James Wood's home run gave Trinity (Conn.) a 4-1 lead against Johns Hopkins.
Photo by Larry Radloff, D3sports.com
Trinity is sitting pretty
James Wood had a two-run single in the first and a homer in the third to lead Trinity (Conn.) to its 44th consecutive win,
beating Johns Hopkins 8-5 in the winners bracket final on Sunday night.
The Bantams' reward? They get Memorial Day off, while UW-Whitewater, Adrian and Johns Hopkins battle through the losers bracket for the right to challenge Trinity for the title on Tuesday.
Sunday's scoreboard and
Monday's schedule.
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Two more teams joined
Kean and
Cortland State on the road home. Linfield and Chapman, the No. 1 team in the country, are the latest teams to be eliminated. Linfield lost to Adrian 2-1 and
Chapman lost to UW-Whitewater 7-4 in Sunday's elimination games.
First baseman Jeff Donovan clubbed a three-run home for Whitewater to give the Warhawks (41-9) a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth. The teams traded runs in the fifth and Chapman cut the lead to 5-4 in the top of the eighth, but Whitewater answered with a leadoff homer by Joe Munn off All-American pitcher Wayde Kitchens, pitching in relief, and brought Billy Johnson around to score after he followed with a double.
Fresh off his big hit in the twelfth inning yesterday, Nick Sarkissian scattered 12 hits to lead the
Adrian Bulldogs to a 3-2 victory over the Linfield Wildcats.
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