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Posted: Apr 26, 2025 6:56 PMUpdated: Apr 26, 2025 9:13 PM
OKWU Baseball Wins KCAC Regular Season Title
Brian McSweeney
Oklahoma Wesleyan baseball clinched the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship on Saturday with a win over Ottawa University in a thriller, 18-16.
In a roller coaster of a game that had to fight through weather delays at Bill Doenges Memorial Stadium, OKWU trailed 5-0 going into the bottom of the third. They trailed 7-2 through five innings before putting a rally together.
Things got wild in the sixth inning. OKWU put up five runs in the sixth to tie the game at seven, then scored eight runs in the bottom of the seventh to lead, 15-7. Ottawa scored nine runs in the top of the eighth to take a 16-15 lead. The next half inning, OKWU scored three more runs in the bottom of the eighth. Braydon Caldwell had the walk-off hit with a two-RBI knock. Saturday's game only went eight innings.
The win finishes the regular season for Oklahoma Wesleyan at 43-7 overall, the Eagles finish conference play 30-6.
With OKWU's regular season conference championship, they take the number one seed going into the conference tournament and get an automatic bid to the regional rounds of the NAIA postseason.
Oklahoma Wesleyan will open the KCAC tournament against Avila University on Wednesday at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin, Missouri. First pitch is 8:15 p.m.
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