2016 Baseball News

Season
Defiance Has 61 Student-Athletes Selected Chi Alpha Sigma

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The Defiance College Athletic Department announced its group of student-athletes to the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society.

June 02, 2016

DC Baseball Has Seven Receive HCAC Postseason Accolades

GREENWOOD, IND. -- The Defiance College baseball team had seven players named to the All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Teams for their efforts this past season.

May 17, 2016

Baseball Loses Twinbill Against Anderson in Season Finale

ANDERSON, IND. -- The Defiance College baseball team ended the 2016 season with a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Anderson (Ind.) University, but fell twice to the Ravens, 9-8 and 14-4 in eight innings.

May 06, 2016

DC Beats Anderson in Extras

ANDERSON, IND. -- The Defiance College baseball team gave up the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth, but came back two innings later with a pair of runs to come away with a 5-3 victory in 11 innings to begin a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference three-game series against Anderson (Ind.) University in Anderson, Ind.

May 05, 2016

Baseball Splits Twinbill Against MSJ on Senior Day

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The Defiance College baseball team split a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Mount St. Joseph University to end the series on senior day. The Yellow Jackets captured the first game, 5-4, but lost the second, 4-2, in a rain shortened nightcap.

April 30, 2016

Defiance Defeated by Mount St. Joseph in Series Opener

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The Defiance College baseball team was defeated by Mount St. Joseph University, 7-0, in the first of three games in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference series.

April 29, 2016

Jackets Fall to Spartans in Series Finale

NORTH MANCHESTER, IND. -- In the third and final meeting of the season, the Defiance College baseball team fell to Manchester (Ind.) University, 9-4, in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference single game in North Manchester, Ind.

April 26, 2016

DC Baseball Shut Out by Rose-Hulman

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The Defiance College baseball team was shut out by Rose-Hulman (Ind.) Institute of Technology, 10-7 in seven innings, in the final game of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference series at Craig A. Rutter Field.

April 24, 2016

Yellow Jackets Split with Engineers

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- After dropping the first game, 16-5, the Defiance College baseball team beat Rose-Hulman (Ind.) Institute of Technology in the second game, 5-2, to come away with a two-game split to begin the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference series at Craig A. Rutter Field.

April 23, 2016

Defiance Drops Non-Conference Matchup Against Heidelberg

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The Defiance College baseball team fell behind early to Heidelberg University and could not recover as the Student Princes handed the Yellow Jackets a 16-5 loss in non-conference action at Craig A. Rutter Field.

April 20, 2016

Defiance Baseball Beaten by Bluffton

BLUFFTON, OHIO -- A late seven-run inning by Bluffton University resulted in a 10-7 loss for the Defiance College baseball team in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference single game at Memorial Field in Bluffton.

April 19, 2016

Baseball Wins Series with Doubleheader Sweep

RICHMOND, IND. -- The Defiance College baseball team swept a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Earlham (Ind.) College, 7-2 and 11-4, to take the three-game series, 2-1, in Richmond, Ind.

April 16, 2016

Yellow Jackets Battle Quakers

RICHMOND, IND. -- Trailing by four runs heading into the ninth inning, the Defiance College baseball team battled Earlham (Ind.) College, but fell short, 4-2, in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference game in Richmond, Ind.

April 15, 2016

Defiance Baseball Edged by Bluffton

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The Defiance College baseball team racked up 15 hits, but would only plate four runs as the Yellow Jackets fell to Bluffton University, 6-4, in the first of three meetings this season in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action at Craig A. Rutter Field.

April 13, 2016

Blanch and Petro Named HCAC Athletes of the Week

GREENWOOD, IND. – Defiance College baseball player Dave Blanch (Alliston, Ont., Can. /Banting Memorial) and track and field athlete Josh Petro (Ocala, Fla. /The Villages) have been named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference “Athletes of the Week.”

April 11, 2016

Rally in Second Game Leads to Sweep of Franklin

FRANKLIN, IND. -- Despite trailing, 9-1, in game two against Franklin (Ind.) College, the Defiance College baseball team rallied to beat the Grizzlies, 4-3 and 18-10 in eight innings, to win all three games of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference series.

April 10, 2016