The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced today that 439 baseball student-athletes, including Bellevue University’s Mitch Savine (Omaha, Neb.), have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
Georgia Gwinnett defeated Bellevue 9-3 in an elimination game at the Avista NAIA World Series to end the Bruins’ season with an overall record of 48-16.
Bellevue tied the game in the ninth but was walked off by Indiana Tech in the 10th as the Bruins fell 3-2 in the first game of the 2019 Avista NAIA World Series.
Bellevue used a five-run seventh inning to break open a tie game en route to a 10-7 win over LSU-Shreveport in their first game of the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round - Shreveport Bracket.
Bellevue scored 26 runs on 24 hits to defeat Valley City State in the NSAA Championship Game and earn the league’s automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament.
Kory Longaker and Austin Alexander both hit home runs to back a quality start from Bruin starter Colton Walker as BU defeated Waldorf 7-3 to reach Monday’s Championship Game.
JT Patterson hit three home runs in the opener and finished the day 5-for-6, adding a triple and totaling seven RBI to lead BU to the NSAA Regular-Season Title with a sweep of Waldorf on Sunday.
Bellevue downed Dakota State 19-5 in the opener before no-hitting the Trojans in a 16-0 win in the nightcap to sweep the double-header and season series.
Bellevue lowered their team ERA to 4.00 as the Bruins won a couple of nail-biters, rallying past Columbia 3-2 and downing College of the Ozarks in extra innings by a 3-1 margin.
JT Patterson tied an NAIA record with his second-consecutive three home-run game and Duane Monlux won his 600th career game as BU swept an NSAA double-header against Dakota State.