The third-seeded Southern Maine scored four runs in the fifth inning to erase a 1-0 deficit and went on to defeat top-seeded Keene State 8-4 on the third day of play at the 2008 Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. The win advances the Huskies into the championship round on Saturday against Keene State. Keene State eliminated Eastern Connecticut 1-0 on a walk-off single in the ninth by a score of 1-0 to reach the championship round. Eastern Connecticut defeated Mass-Boston 9-6 earlier. Follow tournament action from the D3baseball.com scoreboard.

Joe Zongol struck out seven while allowing just five hits in a complete game to lead the RPI to a 6-1 win over St. Lawrence in the first game of the Liberty League Tournament. Zongol walked three to improve to 9-2 and lower his ERA to 1.62. He is now just five strikeouts shy of the school career record. The No. 20 Red Hawks will face the winner of the second game, which pits the host and top seed, Rochester against fourth-seeded Clarkson. St. Lawrence, the third seed, faces the loser of the game between Rochester and Clarkson on Saturday.

Marietta shut down the Heidelberg after the Heidelberg plated four in the third inning to take the game in Game 3 of the OAC Baseball Tournament 8-4. The no. 1 seeded Student Princes will play Otterbein later today, a 5-3 winner over Mount Union in an elimination game.

UW-Whitewater, the WIAC champion, opened play in the WIAC Tournament at Witter Field in Wisconsin Rapids with a 14-9 win over UW-La Crosse behind a pair of home runs and six runs batted in by Kevin Zalnis. The Warhawks will play UW-Stevens Point who defeated UW-Oshkosh 10-0 in 8 innings.

Calvin swept Kalamazoo to claim the MIAA automatic bid. Calvin defeated the Hornets 9-2 in the first game as the offense delivered the game. The win in game two came on the strength of the pitching as Calvin won 2-0. Adrian finished second in the MIAA and must wait until late Sunday to see if their season extends into the regional playoff.

Loras eliminated Simpson 7-4 in the loser's bracket of the Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament. Tied 4-4 going into the ninth inning, Loras score two runs on Don Pirkle double and an insurance run on a wild pitch to send second seeded Simpson home. With two losses with no wins in the tournament, Simpson might have lost their chance of a Pool C bid to next week's regional playoffs.

Kalamazoo lost a pair of games at Calvin, 5-1 and 9-3. Kalamazoo was held to just two hits while committing five errors in the 5-1 loss. Kalamazoo held a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning before Calvin took the lead for good. Eddie Barclay and Kyle Kilpatrick each had a double. Calvin needs to sweep Kalamazoo tomorrow to win the MIAA. With a Calvin loss, Adrain will receive the conference's automatic bid.

Bats came alive for Heidelberg in the seventh inning against Mount Union in a first round game of the OAC Tournament. It resulted in a 10-7 victory for the Student Princes, the program's 11th-straight. Offensively for Heidelberg , Jeremy Wentworth led the way from the leadoff spot going 3-for-4 with four runs. For Mount Union, Greg Ferrell led the offensive push going 3-for-5 with two RBIs, two runs, and a double. In the first game of the OAC tournament, the Marietta Pioneers defeated the Otterbein Cardinals 5-2. Marietta moves onto Game 3 of the tournament against Heidelberg. Otterbein plays again in the double-elimination tournament tomorrow as well against Mount Union.
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Slugging first baseman Tim McMenamin of Gwynedd-Mercy and ace right-hander Brent Kulavic of Illinois Wesleyan have been named the NCAA Division III National Hitter and Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 28-May 4, the ninth and final awards of the season, as chosen by members of the NCBWA.

McMenamin batted .600 (6-for-10) with three home runs, 15 total bases, eight runs scored, 12 runs batted in, and a 1.500 slugging percentage en route to being named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament Co-Most Valuable Player. The Griffins won their second straight PAC title last weekend, going 3-0 in the tournament. He hit a two-run homer in the 7th to ice a 6-1 first-game win over Centenary and drove in three runs. In a 15-8 semi-final win over Alvernia, he went 2-for-4 with a home run, a sacrifice fly, scored four runs and drove in three. In a 14-1 championship win over Centenary, he was 3-for-3 with a grand-slam home run, six RBIs and three runs scored. He also picked up the win on the mound in the title game, going the first six innings while allowing three hits and a run with six strikeouts.

Kulavic struck out eight batters and allowed only two hits, none after the 3rd inning, and one unearned run in a 2-1 win at 5th-ranked Carthage on May 1. He went the distance in the seven-inning game, raising his record to a perfect 6-0. The win gave 12th-ranked Illinois Wesleyan a one-game lead over the Red Men en route to winning two-of-three games during a weekend series, which earned the Titans the CCIW regular season title.