Chapman snuffed out a Bridgewater rally in the sixth and held on to defeat the Eagles, 10-6, at Hart Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Offensively, Chapman built a 5-0 lead thanks in part to a three-run second inning. In the inning, Adam Kordich had an RBI single and came around to score on an RBI infield single by Eric Robbins. The Panthers added single runs in the third and fourth innings.

The Eagles bounced back with four runs in the fifth. Mike Lenox drove home two of the runs with a single and Kevin Kirk added a sacrifice fly to help the Eagles pull to within one, 5-4. Chapman answered with four runs of its own in the bottom of the inning.

Bridgewater loaded the bases with no outs and Tyler Hodges ripped a single to plate one run. Panthers' freshman Roarke Anderson entered with the bases still fill and no one out and the Panthers leading 8-5. The first batter the rookie faced hit a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to two, but the Chapman defense turned it into a double play nailing the Eagles' runner trying to advance from first to second on the flyout. A groundout later Bridgewater was turned away without further damage.

Matt Irsfeld took over from there. The righty retired the final nine Bridgewater batters in order, including six consecutive strikeouts. He finished with seven Ks in the three innings for his first save of the year.

Bridgewater was led by Brad Buracker and Hodges, each with three hits. Ryan Prechtl and Tristan Phillips each had three hits for Chapman.

In other action: After nearly two years away from collegiate pitching, Wheaton (Ma.) hurler Louie Bernardini was two outs away from recording the program's second no-hitter, leading the Lyons to a 6-0 triumph over The College of New Jersey on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier in the day, Wheaton knocked off Rockford, 12-7.

Washington (MD) continued its strong play at the Cocoa Expo in Cocoa, Florida, defeating Norwich, 17-3. The Shoremen have now scored exactly 17 runs in each of their first three games this season, marking just the second time in the past 118 years Washington has scored at least 17 runs in three straight games. Chris Smith fanned 10 Norwich batters to get the win.

Cory Downham hurled 4-1/3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up his first victory at Rutgers-Camden and Michael Kondrath collected his third save of the season as the Scarlet Raptors defeated Arcadia, 6-4, in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday at Campbell's Field.

Washington (Mo) dropped its 2009 UAA Championship Tournament opener to Brandeis, 3-1, on Tuesday, March 10, at Sanford Memorial Stadium in Sanford, Fla. Washington (Mo) starter Brian Williams threw a complete game, allowing just three runs with three strikeouts but it was not enough to pick up his second win of the season. Brandeis’ Pat Nicholson picked up a complete game victory for the Judges, holding the bears to just one run on four hits over nine innings of action. In other UAA action Rochester defeated Emory 10-7 and Case Western 16-2.

Christopher Newport snuck past Randolph-Macon, 3-1, at Captains Park. Mike Giarrizzi and Ian Lenda combined on a three-hitter. Giarrizzi started and went four innings, allowing one unearned run on one hit, walking four and striking out seven. Lenda threw the final five, yielding two hits, walked two and struck out one, to pick up the win in relief.

Rhodes defeated DII Christian Brothers 19-3 on the road before the mercy rule was enacted in the bottom of the seventh. Rhodes jumped out to an early 6-1 lead after three innings and stretched it to 13-2 after four. The Rhodes offense pounded out 19 hits on the day as the Lynx pitching staff scattered 8 buc hits. Senior SS J.R. Bizzell collected his 200th career hit in the top of the second with a RBI single to centerfield.

Travis Ratliff allowed seven hits and three runs and struck out eight batters over seven innings as Cortland defeated Webster, 6-5. The nationally 15th-ranked Red Dragons improve to 4-3 with their fourth straight victory, including wins in each of their first three games in Florida.

Millsaps face cross-town rival Mississippi in the Maloney Trophy Series and defeated the Choctaws 11-4. Drew Maddox was keeping Mississippi off the bases as Tait Hendrix was leading the offense with a 3-for-5 day as the Majors won their D-III leading 17th win.

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Salisbury remains in the top spot in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 poll for a third straight week. Salisbury received 19 first-place votes out of 25 and received 614 points. The Gulls have been ranked No. 1 since the week one poll that came out on February 24.

Trinity (Conn.), the reigning national champions, held onto its spot at No. 2 as the Bantams received five first-place votes and 588 points. The Bantams will see their first action this weekend with doubleheaders against Mass-Boston and Endicott. Texas-Tyler jumped from No. 7 to No. 3 with 499 points on the strength of their weekend sweep. Kean remains at No. 4 for the second consecutive week receiving 485 votes. Johns Hopkins falls from No. 3 to No. 5 after falling to Rutgers-Newark 14-11 last week. No. 12 Millsaps received the final first-place and 346 points for the week.

