Matt Tone threw what is believed to be the first nine-inning no-hitter by a Cortland (15-3) pitcher in 44 years as the Red Dragons defeated Oswego, 11-0, in the first game of a SUNYAC doubleheader. The nationally fifth-ranked Red Dragons won the second game, 6-0, behind five and one-third innings by freshman Mike Assmann and a three-run homer by junior P.J. Merriweather.

Tone struck out a career-high 13 batters while pitching the first
Cortland no-hitter since a combined, shortened effort by Justin Mattes and Jimmy Dougher in 2006. The only previous nine-inning no-hitter in school history is believed to be a perfect game by Bob Reggio versus Mansfield in 1964.

Tone walked five batters and hit one for the Lakers' only baserunners. Cortland broke a scoreless tie with a run in the fifth and four runs in the sixth. Senior John Giametta Jr. drove in three runs, junior Khyle Dimino was 2-for-2 with two RBI and three runs scored and freshman Jason Simone went 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBI.

Rose-Hulman head baseball coach Jeff Jenkins earned the 500th victory of his coaching career and his 455th at the college as the Engineers topped Bluffton 4-1 in the opener of a twinbill on Saturday.

Derek Eitel provided a strong performance on the mound to earn his fifth win of the season. Eitel scattered four hits and allowed just one earned run with six strikeouts in the complete game victory. Offensively, freshman Michael Kovacs blasted his second home run of the season to pace the Engineers. Keenan Long added a pair of singles and Tim Tepe drove home two runs for the Engineers.

Rose-Hulman improved to 17-7 overall and 4-2 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play with the victory, while Bluffton dropped to 8-13 overall and 2-7 in league games. The two teams complete their three-game series with the second game of today's twinbill.

Adrian Head Coach Craig Rainey would have liked to have taken two wins from Tri-State on Wednesday but the one the Bulldogs (11-4) did get put the head coach at exactly 300 wins. The next day Kean's Neil Ioviero collected his 300th coaching victory with a win over William Paterson.

In Rainey's milestone win, the pitching combo of Nick Sarkissian and Alex Webster kept the Thunder (8-10) off the scoreboard with the exception of one run in the third inning. Sarkissian threw 5.2 innings and allowed eight hits and one earned run while striking out four and walking three batters. Webster hurled the final four outs in order to record his first save of 2008. He has yet to walk a batter in 22.1 innings this season. Alex Cowart, Bobby Rickstad and Jake Cappelletty each drove in a run for the Bulldogs who scored once in the first, fifth and seventh innings. Tri-State had one run on eight hits and committed two errors. Cappelletty and Kris Powell were each 2-of-3 at the plate in game one.

Kean's Eric Ammirata was 4-for-5 with a triple while outfielder Derek Gianakas was 3-for-5 and a triple to lead No 10 Kean (19-5) to a 12-8 victory over visiting William Paterson (13-7) for Ioviero's milestone win. On the mound, Joe Bartlinski picked up his fourth win of the season as he tossed seven innings allowing five runs, all unearned, as well as five hits. Steve Schlitzer suffered the loss after throwing five innings as he allowed 10 hits and five runs. Offensively for the Pioneers, Dan Limone finished the day with a 2-for-3 performance and three RBI.

The 13th-ranked RPI baseball team recorded 24 hits on its way to downing Vassar 7-2 and 18-11, this afternoon at Robison Field. With the two wins, the Red Hawks complete a regular season sweep of the Brewers and are 16-1 overall. Vassar drops to 4-6 on the season.

LaGrange (16-11) completed a sweep of N.C. Wesleyan (21-9-1)with a 9-3 win at Bauer Field. Eric Medlock (2-1) pitched the first complete game of the season for the Panthers. The junior scattered nine hits, did not allow an earned run, walked three and struck out one. It was the first complete game by a Panther since Justin Phelps beat Maryville (Tenn.) on April 29 of last year in the GSAC Tournament.

A day after being held to six hits by Wesleyan pitching, the Panthers bounced back with 15 hits Wednesday. Michael Sims led the way with four hits, including a double. Cory Matticola, one of four Panthers with two hits, had a team-high three RBIs.

Thomas More (7-5) scored six runs in the second inning as the Saints ran their winning streak to six in a 12-6 victory over Transylvania (13-6) in regional play. In an inning in which more Saints reached via walk or hit batter than hits, RBI doubles by Jake Brown and Marc Price supplied half the run production in the inning. Price's double was sandwiched an RBI walk from Chris Fishburn and a RBI single from senior Brad Ketterer. Pat Berndsen earned the victory as Thomas More sent four pitchers to the mound.

