WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg baseball team (14-5 overall, 5-0 IIAC) hosts Loras (13-5, 2-1) in a weekend series. The teams will play the doubleheader Saturday starting at noon and the single nine-inning game will be Sunday at 11 a.m.

The Knights are in first and the Duhawks are sixth on the conference standings.

The Series
The Knights own the series lead at 81-46. Wartburg has won the last 10 straight games in the matchup.

Wartburg
Senior Zach Hovick (Roland) leads the team with his .333 average, three doubles, and 18 RBIs. Classmate Cody Hyler (Des Moines) is second at .324 and senior Eric Willis (Waverly) has a team-best 13 stolen bases.

Senior Tanner Eckhart (Monticello, Minn.) leads the starting pitchers with a 1.22 ERA, is 4-1 with 34 strikeouts in 37.0 innings pitched.

Career Record Watch
Senior Blake Mahoney (Des Moines) is seventh in stolen bases (53). Classmate Clay Henning (Plymouth, Wis.) is fourth in assists (333).

Loras
Danny Weis leads his team at .403. Robert Hovey leads the pitchers with a 2.31 ERA, is 2-2 with 21 strikeouts in 23.1 innings pitched.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 11 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in fielding percentage (.983), 12^th in WHIP (1.18), 16^th in shutouts (3), 19^th in walks allowed per nine innings (2.68), 35^th in hits allowed per nine innings (7.97), 39^th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.68), 53^rd in won-lost percentage (.706), 53^rd in earned run average (3.47), 55^th in stolen bases per game (2.12), 76^th in stolen bases (36), and 84^th in double plays per game (.82).
 
Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of seven statistical categories: Eckhart ranks 6^th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (17), 17^th in walks allowed per nine innings (.49), 27^th in WHIP (.81), 46^th in victories (4), and 48^th in earned run average (1.22); Willis ranks 29^th in stolen bases per game (.76) and 33^rd in stolen bases (13); and senior Austin Bohling (Letts) ranks 23^rd in saves (4).