Heidelberg, Southern Maine, Eastern Connecticut, St. Scholastrica, and UW-Whitewater round out the top 10. Heidleberg finished their spring trip with a 8-2 record that included a split with No. 14 Wooster. Conference rivals, Southern Maine and Eastern Connecticut have yet to start their season, as both have had games canceled by weather. St. Scholastica has ridden the arm of Peter Burg into the top ten. Thanks to a drawn out schedule, Burg was on the mound for four of the teams first five wins. UW-Whitewater dropped to tenth after a doubleheader split with No. 21 St. Thomas.

Augustana rejoined the Top 25 after having been previously ranked in the preseason poll. The biggest mover this week was Adrian. Adrian dropped 11 spots to fall outside the top 10 for the first time this season as they finished their spring trip to Texas with just two wins in six games.

Manhattanville's Jeff Caulfield earned his 100th coaching win on the same weekend Edgewood's head coach Al Brisack recieved his 200th career victory.

Brisack reached his milestone win as Edgewood's six-run eighth inning was enough to give Edgewood a 13-9 victory over Concordia-Moorhead. In the game, Edgewood seemed to have sealed the game in the seventh when Alex Berta and Mitch Mogenson drove in runs to give the Eagles a 7-3 lead heading to the bottom of the last inning. However, the Cobbers touched reliever Rick Walsh for four runs to send the game to extra innings tied at seven. The Eagles responded with six runs in the top of the eighth, highlighted by Seth Astroth's two-run double and Mogenson's second two-run hit of the game, this one a double.

In ten years, Brisack has guided the Eagles to two conference championships, two NCAA Division III national tournament appearances, and a 200-173 record at the helm of the Eagles. The Eagles reached the tournament in only Brisack's second year as Head Coach and in 2005 finished one game away from the World

Caulfield reached the century mark with a hard-fought 13-12 (8 inn.) win over the La Roche in game one of a doubleheader. The scheduled seven innings were not enough for Manhattanville and La Roche in the first game of the afternoon, as the game was tied nine-all after seven innings. The Valiants exploded for four runs in the top of the eighth inning to take a 13-9 lead, and John Kain pitched the eighth inning to earn his second save on the season.

A two-time Skyline Conference Coach of the Year, Caulfield is now 101-67 (.601) in his fifth season as a collegiate head coach, including an impressive 57-19 record in conference play. In the team's first season with the Freedom Conference in 2008, Caulfield guided the Valiants to a 28-13 record, including a 14-4 mark in conference play. This was the second conference regular season championship in consecutive seasons.

On day one of the Abilene Classic at Walt Driggers Field on the campus of McMurry, No. 17 Marietta plated three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to complete the comeback and knock off No. 7 Texas-Tyler. Texas-Tyler opened with a 26-16 win at Hardin-Simmons

Texas-Tyler scored a run against Marietta in the first inning but Marietta answered in its half of the first frame. Third baseman Cameron Cimino drove in two runs when he drilled a one-out home run to right center field, his first of the season. The Pioneers extended their lead to 3-1 an inning later when John Snyder led off the frame with a double and then scored on a RBI double off the bat of Josh Spicer.

TJ Knowlton held the high-powered Patriot bats quiet until the sixth when they plated a pair of runs on back-to-back doubles to tie the game at 3-3. Texas-Tyler then recaptured the advantage, 5-3, by scoring a pair of runs, in the top of the eighth.

Marietta used a three-run bottom of the eight to reclaim the lead 6-5. The Pioneers scored the first run with out the help of a hit, as Justin Merryman and Cimino led off with back-to-back walks. A balk advanced the runners to second and third before Merryman crossed the plate on a wild pitch. Casey Levens then deposited a pitch over the left field fence for a two-run home run, his third of the year, giving Marietta the one-run lead.

Texas-Tyler out hit Marietta 14-8 and the Pioneers made the lone error in the game. John Snyder finished 2-for-4, while Cameron Cimino and Casey Levens both had one hit and two RBI. Five different Patriots had multiple hits in the loss. They were led by Jared Hood, who went 4-for-5.

In other action: Nick Nolan drove in six, including a grand slam, to propel Kean past Centenary, 11-6, Monday afternoon at Jim Hynes Stadium. Ryan Zamorsky tossed his second straight eight inning performance for the win. Andrew Koncen suffered the loss for the Cyclones.

Eric Biggs pitched three innings in relief and helped lead Heidelberg to an 11-2 win over Benedictine. At the plate, Matt Grassley, Gar Keen, McClarney and Jason Lash each finished with two hits.

