Softball Finals Underway

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III   >> Happy Friday. Have a wonderful Memorial Day holiday weekend. We'll be back with you on Tuesday, May 31.    >> Today's Word Count: 941. Short and efficient. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Is your staff reading D3Playbook? Share the love and the info.   Yes. I want to subscribe to D3Playbook TOP STORY 1. Softball Finals Underway   The first day of the NCAA Division III Softball Championship  Christopher Newport d. WPI, 8-6 Bailey Roberts went 3-for-4 as the Captains improved to 43-1. Berry d. Texas Lutheran, 5-1 Riley Jackson had a 3-4 day as the Vikings held the Bulldogs to just three hits. Salisbury d. Millikin, 6-5 (9) The Sea Gulls struck for two runs in the bottom of the ninth, capped by a Maddison Lednum walk-off double. Eastern Connecticut 2, Trine 2, weather suspension  The Warriors and the Thunder are tied in the sixth inning and are scheduled to resume Friday morning. Friday Schedule WPI vs. Texas Lutheran, 11 a.m. (elimination game) Millikin vs. Eastern Connecticut/Trine, 1:30 p.m. (elimination game) Christopher Newport vs. Berry, 4:30 p.m. Salisbury vs. ECSU/Trine, 7 p.m. BASEBALL 2. Super Regional Weekend Ryan Enos, Oswego State We're down to 16 teams vying for a spot in the DIII baseball finals, scheduled for June 3-8 at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The best-of-three super regionals begin today with eight matchups. No. 15 Trinity, Texas (35-11) at No. 3 Birmingham-Southern (41-8) TU: MJ Metz has a 385-12-55 line with 21 steals BSC: Ian Hancock has an OPS of 1.178 with 16 bombs and 58 RBI No. 10 Rowan (33-8) at No. 1 Eastern Connecticut (42-3) ROW: Eli Ativa is 8-0 with a 1.85 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP ECSU: Luke Broadhurst has a 431-11-45 line with a 1.359 OPS No. 21 Baldwin Wallace (35-11) at No. 19 Endicott (40-8) BW: Luke Vonderhaar has a 356-18-67 line and a 1.193 OPS EC: Gabe Van Emon is 8-0 with 83 strikeouts in 65.2 innings Catholic (32-13) at Ithaca (33-12) CUA: Tucker Alch is 10-2 with 114 K's in 86.1 IP (11.88/9) IC: Buzz Shirley is hitting 424 with an OBP of 545 No. 17 Chapman (34-12) at No. 4 La Grange (40-6) CU: Grant Manning is 8-1 with a 2.82 ERA and 113 K's LC: Joe Ruth has a 454-10-81 line and a 1.189 OPS No. 16 Oswego State (33-11) at No. 2 Marietta (41-5) OSW: Ryan Enos has a 456-10-58 line with an OPS of 1.345 MC: Sam Mathews is 5-0 with a 1.33 ERA, a 0.69 WHIP and 13 saves Wooster (34-15) at No. 7 Salisbury (34-9) WOO: Tyler Chumita has 80 RBI and a 383 average SU: Kavi Caster has a 420-11-57 line with 29 stolen bases No. 12 UW-Stevens Point (38-8) at No. 9 UW-Whitewater (36-9) UWSP: Aaron Simmons has a 375-20-60 line and a 1.282 OPS UWW: Kade Lancour is 9-0 with a 2.65 ERA and 81 K's in 78 IP A MESSAGE FROM BRIGHT CELLARS   Bright Cellars is a monthly wine club that matches you with wines you'll love. 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Wei Leaps Way Long Kenneth Wei, MIT | Photo by D3Photography.com The opening day of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships saw two meet records fall by the wayside. In the men's long jump, MIT's Kenneth Wei set a DIII championship meet record with a leap of 7.88m on his final attempt, breaking the 48-year-old record of 7.82. In the men's 200 prelims, Centre's JP Vaught set an all-divisions, all-conditions record with a wind-aided 20.64. Ramapo's Cheickna Traore set the DIII championship with a 20.73 under official conditions. Thursday Finals 10,000 (W): Ari Marks, Wellesley, 34:50.55 10,000 (M): Alex Philip, John Carroll, 30:02.53 Discus (M): Steven Hermsen, Carroll, 54.93m Discus (W): Skye Digman, UW-La Crosse, 48.03m Pole Vault (W): Emma Rudolph, Westminster, Pa., 3.95m Long Jump (M): Kenneth Wei, MIT, 7.88m Long Jump (W): Victoria Kadiri, Johns Hopkins, 6.03m Javelin (W): Ava Nelson, Pacific Lutheran, 45.94m Javelin (M): Marcus Weaver, UW-Eau Claire, 67.00m >> Live Results >> Live Video TENNIS 4. Individual Tournament Begins Today The Division III men's and women's singles and doubles championships get underway this morning in Orlando. For the men, Chicago's Christian Alshon is the top singles seed, while Alshon and teammate Derek Hsieh are seeded first in doubles. On the women's side, the Maroons' Sylwia Mikos is seeded No. 1 in singles and the Claremont-M-S team of Nikolina Batoshvili and Alisha Chulani are the top doubles seed. A MESSAGE FROM D3PLAYBOOK Help us help you. We are glad that you are enjoying D3Playbook. Now won't you help us continue our work? Your gift helps us offset the costs of operating the newsletter and enable us to continue to provide the quality you have come to expect. Please contribute today.   Make a Donation to D3Playbook NEWS  5.  Lightning Round    Baseball Penn State Abington IF Ryan McCarty was nominated for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award. McCarty leads Division III in average (.529), hits (100), doubles (27), home runs (29), runs (89), RBI (91), total bases (220) and slugging percentage (1.164). He became just the second player in D-III history to record 100-plus hits in a single season doing so in just 44 games. McCarty’s 29 home runs are the most among all three divisions and his 89 runs tied the D-III single season record.    Rowing The DIII women's championship begins today in Sarasota, Fla. The eight-team championship runs through Saturday. Each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.     Happy Birthday Cake and candles to Katie Burkowski, FAR at St. John Fisher; Todd Gibson, AD at Grove City; Katie Kuhn, head volleyball coach at Ohio Northern (Sat.); Sharon Dingman, head volleyball coach at Colorado College (Mon); and MK Geratowski, assistant AD at Randolph-Macon (Mon.) TRANSACTIONS 6.  Comings and Goings   BOWDOIN - Jamie Dumont resigned as head men's ice hockey coach MARY WASHINGTON - Alex Covington named head women's tennis coach NORTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE - Pete Lefresne named associate commissioner ONEONTA - Lonnie Mitchel retired as head tennis coach WASHINGTON AND LEE - Blaine Donnelly named assistant field hockey coach. Morgan Hoover named assistant volleyball coach  Thanks for starting your day with us. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend. What did you think of today's newsletter? Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook

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