TODAY IN STORM BASEBALL
GAMES 26-27 DETAILS
ALL-TIME SERIES
ABOUT THE STORM
Head Coach: Nathan Roling, eighth season, 93-167 career record
2023 Record: 16-24, 6-18 A-R-C 2023 Conference Finish: 8th/9
ABOUT THE PRAIRIE WOLVES
Head Coach: Eric Ignatowski, second season, 22-41 career record
2023 Record: 14-26, 5-19 A-R-C
2023 Conference Finish: 9th/9
PROGRAM HISTORY
First Season 1895 All-Time Record 1219-1283
All-Time Conference Record 568-636
Conference Championships
6 (1952, 1958, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2006)
Conference Tournament
Championships 2 (1994, 2004)
NCAA Postseason
Appearances
6 (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2004)
Joel Sampson, 26
Trey Castile, 56
THE STORM 2024 SIMPSON BASEBALL 2
TEAM COMPARISON 0.241 Batting Average 0.264 817 At Bats 764 138 Runs 125 197 Hits 202 64 Extra-Base Hits 50 128 Runs Batted In 119 19-27 Stolen Bases 28-35 5.51 Earned Run Average 5.80 230 Strikeouts 195 0.942 Fielding Percentage 0.960 SIMPSON STORM 9-16, 2-8 A-R-C nwu prairie wolves 8-15, 1-8 A-R-C
Venue: McBride
Date: April 9 Location: Indianola, Iowa
Field
SIM Win
Last NWU Win:
5-2 (G2)
Record: Simpson leads 23-17 First Meeting: 1987 Last Meeting: 2024 Last
: 2024, 13-6 (G1)
2023,
Batting Average
.356
All-Time NCAA Postseason Record 10-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Joel Sampson, 0.274
Aaron Chazin,
Bats Carter
Ian Baldwin, 103 At
Betts, 89
Joel Sampson, 20 Runs Jake Gerardis, 19
Hits
Aaron Chazin, 31
W. Carlock/N. Cagley, 9 Extra-Base Hits Duncan Ortega, 10
Will Carlock, 21 Runs Batted In Three tied at 17
Dalton Ferrin, 7 Stolen Bases Carter Betts, 8
Eli Feekin, 2.25 Earned Run Average Tyson Romero, 2.63
Strikeouts
Tyson Romero, 50
2024 SCHEDULE
SIMPSON’S RECORD WHEN...
THE STORM 3 SIMPSONATHLETICS.COM
Day Date Opponent Location Time Saturday Feb. 24 Calvin Jacksonville, Ill. W, 5-2 Saturday Feb. 24 Wis.-Lutheran Jacksonville, Ill. W, 10-7 Sunday Feb. 25 Augustana (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. L, 18-3 Saturday March 2 Hamline McBride Field W, 10-0 (8 inn.) Saturday March 2 Hamline McBride Field L, 6-3 Sunday March 3 Hamline McBride Field W, 12-10 Sunday March 10 Saint Joseph’s Winter Haven, Fla. W, 3-0 (7 inn.) Sunday March 10 Saint Joseph’s Winter Haven, Fla. W, 9-0 (7 inn.) Monday March 11 Suffolk Auburndale, Fla. L, 10-4 Tuesday March 12 Hope Auburndale, Fla. L, 6-5 Tuesday March 12 Hope Auburndale, Fla. L, 13-10 (8 inn.) Thursday March 14 Ill. Wesleyan Auburndale, Fla. L, 6-5 Friday March 15 Minn.-Morris Lakeland, Fla. W, 10-3 Friday March 15 Minn.-Morris Lakeland, Fla. L, 10-8 Saturday March 16 Lawrence Auburndale, Fla. L, 10-1 Friday March 22 Buena Vista* McBride Field L, 3-2 (15 inn.) Saturday March 23 Buena Vista* McBride Field L, 11-8 Saturday March 23 Buena Vista* McBride Field L, 14-0 Friday March 29 Luther* McBride Field L, 8-7 Saturday March 30 Luther* McBride Field L, 8-3 Saturday March 30 Luther* McBride Field W, 5-4 Tuesday April 2 at Neb. Wesleyan* Lincoln, Neb. W, 13-6 Friday April 5 at Dubuque* Dubuque, Iowa L, 7-2 Saturday April 6 at Dubuque* Dubuque, Iowa L, 5-0 Saturday April 6 at Dubuque* Dubuque, Iowa L, 1-0 Tuesday April 9 Neb. Wesleyan* McBride Field 3:30 p.m. Tuesday April 9 Neb. Wesleyan* McBride Field 6:30 p.m. Friday April 12 Loras* McBride Field 6 p.m. Saturday April 13 Loras* McBride Field 1 p.m. Saturday April 13 Loras* McBride Field 4 p.m. Friday April 19 Central* McBride Field 6 p.m. Saturday April 20 Central* McBride Field 1 p.m. Saturday April 20 Central* McBride Field 4 p.m. Friday April 26 at Coe* Cedar Rapids, Iowa 3 p.m. Saturday April 27 at Coe* Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1 p.m. Saturday April 27 at Coe* Cedar Rapids, Iowa 4 p.m. Tuesday April 30 at Cornell Mount Vernon, Iowa 5 p.m. Friday May 3 at Wartburg* Waverly, Iowa 3:30 p.m. Friday May 3 at Wartburg* Waverly, Iowa 6:30 p.m. Saturday May 4 at Wartburg* Waverly, Iowa 1 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. May 9-11 A-R-C Tournament Cedar Rapids, Iowa TBD
* American Rivers Conference
At McBride Field 3-6 On the road 1-3 At a neutral site 5-7 Playing A-R-C opponents 2-8 Playing in extra innings 0-1 Playing in a shutout 3-3 Leading after four 6-1 Tied after four ...............................2-2 Trailing after four 1-13 Leading after seven 8-0 Tied after seven 1-4 Trailing after seven 0-12 Scores first 5-5 Opponent scores first 4-11 Margin is 1-2 runs 2-6 Margin is 3-4 runs ........................3-3 Margin is 5+ runs 4-7 Scoring 0-2 runs 0-6 Scoring 3-5 runs 3-6 Scoring 6-9 runs ...........................1-3 Scoring 10+ runs 5-1 Opponent scores 0-2 runs 4-1 Opponent scores 3-5 runs 2-2 Opponent scores 6-9 runs 2-6 Opponent scores 10+ runs 1-7 Out-hit opponent 7-5 Out-hit by opponent 2-10 Hits are tied ..................................0-1 Zero errors 1-3 One error 4-2 Multiple errors 4-11 Opponent zero errors 1-5 Opponent one error 2-0 Opponent multiple errors 6-11 Zero home runs 5-12 One home run 2-3 Multiple home runs......................2-1 Playing in February 2-1 Playing in March 6-12 Playing in April .............................1-3 Playing in May 0-0 Playing during the day 8-13 Playing at night 1-3 Playing on Monday 0-1 Playing on Tuesday 1-2 Playing on Thursday 0-1 Playing on Friday 1-4 Playing on Saturday 4-7 Playing on Sunday........................3-1
SIMPSON ROSTER
THE STORM 2024 SIMPSON BASEBALL 4 No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / High School 1 Tanner Schark P/OF L/L 5-10 155 Fr. Ottumwa, Iowa / Ottumwa 2 Sam Vanderpool P R/R 5-10 150 Jr. Gilbert, Iowa / Gilbert 3 Ian Baldwin OF R/L 5-9 170 So. Arvada, Colo. / Ralston Valley 4 Joel Sampson OF R/R 5-10 185 Sr. Avoca, Iowa / AHSTW 5 Will Carlock C R/R 6-1 205 Jr. San Diego, Calif. / Christian 6 Alex Foster P L/L 6-0 165 So. Granger, Iowa / Madrid 7 Zach Fuller INF R/R 5-11 185 Sr. Adel, Iowa / ADM 8 Jack Shaffer P R/R 6-2 220 So. Lincoln, Neb. / Lincoln Southwest 9 Dylan Schlee P R/R 5-9 175 So. Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny 10 Zach Dueker P R/R 6-0 150 Sr. West Des Moines, Iowa / Des Moines Christian 11 Dalton Ferrin INF R/R 6-0 170 So. Omaha, Neb. / Burke 12 Wyatt Clark OF R/R 5-10 180 Sr. Pleasantville, Iowa / Pleasantville 13 Sam Campin P/INF R/R 5-11 175 So. Plattsmouth, Neb. / Plattsmouth 14 Kasey Carter INF R/R 5-10 180 So. Prole, Iowa / Indianola 15 Sam Porter INF L/L 6-0 180 Sr. Avoca, Iowa / AHSTW 16 Sam Rich OF L/R 5-9 175 Fr. Williamsburg, Iowa / Williamsburg 17 Mitchell Roeder P R/R 5-10 170 So. Maquoketa, Iowa / Maquoketa 18 Easton Dunwoody P R/R 5-10 180 So. Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny 19 Austin Parkins OF R/R 6-1 175 Fr. North Polk, Iowa / North Polk 20 Tyson McAlexander OF R/R 5-10 180 So. Omaha, Neb. / Elkhorn South 21 Teegan McEnany P L/L 5-10 175 So. Independence, Iowa / Independence 22 Drew Carlson P/INF R/R 6-1 195 Fr. Iowa City, Iowa / Iowa City High 23 AJ Urban INF R/R 6-0 200 Jr. Omaha, Neb. / Roncalli Catholic 24 Trey Castile P R/R 6-0 155 Sr. Urbandale, Iowa / Des Moines Christian 25 Nate Cagley INF R/R 6-4 225 So. Jesup, Iowa / Jesup 26 Ty Chullino INF R/R 5-10 170 Fr. Omaha, Neb. / Omaha Westside 27 Jackson Urban P L/L 6-0 175 Fr. Omaha, Neb. / Roncalli Catholic 28 Braedon Boswell P R/R 6-0 180 So. Lamoni, Iowa / Lamoni 29 Jake Edenburn P R/R 6-0 190 So. Bondurant, Iowa / Bondurant-Farrar 30 Eli Feekin P R/R 6-3 195 Jr. Papillion, Neb. / Papillion-LaVista 31 Tyler Deal C R/R 5-9 220 Fr. Carlisle, Iowa / Carlisle 32 Hunter Clark P R/R 6-0 205 Fr. Lisbon, Iowa / Lisbon 33 Charlie Thomas P R/R 5-10 195 Fr. Omaha, Neb. / Gretna 34 Landon Couse OF L/L 5-8 170 Fr. Red Oak, Iowa / Red Oak 35 Devin Brophy INF R/R 6-1 200 Fr. Anamosa, Iowa / Anamosa 36 Charley Mershon P/C R/R 6-1 205 Fr. Byron, Ill. / Byron 37 Zach Wemhoff P R/R 6-0 180 Sr. Davenport, Iowa / Assumption 38 Luke Mayer P/INF R/R 6-1 195 Fr. North Liberty, Iowa / Liberty 39 Ethan Hermsen INF R/R 5-8 165 Fr. Gretna, Neb. / Gretna 40 Levi Herrick C R/R 6-0 210 Jr. Dallas, Texas / Bishop Lynch 41 Trenten Kingrey INF L/R 6-1 220 Fr. Knoxville, Iowa / Knoxville 42 Dante Dolash P R/R 6-4 235 Jr. Eldora, Iowa / South Hardin 43 Connor Cole P/OF R/R 5-9 185 Fr. Gretna, Neb. / Gretna 44 Andrew Weig P R/R 6-4 215 Jr. Polk City, Iowa / North Polk 45 Sam Jones OF R/R 6-4 185 Fr. Overland Park, Kan. / Blue Valley North 46 Bryson Gibson INF L/R 6-4 275 Fr. Omaha, Neb. / Millard North 47 Bryor Lindner P R/R 5-10 165 Fr. Keokuk, Iowa / Keokuk 48 Austin Short C R/R 5-11 155 Fr. Torrington, Wyo. / Southeast 49 Blake Evans INF L/R 6-0 175 Fr. Estherville, Iowa / Estherville Lincoln Central 50 Noah Cromie-Roche OF R/R 5-11 185 Fr. Boone, Iowa / Boone 51 Jesse Alcorn P/OF R/L 6-2 200 Fr. Waterloo, Iowa / Waterloo West No. Name Pos. 51 Jesse Alcorn P/OF 3 Ian Baldwin OF 28 Braedon Boswell P 35 Devin Brophy INF 25 Nate Cagley INF 13 Sam Campin P/INF 5 Will Carlock C 22 Drew Carlson P/INF 14 Kasey Carter INF 24 Trey Castile P 26 Ty Chullino INF 32 Hunter Clark P 12 Wyatt Clark OF 43 Connor Cole P/OF 34 Landon Couse OF 50 Noah Cromie-Roche OF 31 Tyler Deal C 42 Dante Dolash P 