2019 WHAC Baseball Tournament Champions
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8
Winner Indiana Tech INTECH 39-14-1
3
Madonna MU 35-20
Winner
Indiana Tech INTECH
39-14-1
8
Final
3
Madonna MU
35-20
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana Tech INTECH 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 8 12 2
Madonna MU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2

W: Perkins, Tanner (5-0) L: Jack Ferguson (6-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Warriors Take Down Crusaders to Claim WHAC Tournament Title

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The No. 23-ranked Indiana Tech baseball team defeated Madonna University, 8-3, in game two of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Championship Series to win the WHAC Tournament for the first time since 2013 at Warrior Field.
 
It's the eighth conference tournament title for the Warriors and the fifth time they've won the tournament under head coach Kip McWilliams. It's the third time in program history that Tech has swept both the regular season and conference tournament titles, with the other two coming in 1999 and 2007.
 
The Warriors took the first lead of the game in the top of the first as Glen McClain drove in Reese Olden following a nine-pitch at-bat on a single. The Crusaders came right back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame though, using two hits and two walks to score three runs. A 43 line-drive double play and a strike from Alex Vydick to catch a Madonna runner trying to steal second ended the frame and kept the damage to just three runs.
 
Tech battled back with single runs over the next three innings, with a Jake Ritson sacrifice fly tying the game as Branson Dossen scoring on a popup caught in left field by the shortstop while Jake DeFries drove in Olden with a single up the middle in the fourth to give the Orange and Black a 4-3 lead. A bases-loaded walk to Vydick and a double from Javier Castaneda with two outs pushed across three more runs to make it a 7-3 lead.
 
The four runs would be more than enough for Tanner Perkins, who came on in relief in the first with two outs and pitched the rest of the game, allowing just four hits and one walk while striking out five batters to improve to 5-0 on the season. Olden finished the game 3-5 and scored three times, while McClain and Castaneda each drove in two runs.
 
Tech (39-14-1) will find out their destination and opponent for the NAIA National Championship Opening Round on Thursday at 5 p.m. EST. The 2019 field will be announced on the NAIA's Facebook page. The Opening Round will take place May 13-16 at one of nine sites.
 
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