ILLINOIS WESLEYAN TITANS
COLLEGE CONFERENCE OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CHAMPIONS
(37-7, 16-0)
•The Titans earned their spot in the NCAA Super Regional after sweeping the Bloomington Illinois Regional and the CCIW Tournament to secure the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA playoffs. IWU has won 25 consecutive games.
•IWU is making its fifth appearance in the Super Regional and first since 2019, the same year the Titans last reached the NCAA Finals. They are ranked 14th by NPI.
•The Titans own the CCIW’s best offense, leading in runs (308), hits (439), batting average (.348), home runs (40), on-base percentage (.408) and slugging percentage (.510). They are 13th in the nation in homers and 18th in slugging percentage.
•Jen Kuhn ranks in the top 10 in the CCIW in average (.452), OBP (.479), slugging (.716), hits (70), home runs (8) and doubles (17). She is 13th nationally with 59 RBI.
•Ava Khoury leads the CCIW with nine home runs, is second only to Kuhn in RBIs (50), and is top five in the league in doubles (14) and slugging (.687), while hitting .389.
•Bella Printer has been a top offensive contributor, slashing .361/.442/.590 with 32 RBIs and seven homers and drawing 23 walks, second-most in the CCIW.
•Titan pitchers have posted the 19th-lowest ERA (1.93) and 21st-best WHIP (1.12) in Division III, backed up by the nation’s 18th-highest fielding percentage (.972).
•Gianna Certa’s 19-2 record leads the CCIW. She’s posted a 2.12 ERA and 1.06 WHIP over 122.0 innings pitched and holding opponents to a .228 average, all top-10 numbers in the CCIW.
•Mallory Holland has posted an 8-1 record while leading the CCIW with a 1.41 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and .183 opponent batting average in 79.2 innings pitched. Her seven saves are top five in Division III.
HEAD COACH: Tiffany Prager (ninth year)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Nikki Miller, Kimmy Hassel, Bob Grimes
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LINFIELD WILDCATS
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS (41-5,
25-3)
•After running the table in the McMinnville Oregon Regional, Linfield is making its third consecutive and overall fourth appearance in the Super Regionals. The Wildcats are seeking a third straight trip to the NCAA Finals and eighth overall. Linfield entered the postseason ranked sixth in Division III in National Power Index.
•The Wildcats feature Division III’s top offense, leading the country in runs (427), hits (520), home runs (92), batting average (.405), RBIs (406) and slugging percentage (.700).
•Linfield also ranks among the top five teams nationally in on-base percentage (.468) and doubles (95).
•Claire Seats has been one of most productive sluggers in Division III, hitting .474 while leading the nation with 23 doubles, 157 total bases and 76 RBI and sitting in the top five in hits (74), home runs (20), and slugging percentage (1.006).
•Brynn Nelson’s 69 hits stand among the top 15 in the country. Nelson, Cydney Hess and Jacey Leyvas rank in the top 25 in RBIs. Hess, Leyvas and Ashlyn Aven all stand in the top 25 nationally in home runs. Leyvas is top 25 in slugging percentage and joins Aven and Seats in the top 25 in total bases. Kaili Saathoff and Seats rank within the top 15 in runs scored.
•Tyler McNeley’s 27 pitching wins, 10 shutouts and 25 complete games rank third in Division III and her 173.1 innings pitched are eighth. She stands among the top 15 nationally with 165 strikeouts and top 25 with a 6.11 strikeout-to-walk-ratio. The NWC Pitcher of the Year and McMinnville Oregon Region Most Outstanding Player also topped the NWC with a 1.02 WHIP and was second in the league with a 2.39 ERA and .222 opponent batting average.
HEAD COACH: Jackson Vaughan (24th year)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Jamie Vasas, Amanda Knopf, Jordan Bennett, Emily Allen
STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Brady Crenshaw, Jackson Pfeifer
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TOURNAMENT BRACKET
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SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MAY 22
Game 1, 4 p.m.
Linfield vs. Illinois Wesleyan
FRIDAY, MAY 23
Game 2, 2 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan vs. Linfield
Game 3, 4:30 p.m.
If necessary
*The designated home team is listed first for Games 1 and 2. The designated home team for Game 3, if necessary, will be determined by a coin flip.
FACILITY INFORMATION
Artificial noisemakers are not permitted in or around the facility.
Excellent sportsmanship is expected from participants and spectators associated with each team.
Additional restrooms are available inside Withnell Commons or at the football concessions building.
SERIES HISTORY
Linfield leads the all-time series 3-1. The Wildcats and Titans met most recently in Georgia in 2022 when Linfield defeated Illinois Wesleyan 12-2 at the NFCA Leadoff Classic. In 2019 at The Spring Games in Florida, the Titans blanked the Wildcats 7-0 for their only win of the series. Linfield won both prior NCAA playoff games 3-0 and 6-2 on the way to claiming the title of the 2012 Bloomington Illinois Regional.