10 Zach Dueker P 18 Easton Dunwoody P 29 Jake Edenburn P 49 Blake Evans INF 30 Eli Feekin P 11 Dalton Ferrin INF 6 Alex Foster P 7 Zach Fuller INF 46 Bryson Gibson INF 39 Ethan Hermsen INF 40 Levi Herrick C 45 Sam Jones OF 41 Trenten Kingrey INF 47 Bryor Lindner P 38 Luke Mayer P/INF 20 Tyson McAlexander OF 21 Teegan McEnany P 36 Charley Mershon P/C 19 Austin Parkins OF 15 Sam Porter INF 16 Sam Rich OF 17 Mitchell Roeder P 4 Joel Sampson OF 1 Tanner Schark P/OF 9 Dylan Schlee P 8 Jack Shaffer P 48 Austin Short C 33 Charlie Thomas P 23 AJ Urban INF 27 Jackson Urban P 2 Sam Vanderpool P 44 Andrew Weig P 37 Zach Wemhoff P
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN ROSTER
THE STORM 5 SIMPSONATHLETICS.COM THE PRAIRIE WOLVES
No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown 1 Tyler Merkel C R/R 5-9 160 Jr. Omaha, Neb. 2 Aaron Chazin OF R/R 5-9 150 Jr. Sylmar, Calif. 3 Brayden Scholfield 3B R/R 6-1 205 Jr. Iowa Park, Tex. 4 Carter Betts INF R/R 6-0 185 Jr. Omaha, Neb. 5 Tyson Romero RHP R/R 6-5 190 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. 6 Owen Machal OF R/R 5-10 190 Sr. Omaha, Neb. 7 Dominic Sis LHP L/L 5-10 180 Sr. Benkelman, Neb. 8 Matthew Brown OF L/R 5-7 135 Sr. Omaha Neb. 9 Duncan Ortega UTIL R/R 5-8 170 So. San Antonio, Tex. 10 Nick Roghair OF 6-2 200 Jr. Irvine, Cal. 11 Thomas Fiocchi OF R/R 5-11 190 Jr. Monument, Colo. 12 Brayden Harvey OF 5-11 150 Fr. Columbine, Colo. 13 Brady Bell RHP/1B R/R 6-0 200 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. 14 Trevor Storer RHP R/R 6-4 224 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. 15 Gavin Clauss INF 5-9 175 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. 16 Austen King RHP R/R 5-10 200 Sr. Las Vegas. N.M. 17 Connor Ziska RHP/OF R/R 6-0 205 Fr. Bennington, Neb. 18 Dakota Pruitt OF R/R 6-0 185 Sr. Brighton, Colo. 20 Evan Kling 1B L/R 5-11 225 5th Santa Barbara, Calif. 21 Easton McKenzie INF 5-10 195 Jr. Commerce City, Colo. 22 Jake Gerardis INF R/R 5-7 160 Jr. Prosper, Tex. 23 Bobby Simmons RHP R/R 6-0 200 5th Katy, Tex. 24 Jason English OF/1B R/R 6-0 230 Sr. Columbia, S.C. 25 Dylan Howell INF R/R 5-8 175 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. 27 Max Bugbee C R/R 6-0 180 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. 28 James Van Cleave P R/R 6-2 195 Fr. Waverly, Neb. 30 Robbie Ross RHP R/R 5-11 185 Sr. Berthoud, Colo. 31 Theo Hughes RHP R/R 6-5 230 Sr. Seward, Neb. 33 Caeden Riley RHP R/R 6-4 195 Jr. Torrington, Wyo. 34 Devin Lawler OF 5-9 150 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. 35 Cody Heidenreich 1B R/R 6-2 200 Sr. Papillion, Neb. 36 Jack Carver C R/R 6-1 215 Fr. Castle Rock, Colo. 37 Owen Duckworth RHP/1B R/R 6-3 195 Fr. Aurora, Colo. 38 Bryson Knapp RHP R/R 6-1 185 Jr. Fort Collins, Colo. 39 Tyler Spreitzer RHP R/R 6-1 220 So. Omaha, Neb. 40 Max Brammier LHP L/L 5-11 195 Sr. Syracuse, Neb. Carter Bjorkman 1B/3B R/R 6-3 195 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. Connor Burress RHP R/R 5-10 165 Jr. Omaha, Neb. Noah Carrillo C R/R 5-11 150 