Nicolas Blanco allowed three hits and one run in six and two-third innings and John Zilnicki went 2-for-4 with two triples and an RBI as 15th-ranked Cortland edged Thomas More, 4-3. TJ Soude went 3-for-3 in a losing effort for Thomas More.

St. Scholastica needed all 13 runs on its way to a 13-12 victory this morning over Penn State-Behrend in Fort Pierce, Fla. Peter Burg earned the win on the mound, going six innings to improve to 4-0 on the season. Adian Kummet picked up his third save on the campaign.

Wilmington fell in an early hole and never found its way out, losing, 10-4, to No. 13 Wooster in Snowbird Classic play Monday afternoon. The loss drops Wilmington to 1-2 on the spring while Wooster improves to 3-2.

Every starter in the Wheaton (Mass.) lineup recorded at least one hit Monday afternoon, and junior hurler Nick Kostaras picked up the victory during a 5-3 win over The College of New Jersey. Jeff Toth paced the Lions going 3-4 with a pair of RBI's and a home run.

Amidst vacillating snow showers and sun breaks, No. 25 Linfield sewed up a four-game sweep of Whitworth Monday afternoon at the Roy Helser Field. The Wildcats won a tightly contested opener 3-1 in extra innings then pounced on the Pirates for a dozen hits in the 11-1 series capper.

Brian Van Duyn threw eight innings of shutout baseball in his first start of the year to guide Wabash to a 6-0 win at Texas Lutheran Monday afternoon. Van Duyn held the Bulldogs to three hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

AJ Balderelli and Kris Breen combined for nine RBI as Fitchburg State registered a 17-7 victory over Gordon in non-conference action this afternoon. Balderelli ignited the Fitchburg State attack, hitting 3-for-6 with a triple, three runs scored and four RBI, while Breen connected for two doubles and a game-high five RBI.

Manhattanville continued to make its Spring Break trip an enjoyable one, sweeping a doubleheader against Ursinus by scores of 6-4 and 13-6 to move to 6-0 so far in Florida. After a pair of come-from-behind wins on Sunday, the Valiants had their most impressive comeback of the week in Monday’s first game, as the Valiants scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 6-3 lead and an eventual win.

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No. 12 St. Scholastica swept a pair of games from Hiram, winning 8-0, and 10-5, as it started its annual spring trip in Fort Pierce, Fla.

In game one, the Saints got on the board in the top of the first when Sean Claugherty drove in Brian Marshik from second base to make it 1-0. St. Scholastica would continue to stretch out their lead as Jake Gaub kept the Terriers off the board. Gaub got the win as he went five innings to improve to 1-0. Paul Kolodge had a double and a home run to pace the St. Scholastica offense.

In game two, the Terriers made things interesting, but the Saints pulled away at the end to win 10-5. St. Scholastica took control in the bottom of the second with a four-run inning. The scoring started when Marshik drew a bases loaded walk with no outs to force in Kyle Moody. Joe Link followed with a RBI infield single to make it 2-0. Claugherty then drove in two with a single up the middle.

Hiram got all of those runs back in the top of the third with a RBI-double and another double with the bases loaded that scored everyone to tie the contest at 4-4. CSS regained the lead in the bottom half when Andy Manos scored on an error to make it 5-4.

The Terriers tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the sixth on a fielder's choice. The Saints responded by loading in the bases in the bottom of the sixth and Tom Juberian hit a bases-clearing triple into the gap for his first collegiate hit to give St. Scholastica the lead back at 8-5. Later in the inning, the Saints drew back-to-back bases loaded walks to finish the scoring.

In other action: Stevenson senior Griffin Stewart went 4-for-4 with three RBIs while Ryan Baione hit a three-run double to lead the Mustangs to their fifth-straight win, 13-3 over St. Mary's (Md.) in a CAC contest Sunday at Bachman Sports Complex. The sweep of the Seahawks keeps Stevenson on top of the CAC, a game over Salisbury, who swept their weekend series with Mary Washington.

Pete MacDaniel allowed three runs over seven innings to lead the Bombers to an 8-3 win over 18th-ranked Cal Lutheran Sunday afternoon. Tom Hocutt finished the game 2-for-4 with a run scored. T.J. Abone had three hits to lead the Bomber offense. Ithaca has opened each of the last two seasons with a win over the Kingsmen.

Wentworth won its first two games of the season for the first time in the history of the program as the Leopards swept Elms, 7-2 and 4-0, in a doubleheader played at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale, Florida.

