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Crusader Baseball Heads to #4 Arkansas for Three-Game Set
After winning a season-opening series for the first time since 2009, Valparaiso heads south this weekend for a three-game series against fourth-ranked Arkansas. Arkansas enters Wednesday’s game against Northwestern State a perfect 4-0 on the year and is averaging more than 7,000 fans per game this year at home.
Crusader Baseball Heads to #4 Arkansas for Three-Game Set
Valpo’s Deetjen Named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week
Crusaders Take Opening Series with 7-4 Win at Murray State
Valpo Posts Split in Saturday Baseball Action
Date Opponent/Event Location Time Coverage
Sat, 2/18 at Murray State Murray, Ky. L 2-1
Sun, 2/19 at Murray State Murray, Ky. W 7-4
Fri, 2/24 at #4 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 3:05 p.m.
Sat, 2/25 at #4 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 1:05 p.m.
Sun, 2/26 at #4 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 1:05 p.m.
Sat, 3/3 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Spring, N.C. 1:00 p.m.
Sun, 3/4 at Wofford Spartanburg, S.C. 12:00 p.m.
Mon, 3/5 at South Carolina Upstate Spartanburg, S.C. 12:00 p.m.
Tue, 3/6 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 3:00 p.m.
Wed, 3/7 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 3:00 p.m.
Fri, 3/9 at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Sat, 3/10 at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. 12:00 p.m.
Sat, 3/10 at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. 3:00 p.m.
Mon, 3/12 at Winthrop Rock Hill, S.C. 5:00 p.m.
Wed, 3/14 at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 4:00 p.m.
February 17, 2012
Darkness was the only winner on Friday afternoon at Reagan Field in Murray, Ky. as Valparaiso and Murray State battled for 12 innings only to remain in a 2-2 deadlock.
February 16, 2012
After finishing runner-up in the Horizon League Tournament one year ago, Valparaiso returns to the diamond this weekend to open the 2012 campaign with a three-game series at Murray State. The Crusaders look to get off to a quick start on the road, as the Brown and Gold will be away from home for 19 straight games to open the year.
February 08, 2012
After finishing second in the 2011 Horizon League Tournament, the Valparaiso University baseball team takes to the diamond in 2012 looking to take the next step in moving towards the top of the conference. The Crusaders will look for their first conference title since winning the Heartland Collegiate Conference in 1982 while trying to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1976.
February 07, 2012
Valparaiso University has been picked to finish in third place this season in the Horizon League according to the 2012 preseason poll as voted upon by the league’s head coaches.
February 01, 2012
One of the top outfielders ever to play baseball at Valparaiso University, Russ Steinbeck helped to lead the Crusaders to a pair of Indiana Collegiate Conference championships as well as two NCAA Tournament berths during his career with the Brown and Gold, and on Saturday, February 4, he will be inducted into the Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame.
January 18, 2012
Valparaiso University head baseball coach Tracy Woodson will be inducted into the North Carolina State University Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2012 First Pitch Banquet held on Feb. 16 in Raleigh, N.C.
January 10, 2012
Valparaiso University baseball program has posted a combined grade point average of 3.09 for the 2011 fall semester head coach Tracy Woodson has announced. Twenty of the 33 team members achieved a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher.
November 22, 2011
Valparaiso University head baseball coach Tracy Woodson has announced the addition of nine student-athletes that make up the 2012 recruiting class. Joining the Crusader for the 2013 season are Aaron Collins, Jeff Edwards, Ellis Foreman, Jacob Hanson, Drew Hasler, Andrew Hjellming, Scott Jerge, Blayten Magana, and Bryce Yoder.
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Softball Valpo 5 Ames, Iowa
Feb 12 Drake 3
W Tennis Bradley 7 Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 12 Valpo 0
M Basketball UIC 65 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 14 Valpo 74
W Basketball UIC 54 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 16 Valpo 43
M Tennis Valpo 1 Rockford, Ill.
Feb 17 Northern Illinois 6
Baseball Valpo 2-2 susp. end 12
Feb 17 Murray State
M Basketball Valpo 53 Los Angeles, Calif.
Feb 17 Loyola Marymount 61
M Tennis Valpo 2 Rockford, Ill.
Feb 18 IUPUI 5
M Track Boilermaker Invitational West Lafayette, Ind.
Feb 18 No Team Score
W Track Boilermaker Invitational West Lafayette, Ind.
Feb 18 No Team Score
Baseball Valpo 5 13 inn.
Feb 18 Murray State (resumption) 2
Baseball Valpo 1 Murray, Ky.
Feb 18 Murray State 2
W Basketball Loyola (Chicago) 46 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 18 Valpo 69
Baseball Valpo 7 Murray, Ky.
Feb 19 Murray State 4
M Basketball Loyola 62 ot
Feb 21 Valpo 66
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 22, 7:00 p.m. Horizon League Championships
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 22, 7:00 p.m. Horizon League Championships
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 23, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 23, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
W Basketball Valpo Green Bay, Wis.
Feb 23, 7:00 p.m. #12/12 Green Bay
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 24, 10:00 a.m. East Tennessee State
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 24, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 24, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
M Tennis Valpo Kalamazoo, Mich.
Feb 24, 12:00 p.m. Western Michigan
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 24, 12:15 p.m. UT-Chattanooga
Baseball Valpo Fayetteville, Ark.
Feb 24, 3:05 p.m. #4 Arkansas
W Bowling Holiday Classic Bessemer, Ala.
Feb 24, 3:45 p.m.
W Tennis Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 24, 4:00 p.m. Milwaukee
M Basketball Butler Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 24, 6:00 p.m. Valpo
W Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 25, 8:00 a.m.
M Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 25, 8:00 a.m.
W Bowling Holiday Classic Bessemer, Ala.
Feb 25, 9:30 a.m.
W Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 25, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
M Swimming Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 25, 10:30 a.m. Horizon League Championships
W Tennis Western Illinois Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 25, 11:00 a.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 25, 12:15 p.m. UT-Martin
Baseball Valpo Fayetteville, Ark.
Feb 25, 1:05 p.m. #4 Arkansas
W Basketball Valpo Milwaukee, Wis.
Feb 25, 2:00 p.m. Milwaukee
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 25, 2:30 p.m. Niagara
M Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 26, 8:00 a.m.
W Track Horizon League Indoor Championships Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 26, 8:00 a.m.
W Bowling Holiday Classic Bessemer, Ala.
Feb 26, 8:30 a.m.
Softball Valpo Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb 26, 10:00 a.m. Belmont
Baseball Valpo Fayetteville, Ark.
Feb 26, 1:05 p.m. #4 Arkansas
W Basketball Wright State Athletics-Recreation Center
Mar 1, 7:05 p.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo El Paso, Texas
Mar 2, 3:30 p.m. Iowa State
W Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 2, 5:00 p.m.
M Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 2, 5:00 p.m.
W Tennis Valpo Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mar 2, 5:00 p.m. Western Michigan
M Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 3, 10:00 a.m.
W Track Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar 3, 10:00 a.m.
Baseball Valpo Boiling Spring, N.C.
Mar 3, 1:00 p.m. Gardner-Webb
W Basketball Detroit Athletics-Recreation Center
Mar 3, 1:35 p.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo El Paso, Texas
Mar 3, 3:00 p.m. Brown
M Basketball Horizon League Championship Athletics-Recreation Center
Mar 3, 7:30 p.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo El Paso, Texas
Mar 3, 7:30 p.m. UTSA