The baseball team dominated a string of games at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational over spring break, leading to Aiden Mitchell (‘27) being named to the All-Division III Team of the Week.
In a set of six games, the Rangers won five while outfielder Aiden Mitchell (‘27) was named Landmark Conference Player of the Week and placed on the team of the week for his contributions.
Mitchell recorded eight hits and two home runs in 18 at-bats to achieve a .444 batting average while tying the Landmark Conference record for triples in a single game with two.
Pitcher Brian Lavelle (‘24) was proud of the team’s efforts throughout the Rangers’ spring break trip.
“I think a lot of our players hit their stride individually, and as a whole it gave us some much-needed momentum going into the rest of our season,” Lavelle said.
The Rangers opened the week of games with a doubleheader against Marian University, dropping the first game with a score of 4-10 before coming back strong in the second game with a 5-1 win.
Raiden Yost (‘25) and Nate Miller (‘24) both launched home runs to kickstart the Rangers offense, while Justin Bonito (‘27) earned his first career win pitching, surrendering only one run in five innings.
The Rangers saw another offensive outburst when they took on St. Vincent’s College the next day, plating 12 runs with a balanced offensive attack that saw all nine starters reach base safely. Four relief innings from pitcher Aidan Bauer (‘27) helped seal the deal for the Rangers.
Fresh off back-to-back wins for the first time this season, the Rangers continued their dominance against Martin Luther College in a two-game set. All nine Drew starters recorded a hit, and the Rangers won 14-5 in game one, a new season-high for runs scored.
The Rangers continued their all-around success with an impressive 11-5 victory in the second game against Martin Luther.
They closed out the week with a 9-1 victory against Northlands College, spearheaded by five shutout innings from Brandon Kobryn (‘26).
“We came here with the goal of turning our season around, and we did just that. We looked at this week as a business trip, and we were able to handle business,” Kobryn said.
The Rangers began the week at 1-2 and ended with a 6-3 record.
They continue their Landmark Conference games on Wednesday against University of Scranton.
Devan Sutaria is a sophomore majoring in biochemistry and minoring in business.
