Aaron Dott struck out 11 and got 13 runs of support in a game one win over UW-Stevens Point Monday in Whitewater. The win clinched at least a share of the WIAC regular season title. A game two victory meant the Warhawks could have the title outright, accomplished with a 15-8 win to give UW-Whitewater its sixth outright title in the last eight years.

The Warhawks moved to number 8 in this weeks D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25, finished the WIAC regular season with a 20-4 record, and earned the number one seed in the WIAC tournament beginning Friday, May 9 in Wisconsin at Witter Field in Wisconsin Rapids. More of Monday's scores.

In game one, UW-Whitewater got on the scoreboard early but the Pointer's would answer in the top of the third when a pitch from Aaron Dott squirted past the catcher to score Kyle Cummings. The Warhawks' five-run sixth settled the issue. Zalnis hit another solo home run in the inning and right fielder Joe Munn hit a two-run blast. The Warhawks scored three more runs in the bottom of the eighth to go up by 10 and end the game early by the run deficit rule. The win kept Dott perfect for the season with a record of 6-0. Zalnis went 4-5 driving in five runs and Stine went 3-4 driving in two.

After a three-run first inning by both teams in game two, UW-Whitewater put the bats to work to defeat the Pointers and clinch the WIAC title. In the second game Munn went 4-5 for the Warhawks, also scoring three times. Brandon Scheidler was 3-6, with three RBIs, to lead the Pointers.

Gwynedd-Mercy made it a repeat, winning their fourth Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Baseball Title with a convincing 14-1 win over Centenary in the championship game Sunday afternoon. co-MVPs Tim McMenamin and Dan Strack led the offensive attack, each hitting grand slams. With the win, the Griffins (21-18) earn the PAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament with selections to made on Sunday, May 11.

This is the last PAC title. Next year the conference will change its name to the Colonial States Athletic Conference.

McMenamin who made his first start on the mound this season, made it a good one, limiting the Cyclones to one run on three hits in six innings while fanning six. Centenary scored their run in the top of the first, getting an RBI double from Jared Grant. From there Gwynedd-Mercy continued its torrid offense, notching double-digit runs for the second-straight game.

Three times a host, three times a champ. McMurry played small ball Sunday to defeat Concordia-Texas 4-1 in the American Southwest Conference Baseball Championship at Walt Driggers Field. Dakota Smith pitched a complete game and McMurry used timely hitting to win its fourth conference championship in school history. McMurry is 3-for-3 when hosting the ASC postseason tournament now after winning at Driggers Field in 1998, 2004 and 2008. The program's other title came in 2001 at the University of Dallas,when McMurry defeated Hardin-Simmons.

"This championship was very gratifying," said coach Lee Driggers. "Especially because we've overcome a lot of adversity with our injury situation late in the season. But this team pulled together during the time we had guys down until we got them back and we've been able to regain our stride."

McMurry squeaked out only four runs despite averaging over nine runs per contest on the season. But it didn't matter because Smith, the ASC Tournament MVP, allowed only eight singles, walked one and struck out four to move to 5-0 on the season. He allowed just one run in the sixth inning when Tom Williams hit a bases-loaded groundout to drive in Justin Beasley.

Top seeded Kean pounded out 21 hits en route to an 18-9 victory over Rowan in the winners bracket game of the NJAC Tournament Sunday afternoon at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. With the win the Cougars (33-9) advance to the championship game on Monday, May 5. Montclair State advanced to play Kean on Monday with a 10-1 win against William Paterson and a 7-2 win over Rowan. More of Sunday's scores.

Joining the NJAC in determining a champion on Monday will be the North Atlantic Conference. Due to poor weather, the Husson-Castleton NAC title game has been postponed to a time and location that will be determined.

In non tournament action, Transylvania (28-10) rallied for five runs in the eighth inning Sunday, denying Rose-Hulman the Heartland Conference championship with a 5-3 win and clinching the fourth and final spot in next week's league tournament. The Engineers (28-11) needed a win to get the HCAC title over Mount St. Joseph. Instead, Ben Luking (8-1) pitched into the ninth inning, allowing just one earned run, and Ben Young drove in the game-winner during the decisive eighth inning. Brent Roach came on in the ninth to nail down the win and pick up his fifth save and his second in as many days over the Engineers. More of Sunday's scores

St. Norbert put the finishing touches on its third Midwest Conference North Division Championship in four years with a 4-2, 8-2 doubleheader sweep of Ripon at Francis Field. The sweep, the first for the Green Knights in Ripon since April 26, 1978, put St. Norbert at 24-9 overall and 13-3 in the MWC North. Ripon, ranked 23rd nationally by D3baseball.com, finished the regular-season at 25-8, 12-4.

Worcester State snapped a 4-4 tie with a four-run, seventh-inning uprising in a 9-4 victory over Westfield State in the Massachusetts State College Athletics Conference baseball tournament championship game. Worcester State, 23-16 and riding a nine-game winning streak, earns and automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Lancers also claimed tournament titles in 2002 and 2005. Westfield State, the 2007 tournament champion and 2008 regular season co-champion with Worcester, is 22-15-1. Despite being out-hit 14-6, the Owls - the designated visiting team - held a 4-3 lead after six and a half innings. Several of Worcester's five errors helped contribute to two unearned Westfield runs.

