Andrew Smiley hit the first two home runs allowed by Mass-Boston Nick Conway this season.
Senior Day is a special moment but the moment for six seniors was sour as visiting
Alma pulled off a 5-4 upset in game two of a doubleheader. Adrian won the first game 10-6 and will await the Calvin-Kalamazoo four-game series to see if they can grab a MIAA title. Adrian is three wins up in the standings and need one Kalamazoo win to share for the title. If they at least claim a share, it will mean a trip to the NCAA regionals for the third time in four seasons.
A winner of eight straight, second-seeded Eastern Connecticut (28-11-1) advances in the winners' bracket of the six-team double-elimination tournament to face No. 3 seed Southern Maine Thursday. Southern Maine advanced by an identical 6-5 in Wednesday's late game against No. 4 seed Rhode Island, scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth to pull out the win. Top-seeded Keene State avoided an upset with a 2-1, 10-inning win over No. 6 seed Western Connecticut State in Wednesday's first game and will meet Rhode Island. Western Connecticut faces Mass-Boston Thursday in an elimination game. Follow these and other games today on the
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John Giametta Jr. homered twice and drove in five runs in the opener and Ryan Benson hit his first collegiate homer in the nightcap as nationally second-ranked Cortland completed the regular season with 14-0 and 12-4 victories over visiting Hamilton. The Red Dragons (38-3) will bring a school-record 34-game winning streak into next week's NCAA Division III tournament.
Tim Doyle scattered seven hits and allowed one earned run over 6 1/3 innings of work as Suffolk extended its winning streak to four straight with a 3-2 non-league college baseball victory over Endicott Wednesday afternoon at North Field. The winning streak after losing their conference bid has strengthen Suffolk's playoff chances.