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5/16/2024

Ryan, Schmack Homer as No. 20 Indiana State Takes Series Opener

Valparaiso University baseball seniors Kyle Schmack (Wanatah, Ind. / South Central) and Alex Ryan (Lake Mills, Wis. / Lakeside Lutheran) both launched home runs in the first game of their final collegiate series, but No. 20 Indiana State posted crooked numbers in five of the nine frames including a five-run ninth to prevail 13-4 on Thursday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field. Schmack is one home run away from tying the program’s career and single-season home run records. The game started with a 24-minute rain delay and it rained on and off throughout during parts of the contest including a steady rain for an inning or two early in the game.

5/14/2024

Valpo to Celebrate Seniors During Season-Closing Series vs. No. 20 Indiana State

The Valparaiso University baseball team will close out the season this weekend by welcoming nationally-ranked Indiana State for a three-game series. The series does not hold any significance with regard to Missouri Valley Conference seeding as Indiana State has locked up the No. 1 seed and Valpo has been eliminated from tournament contention, but every game is still meaningful for the No. 20 Sycamores in terms of NCAA Regional seeding and earning hosting responsibilities. Valpo will celebrate its 15-member senior class in a pregame ceremony that begins at 12:35 p.m. on Saturday. In a very unique circumstance, the head coaches of both teams will be senior parents during that ceremony as Valpo head coach Brian Schmack’s son Kyle and Indiana State head coach Mitch Hannahs’ son Kaleb are among Valpo’s 15 departing seniors.

5/14/2024

Thurston, Giusti Homer on Tuesday at Northwestern

The Valparaiso University baseball team received five shutout innings from four different relief pitchers and the middle infielders provided pop as shortstop Alex Thurston (Fowler, Ind. / Benton Central) and second baseman Connor Giusti (Hoffman Estates, Ill. / Fremd [Wisconsin Oshkosh]) both homered, but Northwestern prevailed 7-2 in Tuesday’s nonconference finale in Evanston, Ill.

5/13/2024

Baseball to Close Road Slate with Nonconference Finale on Tuesday

The Valparaiso University baseball team will play its nonconference finale on Tuesday at Northwestern, the team’s final road contest of the 2024 campaign. The Beacons will face a power-5 opponent as a final tune-up for this weekend’s Missouri Valley Conference series against nationally-ranked Indiana State that begins on Thursday at Emory G. Bauer Field.

5/12/2024

Baseball Drops Finale at Murray State

The Valparaiso University baseball team fell 12-3 to Murray State in Sunday’s series finale at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Ky. The Racers scored five times in the bottom of the eighth to pull away.

5/11/2024

Valpo Drops Middle Game in Murray

The Valparaiso University baseball team outhit Murray State 11-6 on Saturday evening in Murray, Ky., but the host Racers prevailed 7-3 in the middle game of the weekend series at Reagan Field.

5/10/2024

Valpo Rallies From Down Six with Ninth-Inning Home Runs; Murray State Prevails in Extras

A miraculous ninth-inning rally featuring a pair of three-run home runs helped the Valparaiso University baseball team erase a six-run deficit to force extras, but host Murray State used a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th to prevail 11-10 on Friday evening at Reagan Field in Murray, Ky. Kyle Schmack (Wanatah, Ind. / South Central) hit a long three-run bomb with one away in the ninth to half the deficit, then Connor Giusti’s (Hoffman Estates, Ill. / Fremd [Wisconsin Oshkosh]) two-out, first-pitch three-run shot narrowly cleared the wall to tie the game at 10. The Racers bounced back, scoring the winning run with nobody out in the last of the 10th.

5/8/2024

Valpo Visits Murray State for Final Road Series

With six games remaining and needing to make up three games on Missouri State in the standings to make the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, every game is crucial for the Valparaiso University baseball team. While Missouri State visits Belmont for the season’s penultimate weekend, Valpo will make its way to Murray, Ky. for a three-game weekend series, the team’s first voyage to Murray State since the Racers joined the Missouri Valley Conference prior to last season. Thursday night will mark the squad’s first night in a hotel in over a month dating all the way back to April 6.

5/7/2024

Valpo, Western Michigan Call Off Midweek Matchup Due to Weather

Tuesday’s scheduled game between the Valparaiso University baseball team and Western Michigan has been called off due to storms. The Beacons will be back in action on Friday to begin a three-game series at Murray State.