Keene State swept a doubleheader, 10-6 and 9-2, against Simpson at Gene Autry Field in Mesa, Arizona and presented their coach a milestone victory on Sunday.

The first game victory was Keene State Coach Ken Howe's 400th career win. "I knew coming into the season that I was two wins shy of the mark, and so did the players and my coaching staff," said Howe, who has a career mark of 400-408-8 in his 24th season. "They were really rooting for me to get it today."

"A lot of it has to do with longevity, because there were many losses along the way, but I couldn't have done it without the many great players and assistant coaches I've been able to work with over the years."

It didn't take Keene State players long to get Coach Howe, a Keene naive, his milestone win.

After tying the game 1-1 on an RBI single by junior Vinny Ganz in the second, the Owls erupted for eight runs in the third inning.

Anthony Cipolla and Jesse Cahill, Cody Callahan, Bobby Doyon and Ganz each had RBI hits in the uprising. The inning featured a double steal and a great slide by Peter Burgio to avoid a tag at home plate.

Cahill and Doyon led the Keene State 12-hit parade with three hits each. Doyon and Callahan each had two RBIs.

Making his first start for the Owls, Kyle Davis, a junior transfer from UMass-Lowell, picked up the win on the mound. He pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up five runs on six hits with four walks.

No. 25 St. Scholastica (4-2) put up a lot of runs in sweeping Manhattanville (1-3), taking game one 17-8 and game two 15-5. The Saints are 10-0 against Manhattanville since 2001.

In the opener, the Valiants got off to a good start, having three runs come across in the bottom of the first. Paul Kolodge got one run back with a home run at the top of the second. Later in the inning Joe Link fielder's choice would make it 3-2.

After Manhattanville hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second, the Saints tied the game in the top of the third with a two-out rally as Scott Greening scored on a Chad Peterson single and Peterson scored on a hit-and-run from first on an Andy Manos hit to the gap.

The Valiants added two more runs in the bottom of the third to make it 6-4 but the Saints responded in the top of the fourth. Kolodge and Greening's back-to-back RBI-triples gave the Saints its first lead at 7-6. With seven runs in fifth, St. Scholastica streached their lead to 14-6. Both teams added runs late as the final would be 17-8.

St. Scholastica's Steve Gerten improved to 2-0 this season, pitching five innings.

In game two, the Saints got on the board first on a Greening RBI-single to make it 1-0 after one inning. St. Scholastica then had five runs come across in the second with two of those runs coming off a Greening double.

St. Scholastica scored six more runs in the third inning to make it 12-1. Steve Gerten had two-run double in the inning. In the bottom of the sixth, Brian Peterson and Brian Marshik each had a triple that drove in a total of three runs to make the final 15-5.

David Vogelgesang earned his first collegiate win going 4.2 innings.

In other action: For the second year in a row, Rochester won the baseball championship in the University Athletic Association. Rochester defeated Case Western Reserve, 3-2, on Sunday to finish with a 4-1 record. Both teams entered the game with one loss apiece. Heavy rains in Florida played havoc with the schedule. Rochester played two games on Saturday, losing a wild slugfest, 16-14, to Washington, then coming back for an 11-1 win over Brandeis.

Worcester State and Rowan split a doubleheader this afternoon at Henley Field. The Profs won the opening contest, 8-4, on a walk-off grand-slam by Nick Turano in the bottom of the seventh before the Lancers won, 9-8, in extra frames in the same fashion.

Huntingdon completed a weekend sweep of Blackburn on Sunday, taking the final game of the series 17-4 at Neal Posey Field. Chad Green paced the Hawks (17-4) with three runs batted in. Douglas Pate earned the victory, tossing 4.0 innings of five-hit ball. Pate struck out four and allowed three runs to improve to 3-1 on the season. Blake Gillies added two innings of two-hit relief, while Caleb Cofield tossed a scoreless frame to end the contest.

Another day at the ballpark, another victory over a nationally-ranked opponent. Menlo had a complete game from pitcher Brian Priestley to a 7-5 victory over No. 14 Pacific Lutheran and a series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Cartan Field.

St. Norbert opened up its 2010 baseball season with a doubleheader split against Fontbonne. St. Norbert (1-1) took the opener 9-4, while Fontbonne (3-3) claimed the nightcap 4-1. Both teams were NCAA Division III Tournament participants in 2009.

