Tyler Thompson and Garrett Brown of Anchorage are playing the best baseball of their lives for Pacific Lutheran University. They need to keep it going for one more game to reach the NCAA D3 College World Series. PLU has roared back from a first-round loss at the NCAA West Regional in Spokane, Washington, with three… Read more »
As 12-year-olds Garrett Brown and Tyler Thompson of Anchorage were on an all-star team that was one win away from advancing to the Little League World Series. Ten years later the two friends are playing for Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. And the dream is still alive. Brown and Thompson have the NCAA D3… Read more »
Ben Ross of Palmer collected base hits in each game of Saturday’s NWAC doubleheader to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. The Blue Mountain Community College outfielder is hitting .389 since April 6. Overall, Ross, of Colony High fame, is batting .336 in 34 games and ranks 10th in the league with 28 RBIs…. Read more »
For the third time this college baseball season Anchorage’s Tyler Thompson homered and Garrett Brown earned the save in the same game for Pacific Lutheran University. This time, though, it helped the Lutes capture the Northwest Conference championship and punch their ticket to the NCAA D3 regional tournament in May. Thompson crushed a two-out solo… Read more »
Anchorage’s Tyler Thompson doesn’t go to the plate trying to hit a home run, but he doesn’t get cheated either. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior slugger at Pacific Lutheran University takes a healthy cut and sometimes he gets enough to knock it out of the ballpark. “I go up trying to do damage and if I… Read more »
A year after hitting more home runs than ever before in a college baseball season, Pacific Lutheran University third baseman Tyler Thompson of Anchorage is threatening to hit even more this year. The senior slugger clubbed his fourth homer of the NCAA D3 season over the weekend. He has averaged a home run every six… Read more »
Anchorage’s Tyler Thompson stayed hot in the NCAA playoffs today as he banged out a double and 4 RBIs to lead Pacific Lutheran University to a 7-2 victory over Birmingham Southern on Day 2 of the NCAA D3 Tournament’s South Regional in Georgia. One day after clubbing a solo home run, the former Dimond High… Read more »
The Pacific Lutheran University baseball team out of Washington won a huge playoff game today and Alaska’s fingerprints were all over it. Anchorage’s Garrett Brown earned the win and Tyler Thompson hit a home run in a 9-6 win over Emory on opening day of the NCAA D3 Tournament South Regional in Georgia. Brown, of… Read more »
Anchorage’s Tyler Thompson of Pacific Lutheran University had the game of his life in what has been the best season of his college baseball career. The junior third baseman went 5-for-6 with 5 RBIs and 3 runs scores during a 22-2 victory over Lewis & Clark in the second game of today’s NCAA D3 doubleheader… Read more »
The renaissance continues for Pacific Lutheran University baseball player Tyler Thompson of Anchorage. The junior third baseman pushed his batting average to .319 after 29 games, a big improvement on the .211 he hit in 38 games last season. That makes him a strong candidate to win comeback player of the year in the Northwest… Read more »