Fr. Aurora, Colo. Rudy Gres 1B R/R 5-11 235 Jr. San Antonio, Tex. Eric Kaps LHF L/L 5-9 170 So. Omaha, Neb. Abe Pease RHP R/R 5-10 165 Jr. Fort Collins, Colo. Antonio Robles INF L/R 5-7 155 Jr. San Antonio, Tex. Drew Styskal RHP R/R 6-4 170 So. Lincoln, Neb. Drake Venema RHP R/R 5-9 190 Fr. Omaha, Neb. No. Name Cl. 13 Brady Bell RHP/1B 4 Carter Betts INF Carter Bjorkman 1B/3B 40 Max Brammier LHP 8 Matthew Brown OF 27 Max Bugbee C Connor Burress RHP Noah Carrillo C 36 Jack Carver C 2 Aaron Chazin OF 15 Gavin Clauss INF 37 Owen Duckworth RHP/1B 24 Jason English OF/1B 11 Thomas Fiocchi OF 22 Jake Gerardis INF Rudy Gres 1B 12 Brayden Harvey OF 35 Cody Heidenreich 1B 25 Dylan Howell INF 31 Theo Hughes RHP Eric Kaps LHF 16 Austen King RHP 20 Evan Kling 1B 38 Bryson Knapp RHP 34 Devin Lawler OF 6 Owen Machal OF 21 Easton McKenzie INF 1 Tyler Merkel C 9 Duncan Ortega UTIL Abe Pease RHP 18 Dakota Pruitt OF 33 Caeden Riley RHP Antonio Robles INF 10 Nick Roghair OF 5 Tyson Romero RHP 30 Robbie Ross RHP 3 Brayden Scholfield 3B 23 Bobby Simmons RHP 7 Dominic Sis LHP 39 Tyler Spreitzer RHP 14 Trevor Storer RHP Drew Styskal RHP 28 James Van Cleave P Drake Venema RHP 17 Connor Ziska RHP/OF
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CAMPIN • 13 So. • P/INF Plattsmouth, Neb.
CAGLEY • 25 So. • INF Jesup, Iowa
SAM
NATE
BOSWELL • 28 So. • P Lamoni, Iowa
BALDWIN • 3 So. • OF Arvada, Colo.
BRAEDON
IAN
BROPHY • 35 Fr. • INF Anamosa, Iowa
CHULLINO • 26 Fr. • INF Omaha, Neb.
CASTILE • 24 Sr. • P Urbandale, Iowa
CARLSON • 22 Fr. • P/INF Iowa City, Iowa
CARLOCK • 5 Jr. • C San Diego, Calif.
CARTER • 14 So. • INF Prole, Iowa
CROMIE-ROCHE • 50 Fr. • OF Boone, Iowa
2024 SIMPSON ROSTER DEVIN
TY
TREY
DREW
WILL
KASEY
NOAH
• 34 Fr. • OF Red Oak, Iowa
LANDON COUSE
• 12 Sr. • OF Pleasantville,
• 32 Fr. • P Lisbon, Iowa
• 43 Fr. • P/OF Gretna,
DUNWOODY • 18 So. • P Ankeny, Iowa
DOLASH • 42 Jr. • P Eldora, Iowa TYLER DEAL • 31 Fr. • C Carlisle, Iowa
DUEKER • 10 Sr. • P West Des Moines, Iowa
ALCORN • 51 Fr. • P/OF Waterloo,
WYATT CLARK
Iowa HUNTER CLARK
CONNOR COLE
Neb. EASTON
DANTE
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ZACH FULLER • 7 Sr. • INF Adel, Iowa
FOSTER • 6 So. • P Granger, Iowa
FEEKIN • 30 Jr. • P Papillion, Neb. BLAKE EVANS • 49 Fr. • INF Estherville, Iowa DALTON FERRIN • 11 So. • INF Omaha, Neb.
KINGREY • 41 Fr. • INF Knoxville, Iowa SAM JONES • 45 Fr. • OF Overland Park, Kan. ETHAN HERMSEN • 39 Fr. • INF Gretna, Neb. BRYSON GIBSON • 46 Fr. • INF Omaha, Neb. LEVI HERRICK • 40 Jr. • C Dallas, Texas CHARLEY MERSHON • 36 Fr. • P/C Byron, Ill.
2024 SIMPSON ROSTER
ALEX
ELI
TRENTEN
MCENANY • 21 So. • P Independence, Iowa
MAYER • 38 Fr. • P/INF North Liberty, Iowa
LINDNER • 47 Fr. • P Keokuk, Iowa
TEEGAN
LUKE
BRYOR
MCALEXANDER • 20 So. • OF Omaha, Neb. MITCHELL ROEDER • 17 So. • P Maquoketa, Iowa SAM PORTER • 15 Sr. • INF Avoca, Iowa AUSTIN PARKINS • 19 Fr. • OF North Polk, Iowa SAM RICH • 16 Fr. • OF Williamsburg, Iowa
EDENBURN • 29 So. • P Bondurant, Iowa
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