• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Sports / Wartburg is top seed in IIAC baseball tourney

Wartburg is top seed in IIAC baseball tourney

May 9, 2016 By Todd Kimm

Photo from Elwin Huffman at KOEL

Photo from Elwin Huffman at KOEL

Regular season champion Wartburg will be the top seed at this week’s Iowa Conference baseball tournament in Cedar Rapids.

The Knights won or swept every four-game conference series this season in posting a 23-4 record.

“It’s hard to sweep four games against anybody and our guys have really done a good job all season of being prepared for each series and battling through it”, said Wartburg coach Joel Holst. “Give credit to all of our guys for doing that.”

The Knights have been winning with pitching and defense. Opponents batted only .249 and Wartburg made the fewest errors in winning a third conference title in four years.

The winner of the Iowa Conference Tournament gets an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament. At 31-9, the Knights would have a chance to earn an at-large bid even if they don’t win the tournament.

“We’ve had a good season but I think it is critical that we win a couple of games in the conference tournament. With 31 wins and a couple of wins in the tournament I would feel comfortable but you just never know.”

Iowa Conference Tournament Schedule

Thursday, May 7th:

Game 1 – 1:00 pm: No. 4 Coe vs. No. 5 Dubuque – Daniels Park

Game 2 – 1:00 pm: No. 3 Luther vs. No. 6 Simpson – Veterans Memorial Stadium

Game 3 – 4:00 pm: No. 2 Buena Vista vs. Game 2 winner (Luther/Simpson) – Veterans Memorial Stadium

Game 4 – 7:00 pm: No. 1 Wartburg vs. Game 1 winner (Coe/Dubuque) – Veteran Memorial Stadium

 

Elwin Huffman from KOEL contributed to this story

 

 

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Sports

Featured Stories

Reynolds signs her ‘school choice’ bill into law

Governor Reynolds touts 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Inaugural Address

University of Iowa grad presiding over U.S. House Speaker vote

Iowan who was oldest person in the U.S. dies

Iowa Lottery to start making some payments via debit cards

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa State names new receivers coach

No. 2 Iowa visits No. 1 Penn State in wrestling dual Friday night

Iowa’s Clark brings increased exposure to women’s basketball

No. 18 Iowa State women visit TCU

Northern Iowa men host Valparaiso

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC