Lincoln, NE (April 5, 2025) - Nebraska Wesleyan baseball earned a pair of victories over Dubuque Saturday afternoon to notch its first American Rivers Conference series victory of the 2025 season. With the wins, Nebraska Wesleyan improves to 15-8 overall, and 4-5 in A-R-C play.
GAME ONE
HOW IT HAPPENED
After a scoreless first inning, Dubuque broke open the scoring on a Prairie Wolf error in the second to go ahead 1-0. The two defenses then settled into a pitchers dual as the third and fourth innings saw no scoring by either team. Dubuque would double their lead in the fifth thanks to a two out RBI double. Trailing 2-0, Nebraska Wesleyan went to work in the bottom of the sixth as
Duncan Ortega cut the Spartan lead in half with a sacrifice fly that scored
Brady Bell. After surrendering a run in the top of the seventh, Nebraska Wesleyan rallied back with a three run bottom frame that saw
Aaron Chazin and
Carter Betts pick up RBIs. Dubuque went on to tie the game at four in the eighth, only for the Black and Gold take the lead for good on a
Tommy Fiocchi triple. Fiocchi then scored on an
Aaron Chazin single. In the ninth, NWU called in
Brady Bell to close out the game. Bell obliged by recording three consecutive outs to clinch a 6-4 victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Aaron Chazin (CF): 3-5, 2 RBI, 1 R
Carter Betts (2B): 2-5, 2 RBI
Tommy Fiocchi (LF): 3-4, 1 RBI, 2 R
Duncan Ortega (SS): 0-3, 1 RBI
Tyler Spreitzer (W, 2-0): 2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 SO
Brady Bell (S, 3): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER
GAME TWO
HOW IT HAPPENED
The rubber match of the series carried a similar theme to the previous two games as both defenses continued to play well. After two scoreless innings, Nebraska Wesleyan took a 1-0 lead in the third on a
Brady Bell RBI single. The Prairie Wolves would go up 3-0 in the fourth as
Aaron Chazin drove in
Tommy Fiocchi and
Jake Shedarowich on a single. However, Dubuque refused to lie down as they responded with a run in the sixth. NWU quickly answered, courtesy of a
Carter Betts RBI single in the bottom half of the inning. Dubuque attempted ro rally in the seventh as the Spartans scored two runs and had two runners in scoring position with two outs, before
Robbie Ross worked out of a jam to preserve a 4-3 lead. Ross would go on to finish the game and pick up his first save of the season.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Aaron Chazin (CF): 2-4, 2 RBI
Carter Betts (2B): 2-5, 1 RBI
Brady Bell (1B): 2-5, 1 RBI
Trevor Storer (W, 4-0): 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6 SO, 2 BB
Robbie Ross (S, 1): 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 SO
SERIES NOTES
- With a pair of wins, Nebraska Wesleyan earned its first series victory over Dubuque since April of 2022.
- Nebraska Wesleyan improves to 9-5 at home and 4-6 at Sandhills Global Youth Complex.
- NWU tallied at least four RBIs in both games on Saturday, the Prairie Wolves are now 15-3 when totaling four or more RBIs.
- This series marked NWU's first conference series win since defeating Central in April, 2023.
UP NEXT
Nebraska Wesleyan begins a nine game road trip with a doubleheader at Grinnell College on Wednesday, April 9th.