WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball is set to close the 2025 regular season this week with three nonconference games on the road beginning on Tuesday, Apr. 29 with a single game against the University of Wisconsin-Platteville at 4 p.m. followed by a doubleheader against Concordia College (Minn.) on Saturday, May. 2 beginning at 2 p.m.
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A-R-C Standings
The Knights are one of three teams to have qualified for the A-R-C Tournament already.
| School |
A-R-C |
A-R-C PCT. |
ALL |
ALL PCT. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
 CoeQ |
17-4 |
.810 |
27-8 |
.771 |
10-2 |
8-4 |
9-2 |
L1 |
 Buena VistaQ |
15-6 |
.714 |
26-10 |
.722 |
7-2 |
12-6 |
7-2 |
L1 |
 WartburgQ |
12-12 |
.500 |
18-16 |
.529 |
8-5 |
6-8 |
4-3 |
L2 |
 Nebraska Wesleyan |
10-11 |
.476 |
21-16 |
.568 |
12-7 |
4-8 |
5-1 |
W2 |
 Luther |
10-11 |
.476 |
16-20 |
.444 |
7-4 |
7-13 |
2-3 |
W5 |
 Univ. of Dubuque |
9-12 |
.429 |
17-18 |
.486 |
11-5 |
3-9 |
3-4 |
W1 |
 Simpson |
9-12 |
.429 |
15-20 |
.429 |
4-11 |
7-5 |
4-4 |
W1 |
 Loras |
7-14 |
.333 |
17-20 |
.459 |
3-9 |
4-9 |
10-2 |
W1 |
 Central |
7-14 |
.333 |
16-19 |
.457 |
3-9 |
6-7 |
7-3 |
L1 |
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 final week of the regular season with an overall record of 18-17 and an American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) record of 12-12
- Wartburg is averaging 6.62 runs per game this season and allowing an average of 6.09 runs per game
- Both Emerson Alberhasky (66) and Joey Ciero (58) lead Wartburg's pitching staff in strikeouts
- Alberhasky ranks fourth and Ciero ranks fifth in the A-R-C in strikeouts entering the week
- Ciero is third all-time in strikeouts at Wartburg with 234 and seventh all-time in innings pitched at Wartburg with 254
- Jurgensen currently has an active hitting streak of 17 games and an active reached base streak of 22 games
- Six different Knights have recorded four hits in a game this season
- Conner Funk (three), Kyle Thompson (one) and Will Armstrong (one) have all recorded a save on the mound this season
- Four Knights have hit six or more home runs as well as recorded 20 or more RBI so far this season
- RBI: Stubitz (30), Walton (26), Keegan Schmitt (25), Jurgensen (23)
- Home Runs: Walton (8), Jurgensen (6), Schmitt (6) and Stubitz (6)
- Stubitz and Walton lead the A-R-C in walks drawn this season with 31 each
- Ciero leads the team with four wins on the mound this season (4-3)
- Co. Funk is 3-1 in decisions
- The Knights are second in home runs among conference teams with 33 hit as a team through 35 games
UW-Platteville
- The Pioneers enter the week with an overall record of 17-15 and a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) record of 12-12
- 8-4 at home this season and 10-5 in the last 15 games
- Caleb Parker (50, .417) and Anthony Massa (45, .357) lead the offense in hits and batting average this season
- Isaac Bixby and Brady Hoppert each have recorded +40 innings pitched
- Bixby is 4-2 and Hoppert is 3-3
- The Pioneers have hit 35 home runs this season (Fourth in WIAC)
- Sam Meidenbauer and Justin Fago lead the team with nine and seven home runs respectively
- UW-Platteville is 33-43 on stolen base attempts this season (least in WIAC)
- Jake Wegner leads UW-Platteville in strikeouts with 39 in 32.1 innings pitched
Concordia (Minn.)
- The Cobbers enter the week with an overall record of 18-17 and a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) record of 9-9
- Scheduled to play at Saint John's University (Minn.) in a doubleheader on Tuesday before Saturday's matchup
- 8-6 at home and 7-6 in neutral site games this season
- Thomas Horan and Caiden Kjelstrom both lead the team in hits this season with 41 and 40 respectively
- Both lead the team in steals with 12 and 10 respectively
- Three Concordia pitchers are tied for the team lead in wins on the mound with three
- Dylan Erholtz (3-0), Grant Paffrath (3-1) and Brayden Wolfgram (3-1)
- Only two Cobbers have hit multiple home runs this season with two players tied with two each
- Concordia's pitching staff leads the MIAC in walks per game with an average of 4.66 per game
- Second in walks drawn offensively with 4.89 per game
- The Cobbers bat .288 as a team and have hit 67 doubles, nine triples and nine home runs
- Five players bat .300 or higher for Concordia
