2024 Blackburn Baseball News
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2024 Baseball Season Features Season of Change
May 22, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL - The 2024 Blackburn Baseball season was a year of change for the team as they saw a coaching change for the first time this century with former players Lowell Schwartz and Dalton Fisher taking over in an interim role in January. The team adjusted well as they improved on their home wins and even defeated a regional power for just the second time since the 2009 season. -
2024 Athletics Hall of Fame Nomination Process Now Open
May 20, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL - Blackburn College Athletics has begun the nomination process for the 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Class.
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Jason Hedges Named to SLIAC Baseball All-Sportsmanship Team
May 09, 2024BELLEVILLE, IL - Senior Jason Hedges was named to the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Baseball All-Sportsmanship Team.
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Peyton Blackburn Named SLIAC Pitcher of the Week
May 06, 2024BELLEVILLE, IL -- Junior Peyton Blackburn was named the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week for his performance in the team's 10-0 victory over Principia Saturday afternoon.
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Beavers Shut Out Principia to Celebrate Senior Day
May 02, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL -- Blackburn College Baseball celebrated their three seniors between the two games before the Beavers shutout Principia College 10-0 in eight innings during the nightcap of a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader. Principia took the first game 15-10.
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Blackburn Athletics Highlight the 2023-24 Season with Beaver Awards
May 01, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL – Blackburn College Athletes hosted the Annual Beaver Awards, a celebration of the teams and student athletes over the past year and saw many student-athletes receive recognition.
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Blackburn Baseball Defeats Illinois Wesleyan
April 30, 2024BLOOMINGTON, IL - Blackburn College Baseball faced an early deficit but were able to come back to defeat Illinois Wesleyan University 7-5 in a nonconference matchup.
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Carney Gets Three hits at McKendree
April 26, 2024LEBANON, IL ? The Blackburn College Baseball team visited to NCAA Division II opponent McKendree University on Wednesday but were unable to pull off the upset as they fell 13-3.
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Baseball Drops Doubleheader at Greenville
April 26, 2024GREENVILLE, IL -- Blackburn College Baseball visited Greenville College Friday evening for a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader that spanned two days but were unable to capture victory as the Beavers fell to the Panthers.
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Beavers Take on Lyon in Doubleheader
April 21, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL – The Blackburn College Baseball team hosted Lyon College in nonconference games but fell to the Scots 9-3 and 11-2.
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Early Score Not Enough as Beavers Fall to Lyon
April 20, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL – Blackburn College Baseball hosted new St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foe in a league doubleheader and scored the first run of the day but it was not enough as the Beavers fell to the Scots 5-1 and 6-0.
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Blackburn Visits DI SIUE
April 17, 2024EDWARDSVILLE, IL - Blackburn College Baseball visited NCAA Division I foe Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Wednesday night in a single game. The Cougars were able to score early as they defeated Blackburn 14-1.
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Baseball Falls in Heartbreak
April 14, 2024CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN -- Blackburn College Baseball visited Wabash College Sunday for a nonconference matchup but ended up falling in a heartbreaker as the Little Giants scored in the ninth inning to take a 5-4 win.
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Baseball Picks up SLIAC Victory With 10th Inning Walk Off
April 13, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL -- The Blackburn College Baseballe team picked up their first St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win of the season in walk off fashion by defeating Fontbonne University 6-5 in the 10th inning. They then fell to the Griffins 14-2 in the second game of the conference doubleheader.
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Blackburn Athletics Inducts Inaugural Class into Chi Alpha Sigma
April 10, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL -- Blackburn College Athletics inducted 22 student athletes as part of their inaugural class into the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society on Thursday, April 4.
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Blackburn Visits Webster for SLIAC Action
April 09, 2024WEBSTER GROVE, MO – Blackburn College Baseball visited Webster University Tuesday afternoon for a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader but ended up falling to the Gorloks 19-2 and 15-5.
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Baseball Falls in SLIAC Doubleheader
April 06, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL -- The Blackburn College Baseball team hosted Westminster College in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action but were unable to capture victory as they fell 12-7 and 12-9 in the doubleheader.
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Baseball Takes on DI Lindenwood
April 04, 2024ST. CHARLES, MO -- Blackburn College Baseball visited NCAA Division I opponent Lindenwood University Wednesday evening. The Beavers ended up falling 13-2 to the Lions.
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Monday's Baseball Doubleheader Cancelled
March 31, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL -- The Blackburn College Baseball game scheduled for Monday against Maranatha Baptist College has been cancelled due to the expected rain Sunday night through Monday.
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Beavers Drop SLIAC Doubleheader
March 30, 2024STEENS, MS – The Blackburn College Baseball team visited Mississippi University of Women for a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup but fell to the Owls 10-6 and
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Blackburn Opens Home SLIAC Schedule
March 28, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL – Blackburn College Baseball hosted St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foe Spalding University in the team’s SLIAC home opener but fell to the Golden Eagles 12-2 and 13-1 in a conference doubleheader.
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Late Rally Falls Short for Blackburn Baseball
March 24, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL – The Blackburn College Baseball team hosted Eureka College in a nonconference game Sunday but a slow start proved to much to overcome as Blackburn fell 10-8.
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Baseball Drops Two Heartbreakers
March 23, 2024EUREKA, IL – Blackburn College Baseball dropped two games at St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival Eureka College in heartbreaking fashion, falling 10-9 in the opener and 5-2 in 10 innings in the nightcap.
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Hot Start Not Enough
March 20, 2024MONMOUTH, IL -- The Blackburn College Baseball team scored six runs through the first two innings but it ended up not being enough as Monmouth College had a big eighth winning on their way to defeat the Beavers 12-7 in nonconference action.
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Baseball Takes Victory over Dallas Christian
March 15, 2024DALLAS, TEXAS -- The Blackburn College Baseball team
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Late Rally Dooms Blackburn Baseball
March 13, 2024FT WORTH, TEXAS – The Blackburn College Baseball team held a lead after six innings but were unable to hold on after a seventh inning rally by Arlington Baptist University proved too much to overcome.
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Blackburn Takes on Howard Payne
March 12, 2024BROWNWOOD, TEXAS -- The Blackburn College Baseball team continued their week in Texas by taking on Howard Payne University but were unable to grab victory as they fell to Yellow Jackets 13-3.
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Baseball Falls to Austin
March 10, 2024SHERMAN, TEXAS -- The Blackburn College Baseball team travelled to Texas for their spring break trip and started the week by taking on Austin College Saturday and Sunday. The Beavers were unable to pull out victory as they fell to the Roo's 11-5 on Saturday, then fell 4-0 and 3-2 in Sunday's doubleheader.
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Baseball Splits with Monmouth; Collects 10-5 Victory
March 03, 2024CARLINVILLE, IL – Blackburn College Baseball hosted Monmouth College in nonconference action and came away with a split on the day, winning the first game 10-5 but fell in the nightcap 11-4.
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Late Rally Powers Baseball to 16-9 Victory
February 26, 2024PLEASANT PLAINS, IL --Blackburn College baseball scored nine runs combined in the seventh and eighth innings to defeat Wisconsin Lutheran College 16-9 Sunday afternoon for the team's first win of the 2024 season.
