LINCOLN, Neb. (April 11, 2021) - Nebraska Wesleyan baseball (6-16, 4-12 A-R-C) dropped the series with Dubuque (8-11, 6-6 A-R-C), 3-1. The Spartans won game one, 8-6, then took game two, 11-7, in 12 innings. NWU bounced back to win game three, 5-4, before UD won the series finale 20-8 in seven innings.

Game One Recap
Noah Unger put the Prairie Wolves ahead in the first inning with an RBI single. After eight runs between the third through fifth innings by UD, NWU responded with five runs in the fifth. Will Scheidewind hit an RBI single to start the rally. In the next at-bat, Paul Georget hit another RBI single followed by a Noah Wing walk that scored Unger. Mason Bennett knocked in an RBI single before Riley Ward took a free base when he was hit by a pitch to score Georget. However, Nebraska Wesleyan couldn't get enough momentum to take the lead.

Game Two Recap
In a game that took two days to finish as darkness suspended play after the ninth inning. NWU answered five runs in the first three innings by Dubuque with five runs in the fourth. Mason Bennett hit a sacrifice fly to score Noah Unger. Riley Ward hit a 2-run RBI double before Derek Kolbush cleared the bases with his fourth home run of the season. Dubuque added a run in the sixth inning but NWU tied it again with an RBI double by Kolbush. The Spartans regained the lead in the eighth but another RBI from Kolbush tied the game. After three scoreless frames, UD popped a grand slam in the 12th inning to win.

Game Three Recap
NWU countered a run by the Spartans in the third inning with five runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Alex Angele used a fielder's choice to plate the first run then Paul Georget drove in another run with an RBI single. Back-to-back RBI singles from Aaron Nichols and Mason Bennet made it a 4-1 Nebraska Wesleyan lead and loaded the bases when Derek Kolbush was hit by a pitch to score Nichols. Dubuque cut the lead down to two runs with a pair of runs in the sixth then added one more in the top seventh before Jackson Cummings recorded a strikeout for the final out.

Game Four Recap
NWU picked up back-to-back runs in the first and second innings. The first run was scored when Riley Ward was plated off of an RBI single from Derek Kolbush with the second run off a groundout by Ward to score Will Scheidewind. Kolbush knocked a double to the right-center gap in the fourth inning to score Mason Bennett. In the sixth, Daniel Hundley scored off a wild pitch before John Haimowitz drove in Ward followed by a Kaleb Knox sacrifice fly to score Kolbush. The Prairie Wolves scored their final two runs when an error allowed Hundley and Paul Geroget to score. Despite the offensive firepower by NWU, they couldn't find enough runs to win the game.

What's Next
Nebraska Wesleyan heads to Luther College for a four-game series beginning on Friday, April 16 at 1 p.m.