(DH) FRIDAY, MAY 1 | 1 P.M.
Wartburg at Dubuque | Dubuque, Iowa
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SUNDAY, MAY 3 | 1 P.M.
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The Wartburg College baseball team (19-14 overall, 10-11 A-R-C) will close out its regular season with a three-game series against the University of Dubuque (12-23 overall, 7-14 A-R-C) beginning with a doubleheader on Friday, May 1 at 1 p.m. The Knights and Spartans will take Saturday off and play their series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Entering the final weekend, the Knights are in position to secure a berth in the 2026 American Rivers Conference Baseball Championships, needing just one win over the Spartans to lock in their sixth consecutive tournament appearance.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Dubuque
All-time series: Wartburg leads 62-27 with an away record of 23-12. The Knights have won six out of the last 10 matchups (W1).
Last matchup: Last season, Wartburg took two of three from Dubuque, claiming the first game 4-3 before dropping game two 8-3. The Knights bounced back with a 12-9 win in game three.
 
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
The Spartans go into the weekend series with a 7-14 record in the league in seventh place. Dubuque has dropped five straight conference series, with their last series win coming against current A-R-C regular season champion, Luther, back on March 27-28.

The Spartans lead the conference in triples (12) and sacrifice bunts (39) and post the league's second-best fielding percentage (.959). As a team, Dubuque swings it at .298 led by Will Sullivan's .357 average.
 
TAKE NOTE

• With one win during the Dubuque series, Wartburg will clinch a spot into its 31st A-R-C tournament – leads the league in appearances. The Knights are tied with Central (15-20 overall, 10-11), however, the Dutch hold the regular season tiebreaker.
• The Knights are 2-6 on the road this season with wins coming at Coe (March 21) and Simpson (April 10).
• Wartburg last traveled to Dubuque in 2024, claiming the two of three contests – dropped the series finale in seven innings.
• Andrew Gallegos leads the Knights hitting .322/.593 with 70 total bases, 28 RBIs, 10 doubles and eight homeruns.
• Gallegos' slugging percentage (.593) ranks No. 7 in the conference, as his homerun total (8) stands at No. 6.
• Griffin Troha has crossed the plate 32 times this season, as he's drawn a team-best 26 walks through 134 at-bats. Troha is hitting .276/.433 with 37 hits (five doubles, two triples and four homeruns) with 23 RBI – Troha has started all 33 games for the Knights this season.
• Jayden Scott sits just behind Gallegos at .320/.451 at the plate with a team-leading 39 hits on six doubles, two triples and two homeruns. Scott has driven in 23 RBI while him and Troha have each made every start.
• Andrew Robinson ranks No. 8 in Division III with 24 hit-by-pitches this season, needing one more to secure the single-season program record of 25. Reaching base via hit-by-pitch isn't the only way Robinson makes an impact, as he tallies a .262/.359 average from the dish with a team-high 10 doubles. Last weekend against Loras, the senior hit .545 with six hits including a 5-for-5 performance in a 12-5 game two win.
• Tanner Jackson did the unthinkable last weekend, smacking a pair of grand slams in the first two games over Loras, totaling 10 RBI, as Charlie Krueger led the Knights with a seven-hit effort (.583), while driving in a total of nine RBI.
• Emerson Alberhasky (3-3) sparked a complete game shutout while falling one strikeout shy of tying his career-high count with 12 – allowed just three hits in seven innings. Alberhasky has sat down a total of 86 opposing bats to rank No. 5 in the country in that category – leads conference. The sophomore posts a 3.14 ERA through 10 starts with limiting the opposition to a 2.17 average in 57.1 innings of work.
• Nicholas Nin (4-2) has earned a team-best four wins through 53.1 innings pitched and posts a 3.89 ERA. Nin has struck out 43 including a seven-strikeout performance in game three against Loras. Nin has thrown one complete game (April 16 vs Buena Vista).
• As a team, Wartburg has crushed 29 homeruns that ranks No. 4 in the league and ranks No. 5 in runs scored with 211 on the season.
• Overall, the Knights have been hit by a pitch a total of 74 times this season to eye in on the single season record mark of 79 set in 2024.

 
Most times hit by pitch
1. 24 - Birmingham, Vernon – 2000
     24 – Robinson, Andrew - 2026
3. 18 - Toops - 2003
4. 14 – Nicolino, Sam - 2024
5. 13 - Grau - 2009
     13 - Burger, Jude - 2000
     13 - Grau – 2011
     13 – Walton, Zach – 2022
     13 – Walton, Zach - 2025
10. 12 - Toops – 2004
     12 – Gray, Keaton - 2022
    12 – Stubitz, Carter – 2024
 
KLUNDER NEARS 100-CAREER WIN MARK
Head coach Casey Klunder has piled up 94 wins in his career with 63 of those just at Wartburg and 31 at Central (2021-23). Klunder joined the Knights' staff in 2023 and has posted a 63-53 record at Wartburg for a 94-100 career record.
 
CURRENT A-R-C STANDINGS

• Luther (C): 29-9, 19-5 A-R-C
• Coe (Q): 24-12, 14-7 A-R-C
• Simpson (Q): 21-15, 12-9 A-R-C
• Loras (Q): 18-16, 12-9 A-R-C
• Wartburg: 19-14, 10-11 A-R-C
• Central: 15-20, 10-11 A-R-C
• Dubuque: 12-23, 7-14 A-R-C
• Nebraska Wesleyan: 12-25, 7-14 A-R-C
• Buena Vista: 9-26, 5-16 A-R-C

C - A-R-C Champion
Q - Qualified for A-R-C Tournament