After back-to-back games Thursday, the Misericordia University Cougars are the Men’s College World Series champs.
The Cougars baseball team won a best-of-three NCAA Division III series against the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks in Eastlake, Ohio this afternoon.
Misericordia took game three 10-to-5, after throttling to a 7-0 lead in the first inning. The Warhawks changed pitchers twice in the first frame.
The third seed Warhawks took game two 16-to-10 early Thursday after fifth seed Misericordia bested them 12-to-9 on Wednesday night.
The Cougars finished their season with a record of 44-11.
Scott Crispell, Misericordia’s assistant athletic director and sports info director, said loose plans for an on-campus celebration are slated for Friday around 11 a.m.
The public is invited to Tambur Field on Misericordia’s campus to “salute the team for their amazing achievement representing all of Cougar Nation,” Crispell said.
The college team from Luzerne County won two games against a Lynchburg, Virginia team in a semifinal matchup. On their way to the top of the bracket, the Cougars knocked out Endicott and Pomona-Pitzer, losing once to Lynchburg.
