WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (13-5 overall, 6-0 IIAC) hosts No. 18/20 Buena Vista (13-3, 4-0) Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. in a conference series. The teams will play a seven-inning game followed by a nine-inning game each day. The Beavers are ranked No. 18 in the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Top 25 poll and No. 20 in the d3baseball.com Top 25 poll. The Knights enter the weekend on a seven-game winning streak and BV brings an eight-game winning streak into the series..

The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 57-36 and the teams split the four-game series last season.

Wartburg
Sophomore Zach Hovick (Roland) leads the team with a .468 batting average, while classmate Clay Henning (Plymouth, Wis.) follows at .452. Seniors Milton Croes (Noord, Aruba), Tanner Johnson (Oak Creek, Wis.), and Robbie Anstoetter (Farley) round out the team above .300 at .353, .313, and .304, respectively.

Senior Ryan Kemp (Keokuk) leads the team with 12 RBIs, and sophomore Blake Mahoney (Des Moines) has a team-best six doubles.

Sophomore Tanner Eckhart (Monticello, Minn.) leads the pitching staff with a 1.20 ERA in 30.0 innings pitched.

Buena Vista
Brandon Wessels is the team's leading hitter at .441, Cameron Johnson is next at .436, and Tanner Truesdell is hitting .408. Jacob Hadaway leads the starting pitchers with a 2.25 ERA and is 2-0 on the mound in 20 innings of work.