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Four-Game Weekend Ahead for Baseball

Titans to face Elmhurst & North Central

4/3/2024 1:13:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University baseball team will play four games in three days Friday-Sunday, April 5-7, to continue with College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin play. IWU will take on Elmhurst University Friday, April 5, with a 4 p.m. first pitch at Horenberger Field. The game was originally scheduled for earlier in the week but postponed due to inclement weather. The Titans will then travel to Naperville, Ill. for a doubleheader against North Central College Saturday, April 6, and end the weekend back at home for its final game of the three-game series with North Central.

The Titans go into this weekend with an overall record of 13-7, and are 3-1 in the CCIW thus far. Elmhurst is going into the game at 5-14 overall, and are 1-2 in league games, while North Central is currently 7-10 overall, and 2-0 in conference play.

The Titans and the Blue Jays have a lengthy history as they have played each other 102 times since 1988. IWU has over three quarters of the wins with an overall record of 77-25. However, in the last meeting, EU took control of the game with a final score of 11-3 back on April, 15, 2023.

On the contrary, IWU and the Cardinals have a closely fought overall battle with a record of 65-51 in favor of the Titans. The Green and White's longest win streak against NCC was 18 wins dating back from 2004-2008.

Junior Justin Gadomski (Schaumburg, Ill.-Schaumburg) was this week's CCIW Hitter of the Week after a strong week that included a CCIW sweep of Carroll University. Gadomski had an even .500 batting average last week along with securing a duo of two-baggers and slamming a homerun.

Junior Dalen Banks (Springfield, Ill.-Springfield) was one of nine pitchers that was on the bump last week and continued his hot streak with seven scoreless innings. Banks allowed just four hits in a win over Carroll.

Links to live streams and live stats of the games can be found on iwusports.com baseball's schedule page for each game.

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