Baseball News

April 11

Matt Schommer and Evan Ehmen combined for a 3-hit shutout as Nebraska Wesleyan picked up a 2-0 victory over Concordia University in a nonconference baseball game on Wednesday afternoon (Apr. 11) at NWU Field in Lincoln.

April 7

Levi Clifton threw a complete game shutout in game one to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 4-0 victory over rival Doane College in game one of a GPAC baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon (Apr. 7) at NWU Field in Lincoln. Griffin DePriest got the game-winning single in the bottom of the 8th inning to complete the sweep with a 2-1 win in the second game.

April 6

A long day of baseball ended well for Nebraska Wesleyan as Josh Ostrom came in to strike out the final two batters to give the Prairie Wolves a 7-6 victory over Hastings College in game two of a GPAC doubleheader on Friday (Apr. 6) at NWU Field in Lincoln.

April 4

Nebraska Wesleyan senior Josh Ostrom has been selected as the Association of Division III Independents (AD3I) baseball player of the week for games played Mar. 26-Apr. 1.

April 1

Josh Ostrom threw a complete game shutout striking out five as Nebraska Wesleyan defeated Briar Cliff, 5-0, in game two of a GPAC baseball doubleheader on Sunday afternoon (Apr. 1) at NWU Field in Lincoln. The Chargers won the first game over the Prairie Wolves, 13-5.

March 31

Nebraska Wesleyan opened the 2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference reguar season with a doubleheader split with Dakota Wesleyan University on Saturday afternoon (Mar. 31) at NWU Field in Lincoln. DWU won game one, 7-5, then the Prairie Wolves took the second game 14-7.

March 24

Nebraska Wesleyan ended their spring break trip in a good way as the Prairie Wolves pounded out 20 hits to defeat Wisconsin-Superior, 11-10, on Saturday afternoon (Mar. 24) at Kimo Sports Complex in Tucson, Ariz. The Prairie Wolves finish the spring trip with a 2-4 record as they also won the first game over Carleton.

March 21

Nebraska Wesleyan got their spring break trip off to a great start as the Prairie Wolves defeated Carleton College, 10-7, on Wednesday (Mar. 21) at the Kimo Sports Complex in Tucson, Ariz.

March 17

Buena Vista had a combined 30 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Nebraska Wesleyan in NCAA III baseball action on Saturday afternoon (Mar. 17) at NWU Field in Lincoln. BVU won game one, 8-2, then took the second game 19-4.

March 14

One day after scoring 17 runs on 14 hits, the Nebraska Wesleyan baseball team was shutout and held to just two hits as Peru State College defeated the Prairie Wolves, 10-0, on Wednesday afternoon (Mar. 14) at NWU Field in Lincoln.

March 13

Nebraska Wesleyan had its best offensive output of the season as the Prairie Wolves pounded out 14 hits to earn a 17-7 victory over Peru State College on Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 13) in Peru, Neb. The game was called after seven innings due to the run rule.

March 6

York College hammered out five home runs and 21 total hits as the 22nd-ranked Panthers defeated Nebraska Wesleyan, 21-3, in the 2012 home opener for the Prairie Wolves baseball team on Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 6) at NWU Field in Lincoln.

March 3

Sterling College took all three games from Nebraska Wesleyan in the 2012 opening series for the Prairie Wolves baseball team over the weekend in Sterling, Kan. Sterling won 4-0 on Friday, then took two on Saturday, 4-1, and 2-0 to complete the sweep.

January 25

The Nebraska Wesleyan University baseball team was picked to finish in a tie for ninth in the 2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball Preseason Coaches’ poll that was recently released on Jan. 25. The Prairie Wolves received 31 total points in the poll to tie with Dakota Wesleyan University for ninth.

January 12

The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is pleased to announce that the 2012 GPAC Baseball Championship Tournament will be in Lincoln, Nebraska, at Haymarket Park and Sherman Field. The 2012 tournament is May 3-5.

July 1

Nebraska Wesleyan University head baseball coach Bill Fagler has released the names of 18 recruits who are planning to attend NWU and intend to play baseball for the Prairie Wolves in 2012.