form of Bobby Ayscue, Brandon Epstein came and struck out the Eagles' three-hole hitter to extend the SU winning streak to a dozen.
After suffering in its first loss in more than a month on Friday, Penn State Harrisburg bounced back in a massive way in a convincing 23-9 win over United East foe Penn College that clinched the series victory on Sunday afternoon. The Lions (24-6, 14-1 United East) racked up 24 total hits, including seven extra-base knocks. Carlos Irizarry, Blaine Waltimyer, and Kevin Lehner each homered, with Irizarry hitting a grand slam and driving in seven runs to lead the way at the dish. Hunter Merritt earned his fifth win of the year on the mound, tallying seven strikeouts and allowing three runs in five innings thrown.
Keystone swept Valley Forge in a three-game series this weekend, capping off Sunday with an 11-5 win followed by a 15-2 victory. The Giants scored three in the first and four in the fifth, outhitting UVF 14-6. Josh Parks finished 3-for-3 with a three-run homer in the fifth. Griffin Yastremski drove in two runs while Anthony Raimo, Giovanni Diaz, and Julio Acosta collected two hits each. Anthony Mierez started and struck out two while Cam Hale and Julian Gonzalez appeared in relief, combining for five punchouts. Keystone limited the Patriots to just two hits and enjoyed an eight-run first inning to start off the nightcap. Jason Thomas enjoyed a 4-for-5 day at leadoff, scoring three runs with two RBI. Luis Villalba went 3-for-4 with three RBI while Yastremski also turned in a 3-for-4 day. Parks and Chris Hadsall collected two hits. Yastremski started an struck out three while Slothing Che, Grant McGowan, and Kevin Murphy appeared in relief.
Seven runs in the final three innings for Asbury (19-12) and nine strikeouts from Eli Wilder secured their comeback win over Wright State Lake Campus (WSU) to take game three of the series, 7-3. Junior right-hander Eli Wilder gave one his best career starts, going 6.0 innings with nine strikeouts (career-high) and no earned runs. Caleb Poll came on in the seventh and pitched the final three innings with no runs and three strikeouts to grab his third win of the year, giving Wilder the no-decision. Freshman brothers Sam and Andrew Billington were the only Eagles with multi-hit days, each going for two. Ethan Cartwright and Nathaniel Frank tied a team-high with two runs scored apiece, Kaden Dugle led in RBIs with two. AU used nine hits in the final three innings after being no-hit through six, using a rain-delay break to their advantage to complete the comeback victory.
Rochester stretched its conference win streak to ten straight games following a doubleheader sweep of Vassar on Sunday afternoon at Prentiss Field. UR earned a 5-2 victory in game one and rallied for a 4-3 nightcap win, completing a perfect 4-0 weekend on the diamond against Liberty League Eastern Division foes. Rochester used a big four-run seventh inning to break open a 1-1 game late in the opener to power to the teams ninth straight league win and third straight overall. Hits proved to be scarce in the nightcap as the two ball clubs combined for just seven hits, but used a couple errors and eight walks to score the seven runs.
Bethany returned to the diamond Sunday afternoon for two more PAC games against Chatham. Colton Stoneman picked up his 100th career hit in the second inning of the second game as the Bison won game one 13-11 before dropping game two 13-12. After the hosts chipped a trio of runs off of their deficit in the sixth in game one, Luke Beatty blasted a ball to center again for his third of the year as the two-run homerun also scored Stoneman. Chatham would then use the seventh and eighth innings to tie things up after trailing by seven. Beatty served as the hero in the top of the 11th with a double that drove in two as the Bison polished off a 13-11 win. Trey Mantle threw six strong innings while Payton Zupko went 4.1 innings with conceding just one run and striking out four. In the nightcap, a throwing error against the Bison would see the Cougars walk it off in the bottom of the ninth and win 13-12.
Eleven seniors were honored before Lewis & Clark College notched a 5-2 win over George Fox University to earn the number two seed in the Northwest Conference tournament and secure their best conference finish since 1992. Kris Wuelfing pitched six scoreless innings with five hits to earn his fifth win of the season. The senior right-hander faced 22 batters, walking only one, and threw 54 pitches before an hour and fifteen-minute rain delay ending his outing. Senior Noah Ferruggia replaced Wuelfing on the mound in the seventh and threw a one-hit scoreless inning in his last regular season game. Senior Kevin Kane threw six pitches in the eighth inning, allowing one hit to continue the dominant Pioneer pitching. Junior closer Anthony Clerici entered the ninth inning after a bases loaded hit by pitch scored the Bruins' first run of the day. He recorded the game's final two outs against three batters and secured his seventh save of the season and first in back-to-back games this season.