Russ Grimes of Stevens tallied four runs batted in and crossed the plate three times for the Ducks as Stevens fell to St. Joseph’s (L.I.) 10-8 in extra innings on Sunday afternoon. Grimes launched his second homer of the game in the bottom half of the ninth to knot it at 8-8. However, a costly error in the top of the 11th allowed two runs to score for St. Joseph’s, providing the final margin of victory. Mike Lanza lead the Golden Eagles with a four hit, four RBI day.

Illinois Wesleyan pounded out 24 hits and scored in seven of the nine innings to defeat DePauw, 23-7, at Walker Field in Greencastle, Ind., on Sunday. Tim Marzec, Brett Moore and Kevin Goshorn each had four of the Titans' 24 hits. Taylor Hoffman went 4-for-4 in the loss, while Jon Newman added two hits for the Tigers.

Ramapo catcher Tim Gaven's late double plated three runs in the top of the 10th as the Roadrunners knocked off the No. 24 Lynchburg team 8-5 in extra innings in non-league play from Fox Field Sunday. David Gaines was one-for-four, but extended his hit streak to 18 games dating back to last season. Ramapo was paced by Gaven, who finished three-for-four with four knocked in and a run scored.

Park Smith went a perfect 6-for-6 with seven RBIs as Denison rolled to a 14-8 victory over Rhodes in Memphis, Tenn. Smith's six-hit performance set a new Denison single-game record while his hit and RBI totals were both career bests. On the hill Denison freshman Tyler Vaske tossed 5.2 innings in his first collegiate start. The Lynx were led at the plate by Brogan Jayne and Mason Mosby. Jayne went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs while Mosby logged a pair of singles and scored three times. Matt Ungashick gave up four hits and seven runs in 1.2 innings of work in the loss.

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No. 22 Thiel pounded out 23 hits in a 17-3 win over a red-hot Augustana. The Vikings suffered their first loss of the young season, falling to 7-1 while Thiel improved to 5-1. Matt Erickson started for Augustana and was battered in four innings, giving up eight runs on nine hits. It did not get much better for the Vikings from there.

The game was scoreless through two innings and Thiel put one run up in the third and two in the fourth. In the fifth the winners scored five runs to break things wide open. After a two run Augustana sixth, Thiel countered with five in the seventh and two in the eighth. Thiel first baseman Justin Scarpitti continued his recent tear by going 4-for-6 while scoring four runs and batting in four more. Designated hitter Chris Dunham went 4-for-5 with a walk and four runs scored. Don Hansen had two hits to lead the Augustana offensive attack.

In other action: Senior right-hander Eric Broughton hurled eight scoreless innings as Webster opened the 2009 campaign with an 8-0 victory over Illinois Thursday at GCS Ballpark. It was the first time since 2004 Webster has opened the season with a victory. Dakota Huey was 4-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI to pace the Webster offense.

Shenandoah's Jesse Henry was perfect at the plate with 5 RBI's and 4 runs scored to help led Shenandoah to it's 11th straight win with a 22-11 victory over Bridgewater (Va) at Bridgeforth Field. Freshman, Bryce Sears picks up the win in relief with 5 innings of work. Bridgewater's Tyler Hodges and Michael Lenox each contributed with 3 hits a
piece for the Eagles and starter, John Sinclair was tagged with the loss.

Hours after touching down in Florida on Friday, New Jersey City got down to business and opened their 2009 spring trip with what can be considered an enormous victory. Stephen Montalbano struck out eight and did not allow an earned run in a complete-game performance, and Tom Burke fired a perfect relay throw to Kristopher Brus to gun down a runner at the plate to end the game as the Gothic Knights knocked off Gwynedd-Mercy, 2-1 on Thursday afternoon in the Russ Matt College Spring Break Invitational.

No. 7 Texas-Tyler won the second game of a two-game non-conference series with Hendrix, 9-4, on Thursday afternoon in Conway to complete the series sweep. Although Texas-Tyler never trailed in the game, they led Hendrix by just three runs, 5-2, going into the eighth inning. In the top of the eighth, the Patriots had one of their scoring bursts they are becoming known for and put four runners across the plate in the inning to put the game out of reach.

A near-perfect week at the plate by third baseman Jeremy Macklin of Texas Lutheran and outstanding performances against nationally-ranked teams by two pitchers with contrasting styles, Matt Schuld of St. Thomas (Minn.) and D.J. Keckler of Wesley, have earned them the first NCAA Division III National Hitter of the Week and Pitcher of the Week honors for 2009, covering the week of February 23-March 1.

