WINONA, Minn. – The Winona State University baseball team is set to host the University of Mary for a three-game NSIC series on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8.
The Warriors and Marauders will match up for doubleheader beginning at 1:30pm on Friday and will conclude the series with a single game on Saturday at noon. WSU is 3-1 against UMary in the past two seasons, including a sweep on the road a year ago.
GAME & FAN INFORMATION
Live stream and live stats are available on the Winona State Baseball schedule page.
All contests will take place at Loughrey Field in Winona, Minn.
Winona State Storylines
The Warriors are 13-17 overall and 9-6 in the NSIC.
Derek Baumgartner leads WSU at the plate, hitting .385 on the year with 37 hits and 13 doubles.
Cooper Kapanke has four home runs this season and 25 RBI to lead the Warriors.
Mason Trocke has crossed home plate 20 times has 43 total bases.
Justin Firpo and
Peyton Lee each hold 2-2 records on the mound. Firpo holds a 5.23 ERA in 31.0 innings pitched, while Lee has pitched 31.1 innings and has a 5.74 ERA.
Nevin Wall and
Davis Zeutzius each have two saves for the Warriors.
University of Mary Storylines
UMary is 12-5 overall and 5-7 within the NSIC.
The Marauders most recently split a mid-week series with Sioux Falls.
Derek Shoen leads UMary with a .410 batting average and 43 hits, including 10 homers.
Kalen Haney has notched 11 doubles and two triples for the Marauders.
Jonathan Draheim and Paxton Miller have each made six starts for UMary. Miller is 3-0 on the season and Draheim is 2-2.
Mark Schommer has made the most appearances on the mound with nine, all in relief.
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.