Rose-Hulman earned a baseball doubleheader split with a 9-2 victory in the nightcap, after falling 6-2 in the opener to Alma. Alma used two first inning home runs by Adam Rezmer and Joseph Yourchock to lead them to the 6-2 win in the first game. In the same contest, Tim Tepe set the Rose-Hulman career hits record in the first game with a two-run home run. The Engineers used strong hitting to defeat the Scots in the second game of the afternoon.

Rhode Island swept a doubleheader from Fitchburg State, winning game one, 1-0, and taking game two, 13-11, at Royals Field on Sunday afternoon. Gary Levesque hammered his second homer of the spring over the center field fence with two out in the bottom of the first inning to account for game one's offensive output. Paul Vatter allowed just four hits in 6.1 innings of work to earn his first win of the season. Ricky Graham led the Falcons hitting display with three hits, including his first home run of the season in the nightcap.

Johns Hopkins pounded out 20 hits on their way to a 13-5 win over Concordia (Wisc.) at Snedigar Park in Chandler Arizona. Jesse Sikorski was a single short of the cycle in the game but had an extra double in a 4-for-5 day.

Mitchell picked up its first win of the season on Sunday afternoon, splitting a doubleheader against Westminster (Pa.). The Mariners dropped the first game 7-0 but rebounded for a 3-2 victory in the second. Garrett Cornwell gave the Mariners a stellar performance on the mound in the win. The righthander threw a complete game in his collegiate debut, allowing only two runs on six hits while striking out six and walking three.

In another early morning twin bill, Edgewood topped UW-Oshkosh twice with a pair of complete games from their starting pitchers. Matt Krueger won game one 4-3 and Scott Winters was the winner in a 2-1 victory.

Bridgewater (Va) hammered the Virginia Wesleyan pitching staff for 21 hits, including five homers, in Sunday's 23-11 ODAC victory over the visiting Marlins. Blake Stokely led the Eagles offense with a 4-for-6 day and five RBIs.

Wheaton (Mass) scored 12 unanswered runs during its season opener against in-region foe Suffolk, as the Lyons downed the Rams, 12-1 at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. Four Lyons recorded multiple hits, while Nolan Corr was victorious in his first collegiate start.

Methodist bounced back from a loss to No. 23 Shenandoah to power past the Hornets with a 13-1 win in eight innings on Sunday. Brian Halpin led the Monarchs hitting 4-for-5 from the plate while Trey Such and Brian Goodwin went 3-for-5. Such finished with four RBI and Matt Quick added three.

Cortland State scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning and defeated Stevens, 11-5, in the Red Dragons' first game of a seven-game Florida spring break trip. Mike Assmann allowed only four hits and three runs, two earned, over six innings for the win. He walked three batters and recorded 11 of Cortland's 16 strikeouts.

University of Dallas got back in the win column by overtaking the Cardinal Stritch Wolves 6-5 in San Antonio, TX. Austin Cooper pitched five and a third solid innings before Michael Schweiss threw three and two third solid innings of relief for his second win of the year.

Guilford split an ODAC baseball doubleheader at Hampden-Sydney Sunday afternoon. Guilford's Kyle Wooden delivered a two-out, two-run double in the top of the seventh to break a 2-2 tie in the opener and the Quakers went on to win 4-3. Zach Harrelson went 3-4 with a double and three RBI in the 8-1 Tigers' win.

A grand slam home run from Drew Leonard and a three-run blast from Trey Rountree paced Millsaps (12-4) to a 12-2 conference victory over a Trinity (Texas) at Twenty Field. The Majors got an impressive outing from starting pitcher Aaron Williams who pitched six innings allowing two runs on four hits.

Jeremy Aliff got the scoring started for the Majors in the first when he was hit by the opening pitch before crossing the plate on a single by Will Hawkins for a 1-0 advantage.

Millsaps would add four runs in the second when Rountree belted a three-run home run for his second of the season and Aliff drove home Leonard with an RBI single to go ahead 5-0.

In the third, the Majors broke the game wide open with a bases-loaded walk to Rountree before Leonard cleared the bases with a grand slam for his first home run of the season and a 10-0 Millsaps lead.

Trinity could not overcome the early deficit as the Majors closed the game 12-2 in the seventh inning when Aliff scored on a fielder's choice by Tyler Berry.

Leonard, Hawkins and Jules Roussel all finished the game 2-for-3 from the plate while Leonard and Rountree each recorded a career-high four RBIs.

Williams stays perfect at 4-0 on the season. Noah Solomon lost for the first time this season for the Tigers.

