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Tues., April 16 | 5 p.m. | Northwest at Washburn
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The Northwest Missouri State baseball team prepares for a one-game non-conference matchup with Washburn. The contest will take place in Topeka, on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
The Bearcats (17-19, 13-11 MIAA) look to get back to winning ways after dropping their last four to conference opponents away from home.
Washburn (18-17, 11-13 MIAA) comes into the matchup two games behind Northwest (T-No. 6) in the conference race at No. 9.
Thus far, the Bearcats have relied on the strong bats of junior first baseman
Connor Quick and junior infielder
Calvin Rudolph. Rudolph owns a team-high 16-game hitting streak, with Quick not far behind, owning a 13-game streak. Quick leads all starters for the Bearcats in on-base percentage (.469), hits on the season (54) and triples (3).
On the bump, junior
Quintin Van Ackeren leads the Bearcat pitching staff in wins on the season (4). Senior closer
Trevor Dudar controls the second best amount of saves across the conference on the year (7).
The Ichabods enter the contest coming off a three-game series sweep over Fort Hays State.