WAVERLY, Iowa - Baseball has advanced to the American Rivers Conference Tournament for the 28th time in program history and will open the tournament against Loras at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Ticket Prices
Single-day tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for senior citizens (62+) and students (high school and younger or A-R-C students with valid college ID).Children 3 and under are free. A-R-C faculty, staff, may present their IDs for free admission as well. An "All-Sessions" pass will be available as well at a price of $20.00 for adults and $12.00 senior citizens and for students. Students can present their student ID for student tickets.
Tournament Seeds
1. Buena Vista
2. Luther
3. Loras
4. Coe
5. Dubuque
6. Wartburg
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, May 11:
Game 1 - 11:00 a.m. - No. 3 Loras vs. No. 6 Wartburg at Mount Mercy, Loras 15-5
Game 2 - 11:00 a.m. - No. 4 Coe vs. No. 5 Dubuque at Veterans Memorial, Dubuque 6-4
Game 3 - 2:00 p.m. - No. 5 Dubuque vs. No. 1 Buena Vista at Veterans Memorial, BV 5-0
Game 5 - 3:00 p.m. - No. 6 Wartburg vs. No. 4 Coe at Mount Mercy
Game 4 - 5:00 p.m. - No. 3 Loras vs. No. 2 Luther at Veterans Memorial
Friday, May 12 (All Games at Veterans Memorial):
Game 6 - 12:00 p.m. - No. 1 Buena Vista vs. Game 4 Winner
Game 7 - 3:00 p.m. - Game 5 Winner vs. Lower Seeded Loser of Games 3 & 4
Game 8 - 6:00 p.m. - Game 7 Winner vs. Higher Seeded Loser of Games 3 & 4
Exception: If one of the Game 3 or 4 Losers already has had a bye, that team will play in Game 7, regardless of seed.
Saturday, May 13 (All Games at Veterans Memorial):
Game 9 - 11:00 a.m. - Game 8 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser
Game 10 - 2:00 p.m. - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner
Game 11 - 5:00 p.m. - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner (if necessary)
Sunday is a permissible rain date.
The Series
- Loras
- The Duhawks won two out three games during the regular season
- Wartburg leads the all-time series 80-65
- Met twice in last season's A-R-C Tournament
- Loras won 13-10 and then Wartburg won 8-5 to eliminate Loras
- A-R-C Tournament
- 28th time qualifying for A-R-C Tournament
- 65-36 all-time in tournament
- Last win came in 2017
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the A-R-C Tournament with an overall record of 14-19 and an American Rivers Conference mark of 9-15
- Wartburg has recorded 10+ hits in its last four contests
- 15/24 A-R-C games with 10+ hits
- The Knights have the best team fielding percentage in the A-R-C with a mark of .975
- Keaton Gray leads the Knights offense at the plate in:
- Batting average (.429, Second in A-R-C), Hits (60, Third in A-R-C) and OPS (.989)
- Also has current hitting streak of 19 games and a reached base streak of 23 games
- Other Batting Stat Leaders:
- Cael Boehmer has been the Knights top pitcher so far this season
- 5-1 record in seven appearances
- 55.1 innings pitched
- 51 strikeouts
- 3.74 ERA
- One complete game
- Will Armstrong, Aaron Eybers and Kyle Oberbroeckling both have recorded two wins on the mound as well
- Dreyton LaVeine leads the Knights pitching staff in saves with two
Loras
- Loras enters the tournament with an overall record of 25-15 and an A-R-C record of 15-9
- The Duhawks lead the A-R-C in home runs with 29
- Daniel Rogers is tied for conference lead with eight
- Seven Loras batters are batting .300+ this season
- Five batters with 30+ RBI
- Cody Sunny and Jack Carney lead the Duhawks in batting average with averages of .411 and .400 respectively
- Rogers leads the Duhawks in extra-base hits
- 17 doubles leads A-R-C
- 26 walks drawn and 11 hit by pitches
- The Duhawk pitching staff has four pitchers with four wins this season:
- Danny Hiemer (4-0), Ethan Peters (4-1), Davis Pasco (4-1) and Ryan Wohlers (4-2)
- Max Vaisvilla leads the Duahwks with 49.1 innings pitched and 46 strikeouts