Trailing 4-1 heading to the bottom of the ninth, Johns Hopkins rallied for a 5-4 victory over Haverford in the Centennial Conference Championship game on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays (33-5) won their second straight Championship and ninth overall. Hopkins earns the Centennial Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament with the win.

Catholic (26-13-1) overcame adversity this past weekend to win the Landmark Conference Championship by defeating the Scranton (26-16), 16-7, in the deciding game. The Cardinals beat both the first and second seeds earlier in the tourney to then face fourth-seeded Scranton coming out of the loser's bracket. The Landmark does not have an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs and all conference teams will have to wait until May 11th to see if any school will get an invitation.

Senior Matt Vitalone went 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored and senior Mike Zaccardo was 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored as Cortland defeated Brockport, 12-5, to capture the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) tournament title. The nationally second-ranked Red Dragons won their fourth straight league title, their 16th in the last 18 years and their 27th overall, the most of any school. Cortland (36-3) earned an NCAA Division III tournament automatic berth and will make its 16th straight appearance at nationals, the longest active streak in Division III. The Red Dragons most likely will play in an NCAA regional at Falcon Park in Auburn May 14-18.

Jason Pizzoferrato won his eighth game of the season without a loss as third-seeded Western New England College posted a 6-4 victory over fourth-seeded Wentworth in the championship game of The Commonwealth Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Sunday afternoon (May 4) at Trelease Park. The Golden Bears, who posted a perfect 4-0 record in the playoffs, will receive an automatic invitation to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the third straight year. This is Western New England College’s inaugural first season in CCC after capturing the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament title the last two seasons. Coach Matt LaBranche’s squad now has a 31-11 record after running its winning streak to nine games.

DeSales scored 13 runs against the Valiant pitchers as Manhattanville was defeated in the 2008 Freedom Conference Championship game by the Bulldogs 13-5 Sunday at Quakertown Memorial Park. The Valiants struck first in the top of the first but the Bulldogs answered in the bottom of the first, getting the run back and three more to take a 4-1 lead after one. The Bulldogs poured it on in the bottom of the second, scoring twice more on RBI doubles from Zac Hess and Scott Matejicka. Manhattanville would chip away at the DeSales lead but DeSales would put the game out of reach with five runs heading into the ninth. In the ninth, the Valiants scored four runs, but it wasn’t enough as DeSales celebrated as the 2008 Freedom Conference champions.

Mount Saint Vincent team forced the play back game in the Skyline Conference Tournament on Sunday afternoon, but was downed in the second game by Farmingdale State for the Skyline Championship. The Dolphins forced the second game with a 1-0 win in the game one, but were downed by the Rams 8-4 in the second game. Senior Eddie Park drove in the game winner after being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Denison captured the NCAC West title by downing the Lords of Kenyon College, 15-3 and 6-5. They advance to play the winner of Wooster and Ohio Wesleyan who finish their series today with Wooster leading 1-0 after a 14-7 victory on Saturday. More of Saturday's scores

Game one turned out to be "Senior Day Part Two" as right-handed starter James Clear went the distance, allowing one earned run and striking out six in nine complete innings. Fellow senior Tony Christopher came up two feet short of hitting for the cycle as his pair of triples and trio of RBIs led the offensive barrage from the Big Red. Innings of four, three and seven runs, combined with five Kenyon errors, allowed the Big Red to run through six hurlers out of the bullpen to close the game.

The hot bats slowed to open game two. Park Smith singled through the left side to score Danny Pritz to put the Big Red on the board. Andy Johnson added another on his RBI single to score Kevin Teague to give the Big Red a 2-0 advantage. After Smith again drove in Pritz in the top of the fifth to push the lead to three. But in the bottom of the fifth, the Lord bats woke up, tying the game at three after loading the bases with one out.

In the sixth, a 2 RBI double to right center by designated hitter Pat Gunn put Kenyon on top. Fast forward to the top of eight, game tied at three, as Christopher opened the inning with a single up the middle. Len Mills pinch-ran for Christopher and was driven in by Alex Horn with a single through the left side of the infield. Pritz singled in the leadoff spot to score Johnson as he slid under the tag to knot the game at five. After a pitching change, senior left fielder Tim LaBolt followed that up by driving in Horn to take the lead that would hold. Sophomore Aidan Lucas came in for the two-inning save for his seventh of the season. With the save, the flamethrower moved into second all-time for saves in a single season trailing Matt Streicher with eight.

Denison will await the winner of the Wooster-Ohio Wesleyan series. Originally, the best-of-three set was supposed to include two games on Saturday and then a third Sunday, if necessary. A steady rain, though, pushed back the first pitch of Saturday's opener until 3:41 p.m., so game two will be on Sunday, followed by a decisive game if necessary.