In other action: Carthage (5-3) swept a doubleheader from No. 4 Kean (6-3), 10-2 and 16-4, at North County Regional Park in North Port, Fla. Mario Perez went the distance in the seven-inning first game and allowed two runs, one earned on seven hits and two walks. In the nightcap, the Red Men continued to swing the batt. They pounded out 21 hits and opened a 15-3 lead in the fifth. Hughes went three-for-four with two RBI to lead the assault.

Andrew Mondo struck out nine batters over eight innings of work to lead RPI to a 5-1 victory over Mount Saint Mary. Mondo, a righthander, allowed just one unearned run, while surrendering seven hits. Mike Cieszko pitched the ninth inning, striking out two of the three batters he faced to help seal the Rensselaer victory.

Amherst opened its season with a 12-8 win over Framingham State on day one of the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The win gives head coach Brian Hamm a victory in his Amherst debut, putting him 810 wins behind legendary coach Bill Thurston whom he replaced.

Haverford ended its spring trip with a 23-11 victory over Coast Guard at Terry Park. Haverford scored five runs in both the third and fourth innings to take a commanding 11-run lead. Jake Kaden and Jeff Butera both recorded five hits. Kaden scored five runs and drove in two. Butera belted two home runs, drove in eight and scored three runs.

No. 23 Shenandoah ran its baseball winning streak to eight games with a 4-2 USA South Conference win at Methodist. The Hornets (11-3) rode the battery of Greg Van Sickler and Keaton Neeb to the win over the Monarchs (12-5). Van Sickler tossed a complete-game four-hitter while also getting three hits in four at-bats. Neeb was 2 for 4 at the plate and drove in his club's initial two runs with doubles to right and center in the second and fourth innings, respectively.

A key turn of events can change more than just a game. On Saturday afternoon at Cartan Field, Menlo erased a five-run deficit to beat No. 14 Pacific Lutheran 8-7 to begin the day then rolled to a 9-3 victory to sweep the doubleheader.

Denison jumped out to an early 10-run lead en route to knocking off Oglethorpe 16-5 at Anderson Field in Atlanta, Ga for their first win of the season. Peter Krieger finished the day 2-for-3 with a homer and six RBIs, while Aiden Lucas went 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBIs and three runs and Park Smith was 3-for-4 with a double, four runs scored and two RBIs.

Emory battled back from a 4-0 deficit to force extra innings against Case Western Reserve, but a pair of runs in the 10th inning from the Spartans were enough to defeat the Eagles 7-5 at the UAA Tournament.

Southern Maine swept its home-opening doubleheader with St. Joseph's College-Long Island at the Southern Maine Baseball Stadium in cold, blustery conditions Saturday afternoon, winning each game by a score of 8-3. Ben Ives and Collin Henry both earned their second wins of the season. In the opener Nick Hahn picked up the save.

Johns Hopkins and Macalester split a doubleheader at Gene Autry Park in Mesa, AZ. The Blue Jays won game one by a score of 4-0 but lost a pitchers dual, 1-0, in 10 innings in the nightcap.

Outscoring their NWC rivals 25-1, the Linfield Wildcats put on an offensive showcase Saturday at Roy Helser Field, thumping the visiting Bearcats 11-0 and 14-1. The Wildcats hit five home runs in the two-game set, including two by Kelson Brown, forcing the Bearcats to call on eight pitchers over the course of the afternoon.

Mississippi College (16-1) capped off a three-game series sweep of Louisiana (6-12) with a walkoff single in the final game at Frierson Field as the Choctaws won by a 7-6 score.

Christopher Newport 11-5 overall with a win over North Carolina Wesleyan. The Captains jumped to a 5-0 lead, then built a 10-2 advantage and held on for the four-run win. Christopher Newport centerfielder Shannon Mark and second baseman Shayne Kersey each knocked in three runs for the Captains.

With a pair of close road wins on Saturday Cal Lutheran was able to sweep its three-game series with Whittier this weekend. Cal Lutheran used seven runs over the final three innings for a 10-8 victory in the first game and held on for a 5-4 win in game two that was called after eight innings due to darkness.

Baldwin-Wallace's first run of the game, in the bottom of the first inning, would be all the Yellow Jackets needed as they beat Wittenberg 5-0 on neutral ground in Winter Haven Florida.

Senior pitcher Justin Novak threw a complete game four-hit shutout as the Yellow Jackets improved their record to 3-4. He had six strikeouts and did not walk a batter as he dominated the Tigers for nine innings.

