BY STEVE KRAH
Indiana University Southeast (32-18) finished as runner-up to Point Park in the River States Conference baseball tournament at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio.
The Brett Neffendorf-coached Grenadiers await their NAIA Opening Round assignment.
Three teams remain in the NAIA’s Crossroads League tournament in Winterholter Field in Upland, Ind. — regular-season champion and No. 1 seed Taylor (40-14) takes on the winner of the 3 p.m. Monday, May 6 game between No. 3 Saint Francis (36-16) vs. No. 6 Marian (25-26) at 6 for the title. A second championship game called will be played if necessary in the double-elimination format.
Taylor is coached by Kyle Gould, Saint Francis Dustin Butcher and Marian Todd Bacon.
Indiana Tech (30-22) has made the best-of-three championship series in the NAIA’s Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament at Warrior Field in Fort Wayne, Ind. Those games against Madonna are slated for 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. today (May 6) and — if necessary — Tuesday (May 7).
Kip McWilliams’ Indiana Tech team has won nine games in a row. The Warriors began the 2024 season at 0-6 and 2-16.
In NCAA Division II, the Great Lakes Valley Conference is slated for May 8-11 at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Ill.
Regular season champion Indianapolis (34-16) is the No. 1 seed in an eight-team field. The Al Ready-coached Greyhounds play Lewis at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time/7:30 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, May 8.
Purdue Northwest (18-28) is the No. 6 seed in NCAA D-II’s Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament May 9-12 at Jackson Field in Lansing, Mich.
Dave Griffin’s PNW Pride won its last regular-season game.
NCAA Division III’s Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference will stage its six-team tournament May 9-12 at Kokomo (Ind.) Municipal Stadium.
Hanover (26-14) is the No. 1 seed, followed by No. 2 Transylvania, No. 3 Rose-Hulman (23-17), No. 4 Mount St. Joseph, No. 5 Anderson (23-17) and No. 6 Franklin (20-20).
The Hanover Panthers are coached by Grant Bellak, the Rose-Hulman Fightin’ Engineers Adam Rosen, the Anderson Ravens Matt Bair and the Franklin Grizzlies Lance Marshall.
Four teams made NCAA D-III’s North Coast Athletic Conference — No. 1 seed Wittenberg, No. 2 Denison, No. 3 DePauw (23-15) and No. 4 Kenyon. The event is May 9-11 in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Blake Allen coaches the DePauw Tigers.
Through the Week of April 29-May 5, the longest win streaks among the state’s NCAA Division I teams belong to Indiana State (34-10) and Southern Indiana (22-26) at three games apiece.
Mitch Hannahs’ ISU Sycamores are 17-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference and have MVC series left against Evansville and Valparaiso to wrap the regular season plus a mid-week game against Ball State.
Tracy Archuleta’s Screaming Eagles are 11-10 in the Ohio Valley Conference and have OVC series left with Arkansas-Little Rock and Western Illinois plus mid-weeks with Evansville and Middle Tennessee State.
National Junior College Athletic Association‘s Division II Region 24 tournament play begins for Vincennes (13-42) Friday, May 10. Chris Barney coaches the Trailblazers.
INDIANA COLLEGE BASEBALL
Records Through May 5
NCAA D-I
Indiana State 34-10 (17-4 MVC)
Purdue 31-17 (12-6 Big Ten)
Ball State 27-10-1 (14-10 MAC)
Indiana 27-19-1 (12-6 Big Ten)
Evansville 27-20 (14-7 MVC)
Notre Dame 25-21 (9-18 ACC)
Southern Indiana 22-26 (11-10 OVC)
Butler 17-30 (3-12 Big East)
Purdue Fort Wayne 16-30 (9-15 Horizon)
Valparaiso 14-31 (6-15 MVC)
NCAA D-II
Indianapolis 34-16 (29-7 GLVC)
Purdue Northwest 18-28 (8-22 GLIAC)
NCAA D-III
Hanover 26-14 (17-5 HCAC)
Anderson 23-17 (13-9 HCAC)
Rose-Hulman 23-17 (14-8 HCAC)
DePauw 23-15 (12-4 NCAC)
Wabash 22-18 (8-8 NCAC)
Franklin 20-20 (9-13 HCAC)
Manchester 16-24 (9-13 HCAC)
Earlham 15-22 (7-15 HCAC)
Trine 11-27 (3-18 MIAA)
NAIA
Taylor 40-14 (30-6 CL)
Oakland City 39-16 (17-7 RSC)
Saint Francis 36-16 (24-12 CL)
Indiana Wesleyan 34-15 (27-9 CL)
IU Southeast 32-18 (20-4 RSC)
IU-Kokomo 32-21 (18-6 RSC)
Huntington 30-21 (23-13 CL)
Indiana Tech 30-22 (24-8 WHAC)
Marian 25-26 (17-19 CL)
Calumet of St. Joseph 21-29 (14-18 CCAC)
Grace 18-31 (12-24 CL)
IU South Bend 18-32 (10-22 CCAC)
Goshen 12-36 (7-29 CL)
Bethel 11-35 (6-30 CL)
IUPU-Columbus 10-42 (2-22 RSC)
Junior College
Marian’s Ancilla 16-29 (3-22 MCCAA)
Vincennes 13-42 (5-27 MWAC)
Results Through May 5
NCAA D-I
Tuesday, April 30
Saint Louis 12, Butler 2
Evansville 7, Southeast Missouri State 6
Indiana State 21, Illinois 11
Notre Dame 4, Michigan State 3
Southern Illinois 7, Southern Indiana 5
Western Michigan 8, Valparaiso 6 (15 inn.)
