CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The 2025 season came to an end for Wartburg baseball today after falling to Nebraska Wesleyan University in an American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Tournament elimination game on Friday, May 9.
 
The Knights close the 2025 season with an overall record of 21-20 and an A-R-C record of 12-12.
 
Game Summary

• First Inning
  • Nebraska Wesleyan turned a leadoff walk into a run after an RBI single in the top of the first brought home the first run of the game
  • Wartburg answered in the bottom half after Eliot Jurgensen doubled to the right center field gap and was eventually scored following a Carter Stubitz fielder's choice to tie the game at 1-1
• Fifth Inning
  • After a scoreless second, third and fourth inning, Nebraska Wesleyan added two runs to its total after an RBI single and an RBI double that made the score 3-1
• Sixth Inning
  • The Prairie Wolves continued their momentum into the sixth inning, where NWU loaded up the bases for Easton Johns, who doubled to bring two more runs across
  • NWU singled to bring home one more run and push the lead to 6-1 headed to the bottom of the sixth
• Eighth Inning
  • Nebraska Wesleyan added two more runs after compiling a single, double and triple in the eighth inning to bring the score to 8-1
  • Wartburg began the bottom of the eighth with a leadoff double from Zach Walton, who was brought home by a Keegan Schmitt single and a Griffin Troha double to make the score 8-2
  • Charlie Krueger brought one more run across for the Knights in the eighth with a sacrifice fly that scored Schmitt and cut the NWU lead to 8-3
• Ninth Inning
  • Will Armstrong made an appearance on the mound for Wartburg in the ninth and held the Prairie Wolves scoreless to send the game to the bottom of the ninth
  • Both Jayden Scott and Armstrong singled to begin the final frame, but the Knights were unable to mount a comeback as the Prairie Wolves held off Wartburg for an 8-3 win

 
Top Performers

• Eliot Jurgensen
  • 2/4
  • Two doubles
  • Run scored
• Griffin Troha
  • 1/4
  • RBI
  • Double
• Keegan Schmitt
  • 2/4
  • Double
  • Run scored

 
Notes/Streaks

• These teams are now 1-1 all time in A-R-C Tournament matchups
• Wartburg is now 1-3 against Nebraska Wesleyan in 2025
• 14^th multi-hit game of the season for Jurgensen and 10^th for Schmitt
• Wartburg allowed a season-high 17 hits
• 39^th RBI of the season for Stubitz, 24^th for Troha and 12^th for Kruger
• Wartburg hit five doubles today, which marks a season best
• The Knights are 7-4 this season when committing no errors as a team
• Pitcher appearances today:
  • Nicholas Nin, Kyle Thompson, Nicholas Chapman, Hunter Sehr, Cael Funk and Will Armstrong