Friday, April 5, 2013
Wheaton scores 18 runs on 21 hits.
Wheaton College senior outfielder Sean Ryan(Norton, Mass./Norton) knocked in a game-high four runs to lead the Lyons, ranked no.10 overall in the latest D3baseball.com national poll, over WPI by an 18-2 score in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action on Thursday evening at Sidell Stadium. The Engineers were tabbed as the home team for today's contest in a makeup game originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 2 in Worcester, Mass. Senior right-hander Frank Holbrook (Middletown, R.I./Portsmouth Abbey School) ran his record to 5-0 overall scattering 11 hits over six innings of work, two runs (both earned), zero walks and two strikeouts. Junior Mike Bisceglia (New Boston, N.H./Goffstown), freshman Jordan Jenkins (…
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Palioca hurls a shutout in game one.
The Wheaton College baseball team, ranked no.10 overall in the latest D3baseball.com national poll, swept a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader against Clark University by scores of 7-0 (seven innings) and 8-0 on Sunday afternoon at Sidell Stadium. Wheaton 7, Clark 0 (seven innings) Junior right-handed pitcher Alec Palioca (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip Regional) allowed just three hits over seven innings of work to push his record to 3-1 overall on the season. Palioca did not issue a single walk, struck out a game-high seven batters and only allowed two runners to reach scoring position in his entire outing. Clark senior Derek Dubois (Haverhill, Mass./St. John's Prep) took the loss on five innings pitched…
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Lyons focused on NEWMAC championship run.
Despite being ranked preseason favorites in two national polls and appearing in the NCAA Division III College World Series last season, the focus of the Wheaton College baseball team remains the same as the Lyons head into their 2013 campaign. "Our goals are always to take care of today, try to get better and try to continue progressing throughout the year," said head coach Eric Podbelski who is in his 17th year at the helm. "Certainly a goal of ours is to win our NEWMAC regular season championship so that we have a chance to host the NEWMAC Tournament and win our NEWMAC Tournament. That's a big goal for us because that is the only guaranteed way to get into the NCAA Tournament and then you just keep resetting your goals from there." …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Lyons ranked preseason favorite in two separate polls.
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Tuesday, January 29
The Wheaton College baseball team has been ranked first overall in the latest D3baseball.com Top 25 Preseason Poll after receiving eight first place votes and 594 points total. The Lyons are now ranked first overall in two separate preseason polls with their first place selection to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Preseason Poll earlier this month. Wheaton topped St. Thomas by eight points and Marietta, the defending NCAA Division III national champions, by 16 points to earn the number one spot in the preseason poll. The D3baseball.com Top 25 Poll is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country and is published weekly. Cortland State checks in at fourth overall in …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Men's soccer fell 5-3 versus Babson.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
The official turf field groundbreaking and the 2012 baseball team ceremonies highlighted Homecoming Saturday for the Wheaton College Department of Athletics. The turf field, which will officially be named the Diane C. Nordin '80 Turf Field thanks to her lead gift to the project, is set to be completed by fall 2013 and will be utilized by the varsity field hockey and men's and women's lacrosse programs, club sports and intramurals teams, as well as many others. Saturday's ceremony celebrated the construction start of the college's new turf field. Balloons marked the way to the ceremony, where Nordin, President Ronald Crutcher, Wheaton Board of Trustees members and distinguished alumnae/i, administrators, donors and student-athletes …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Wheaton baseball team nabs conference and regional crown, but not championship.
The Wheaton Lyons baseball team returned to Norton with their heads held high as Div. III National Championship runners up Thursday. They were greeted by friends and family and honored by President Ronald Crutcher. For the second time in six years, the Lyons finished second in the tournament. They won against St. Thomas, SUNY Cortland and Webster before falling to Marietta in the championship round of the College World Series.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Lyons finish runner-up to Marietta in national title game.
Wheaton College got a chance at redemption. However, the result wasn’t what the Lyons had desired. One day after the Marietta College baseball team downed Wheaton 6-5, the Lyons got another shot at the defending Division III national champions in the title game. Marietta -- the top-rated team in the nation entering the tournament -- scored four runs in the first two innings and used a strong pitching performance from Brian Gasser to earn a 7-2 Wednesday afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium. Marietta (48-8) becomes the first team to repeat as national champion since 1979. It’s Marietta’s sixth national title in program history. “As much as you don’t want to say it, today was Marietta’s day,” Wheaton coach Eric Podbelski said. “They’re a very …
Wheaton loses to Marietta 6-5, will play for NCAA Championship today.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
One day away from playing for the program's first-ever national championship, the No. 9 Wheaton College baseball team suffered a 6-5 loss to No. 1 Marietta College Tuesday afternoon in 10 innings at the College World Series at Fox Cities Stadium. Junior Eric Jensen (Gorham, N.H./Gorham) drove in two runs for the Lyons (41-10), who will face the winner of Marietta-St. Thomas contest Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. for the NCAA Division III Baseball National Championship. Senior John Keating (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) went 3-for-4 while classmate Dan Demeo (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. After the Lyons left runners on second and third in their half of the 10th, Marietta (46-8) loaded the bases in their …
Monday, May 28, 2012
Lyons win 13-9 over St. Thomas
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Senior Dan Haugh (Andover, Mass./St. John's Prep) drove in three runs and freshman Kevin Foley (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) went 5-for-5 to send the Wheaton College baseball team to a 9-8 win over the University of St. Thomas Monday evening at the NCAA Division III College World Series at Fox Cities Stadium. Junior Dan Gusovsky (Andover, Mass./Andover) and freshman Apolinar De la Cruz (Providence, R.I./Classical) each hit two-run home runs for the Lyons (41-9), who advance to the national championship game for the second time in program history. Wheaton - which moves to 7-1 in the NCAA Tournament this season and 7-2 all-time in the College World Series - will face Marietta Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. before playing for the program's …
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Wheaton wins 6-1 at College World Series.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Wheaton College junior Frank Holbrook (Middletown, R.I./Portsmouth Abbey) tossed eight innings of six-hit ball and senior Hal Landers (Salem, N.H./Salem) drove in three runs as the Lyons baseball team used a five-run ninth to snap Cortland State's 23-game winning streak with a 6-1 win Sunday afternoon at the College World Series at Fox Cities Stadium. Junior Dan Gusovsky (Andover, Mass./Andover) drove in what proved to be the game-winning run with an RBI groundout in the ninth for the Lyons, who improved to 40-9 on the season and advance in the winner's bracket to face the winner of this afternoon's contest between Marietta and St. Thomas Monday at 4:30 p.m. Ranked No. 9 in the latest D3baseball.com poll, the Lyons - who have won seven of …