Texas-Dallas (17-14) won two of its three midweek games - splitting a Tuesday doubleheader with Austin (14-16) then going extra innings Wednesday to defeat Hardin-Simmons (14-14) on the road. Texas-Dallas opened its doubleheader with Austin with five straight hits on the way to a 5-3 win, but then gave up 17 hits and committed six errors in a 21-11 loss in the second game. The Comets (17-14) rallied to tie a slugfest with Hardin-Simmons, then got the game-winning runs in the 11th for a 14-11 victory. Chris Biguenet went 8-for-12 afternoon with five extra-base hits and 10 RBI.

The Thunder lived up to their name on Tuesday as Wheaton (Ill.) tied a NCAA Division III record on Tuesday afternoon with two grand slams in the fourth inning of a 14-10 victory at North Central. Wheaton (Ill.) added a third grand slam in the second game that was suspended at 8-8 due to darkness.

Wheaton ties a Division III record that has been accomplished eight times previously, most recently on February 25, 2008 by Rose-Hulman.

Wheaton trailed North Central 9-3 after three innings in the first game of a CCIW doubleheader. In the top of the fourth inning the Thunder hit two grand slams, both with two outs, to take a 13-9 lead. Nate Pugh hit Wheaton's first slam and Charlie Antal followed with the second. Wheaton would go on to win the game 14-10. Luke Munch hit the third Thunder grand slam of the day in the eighth inning of the second game to help Wheaton rally from an 8-4 deficit to tie the game at 8-8. In the day's two games, Munch was 5-for-9, with five runs scored and five driven in.

Bridgewater (14-11-1) scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings Tuesday to defeat Christopher Newport (19-6), 3-2. Following a Mike Lenox run-scoring single and a Trae Bailey homer in the third, the score remained tied, 1-1, until the seventh. The Captains took the lead in the seventh when Casey Hartman walked in a run, but he left the bases full when he retired Eric Cole on a grounder to second.

Bridgewater got the run back in the bottom of the inning when Blake Stokely led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Stokely took third on a grounder and scored on a wild pitch. Chris Gramm came in and stranded the potential go-ahead run at second to keep the score tied. In the eighth Chad Rhodes lined a double to right center, scoring Lenox with the go-ahead run. Hartman pitched seven innings and allowed just four hits and two runs. He struck out three and walked seven, one intentionally. Gramm pitched two hitless innings to earn the victory for the Eagles.

Senior Rob Sumner returned to the lineup by going 2-for-2 with three runs and three RBIs, and Mark Hoyer added two runs and two RBIs as each player drilled a homerun and New Jersey City scored in every inning en route to a 15-3 win over John Jay. New Jersey City (9-13) scored four times in the first inning and four in the eighth, to cap the barrage. The Knights had 13 hits without committing an error and took advantage of eight walks by the John Jay (7-10) pitchers. New Jersey City has won seven consecutive meetings between the clubs since 2002.

Maine-Farmington slipped to 0-4 as Fisher swept a doubleheader from the Beavers 5-2 and 4-3 today at Haverhill Stadium. Russ Schmelzer singled twice and doubled for the Beavers in the opening nine-inning game, while Tyler Hanson and Kyle Shea each drove in a run. Pat Howell took the loss in the first contest with Bill Ridge and Will Griffiths each tossing an inning of relief. Phineas Peake rapped a pair of base hits for Farmington in the second contest. Brian Morrison was the losing pitcher in the second game with Craig Pendleton and Dan Hemdal throwing in relief. The trio struck out 10 and walked only one.

The top three spot stay the same this week in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA poll with Chapman, Wooster and Carthage taking the top spots. Chapman (19) and Carthage (2) received the same number of first place votes as last week while Wooster gathered in the remaining four. The College of New Jersey and Cortland State round out the top five.

Salisbury, with the longest winning streak in D-III baseball at 24 games, moved up to the sixth spot. Following the Sea Gulls is Texas-Tyler and Trinity (Conn.). The Bantams, one of two undefeated teams in D-III baseball, moved into the top ten for the first time. Johns Hopkins and Kean swapped spots this week and complete the top ten teams this week.

Otterbein with a 7-0 week made a seven spot jump to No. 15 and UW-Stevens Point fell the same number as they hold on to the 24th spot in this weeks poll. NC Wesleyan is back into the Top 25 and joining them is fellow USA South member, Christopher Newport. Concordia (Ill.) and Redlands fell out of the D3baseball.com/NCBWA poll.