LINCOLN, Neb. – Hits came early and often for the Nebraska Wesleyan baseball team on Tuesday afternoon (April 16 as the Prairie Wolves rolled past Buena Vista 10-5 in American Rivers Conference action at NWU Field.
 
The Prairie Wolves scored two runs in the 1^st, three in the 2^nd and four in the 4^th inning to jump in front 9-1 after only three innings of play.  From there they cruised to the victory moving to 5-8 in conference play to sit tied for 6^th in the league standings with BVU who also drops to 5-8.
 
NWU had their first two batters of the game reach base and score to start what would be a common theme of the day with Prairie Wolves crossing the plate.  Riley Ward drove in the first run with a single, then Spencer Scheer also had an RBI single in the inning.
 
In the 2^nd inning, Kaleb Knox hit an RBI double to highlight three runs that came across the plate.
 
Aaron Nichols had the biggest hit of the game when he blasted a 3-run home run in the 3^rd inning.  Knox had another RBI double in the inning to make the score 9-1.
 
Hayden Parker controlled the Buena Vista hitters going seven innings allowing one earned run and four hits.  Parker struck out eight and walked none to improve to 2-0 on the season.
 
Four different Prairie Wolves had multi-hit games on the afternoon.  Ward was 2-4 with two RBI, Scheer was 2-5 with an RBI, Knox went 2-4 hitting two doubles with an RBI and Evan Gellatly was 2-3 with a double and RBI in his first game back returning from injury.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan will look to keep the momentum going this weekend when they host Luther College for a three game series starting Friday at 3 pm.