WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball is set to close regular season American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play this weekend with a three-game road series against Nebraska Wesleyan University beginning on Friday, Apr. 25 at 6 p.m. and ending with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 26 beginning at 12 p.m.
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The Series
- The Knights are 14-9 all time against the Prairie Wolves
- Wartburg has won the last two regular-season series against NWU
- Two games to one in both 2023 and 2024
- Wartburg is 6-4 on the road in this series
- The last five matchups between these teams have all been within four runs
A-R-C Standings
| School |
A-R-C |
A-R-C PCT. |
ALL |
ALL PCT. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
 CoeQ |
15-3 |
.833 |
25-7 |
.781 |
8-1 |
8-4 |
9-2 |
L1 |
 Buena VistaQ |
14-4 |
.778 |
25-8 |
.758 |
7-2 |
11-4 |
7-2 |
W1 |
 Wartburg |
11-10 |
.524 |
17-14 |
.548 |
8-5 |
5-6 |
4-3 |
L1 |
 Luther |
10-11 |
.476 |
14-20 |
.412 |
7-4 |
5-13 |
2-3 |
W3 |
 Nebraska Wesleyan |
8-10 |
.444 |
19-15 |
.559 |
10-6 |
4-8 |
5-1 |
W1 |
 Dubuque |
7-11 |
.389 |
15-17 |
.469 |
9-4 |
3-9 |
3-4 |
L1 |
 Simpson |
7-11 |
.389 |
13-19 |
.406 |
4-11 |
5-4 |
4-4 |
L1 |
 Loras |
6-12 |
.333 |
16-18 |
.471 |
3-9 |
3-7 |
10-2 |
L5 |
 Central |
6-12 |
.333 |
15-17 |
.469 |
2-7 |
6-7 |
7-3 |
W1 |
C - A-R-C Champion
T - A-R-C Tournament Champion
(#) - A-R-C Tournament Seed
Q - Qualified for A-R-C Tournament
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 17-15 and an A-R-C record of 11-10
- Faced two nationally ranked teams last week in Coe and Buena Vista
- Will have three nonconference competitions next week before A-R-C Tournament play
- Wartburg is averaging 6.62 runs per game this season and allowing an average of 6.09 runs per game
- Four Knights have hit five or more home runs as well as recorded 20 or more RBI so far this season
- Both Emerson Alberhasky (58) and Joey Ciero (50) lead Wartburg's pitching staff in strikeouts
- Alberhasky ranks fourth in the A-R-C in strikeouts entering the weekend
- Ciero is five strikeouts away from joining the top five of most strikeouts in program history
- Six different Knights have recorded four or more RBI in a game this season
- Jurgensen (twice), Stubitz (twice), Gehrig Turner (once), Girffin Troha (once), Schmitt and Walton (once)
- Co. Funk (three), Kyle Thompson (one) and Will Armstrong (one) have all recorded a save on the mound this season
- Stubitz and Walton lead the A-R-C in walks drawn this season with 30 each
- Walton ranks inside the top three in on-base percentage, OPS, home runs, slugging percentage, runs scored and walks among all A-R-C players
- Ciero and Conner Funk each lead the team with three wins each on the mound this season
- The Knights are tied for second in home runs among conference teams with 31 hit as a team through 32 games
Nebraska Wesleyan
- NWU enters the weekend with an overall record of 19-15 and an A-R-C record of 8-10
- Have defeated Central, Dubuque and Simpson in A-R-C series so far this season
- 4-2 in last six contests played and 10-6 this season at home
- The Prayer Wolves are currently batting .296 as a team, which ranks second among all A-R-C teams
- Five NWU starters are batting over .300 this season, led by Aaron Chazin and Carter Betts, who each are batting .341
- Carter Betts has recorded a Division III leading nine triples this season
- The NWU pitching staff has the most saves among A-R-C teams with 13
- Brady Bell leads the team and A-R-C with five in 2025
- Nebraska Wesleyan is being outscored 252-230 through 34 games this season
- Bell leads the team in stolen bases this season with nine on nine attempts
- NWU has stolen 41 bases on 47 attempts this season (second most in A-R-C)
- Theo Hughes has been the top pitcher for the Prairie Wolves this season:
- 3-1 record, 5.03 ERA, 39,1 innings pitched, 41 strikeouts
- NWU has the second highest combined ERA in the A-R-C and has hit the most batters this season with 68