Macklin, a senior from Austin, Texas, batted .917 by going 11-for-12 in a three-game series sweep of Mississippi, belting three home runs and four doubles and driving in a whopping 18 runs. He set school records for RBI in a three-game series (18) and RBI in a doubleheader (14), and tied the Texas Lutheran mark for RBI in a single game, eight. His slugging percentage for the week was 2.000, and his on-base percentage was .875. He was a triple short of the cycle in Friday's win and in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader. He also had a steal and three walks in the three games. He entered the three-game series with 12 RBI; he now has 30 RBI, and is batting .553 on the season for the 9-5 Bulldogs. Macklin was named the ASC West Division Hitter of the Week.

Schuld, a junior righthander from Plymouth, Minn., threw a two-hit shutout and struck out 14 in Sunday night's 2-0 victory over No. 12-ranked St. Scholastica. He allowed one walk, hit one batter, and gave up a double and a single in the seven-inning game. The game set a Metrodome record as it was played in just 87 minutes. In his last six appearances since last May, Schuld has a 5-1 record with a 1.35 ERA and nine walks and 40 strikeouts in 40 innings. His lone loss was in extra innings to 2008 World Series qualifier UW-Whitewater in the regional tournament last May in a game that was 1-1 through nine innings.

Keckler, a freshman righthander from Fallston, Md., was named the CAC Player of the Week after throwing a two-hit complete game 2-0 victory over CAC rival and No. 1-ranked Salisbury, ending the SeaGull's' 44-game regular-season winning streak. In the scheduled seven-inning game, he had to work out of jams in the seventh and eighth innings, then pitched a perfect ninth after the Wesley offense broke open the scoreless contest. In his first collegiate conference appearance and third appearance overall, he allowed just five baserunners and held the Gulls hitless over the final 7.1 innings (25 batters), including one stretch of 13 straight retired batters. Amazingly, Keckler had no strikeouts in the game.

Ohio Wesleyan jumped to a first-inning lead, but Otterbein rallied for 5 runs in the third and fourth innings and held on to defeat the Bishops 7-5 in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday in Chillicothe.

James DiBiasio opened his college career with a leadoff double in the first, and Zack Frentsos followed with a single for a 1-0 Bishop lead. The Ohio Wesleyan rally ended there as Otterbein starter Seth Winegar bounced back to retire the next 2 hitters and pick Frentsos off first base to end the inning.

Greg Vasami retired the first 6 batters he faced but yielded 2 runs in the third on doubles by John Quimby, Kyle Stoughton, and John Sansbury. The Cardinals tacked on 3 more runs in the fourth on Quimby's 2-run triple and an RBI single by Stoughton.

Ohio Wesleyan closed to within 5-2 in the fifth, but Otterbein got that run back in the bottom of the frame on Adam Becker's RBI double. The Bishops rallied to cut the deficit to 6-5 in the eight inning, but the rally stopped there. Otterbein would added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth to end the scoring.

Eric McComas and Eric Livingston each had 3 hits for the Bishops, while Frentsos had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Stoughton and Sansbury collected 2 hits apiece for the Cardinals. Winegar, who pitched a pre-arranged 3-inning start, was credited with the win. White, who worked out of jams in the eighth and ninth innings, received a save. Vasami, the first of 4 Ohio Wesleyan pitchers, was charged with the loss.

In other action: Shenandoah ran its baseball winning streak to 10 games Wednesday afternoon with a non-league doubleheader sweep over visiting Gettysburg. The Hornets were 7-3 winners in game one before taking the nightcap 4-2 over the Bullets (0-2). Shenandoah sent ten men to bat in the first inning and the six runs they scored proved more than enough for Eric Rabung, who scattered six hits and three runs in 5.0 innings of action. Gettysburg took an early, 1-0, lead in the nightcap on a Scott Vladyka home run to left off, but Shenandoah rallied with two runs in the second, one in the fourth and another in the fifth for the 4-2 win.

In their final HHH Metrodome doubleheader, Hamline dropped a pair of games to UW-Superior, 2-1 and 6-4. Dan Kaczrowski was the offensive star on the afternoon as he collected 4 hits in the two games. UW-Superior's Justin Saufley allowed just a single run in his 6+ innings of work. Matt Mullendore's complete game five-hitter was not enough as he took the loss.

Texas Lutheran collected 21 hits in a 20-3 non-conference win over DeSales at Katt-Isbel Field. Jeremy Macklin had another productive day at the plate for Texas Lutheran. Macklin was 5-for-7 with five RBI and two runs scored. Macklin has produced 23 RBI in his last four games.

Ryan McNamara struck out five in seven innings to lead Gwynedd-Mercy to an 8-3 win over previously unbeaten Rose-Hulman Wednesday morning. McNamara allowed just two runs on five hits.