(Ann Arbor, MI) – The Concordia Cardinals baseball team is making their sixth straight Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday as the sixth-seed in the conference and will be traveling to Lima, OH. The Cardinals will take part in Pod B, with top-seeded Northwestern Ohio and Indiana Tech.  

Game Information

#6 Concordia Cardinals vs. #5 Indiana Tech

May 5 & 6 | 9:00 am | Racer Field | Lima, OH

Live Video | Live Stats

About the Warriors

Indiana Tech finished the regular season with an overall record of 31-19 and a 13-7 record in WHAC play. 

Leading the Warrior offense are Tyler Stahl and Ashtin Moxey who has a batting average of .369 and .355 respectively. Moxey also leads the power department as he has eight home runs on the year followed by Jacob Daftari with six. Leading the team in RBIs are Daftari and Moxey with 39 and 36 respectively. 

The Warriors pitching staff is headlined by Hayes Sturtsman who is leading the team with a 3.22 ERA over 58.2 innings while earning a 4-2 record. Sturtsman also leads the team in strikeouts with 68, with Jared Maxfield and Zachary Zaborowski each having 41. 

The Warriors are coached by Kip McWilliams who is in his 15th season with Indiana Tech and has tallied a record of 517-313-2. McWilliams passed the 500 win mark this season. 

About the Racers

Northwestern Ohio finished the regular season with an overall record of 32-11 while having a 19-3 WHAC record to finish top in the conference. 

Yadi Rivera paced the Racer's offense with a batting average above .400 with a .409. Rivera also led the team with 65 hits, 47 RBIs, and 44 runs. Bryant Diel was the teams leading power hitter with 10 home runs on the season. Josue Ortiz

The Racers are coached by Kory Hartman who is in his 12th season with UNOH and has accumulated a record of 366-220-1

About the Cardinals

Concordia finished the regular season with a record of 34-18 overall and 13-9 in the WHAC. 

The CUAA offense is led by James (Jimmy) Wressel who leads the team with a batting average of .399 on the season, while also leading the team in hits, doubles, and RBIs. Last month, Wressel also set the record for most RBIs and doubles in a single season. Jordan Sherman and Aaron West each have 56 hits on the season as well. Jarrett Batanian leads the team with eight home runs, with West and Wressel behind him with seven. 

The pitching staff is headlined by Timothy Pomaville who has a record of 8-0 on the season with a 3.49 ERA while striking out 47 batters. Tyson Kleinfelter is another key member of the staff with a season record of 6-5 with 60 strikeouts. Kleinfelter surpassed the career strikeouts record earlier last month. Alex Phillips leads the team with a 2.61 ERA in 20.2 innings. 

The Cardinals are coached by Zach Johnston who is in his 8th season with CUAA and has been able to record a 255-257 record.

In Case You Missed It (Previous Matchups)

These three teams all played each other two times throughout the year. The Cardinals would go 1-3 in their four games against each of these other teams. 

In the Indiana Tech series, the Cards would pick up the crucial 6-5 comeback win, as they would score five runs in the sixth inning to come back from a 5-1 deficit. CUAA took advantage of several miscues by the Warriors to score in that sixth inning. The second game of the series saw IIT pulling out a 5-3 win, as took the lead in the third inning and never looked back. 

The UNOH series would see the Cardinals drop both games of the series as that would be a turning point for the CUAA season. UNOH pulled out a 10-3 win in game one before a high-scoring game two, which saw the final score being 16-15. The Racers and Cards would go back and forth all game as CUAA pulled within three runs in the eighth and then narrowly pulled off a ninth-inning come back off of a Kyle Hebner pitch-hit three-run home run before falling by one run. 

From that series on the Cardinals would 8-3 in the conference in order to make a playoff push. 

Stats Comparison

2022 WHAC Baseball Tournament

First Round - May 5-6 (May 7 rain date)

Pod A - #2 Lawrence Tech, #3 Madonna, #4 Cornerstone (hosted by LTU)

Day 1 – May 5

Game 1: #3 Madonna (15-7, 23-9) vs. #4 Cornerstone (15-7, 23-19)

Game 2: #2 Lawrence Tech (16-6, 26-18) vs. Game 1 loser

Game 3: #2 vs Game 1 winner

Day 2 May 6 (if ALL teams have 1 loss)

Game 4:  #4 vs #3

Game 5:  #2 vs Game 4 winner

Day 2 May 6 (if one team is eliminated Day 1)

Game 4: 2-0 Team vs 1-1 Team

Game 5: if necessary

May 7 rain date

Pod B - #1 UNOH, #5 Indiana Tech, #6 Concordia (hosted by UNOH)

Day 1- May 5

Game 1: #5 Indiana Tech (15-7, 31-19) vs. #6 Concordia (13-9, 34-18), 9 a.m.

Game 2: #1 UNOH (19-3, 32-11) vs. Game 1 loser, 12:30 p.m.

Game 3: #1 vs Game 1 winner, 4 p.m.

Day 2 May 6 (if ALL teams have 1 loss)

Game 4:  #6 vs #5

Game 5:  #1 vs Game 4 winner

Day 2 May 6 (if one team is eliminated Day 1)

Game 4: 2-0 Team vs 1-1 Team

Game 5: if necessary

Championship Round - May 9-10 (May 11 rain date)

The WHAC Regular Season Champion, UNOH, earns the first automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament.

The WHAC Conference Tournament Champion earns the second automatic bid (if the two champions are the same, the tournament runner-up is awarded the second bid).