Adrian held off Heidelberg, Johns Hopkins jumped on Salisbury early and Linfield won in walk-off fashion to qualify for the championships round in Appleton, Wis., on Saturday. They joined Cortland State, Chapman and UW-Whitewater in the field.

After Kevin Mills was hit by a pitch, Rhett Fenton punched the ball through the infield with two out in the bottom of the 10th, scoring Shannon Chung to give the Wildcats the 4-3 victory against Webster. Fenton hit two home runs in Linfield's earlier game, where the Wildcats eliminated Augustana by a score of 10-1.

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Adrian scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to rally from a 7-5 deficit and win the Terre Haute Regional by an 8-7 margin over Heidelberg. Earlier, Heidelberg forced the if-needed game with a 8-2 victory over Adrian. In the game, Heidelberg rallied from a 2-1 deficit with four runs in the seventh, two in the eighth and one in the ninth.

In Auburn, Cortland State finally reached RPI starter Joe Zongol in the ninth inning, scoring four runs to extend a 2-1 lead to 6-1 and eventually win 6-2. Zongol, starting on one day's rest, kept the Red Hawks in the game with a stellar first eight innings. Cortland advances to Appleton for the second consecutive year.

Johns Hopkins scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back in defeating Salisbury, 9-4, to capture the Danville Regional Baseball Championship. The big inning for the Blue Jays started when Dan Merzel reached on an error, then Brian Youchak ripped a triple down the left field line to score Merzel. In the early game, Jon Solomon's two-out double scored Jonas Fester from first and lifted Johns Hopkins past Lynchburg, 7-5.

Adrian piles on in celebration of the Bulldogs' and MIAA's first trip to the championships.
RHIT photo by Michael Lanke

UW-Whitewater pummeled the scoreboard with multiple runs in seven of eight innings to defeat St. Scholastica, 21-13, in the championship game of the Oshkosh Regional. UW-Whitewater tallied 21-plus runs for the second time in three regional games.

Matt Luzar pitched a complete game as Chapman was the first team to claim a ticket to Appleton. Chapman defeated Trinity (Texas) 4-3. The Panthers will face the winner of the Newark Regional, which may not be determined until Monday because of weather. In Newark, Keystone eliminated Messiah, then Rowan eliminated Keystone leaving three NJAC teams to vie for the championship. As TCNJ, Rowan and Kean battle it out, we'll have all the action with live audio on D3sports.com.

And in Harwich, Southern Maine survived while Trinity (Conn.) had the day off. The Huskies eliminated Western New England and Wheaton (Mass.) on Saturday. The Bantams have yet to lose once this season but would have to lose twice Sunday to miss a trip to Appleton.

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