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| St. Olaf finished off a 15-12 victory over Augsburg in game two of a doubleheader originally began back on April 19 on Monday afternoon at Mark Almli Field. After starting the day with a 15-11 lead through six innings, St. Olaf (15-17, 10-8 MIAC) completed an interrupted sweep of Augsburg (9-24, 6-14 MIAC) by closing out the final three innings on Monday. The game was originally halted due to darkness after the Oles won game one by a 12-3 score at home 19 days prior. St. Olaf athletics photo by Hannah Robb |
Mary Washington erupted for nine runs in the first inning, and rapped out 15 hits in a 16-7 victory at Penn State-Harrisburg on Monday afternoon. UMW enters the postseason with a 27-13 record. Ty Lowe and Ryan Schwarz opened the first inning scoring with a pair of RBI singles, and Andrew Gerhart followed with a bases-loaded single to plate a pair of runs. With two outs, Jacob Christenbury connected for a three-run homer, and Jonathan Sedmak followed with another homer to go back to back. Harrisburg scored two in the first, one in the second, and another in the third to draw to within 9-4. In the fifth, Guerzon added a solo home run, and the Eagles scored four in the eighth, as Bobby Ayscue posted an RBI single before Lowe added his name to the home run column with a three-run shot. Sedmak capped the scoring in the ninth with a two-run double. Lowe went 3-5 with a homer and four RBI, while Sedmak was 3-5 with a double, homer, three runs scored, and three RBI. Guerzon singled and homered, and Christenbury added a home run and three RBI. Junior Brendan McComber gained the win to improve to 8-1, allowing five runs on seven hits in six innings, with two walks and four strikeouts
SUNY Cobleskill used strong pitching, timely hitting and aggressive base running to defeat the host Eagles of Husson by a 7-2 margin to advance to the championship game of the 2023 North Atlantic Conference Championship Tournament on Monday afternoon in a game played at Husson's Dr. John W. Winkin Sports Complex's Harold Alfond Diamond. With the win the Fighting Tigers set a new program record for most wins in a single season improving to 22-13 overall on the year while the Eagles fall to 21-17 overall on the year. The Orange & Black sealed the win with a three-run eighth inning highlighted by run scoring squeeze bunts by Dylan Pohl and Chris Champlin and a solo two-out home run by Logan Firment to make it 7-2. After giving up the unearned runs in the first inning, senior right hander Wyatt Palmer, dominated the Eagle offense over the next eight innings to improve to 4-2 overall on the year by striking out four and walking only one.
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Husson earned the right to play another day as they picked up a 5-4 victory over Thomas in a North Atlantic Conference elimination game at the Harold Alfond Diamond on Monday afternoon. The Terriers would score four out of the next five runs to take a 4-3 lead after seven complete innings. In the eighth, freshman Hunter Curtis brought the Eagles back into the contest with a solo shot followed by a RBI-double from fellow Keegan Cyr as the Eagles regained the lead, 5-4. Junior Ryan Robb took care of the rest as he earned his fourth win of the season pitching the final 2.1 innings with three strikeouts as the Eagles advance to tomorrow. Senior Alex Smith started the contest for the Eagles on the mound as he went six-plus innings of work and allowed four runs on five hits. Husson will rematch with SUNY Cobleskill and will have to win two straight games tomorrow in order to become 2023 NAC champions.
No. 6 seed Suffolk overcame a 12-9 deficit to No. 7 seed Gordon to earn a 13-12 victory in extra-innings of the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament Play-In game on Monday afternoon. With the win, the Rams advance to play No. 1 seed Endicott to open the double-elimination portion of the tournament on Wednesday, May 10. The double-elimination tournament continues on Thursday, May 11 with three more games at three sites. The higher seeded team in each matchup will serve as host. The 2023 CCC Baseball Tournament Champion will be crowned on Saturday, May 13 with the winner earning the league’s automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
It took a little longer than expected — and required two separate venues — but Saint Mary's got its Game 1 victory over Carleton nonetheless. Twenty-four hours after rain put Game 1 of SMU's MIAC doubleheader against Carleton on hold with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning at Max Molock Field, the Cardinals needed all of 10 minutes Monday to seal the 9-3 victory at Carleton's Mel Taube Field. The nightcap was not as favorable for the Cardinals, as the visiting Knights were more than comfortable on their home diamond, scoring in six of the nine innings — including a two-run first and a three-run ninth — as Carleton dealt Saint Mary's a 10-2 setback to earn the conference split.
New Jersey City hosted its final game of the season on Monday as the Gothic Knights hosted Saint Elizabeth University for Senior Day at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex. Eleven members of the NJCU baseball class of 2023 were recognized before the game. After, NJCU closed out the season victorious, winning 12-2 in seven innings. the day was also highlighted by a pair of graduates as graduate student Ricky Voss set the all-time program record with the 130th of his career, while senior Paul Tannucilli reached 100 strikeouts for his career.
Carleton split its final MIAC doubleheader of the season, dropping game one to Saint Mary's (Minn.), 9-3, before taking the game two by a 10-2 tally. This was the most unique doubleheader of the Knights' (8-23, 4-16 MIAC) season. The twinbill started at Saint Mary's (15-20, 9-11 MIAC) on Sunday afternoon but finished at Carleton's Mel Taube Field a day later. Heavy rain during the sixth inning of game one led to unplayable field conditions at the Cardinals' Max Malock Field. With the teams forced to resume the games on Monday afternoon, the decision was made to re-locate to the Carleton campus to conclude game one and then play game two. In the second game, Sam Zacks went 5-for-6, becoming the first Knight with a five-hit game since Paul Hinton's 5-for-6 performance at Whittier College on March 22, 2022. Meanwhile, Matthew Karbowski tossed a four-hitter in notching his first career complete game, and his 9.0-inning effort was the longest by a Carleton pitcher since Nolan Baker pitched 9.0 innings against Hamline 3-1 on April 22, 2014.