JOPLIN, Mo. – The Winona State University baseball team opens their season today with a doubleheader against Missouri Southern in Joplin, Mo. First pitch will be at 1pm, and the backend of the doubleheader will follow the first game.
The Warriors finished the 2021 season 22-20 overall and earned a berth in the NSIC Tournament. Heading into the 2022 season, WSU was voted to finish seventh in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll, and they will look to earn their way back into the NSIC playoffs this season.
Derek Baumgartner and
Dillon Whittaker were Winona State's NSIC players to watch heading into the season, as one of the strongest pitcher-catcher duos in the league. Winona State returns many experienced returners to this year's squad and head coach,
Kyle Poock, will be able to use these early-season games to evaluate the depth of the Warrior lineup as WSU tunes up for conference play in March.
Winona State is at Missouri Southern for a three-game series, as they will play two games today and cap off the series tomorrow, Feb. 8 at 1pm.
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About Winona State University Athletics:
The Winona State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, as an integral part of the educational mission of the institution, is committed to offering opportunities to experience academic and athletic excellence for our student-athletes through two simple words:
Graduate Champions.
Fourteen Warrior programs compete at the NCAA Division II level within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). Winona State University competes as an affiliate member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in the sport of women's gymnastics.
