The best time of the year for Division 3 baseball in New England is here. All seven conferences with New England-based teams are stepping towards the conclusion of their seasons with conference championships taking place through the weekend. Some conferences already contested “pod” play and/or single-elimination rounds within their tournaments, the main events -- mostly in the form of double-elimination brackets -- are still to come. The Little East became the first to reach that point, starting its six-team tournament on Wednesday afternoon. Once all of the champions are crowned by early Sun ..read more

The first May weekend for New England’s Division 1 college teams included key conference series and even a playoff race reaching its conclusion. Among the highlights, it was a strong weekend for both of the region’s Atlantic 10 representatives to make a charge up the standings, while the Northeast Conference featured a first-place series showdown going in favor of a local club. The playoff bracket has also been set in the Patriot League, where Holy Cross earned three more wins to conclude the regular season to lock up its second berth in three seasons. This edition of NEBJ’s Monday roundup co ..read more

While being led by two of the nation’s best teams, two newcomers have made a late-season charge into the top-10 of New England Baseball Journal’s Division 3 Coaches Poll. Being hot in May is just the right time, as postseason play is either beginning or right around the corner for all five conferences that are represented in the latest ranks. The CCC, which boasts three NEBJ-ranked teams, will conclude its regular season this weekend before commencing bracket play with a play-in round on Monday. Also featuring ranked teams are the NESCAC and GNAC, which both begin their postseasons this weeke ..read more

It is the right time of the year to be standing pat in New England Baseball Journal’s Division 3 Coaches Poll. With the month of May and postseason baseball right around the corner, the region’s best have begun to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Just one new team has claimed a top-10 position as compared to a week ago. Incredibly, though, not one team in the latest ranks had collected double-digit losses yet this season as of Thursday. The timing is right, with the first of three weekly NCAA regional rankings prior to tournament selections having been released earlier this week ..read more

Just a few weeks remain in the Division 3 baseball regular season around New England. The winningest teams in New England still remain among the nation’s upper echelon, and thus, the latest edition of New England Baseball Journal’s Division 3 Coaches Poll. However, this past week’s results have changed the form of the bottom half of the top-10, which still includes representation from five different conferences. Four other teams continued to receive strong consideration for the rankings, but will look to pile up some more wins to completely break through. Doing so now would be advantageous, a ..read more

The names on a roster and the faces in a dugout change or take on different roles with each passing baseball season. That has been true for as long as the game has been played. In recent years, though, the Panthers of Middlebury College have worked to build a winning culture that lasts regardless of who is wearing the jersey. The past two seasons for NESCAC Coach of the Year Mike Leonard’s club have resulted in back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, the first as a result of the program’s second-ever NESCAC championship. “What we’re learning is that the guys can change, but the expectations ..read more

The latest guest on The Base Path Podcast is a BC senior who has been one of the team’s top starting pitchers over the last two seasons. Shrewsbury, Mass., native John West returned to BC for his final season this spring, and he has arguably been the Eagles' most consistent pitcher in 2024. The 6-foot-8, 265-pound right-hander has made nine starts in 2024, posting a 1-1 record and 4.70 ERA with 41 strikeouts in 51.2 innings. He talked about the coaching change that took place last July when Mike Gambino left BC to take the head coaching job at Penn State, leading to BC's hire of Todd Interdona ..read more

No matter how the rest of 2024 unfolds, it will be a memorable season for coach John Delaney and his Quinnipiac program. The Bobcats are chasing a MAAC championship after producing 30 wins for just the second time ever last spring, but now do so on a sparkling new turf field that opened in early March. Many former players and supporters are to thank for the field project, which has helped Quinnipiac to level up among some of the top programs in the Northeast. Really, though, it wouldn’t have been possible without the work that players like senior catcher/outfielder Keegan O’Connor (Andover, M ..read more

Walk-offs, complete games and comebacks were all a part of the busy slate of Division 1 college baseball around New England this past week. Several local teams showed a flair for the dramatic or featured impressive pitching performances, while others continued strong runs to boost their conference records. Four series wins ended in sweeps, including one in the Ivy League, where another club earned a pair of monumental wins against a longstanding power. This edition of NEBJ’s Monday roundup covers all of that and the rest of the regional action from this past weekend. The post D1 rewind: UConn ..read more

One of New England's winningest college coaches of all time, University of Southern Maine skipper Ed Flaherty, has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2024 season. Flaherty will conclude his career after 39 seasons and more than 1,100 wins. Flaherty led the Huskies to two D3 national championships, earning the first of his legendary career in 1991. That team was the first collegiate team from the state of Maine to win a national championship. Six years later, Southern Maine compiled a then-school-best 39-9 record on the way to capturing the program's second national title. Among t ..read more