2019-20 Baseball News
94 Buffs recognized as 2019-20 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced 2019-20 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards on Tuesday, naming 94 members of Milligan University athletics teams to the list. Milligan women’s soccer led the way with 12 Buffs making the list, while men’s track & field followed as a close runner-up with 10.
September 15, 2020
Barnett's first season as head coach on hold at Milligan
Skyler Barnett’s first season as a head coach was going smoothly. His Milligan College baseball team was tied for first place in the Appalachian Athletic Conference and had already picked up 14 wins, including three in a row. Then the call came to shut it all down when the conference canceled all spring sports because of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 15, 2020
Baseball wraps season at top of AAC
The Milligan baseball team finished the season 14-8 (5-1 Appalachian Athletic Conference), coming up five wins shy of last season’s win total despite the shortened schedule. At 5-1 in the league, the Buffs were even with No. 23 Reinhardt University for the top spot, ahead of No. 5 Tennessee Wesleyan and No. 16 Bryan.
April 14, 2020
Baseball lands six Buffs on AAC All-Academic Team
The Appalachian Athletic Conference announced Friday the All-Academic Team for baseball, and six Milligan College Buffaloes made the list.
April 10, 2020
Baseball shuts out King, 9-0
With a combined shutout by Jack Bembry, Graham Hooker, Deaglan Malally and Brian Baxa, the Milligan College baseball team won for the seventh time in the last nine games, posting a 9-0 victory over King University Monday afternoon at TVA Credit Union Ballpark.
March 09, 2020
Buffs win CIU series, move to top of AAC
Late-inning scoring in game one and a gem from Brandon Marello in game two led the Milligan College baseball team to a doubleheader sweep and the series win over visiting Columbia International University Saturday night at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. After losing to CIU 7-4 in the series opener Friday night, Milligan won 6-3 and 3-1 Saturday to conclude the series.
March 07, 2020
Baseball snaps winning streak at Montreat
The Milligan College baseball team stepped away from Appalachian Athletic Conference action but still played an AAC foe Wednesday in a midweek matchup against Montreat College. Montreat jumped out to an early lead and won 7-5, breaking Milligan’s four-game winning streak.
March 04, 2020
Baseball sweeps AAC opener
The Milligan College baseball team finished their Appalachian Athletic Conference three-game series opener against St. Andrews University Sunday afternoon and completed the series with a 7-2 win in game one of the doubleheader and a 4-1 win in game two.
March 01, 2020
Milligan wins in AAC opener
The Milligan College baseball team used their extra day in February to open up Appalachian Athletic Conference play with a 2-1 win against St. Andrews University Saturday afternoon.
February 29, 2020
Buffs win rubber game against Bears
Juan Vasquez, Chance Hall and Will Oliver each produced three hits while starting pitcher Garrett Wilkins allowed only one run over five innings, and Milligan College’s baseball team defeated Shawnee State University 8-5 in the deciding game of a three-game set Sunday afternoon at TVA Credit Union Ballpark.
February 23, 2020
Buffs split with Bears despite late inning comeback
Brock Browning pitched his second complete game Saturday afternoon in Johnson City to help lift the Milligan College baseball team to a 3-2 victory in game one of the three game series against Shawnee State, but despite a seventh inning comeback that saw four back-to-back hits by the Buffs, the Bears picked up their first win of the season on a 7-4 win in game two.
February 22, 2020
Buffs drop close doubleheader at No. 11 Cumberlands
Twice the Milligan College baseball team bounced back from a deficit to tie, but twice the Buffaloes lost at No. 11 University of the Cumberlands Monday afternoon on the road. Cumberlands won the first game 2-1 in 10 innings before winning the second game 3-2, both via walk-off.
February 17, 2020
Baseball suffers narrow defeat to No. 1 TWU
One night after defeating the No. 9-ranked team in the country, the Milligan College baseball team had a chance to beat the top-ranked team in the country but in the end fell via walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. Milligan lost to No. 1 Tennessee Wesleyan University 10-9, snapping a six-game winning streak.
February 16, 2020
Buffs top No. 9 Indiana Tech with walk-off win
After Brock Browning held one of the top teams in the country to four hits and one run over the first seven innings, Richard Polinsky gave the Milligan College baseball team their third walk-off win in the last four games. With a one-out single to right-center field, Polinsky drove in Tyler Hisey, and the Buffs defeated No. 9 Indiana Tech Saturday night at Dobyns-Bennett High School.
February 15, 2020
Buffs fan Alice Lloyd for fifth straight win
Kirby Smith hit a three-run home run in the second inning, and the Milligan College baseball team’s pitching staff combined for 15 strikeouts in a 15-7 victory over Alice Lloyd College Wednesday night at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. This marked Milligan’s fifth straight win.
February 12, 2020
Walk-offs lift Buffs in pair of wins
Garrett Goldberg drove in the game winning run in the first game before scoring the game winning run in the second game as the Milligan College baseball team won two times in thrilling fashion Sunday evening at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. Milligan defeated Thomas More University 6-5 then University of Rio Grande 4-3 in eight innings, both via walk-off.
February 09, 2020