Nolan Neuschaefer lead off the game with a walk and worked his way to third where John Ulanski's sacrifice fly scored Neuschaefer. Baldwin-Wallace added two more runs in the bottom of the second when senior outfielder Ted Cowling singled through the right side to drive in Jim Martin who had singled earlier and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Brian Boveington who had walked earlier was driven in by Sam Wasylyshyn who singled to left. Baldwin-Wallace tacked on another run in the fourth as Cowling scored on a throwing error. The scoring ended when Wittenberg pitching allowed two singles and two walks leading to a run scored by Matt Rollins.

On the day, Cowling went 4-4 with three singles and a double, a RBI and a run scored. Ulanski, Martin, and Wasylyshyn each added an RBI. Wittenberg could muster only four singles and Chris Tabler took the loss as the Tigers dropped to 3-3 on the season.

In other action: Sophomore infielder Jamal Abed drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10 th inning as Case Western Reserve moved to 2-1 in the University Athletic Association conference tournament with a 9-8 win over Washington (Mo.). Four Case Western Spartans had three hits on the day and Zach Fry pitched two innings allowing one run as he picked up his first win of the season.

WPI (6-0) knocked off previously unbeaten #9 Rensselaer (5-1) in ten innings by a score of 7-6. In the bottom of the tenth inning, Jameson Kokolis put the ball in play to drive in Nick Bean who had opened up the inning with a triple. Rensselaer committed four errors on the day, including an error on the ball hit by Kokolis as only three of WPI's runs were earned.

"Everybody bats, everybody hits", heard on every Little League diamond, was the order of the day as UW-Whitewater defeated Hamline 18-1 and 13-1 Thursday afternoon in the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Warhawks, 3-0, have scored 43 runs and stroked 49 hits, including fifteen for extra bases, in the three wins.

In Fort Pierce Florida, Penn St.-Behrend beat Westminster (Pa.) 7-5 and 8-0 to move to 6-0 on the young season. In the night cap, three Behrend pitchers, Fran Haus, Ken Farnsworth, and Zach Matthews combined for the six-hit shutout. Haus picked up the win.

Wheaton (Ill.) moved to 4-2 on the season as they shut out Colby-Sawyer 3-0 in their only game of the day as the second contest between the teams was rained out. In the victory Trey Martin picked up the win throwing five strong innings, while allowing just four hits. Matt MaLossi picked up his first save of the year pitching two hitless innings in the seven inning contest.

The Trinity (Texas) Tigers baseball team hit four home runs in an 18-4 non-conference victory over the DeSales Bulldogs Tuesday night at E.M. Stevens Field. The Tigers' home run saga starting with solo shots by by Kyle Felix and Nick Pappas and ended with two home runs on the day by Dylan Early.

Doug Papuga and Ben Danker each collected four hits, with Papuga driving in three runs as Wentwort ran its win streak to four games with an 11-10 victory over St. Joseph's of Maine.

Frustration set in as Carthage lost to Ohio Wesleyan 7-1. A five-run third inning helped the Battling Bishops pull away from the #10 Red Men. "More walks, more hit batters and more missed opportunities at the plate." is what foiled Carthage according to Head Coach Augie Schmidt. Carthage fell to 3-3 while Ohio Wesleyan improved to 3-4.

Dan Hunoway picked up a victory as the Dominican Stars pounded Southern Vermont 21-6. Hunoway surrendered just three runs, none earned, in seven innings of work en route to his first win of the season. Kevin Cahill logged five hits with three runs batted in and three runs scored while Jesse Bongartz drove in four runs on three hits, including a double and a triple.

Stevenson came out of the gates swinging against Gallaudet on Thursday afternoon as the Bison gave up another big inning to start a game. The Mustangs plated eight runs before Gallaudet came to bat in the CAC contest. Gallaudet battled back to plate five runs but in the end lost 16-5 in nine innings.

The College of New Jersey split a pair of games today winning their first game over Monmouth (Ill.) 11-5 before falling to Concordia (Ill.) 8-2. Nick Cifelli had a double, a triple, and three runs batted in to lead a TCNJ offense that pounded out 17 hits in the win against Monmouth. TCNJ (2-4) ran into a veteran group of talented players in the night cap as Concordia (Ill.) defeated the Lions 8-2. The Cougars (5-0) won their fifth straight game to open the season.

