2005 NCAA Division III Baseball Central Regional
2005 Tournament Statistics
Summary Stats
Wartburg Wins Second Regional Title
Bloomington, Ill. - The Wartburg Knights, ranked No. 15 in NCAA Division III, won their second regional baseball title since 2000 with an 11-3 victory over Edgewood College, eliminating Edgewood from the NCAA Division III Regional tournament. As a result, the Knights will represent the Central Region by advancing to next week’s eight-team NCAA Division III World Series.
Head coach Joel Holst's team (35-9) extended its current win string to eight, opening a 6-0 lead for junior starting pitcher Tyler Archer (6-0) and never looking back. Freshman outfielder Kyle Blacker of Englewood, Colo., went four-for-four with three runs scored, while sophomore designated hitter Brandon Steinbrecher of Davenport drilled a home run and ended with three RBIs and two runs scored to highlight the 17-hit offensive attack.
Highlighted by back-to-back RBI singles by John Fish and Andrew Handorf, Edgewood battled back to plate three in the bottom half of the fourth to get back within three, 6-3, but that was all the offense the Eagles could muster.
Wartburg, which had a batter reach base in every inning, added another run in the top of the fifth and four more runs in the seventh to make the score 11-3.
Blacker, Steinbrecher and junior pitcher Ryan Moorman of Boone were named all-tournament. for Wartburg. Fish, Handorf, and left-handed pitcher Dave Scheidel, who hurled a complete-game shutout over Washington University on Saturday, were named to the 11-person all-tournament team. Edgewood College, the Lake Michigan Conference regular season and tournament champions, finish the 2005 season with a team single-season record of 29 wins.
2005 Central Regional All-Tournament Team
First Base - Brian Chelgren, Aurora; Bryan Brown, Washington (Mo); Outfield - Nick Chilczenkowski, Illinois Wesleyan; John Fish, Edgewood; Andrew Handorf, Edgewood; Kyle Blacker, Wartburg; Designated Hitter - Brandon Steinbrecher, Wartburg; Pitcher - Ryan Moorman, Wartburg; Noah Wishau, Ripon; Cory Lapinski, Illinois Wesleyan; Dave Scheidell, Edgewood.
2005 Results
Illinois Wesleyan 3, Edgewood 2
Wartburg 1, Illinois Wesleyan 0