Three games in and three wins for Texas Lutheran. On Friday the TLU Bulldogs won the opening game of the D-III Season 8-1 over visiting Sul Ross State, followed that up with a 12-3 win on Saturday night and a run-ruled win for the sweep. Caltech and Occidental earned early wins on Saturday with Caltech dropping the nightcap and Occidental sweeping the day.
No. 10 Baldwin Wallace stayed perfect on the year with a win over No. 17 Oswego State. USMMA head coach Michael Notebaert got his 250th career-win when Maritime swept Wells. in Texas, No. 24 ETBU secured a series sweep of Sul Ross on a high note, turning a triple play.
Dallas and Sul Ross State split and Texas Lutheran won one of two with Pacific as the first teams from Texas to got on the field for the 2023 season. Twenty games were played on Saturday, up from the six played on opening day.
School officials announced that Ely Gallego was named the head baseball coach at Sul Ross State. Gallego spent the previous four seasons as a full-time assistant under former head coach Bobby Mesker, who is now the head baseball coach at Midland Christian after 14 years at the helm of the Lobos.
A cold night in Alpine did not chill a hot offense for baseball in a Friday sweep of LeTourneau. With the wins, head coach Bobby Mesker picked up wins 200 and 201 in his Sul Ross career.
University of Dallas took the series win over Sul Ross State after defeating the Lobos 13-2 on Sunday afternoon. Pacific's stopover on the way to the Cactus Classic Tournament went as planned as the Boxers took a second game from Redlands 8-6. HPU ended their Hawaii trip 0-5.
Sul Ross State split Saturday's season-opening doubleheader with University of Dallas. The Lobos dropped an 8-5 decision in game one before pounding out 12 hits in a 16-0 shutout victory in the second contest. HPU lost twce to D-II Hawaii Pacific.
Sul Ross finished the weekend out scoring Dallas 12-5 in a series win. La Grange made it two straight with their win over Sewanee. In Southern California, Whittier, Pomona-PItzer and Centenary (La.) all won single contests.
Randolph-Macon moved to 3-0 with two wins on Saturday. Elsewhere Rhodes, Sul Ross State, Covenant, N.C. Wesleyan, LaGrange, and Centenary all claimed doubleheader sweeps on the day.
Dallas claimed a split at Sul Ross State on Saturday afternoon. Each team celebrated opening day with a victory. The Crusaders would hold on for a 6-5 win in game one of the series, before SRSU evened the weekend tilt in a 10-4 triumph.
The UMAC leads D-III in tripleheaders played but a cold and wet Spring have seen other conferences schedule the rare three game set. On Monday it was LeTourneau and Sul Ross State as the latest teams to play three.
Ernie Banks is famous for saying "Lets play two". Chicago, Covenant, Gordon, Hope, Sul Ross State, and Susquehanna all swept their doubleheaders on Saturday.
Piedmont and Sul Ross State were winners as Occidental and Marymount opened their seasons with losses. Marymount would earn their first win in the night cap of a doubleheader.
Ithaca's standout shortstop was the first D-III player selected in the 2013 MLB amateur draft, in the 13th round. In all, a total of 14 players were drafted. Here's the rundown on each.
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Texas Lutheran opens DIII season with sweep
February 03, 2024Three games in and three wins for Texas Lutheran. On Friday the TLU Bulldogs won the opening game of the D-III Season 8-1 over visiting Sul Ross State, followed that up with a 12-3 win on Saturday night and a run-ruled win for the sweep. Caltech and Occidental earned early wins on Saturday with Caltech dropping the nightcap and Occidental sweeping the day.