Kyle Guest finished the day 1-for-5 for the Texas-Dallas Comets (10-5) who defeated visiting Wabash (1-5) Wednesday afternoon in Richardson, Texas. Guest's two-RBI single was good for the game-winner during the Comet's four-run eighth inning.

After trading leads throughout the day, the Comets went up for good tallying four runs in the bottom of the eighth to overcome a pesky Little Giants squad that had home runs from John Pennington and John Holm in the final three innings. Both home-runs were the first of the year for each player.

Texas-Dallas, which played five games over the weekend, used six pitchers to complete the contest and were paced on offense by shortstop Jacob Starnes who went 3-for-5 with three doubles. The Little Giants were lead by Holm who went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a home-run.

In other action : #1 St. Thomas (2-1) fell in 12 innings to the Division I Minnesota Gophers (4-7) at the Metrodome on Wednesday night. Kurt Schlangen's two-out, walk-off single capped a night that included a 17-minute delay when Metrodome lights dimmed in the 11th inning. St. Thomas starter Kris Edwards threw 5 1/3 innings of six-hit ball yielding three runs, one earned, and striking out four. Matt McQuillan had three hits from the lead-off spot for the Tommies.

Stevens evened its overall mark to 4-4 with a, 10-8, upset victory over No. 3 Eastern Connecticut at Dobbelaar Baseball Field in Hoboken, N.J. Tyler Courter scattered five hits in three and two thirds to capture his first collegiate win, while Vincent Vinci recorded his second save of the season.

St. Mary's (Md) Jacen Killebrew went 2-for-5 at the plate and RHP Barrett Enix yielded just four hits as St. Mary's posted a 5-0 shutout over Cazenovia Wednesday afternoon. As the leadoff hitter, Killebrew connected on his third double of the season, scored two runs, drove in a run, and stole a base. Enix struck out three and walked three in five innings of work in improving to 2-0 on the season.

Powered by an 11-run effort in the seventh inning, RPI defeated Keystone, 14-0. The ninth-ranked Engineers, who were led by a 4 for 5 performance from catcher Patrick Reardon.

Christopher Newport drilled seven home runs in a sweep of Albertus Magnus, 10-3 and 15-3, Wednesday at Captains Park. Conner Madden had huge day, going 5-7 with two home runs, a triple and seven RBIs. He hit both homers in the second game, including a fifth inning grand slam. It was one of five home runs the Captains hit in that game.'

LeTourneau exploded for 24 runs and 22 hits in a 24-6rout of Eureka at Conrad-Vernon Field. After a scoreless first, the YellowJackets (5-9) used a five-run second to grab a 5-0 lead and never looked back.

Baruch opened their season with a win over SUNY-Maritime, 9-6, in a non-conference road game in the Bronx. The Bearcats were on the verge of defeat this evening after trailing 6-5 with two outs in the ninth inning, but a fly ball hit by David Chestnut was dropped by Maritime to allow Jeffrey Merker to dramatically score the tying run at 6-6. With Chestnut on second base, Maritime intentionally walked Thomas Daly for runners on first and second base with two outs. John Avona stepped up to the plate and slammed a three run homer to give the Bearcats the 9-6 lead to further stun the Privateers.

Elizabethtown split a non-conference doubleheader with Westminster, taking the opener 7-2 before being shut out 3-0 in game two. In the opener, Rob Cressman allowed six hits and one earned run over six innings to earn the win while Anthony Heaps finished 2-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in for the Blue Jays. Mike McCoy pitched a complete-game shutout in the second game for Westminster, going seven innings with six hits, no walks and two strikeouts.

For the second consecutive day, Rochester had some clutch hitting performances and good pitching. On Wednesday, it paid off with a 9-6 victory over Emory. Nate Stein swung the big RBI bat. He was 3-for-5 with one run scored and four RBIs. In other UAA tournament action, Casey Storme doubled in a pair of runs and Andy Cannon scored four runs as Brandeis earned its first UAA win of the season, slugging their way past Washington University, 13-11. The Judges' momentum was halted by Case Western Reserve, 12-5. The Spartans werer led by Marko who went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a hit by pitch in the win over Brandeis.

Emory opened the University Athletic Association Tournament with a 7-1 win over Brandeis at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium. The Eagles then improved their UAA tournament record to 2-0 with a 18-14 triumph over Washington (Mo).

In the final game of the day, Rochester's Alex Caghan hit a two-run home run on the first pitch he saw in the top of the inning, only to see Case Western's Matt Keen club a three-run shot in the bottom of the first. When the scoring deluge was done, Rochester had a 10-8 win.

