Kalamazoo dominated their opener with shutout pitching and hots bats. East Texas Baptist did the same in a 18-0 whitewashing of Sul Ross State as did Hamline with a 15-0 win over Martin Luther as part of a sweep in Kansas. Methodist joined the parade with a 18-0 win over Penn State Abington.
Hamline picked up their first wins of the season playing at a neutral field and Eastern notched their first win on their spring trip. Gwynedd Mercy, John Jay, Mass-Boston, Mitchell, New England College, TCNJ and Westminster (Pa.) also earned win number on on the season.
You never know that you will see on the diamond, Augsburg and Hamline split two extra inning games, Kalamazoo gets a rare sweep, and Baldwin-Wallace takes advantage of 14 walks to edge Wooster.
UWO upset regional power St. Thomas 12-8 on Tuesday. Hamline had the same thought with four early runs but a ninth inning rally gave Buena Vista the walk off win.
For the first time in 27 years, Minn-Morris will have a new head coach, as longtime assistant Grant Harding is set to assume head coaching duties from Mark Fohl.
Slugging outfielder Andy King of Hamline and no-hit hurler Mitch Hunnicutt of Hanover have earned the first NCAA D-III National Hitter and Pitcher of the Week honors for 2012.
Two milestones were set in the Hamline-Stout doubleheader on Monday night. Hamline head coach Jason Verdugo earned his 200th career victory in the first game and Wisc.-Stout rookie head coach Toby Gardenhire earned his first in the night cap.
Two games went to extra innings and all three games were decided by a 3-2 score, with Hamline and St. Scholastica's aces going toe-to-toe for 12 innings.