NIACC baseball team faces Loras JV today
DUBUQUE - The NIACC baseball team is on the road again.
The Trojans (15-16 overall, 7-5 in the ICCAC) faces the Loras College Junior Varsity in a nonconference twinbill on Wednesday. The first game is slated to start at 3 p.m.
NIACC and No. 4 Kirkwood (25-4 overall) will play a four-game series in Cedar Rapids on Thursday and Saturday. Doubleheaders both days are slated to start at 1 p.m.
The Eagles lead the ICCAC by three games over Southeastern with a 9-1 mark.
2018 NIACC leaders
Hits - Joey Werner 37, Ben Komonsky 31, Fox Leum 31, Daniel Nikitovic 31.
Batting average - Nikitovic .419, Werner .366, Leum .333.
Home runs - Bryce Ball 8, Nikitovic 7, Leum 6.
Doubles - Ball 6, Komonsky 6, Leum 6, Werner 6.
RBIs - Kamrin Arons 28, Leum 27, Komonsky 25.
Wins - Tom Skoro 4-2; Brandon Williamson 4-3.
Strikeouts - Williamson 51, Skoro 44, Spencer Chirpich 35.
Saves - Chase Stewart 8.
THE LAST TIME NIACC ....
Won 8 straight games: May 3-12, 2017
Scored 20 or more runs in a game: 24 vs. Hutchinson CC (3-14-18)
Scored 15 or more runs in a game: 15 vs. Northeast CC (1st game DH) (4-2-18)
Scored 10 or more runs in a game: 13 vs. DMACC (2nd game DH) (4-5-18)
Shut out the opponent: vs. Luther College JV, 12-0; (5-8-17) (2nd game DH)
Were shut out: vs. Southeastern, 2-0; (1st game DH) (3-26-18)
Swept a ICCAC DH: vs. DMACC (4-5-18)
Hit 5 home runs in a game: 9 vs. Hutchinson CC (3-4-18)
Hit 5 doubles in a game: 5 vs. Luther College JV (2nd game DH) (5-8-17)
THE LAST TIME A TROJAN HAD ...
Hit 2 home runs in a game: Kamrin Arons vs. Northeast CC (1st game DH) (4-2-18)
Hit 3 home runs in a game: Matt Schwarz vs. Ellsworth (5-5-17) (2nd game DH)
Had 7 RBIs in a game: Zach Fricke vs. Century College (4-5-16)
Had 6 RBIs in a game: Fox Leum vs. MCC-Maple Woods (2-25-18) (1st game DH)
Had 6 hits in a game: Bryce Ball vs. Ellsworth (5-5-17) (2nd game DH)
Had 5 hits in a game: Ezequias Encarnacion vs. Tyler JC (3-11-18)
Had 20-game hitting streak: 22, Matt Schwarz (April 15-May 14, 2017)
Had 10-game hitting streak: 10, Connor Enochs (April 4-April 15, 2017)
No-hitter: Trent Roose vs. Luther JV (5-16-15) (2nd game DH)
Shutout: Brody Gugat vs. Wartburg JV (4-27-17) (1st game DH)
Combined shutout: 5 pitchers vs. Luther JV (5-8-17) (2nd game DH)
Struck out 10 in a game: 12, Brandon Williamson vs. DMACC (4-7-18) (1st game DH)
Struck out 15 in a game: 16, Tim Black vs. Madison College (5-25-13) (World Series)
