FRIDAY, APRIL 24 | 6 P.M.
Wartburg vs Loras
Harms Stadium at Hertel Field | Waverly, Iowa
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(DH) SATURDAY, APRIL 25 | 12 & 3 P.M.
Senior Day | Wartburg vs Loras
Harms Stadium at Hertel Field | Waverly, Iowa
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The Wartburg College baseball team (17-13 overall, 8-10 A-R-C) will celebrate its 2026 senior class this weekend as it hosts Loras College (17-14 overall, 11-7 A-R-C) for a pivotal three-game series at Harms Stadium at Hertel Field.

The series opens with a single game on Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m., followed by a Saturday doubleheader beginning at noon as part of Senior Day festivities.

Wartburg will recognize 11 individuals as part of its 2026 senior class during Saturday's ceremony.

2026 WARTBURG BASEBALL SENIOR CLASS

• Jack Bunkers (Polk City, Iowa/North Polk)
• Drew Conrad (Farmington, Minn./Farmington)
• Conner Funk (Edgewood, Iowa/West Deleware)
• Nicholas Nin (Parkland, Fla./Monarch)
• Andrew Robinson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Cedar Rapids Prairie)
• Aiden Tobin (Faribault, Minn./Bethlehem Academy)
• Nicholas Chapman (Cary Grove, Ill./Cary Grove/Oakton CC)
• Garrett Kadolph (Dubuque, Iowa/Western Dubuque/Augustana College)
• Brandon Cushion (Randailia, Iowa/Randailia)
• Noah Day (student coach)
• Caleb Spooner (student coach)

SERIES HISTORY
Loras

All-Time Series: Wartburg leads the all-time series 59-35, including a 35-19 mark at home. In conference play, the Knights hold a 46-23 advantage over the Duhawks.
Last Meeting: Wartburg and Loras last met on March 29, 2025, with the Knights taking two of three games to secure the season series. Wartburg opened with a 21-11 win, dropped game two 17-5, and responded with a 10-8 victory in the series finale.
 
ABOUT THE DUHAWKS
Winners of four straight, Loras enters the weekend fourth in the A-R-C standings with an 11-7 conference mark. The Duhawks are 9-7 on the road and have gone 7-3 over their last 10 games since April 7.

Offensively, Loras leads the league with 43 home runs this season, ranking No. 12 in Division III. Colin Kissane (12) and Vince Polizzi (11) pace the power surge, while Polizzi also leads the conference and ranks No. 12 nationally with 53 RBIs. The Duhawks have scored 267 runs this season, trailing only Luther's league-leading 285, and are averaging just under 8.5 runs per game.

Following this weekend's series, Loras will close out its regular season conference schedule against Coe College.
 
TAKE NOTE

• Wartburg has taken the last two regular season series against Loras
• The Knights account for the league's second-most double plays turned (23)
• The Wartburg pitching staff post the fourth-best ERA in the conference (4.93)
• Andrew Robinson ranks No. 9 in the nation with 21 hit by pitches, which is good for second in the league – Robinson snapped his 28-game streak of reaching base safely in game two against Luther.
• Liam Bender has dropped eight sacrifice bunts this season to sit No. 11 in Div. III and second amongst the A-R-C.
• Emerson Alberhasky (2-3) leads the conference with 74 strikeouts, which ties is career-high for a single season, through 50.1 innings pitched.
• Jayden Scott spearheads the Wartburg lineup with a .318/.418 average at the plate with 35 hits (four doubles, two triples, one homerun) and 18 RBI. Scott has tallied 11 multi-hit games this season, seven of which were 2+, three 3+, and one 4-hit performance.
• Andrew Gallegos posts a .315/.583 average with a team high seven home runs, 24 RBIs, and 63 total bases.
• Charlie Krueger has reached base safely in his past 16 games.
• Tanner Jackson rides an eight-game hitting streak into the weekend, as Scott has recorded a hit in seven-straight games.
• Out of the bullpen, Owen Greco (2-3) records the Knights' lowest ERA at 3.09 through four starts in 10 appearances.
• The Knights hold a 6-4 home record this season, 2-6 away, and 9-3 at neutral sites.
• Wartburg aims to make its sixth-straight A-R-C Tournament appearance – the Knights currently sit fifth, but Central and Nebraska Wesleyan have each earned season series tiebreakers – both schools sit just under Wartburg in the standings.
• The Knights will conclude their season with a non-conference contest against Cornell College (April 28) before traveling to Dubuque, Iowa for their final regular season series (May 1).

 
CURRENT A-R-C STANDINGS
Luther: 26-9, 16-5 A-R-C
Simpson: 21-12, 12-6 A-R-C
Coe: 21-12, 11-7 A-R-C
Loras: 17-14, 11-7 A-R-C
Wartburg: 17-13, 8-10 A-R-C
Central: 13-19, 8-10 A-R-C
Nebraska Wesleyan: 12-22, 7-11 A-R-C
Dubuque: 11-21, 6-12 A-R-C
Buena Vista: 9-26, 5-16 A-R-C
 
2026 A-R-C BASEBALL PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
1. Coe - 64 (8)
2. Buena Vista - 57 (1)
3. Wartburg - 41
4. Luther - 38
5. Nebraska Wesleyan - 33
6. Loras - 30
7. Central - 23
8. Univ. of Dubuque - 20
9. Simpson - 18