WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball is set for a four-game homestand this week with American Rivers Conference matchups against both Luther College and Central College. The Knights will host Luther on Wednesday, Apr. 2 at 6 p.m. before hosting Central on Friday, Apr. 4 at 6 p.m. and then again on Saturday, Apr. 5 for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.
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The Series
- Luther
- These teams met five times a season ago
- Luther won three out of the five matchups (1-1 in A-R-C Tournament play)
- Wartburg is 3-7 against Luther in the last 10 games played
- The Knights are 29-27 at home in the series
- Central
- Wartburg won two out of three games against Central last season
- The Knights are 8-2 against Central in the last 10 matchups
- Wartburg is 34-19 at home against the Dutch
2000 & 2005 Wartburg Baseball Reunion
Wartburg baseball is excited to welcome back both the 2000 and 2005 NCAA Division III College World Series teams this weekend on Saturday, Apr. 5. The teams will be honored in between doubleheader games.
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 10-8 and an A-R-C record of 4-3
- Carter Stubitz leads the Knights in RBI with 20
- Has recorded two games this season with seven or more RBI
- Five Knights have hit two or more home runs this season
- Wartburg is averaging 7.27 runs per game this season and allowing an average of 6.17 runs per game
- Both Emerson Alberhasky (35) and Joey Ciero (32) lead Wartburg's pitching staff in strikeouts
- Alberhasky ranks third in the A-R-C in strikeouts entering the week
- Alberhasky, Ciero, Nicholas Nin and Conner Funk all have two wins on the mound this season
- Wartburg leads the A-R-C in walks drawn with 102
- Stubitz and Walton both lead the team with 23 and 19 respectively
Luther
- The Norse enter Tuesday's matchup with a record of 5-14 overall and an A-R-C record of 1-5
- 1-6 in last seven games played
- Defeated Simpson 13-1 for lone A-R-C win
- Luther averages 5.16 runs scored per game while allowing an average of 6.37 runs per game
- Joshua Matanich is the top Norse hitter so far this season with a team-high 29 hits, .408 batting average, six doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI
- Luther has a trio of pitchers with 24+ strikeouts this season in Kaleb Thiesse, Nolan Klocke and Charles Running
- Four batters have 12 or more RBI for the Norse this season
- Matanich (17), Mark Prince (15), Garren Heinert (12) and Ike Swanson (12)
Central
- The Dutch enter the week with a 10-8 overall record and a 2-4 record in A-R-C play
- Scheduled to host Buena Vista on Thursday before the weekend series in Waverly
- Currently on a four-game losing streak
- Started the season 5-1
- Max Steinlage (23), Chance Dreyer (22) and Dom DeLePaz (20) all have recorded 20+ hits for Central so far this season
- Both Steinlage and Dreyer are batting .319 going into the week
- Jackson Torbit is the top pitcher for Central this season with a team-high in innings pitched (27), ERA (2.00) and strikeouts (29)
- DeLePaz has hit a team-leading six home runs and recorded 22 RBI
- Tied for lead in A-R-C in home runs
- Central averages 6.83 runs scores per game and allows an average of 5.83 runs per game