Emory's Patrick Riebsame finished 3-for-8 with five RBI and four runs scored on the day. Dan Molnar added a 5-for-6 day with two RBI, two doubles and four runs scored. Matthew Katten went eight innings, allowing five hits for his second win of the season. Adam Genn earned the win in the second victory despite allowing seven earned runs in five innings.

Nick Cortese was the offensive star for Brandeis, going 2-for-3 with a double in the loss. Drew Brzozowski suffered the loss, giving up five hits and four runs in six innings of work.

Washington senior Nick Vom Brack homered twice in the loss, recording a UAA Tournament record four RBI. Jeremy Rogoff took the loss for the Bears, his first on the year.

Caghan, Andy Cannon, Nate Stein, and Steve Just scored two runs apiece for the Yellow Jackets. Mike Wexler picked up the win in relief.

For Case Western, Keen and Steve Bills each had three hits along with a home run on the day. Keen scored two runs and drove in three, while Bills scored one and knocked in a pair. Jarrett Gish took the loss in five innings of work.

In other action: Defiance continued to play strong defense to back up solid performances on the mound and used that combination to pull off a doubleheader sweep against the Muskingum Muskies on Tuesday afternoon. Jason Farr earned his first victory for Defiance College by working six strong innings and allowing just one earned run. Matt Kaighin pitched in and out of trouble in his five innings for the second win of the day for Defiance. Todd O'Dell finished both games earning a save in each appearance.

Rhodes defeated Millsaps 7-1 this afternoon at Stauffer Field. The Lynx jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the second inning behind home runs by Chris Conkell and Matt Gilbert and never looked back. Jackson Baker collected his second victory of the season and Hunter Chandler picked up his 3rd save.

Dave Zavistoski was 6-for-6 as the No. 4 Kean executed what is believed to be a new program single-game record by the final of 34-3 over Centenary at Jim Hynes Stadium. Zavistoski, who tied a single game record for hits, also drove in three and scored four times. Kean pounded out 32 hits as Nick Nolan and Kyle Walker joined Zavistoski with perfect days at the plate.

For the second consecutive day, Ben Danker provided the late-inning heroics as his one out, two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning capped off a three-run rally and lifted Wentworth to a 6-5 win over Albion.

Lynchburg erased an early three-run deficit in knocking off the Cougars of Averett 10-5 Tuesday in non-conference play from Fox Field. Jeff Taylor, Jr. had a fantastic game for Lynchburg as the senior outfielder posted two hits, four RBI, four stolen bases and an outfield assist to end a scoring threat in the fourth.

Dan Duval allowed just five hits while striking out five in seven innings and RPI turned four double plays in a 6-2 win over Thomas More. Jonny Rio stood out at the plate for the engineers, going 3 for 4 with a double, two runs batted in and a pair of runs.

New Jersey City rallied from a 3-0 deficit with single runs in the fourth, seventh and eighth innings but Oneonta State scored twice in the bottom of the
eighth to break the tie, scoring the eventual winning run on a long sac fly that enabled the runner to score from second base, as the Red Dragons edged
New Jersey City, 5-3..

Wesley split a pair of one-run games with conference rival Stevenson. The Mustangs used a three run seventh to comeback in the opener, but a strong pitching performance by a trio of Wolverines earned Wesley an 11-inning win in game two.

A pair of complete-game pitching gems carried Kenyon to a doubleheader sweep of Wilmington Tuesday in Port Charlotte, Florida. Mike Kalis and Tyler Dierke each limited the Quakers to one run on eight hits, which enabled the Lords to pick up the victories by 6-1 and 5-1 tallies.

St. Thomas continued to solidify their hold on the top spot with 21 first place votes. Wooster stayed put in second with the remaining four first place votes.

Further down the remaining eight teams in the top ten of the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Top 25, were reshuffled. Eastern Connecticut and Kean traded spots with the Warriors at No. 3 and the Cougars one spot behind. Heidelberg moved into the top 5 with victories over No. 10 Carthage and No. 16 Rose Hulman.

Trinity (Conn.), one of three teams yet to see any action in the Top 25 is sixth followed by Salisbury, Chapman, PRI, and Carthage.

Adrian dropped the furthest this week, seven places, with a 1-2 record to start the season. Mississippi College moved up four to register the largest gain among those teams in the previous poll.

Augustana and Birmingham Southern join the Top 25 this week. making room for them are Linfield and St. Olaf who were dropped from the poll.