ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Winona State University baseball team returns to the Show Me state on March 4-5 for a pair of doubleheaders against the University of Missouri St. Louis.
Winona State is looking to reset after a tough opening weekend, dropping four games at Drury University between Friday, Feb. 24 and Sunday, Feb. 26. The series between UMSL and Winona State will be the first time the two teams have met in NCAA competition.
The 2023 Winona State squad was predicted to finish sixth in the NSIC baseball coaches' poll; in addition,
Derek Baumgartner and
Bailey Banaszynski, were tabbed as the Winona State Player and Pitcher to Watch, respectively.
GAME & FAN INFORMATION
Live stats & streams for the games are available at the links above and on the WSU Baseball schedule page.
All four games will be played at the UMSL Baseball Field.
WINONA STATE STORYLINES
The Warriors are 0-4 overall and 0-0 within the NSIC.
Cooper Kapanke is batting .462 with a home run and double so far this season.
Kapanke also leads WSU in slugging percentage (.769%) and total bases (10).
As a team, Winona State has drawn 13 walks on the year.
Kapanke, Carter Brinkman, Dane Weiland, Austin Beyer and Nick Herbst each have started every contest for the Warriors.
Kyle Yu, Payton Beyer, Ben Hefel and Carter Brinkman all have stolen bases on the year.
WSU has accumulated 18 base hits across four games.
On the mound, Cameron Kramer leads WSU in innings pitched (4 1/3), holding opponents to a .176 batting average.
Justin Firpo is tops on the Warrior staff in strikeouts (6) while Peter Tveite has not issued a walk while facing 20 opponents.
University of Missouri - St. Louis STORYLINES
The Tritons (4-8) are coming off a four-game split in their home opening series against Minnesota Crookston.
Justin Simard leads UMSL in batting average (.317) and at-bats (41).
Bryce Kulinski and Leighton Keller both have one home run each for the Tritons.
Ten Tritons have attempted stolen bases this year and the team is 31-of-35 in successful swipes.
Braedon Stoakes leads UMSL with nine steals in 11 attempts.
Two UMSL pitchers have reached double-digits in innings-pitched; Nick Torres (15.0) and Cody Brooks (13 & 2/3)
WARRIOR NOTABLES
Head coach
Seth Wing is in his first season at Winona State, having previously served as athletic director and baseball coach at Cornell College.
Wing was an associate head coach during WSU's last World Series appearance in 2011.
Winona State first fielded an intercollegiate baseball team in 1919.
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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.