Bubba O'Donnell belted two home runs, including one in Wooster's nine-run sixth inning, as the senior infielder keyed the Fighting Scots' 14-7 victory over Ohio Wesleyan in game one of the teams' NCAC Tournament semifinal series at Art Murray Field Saturday. On the mound, Adam Samson overcame the shaky defense as well as some seeing-eye hits during the first two innings, settling down to get 13 in a row at one point. He went the first seven innings, yielding three earned runs on six hits and one walk, and struck out four while upping his season record to 7-1.

O'Donnell ended up going 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and a walk. The three hits equaled a career high. Also for the Scots, Sean Karpen had a 2-for-6 effort out of the leadoff spot, Matt Groezinger produced those two key hits during his 2-for-4, two-RBI outing, Dan Skulina reached in all five of his plate appearances, singling twice with three walks, and Shame Swearingen went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Ohio Wesleyan's leadoff man, Joey McDaniel, was the only other to have a multi-hit game, going 2-for-5 with two RBI.

DeSales advanced to the Freedom Conference championship game using some good old fashioned pitching and defense, topping Manhattanville 3-2, in the winner's bracket championship game on Saturday afternoon in Quakertown Memorial Park. The Bulldogs (23-18-1) advance to the title game for the ninth straight season but for the first time in the last three years out of the winner's bracket. They will play Manhattanville as they advanced to the Freedom Conference Championship game with a 4-3 win over Arcadia. If The Valiants capture game one, the teams will meet again Sunday, shortly after the conclusion of the first game to decide who advances to the NCAA playoffs.

Behind eight runs in the third inning No. 7 Johns Hopkins defeated Franklin & Marshall 16-6 on Saturday in Centennial Conference Tournament play. The Blue Jays (32-5) won their third straight contest and advance to Sunday's championship game. The Blue Jays will meet Haverford. The Fords earned the opportunity by avoiding elimination twice. After beating Muhlenberg, Haverford turned around and pulled off a comeback to defeat Franklin & Marshall, 10-9.

Catholic (25-13-1) pulled off a 5-3 upset of the top-seeded and hosting Juniata Eagles (26-11) Saturday in the Landmark Conference tournament. Without a loss in the double-elimination tournament, the Cardinals will play on Sunday in the Landmark Conference Championship needing only one win to get the title, a loss will force a second game. Tommy Bowles led the Cards going 2-3 with two runs scored, Goodman was 2-4 with a run and an RBI and Patrick Quintana was also 2-4 with a pair of runs batted in. The Cardinals out hit the Eagles 10-8, and committed two errors to their three. Jordan Clark took the win on the mound pitching a bulk of the game with three strikeouts, Michael Bzozowski was awarded the save.

Matt Tone matched his career high and set a new SUNYAC tournament single-game record with 13 strikeouts in just six and two-third innings pitched as Cortland advanced to the league championship round with a 13-4 victory over Oneonta. The nationally second-ranked Red Dragons (35-3) won their 31st consecutive game. Cortland will face Brockport Sunday at noon and needs only one victory in two tries to win its 27th SUNYAC title and 16th in the last 18 years. Brockport eliminated both Plattsburgh (12-0) and Oneonta (10-7) on Saturday after losing to Oneonta, 3-2, on Friday.

Gwynedd-Mercy hit four home runs to rally and storm into the championship series of the 2008 PAC Baseball Tournament with a 15-8 win over Alvernia in a winner’s bracket game. The Griffins (20-18) will play tomorrow in the title game against Centenary. Mike Albert hit two homers while Dan Strack and Tim McMenamin also went deep. Sean Middleton struck out eight in seven innings plus in relief to earn the win and get the Griffins in the championship series for the sixth-straight season. Centenary reached the title game with a 6-2 victory over Misericordia and a 14-4 victory over Alvernia.

La Verne has captured the 2008 SCIAC Championship by completing a sweep over defending champ Pomona-Pitzer by scores of 7-4 and 13-3 Saturday in Claremont. The Leopards (25-14-1) also received help from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, who swept Redlands in its doubleheader to knock the Bulldogs-who began the day in first place-out of championship contention.

In the opener, La Verne spotted the Sagehens a 4-0 lead before posting two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to draw even as Mike Belcher's two-run single in the fourth was followed an inning later by a two-run single by Trevor Boucher. La Verne went up for good in the sixth on an RBI double from Jack Mehl that scored catcher Ryan Jordan. La Verne scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings while holding the Sagehens scoreless over the final six frames. Pitcher Jimmy Wilfong provided solid relief with 4 1/3 shutout innings while Grant Wheatley worked the ninth to earn the save.

The second game saw the Leopard offense collect 13 runs on 12 hits while also benefiting from four Pomona-Pitzer errors. Mike Moretti started the attack in the top of the third with a three-run homer to stake the Leopards to a 3-0 advantage. Leading 4-0 entering the fifth, La Verne erupted for five runs as two Sagehen errors led to four unearned runs. The Sagehens scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to cut the deficit to 8-2 but the Leopards responded with three more runs in the top of the sixth to put the game out of reach as Jordan, Eddie Kalankiewicz and Mark Larini each drove in a run to give La Verne an 11-2 advantage.