The Methodist season opener was delayed a day, but the Monarchs earned a 6-3 win Sunday afternoon at LaGrange. Methodist had five players each record a hit with Trey Such finishing with three RBI and Goodwin finishing with three runs scored. Landon Jordan earned the win on the mound in six innings pitched allowing just two hits while Reid Berry had 0.2 innings of relief and Kelly earned the save in the final 2.1 innings.

In other action: After last night's Opener for both Hendrix and Dallas was postponed due to darkness, both teams faced a long day of baseball as a doubleheader was also scheduled for today. Hendrix defeated Dallas 10-6 in the 11th inning then swept a doubleheader from the Crusaders. In the first game of the doubleheader, Dallas got on the scoreboard first scoring a run in the 2nd and 4th innings, but they gave up 10 runs to Hendrix in the last 3 frames to lose 10-4. IN the second game, Hendrix used a 3 run 5th inning to earn a 3-1 win over Dallas.

Last year Whittier surpised Chapman taking 2 of 3 games to start the season but the Panters saw that this did not happen again. The preseason seventh ranked Panthers combined for 38 hits in the two games as they beat the Poets 14-1 and 11-1. Chapman totaled 20 hits in the first game and the Panthers' pitching staff held the purple and gold to just four base knocks on the day.

Adam Hart threw six strong innings and Kyle Wooden had three hits to lead Guilford to a 5-2 season-opening win at Piedmont. Hart yielded one run in six innings before turning the ball over to Will Simpson, who threw two scoreless innings. Michael Blocher picked up a save with a scoreless ninth inning.

Birmingham-Southern opened the 2010 season with a pair of non-conference games down in Montgomery Alabama. They split the day, falling 5-4 to Mississippi College (2-0) before taking host Huntingdon (0-2) 16-4 in the night cap. The Panthers (1-1) scored two runs in the top of the ninth, but were unable to complete the comeback. The Panthers (1-1) took out their frustration on the opening loss on the Hawks (0-2), defeating Huntingdon 16-4 in game two.