Wednesday, May 1
Purdue 15, DePauw 0
Friday, May 3
Ball State 4, Northern Illinois 3
Xavier 13, Butler 6
Evansville 13, Valparaiso 1
Purdue 7, Indiana 4
Indiana State 15, Belmont 5
Pittsburgh 3, Notre Dame 1
Southern Indiana 5, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 1
Saturday, May 4
Northern Illinois 12, Ball State 3
Xavier 7, Butler 3
Valparaiso 8, Evansville 4
Indiana 10, Purdue 2
Indiana State 8, Belmont 5
Notre Dame 15, Pittsburgh 8
Purdue Fort Wayne 14, Milwaukee 4
Southern Indiana 11, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 6
Sunday, May 5
Ball State 13, Northern Illinois 10
Xavier 12,Butler 7
Evansville 9, Valparaiso 0
Indiana 5, Purdue 4
Indiana State 6, Belmont 4
Notre Dame 8, Pittsburgh 6
Milwaukee 7, Purdue Fort Wayne 6
Milwaukee 15, Purdue Fort Wayne 6
Southern Indiana 13, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 9
NCAA D-II
Thursday, May 2
Lewis 5, Indianapolis 2
Friday, May 3
Lewis 7, Indianapolis 4
Indianapolis 10, Lewis 6
Wayne State 7, Purdue Northwest 4
Saturday, May 4
Indianapolis 14, Lewis 13
Wayne State 3, Purdue Northwest 0
Wayne State 8, Purdue Northwest 3
Sunday, May 5
Purdue Northwest 5, Wayne State 4
NCAA D-III
Tuesday, April 30
DePauw 13, Wittenberg 3
Wittenberg 15, DePauw 0
Wilmington 9, Earlham 7
Webster 13, Franklin
Spalding 11, Hanover 8
Greenville 11, Rose-Hulman 8
Wabash 6, Ohio Wesleyan 5
Wabash 19, Ohio Wesleyan 3
Wednesday, May 1
Purdue 15, DePauw 0
Heidelberg 10, Manchester 0
Friday, May 3
Olivet 4, Olivet 2
Saturday, May 4
Mount St. Joseph 7, Anderson 2
Anderson 9, Mount St. Joseph 3
DePauw 5, Hiram 4
DePauw 11, Hiram 6
Earlham 10, Transylvania 4
Earlham 8, Transylvania 2
Bluffton 9, Franklin 4
Bluffton 9, Franklin 5
Rose-Hulman 8, Hanover 4
Hanover 6, Rose-Hulman 1
Defiance 5, Manchester 1
Manchester 11, Defiance 3
Wabash 9, Wooster 4
Wooster 7, Wabash 3
Sunday, May 5
Franklin 4, Anderson 3
Franklin 15, Anderson 6
Defiance 7, Earlham 4
Defiance 12, Earlham 9
Bluffton 4, Hanover 3
Hanover 16, Bluffton 12
Rose-Hulman 15, Manchester 9
Manchester 7, Rose-Hulman 3
Olivet 4, Trine 0
Trine 12, Olivet 8
NAIA
Wednesday, May 1
Crossroads League Tournament
Marian 11, Spring Arbor 9
Mount Vernon Nazarene 8, Grace 7
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference Tournament
Northwestern Ohio Pod
Northwestern Ohio 7, Lourdes 6
Madonna 10, Lawrence Tech 5 (10 inn.)
Lawrence Tech 15, Lourdes 1
Concordia Pod
Concord 5, Siena Heights 2
Indiana Tech 7, Aquinas 5
Aquinas 11, Siena Heights 9
Thursday, May 2
Crossroads League Tournament
Indiana Wesleyan 5, Mount Vernon Nazarene 4
Taylor 11, Marian 6
Saint Francis (Ind.) 7, Huntington 6
River States Conference Tournament
IU-Kokomo 11, Oakland City 9
Point Park 19, Ohio Christian 5
Shawnee State 16, West Virginia Tech 6
IU Southeast 17, Rio Grande 7
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference Tournament
Northwestern Ohio Pod
Northwestern Ohio 14, Madonna 6
Madonna 10, Lawrence Tech 9 (10 inn.)
Concordia Pod
Indiana Tech 24, Concordia 2
Aquinas 5, Concordia 4
Friday, May 3
Crossroads League Tournament
Marian 10, Mount Vernon Nazarene 6
Huntington 9, Taylor 6
Saint Francis 9, Indiana Wesleyan 7
River States Conference Tournament
West Virginia Tech 10, Rio Grande 3
Oakland City 17, Ohio Christian 7
IU Southeast 7, Shawnee State 3
IU-Kokomo 11, Point Park 8
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference Tournament
Northwestern Ohio Pod
Madonna 10, Northwestern Ohio 6
Madonna 11, Northwestern Ohio 10
Concordia Pod
Indiana Tech 9, Aquinas 7
Saturday, May 4
Crossroads League Tournament
Taylor 6, Indiana Wesleyan 1
Marian 10, Huntington 8
Taylor 9, Saint Francis (Ind.) 8
River States Conference Tournament
West Virginia Tech 12, Shawnee State 9
Point Park 9, Oakland City 3
IU Southeast 13, West Virginia Tech 5
Sunday, May 5
River States Conference Tournament
Point Park 11, IU-Kokomo 1
Point Park 13, IU-Kokomo 3
Championship
Point Park 10, IU Southeast 8
Junior College
Thursday, May 2
Kalamazoo 12, Marian’s Ancilla 1
Kalamazoo 9, Marian’s Ancilla 3
Saturday, May 4
Kalamazoo 11, Marian’s Ancilla 0
Kalamazoo 5, Marian’s Ancilla 0
Parkland 6, Vincennes 0
Parkland 4, Vincennes 0
Sunday, May 5
Parkland 9, Vincennes 3
Parkland 11, Vincennes 6 (11 inn.)
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