WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball is set for its 2025 home opener on Friday, Mar. 14 with a doubleheader against St. Olaf College beginning at 5 p.m. at Harms Stadium at Hertel Field. The Knights will close the three-game series on Saturday, Mar. 15 at 1 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Wartburg leads the series 15-14 over St. Olaf since 2000
• These teams split a doubleheader last season in Waverly
  • Wartburg won 6-1 and St. Olaf won 6-8
• The Knights are 8-3 at home against St. Olaf

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter their home opener with an overall record of 5-4 after completing seven games played in Florida last week
  • 4-3 record in Florida
  • 3-2 in the last five games played
• Wartburg has 25 extra-base hits this season
  • Keegan Schmitt leads the team individually with six (three doubles, one triple and two home runs
• Zach Walton (six) and Charlie Krueger (three) each have active hitting streaks
• Nicholas Nin leads Wartburg pitchers in wins on the mound this season with two (2-1 record)
• Walton leads the Knights in RBI (10) and home runs (three)
  • Four home runs away from tying the career record at Wartburg
• Joey Ciero leads Wartburg pitchers in strikeouts with 22
• Wartburg's offense averages 8.1 hits per game and 5.9 runs per game through nine contests

 
 
St. Olaf

• St. Olaf enters the weekend with an overall record of 4-2
  • Has played Simpson (2-0 vs Simpson) and Luther (2-2 vs Luther) so far this season
  • The Oles were a 30-win team a season ago and won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) regular season championship
• Frank Lavin has recorded a team-high 11 RBI this season
• Began the season 3-0 before going 1-2 in its last three games played
• Jacob Fickenscher is 2-0 on the mound this season and leads the team in strikeouts with 15 in 11 innings pitched
• The Oles have scored five or more runs in five out of six games so far this season
• Six players have recorded one home run this season and three players have eight or more hits this season