Jeff Lynch, Johns Hopkins; Justin Coulter, Haverford

Johns Hopkins 6, McDaniel 2
Jumping out to an early 3-0 lead in the first, the Johns Hopkins baseball team rolled to a 6-2 victory over visiting McDaniel in the opening round of the 2012 Centennial Conference championship tournament. Jeff Lynch went 3-for-4 with two RBI, while Chris Vonderschmidt also rapped out three hits including a home run for the Blue Jays. Alex Eliopoulos picked up his eighth win of the season, pitching 6 2/3 innings allowing one run and striking out seven. Zach Jones took the loss for the Green Terror. Pat Christopher led McDaniel with three hits.

Haverford 3, Washington College 2
What had been a slugfest in the regular season turned out to be an arms race Friday afternoon at Kannerstein field in the opening round of the 2012 Centennial Conference tournament as Haverford College defeated visiting Washington College, 3-2, to advance into the winner's side of the playoff bracket Saturday in Baltimore. One month ago the visiting Fords and Washington combined for 60 runs in a doubleheader sweep by Haverford. Friday's outing was determined by a pair of starting pitchers that each went the distance, and a few timely hits. Justin Coulter's drive up the middle scored Nick Miranda in the bottom of the seventh for what would become the game-winning run, and Haverford starter Tommy Bergjans closed out the win -- with a big save from Miranda in center field. Bergjans (6-3) gave up just five hits without a walk while fanning seven in his complete-game victory. Shane Mattingly (6-2) was nearly as good in taking the loss surrendering three runs off eight hits and two walks with eight strikeouts.