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Date	Headline	School	Type
May 16	Buena Vista Wins First Ever IIAC Baseball Tournament Title	Buena Vista
Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Buena Vista scored five times in the seventh and added four more key insurance runs in the eighth to help knock off second-seed Wartburg College, 9-4, on Sunday afternoon and win the 2010 Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament. The win also gives BVU the league’s automatic berth [ more ]

May 14	Top-Seed Buena Vista Edges No. 5 Simpson in IIAC Tournament Thriller	Buena Vista
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Buena Vista got an RBI ground-out from Mark Blum (Earling, Iowa/Harlan) in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie and help send the Beaver baseball team past fifth-seed Simpson College, 3-2, on Friday morning inside of Veterans Memorial Stadium. The win also tied the school [ more ]

May 12	Buena Vista set to Begin Quest for IIAC Title Sweep	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - The Buena Vista baseball team already has the Iowa Conference regular season title under its belt, and now come Thursday, the Beavers will begin their quest for an IIAC Tournament Championship and the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Regional Tournament. BVU (26-11, 20-4 IIAC) enters this year’s [ more ]

May 05	Buena Vista Secures at Least a Share of First IIAC Title since 1981	Buena Vista	Game Notes
Storm Lake, Iowa - Despite falling 5-4 at Central College on Wednesday afternoon, the Buena Vista baseball team has learned that it has captured at least a share of its first Iowa Conference title since 1981 with Wartburg College’s loss to Luther College later in the evening. In addition, the Beavers have [ more ]

May 02	Buena Vista Moves to Within a Game of Clinching IIAC Crown	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - Micahel Dirkx (Carroll, Iowa/Carroll) allowed one run, while pitching a career-high seven innings, Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall) added three hits and five RBI, and the Buena Vista baseball team wrapped up its 2010 home schedule on Sunday afternoon with a convincing 10-1 victory over the University of [ more ]

Apr. 30	Buena Vista Inching Closer to Clinching First IIAC Championship Since 1981	Buena Vista	Game Notes
Storm Lake, Iowa - With its doubleheader sweep over Central College (24-10, 13-6 IIAC) on Tuesday afternoon, the Buena Vista baseball team extended its Iowa Conference lead to two games over Wartburg College and three over the Dutch with only seven remaining. It now looks to march another step closer [ more ]

Apr. 29	Buena Vista Atop Central Region Rankings	Buena Vista	Miscellaneous
Storm Lake, Iowa - The first NCAA Division III Regional Baseball rankings were released early Thursday afternoon and Buena Vista (20-10, 14-3 IIAC) holds the top spot in the Central Region. The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee ranked the top 15 percent of eligible teams in each region. BVU is the only [ more ]

Apr. 16	Buena Vista Blanks Simpson for Best 10-Game Start to IIAC Play under Coach Eddie	Buena Vista
Indianola, Iowa - Buena Vista junior Luke Probasco (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny) pitched eight shutout innings and struck out seven, while Mike Hoffman (Vail, Iowa/Ar-We-Va) and Kevin Kloewer (Omaha, Neb./Millard South) each turned in one RBI, as the Beaver baseball team upended Simpson College (15-9, 9-4 IIAC) in the first of a three-game [ more ]

Apr. 13	Buena Vista Earns Doubleheader Road Split at Wartburg	Buena Vista
Waverly, Iowa - Buena Vista used three home runs in the opener to help run its win streak to eight before Wartburg held the team to five hits in the nightcap en route to a 3-2 victory in 10 innings. Senior Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall) gave BVU a 3-0 lead in the [ more ]

Apr. 09	Pietrzyk Belts 24th and 25th Career Home Runs to Help Lift Buena Vista Past Coe	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - Senior Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall) blasted a pair of home runs, while Kevin Kloewer (Omaha, Neb./Millard South) added another, and the Buena Vista baseball team, which scored six times over the final two innings, held on to top visiting Coe College, 17-12, in the opening game of [ more ]

Apr. 07	Buena Vista Remains Perfect in Iowa Conference Play	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - Buena Vista scored three runs in both the third and sixth innings and got seven strong innings on the mound from sophomore Ryan Wuebker (Ayrshire, Iowa/Emmetsburg), as the team remained perfect in Iowa Conference play following an 11-4 triumph over visiting Wartburg College on Wednesday night. Sophomore Kevin [ more ]

Apr. 04	Buena Vista Remains only IIAC Team without League Loss	Buena Vista	Game Notes
With its doubleheader sweep of Luther College on Saturday afternoon, the Buena Vista baseball team (8-6, 3-0 IIAC) completed its three-game weekend sweep of the Norse to remain the only Iowa Conference team yet to suffer a league setback. BVU came into the series having won only four of the last 12 [ more ]

May 20, 2009	Pietrzyk Becomes BVU's First Baseball All-American since 2002	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa – Buena Vista junior baseball player Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall) has been named to the 2009 D3baseball.com All-America Second Team as an outfielder which was announced late Tuesday night. It marks the first such honor in his career and he's the first Beaver to earn All-American accolades since [ more ]

May 06, 2009	Buena Vista Looks to Add IIAC Tournament Championship to Record-Breaking Season	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - The Buena Vista baseball team has been enduring one of its most memorable seasons in recent history in 2009 with several team and individual single-season records being set. However, the mark the team would like to reach come Saturday afternoon, is winning the Iowa Conference Baseball [ more ]

Apr. 25, 2009	#18 Buena Vista Blanks Wartburg in Final Game of Three-Game Series	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - Sophomore Luke Probasco (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny) threw a complete-game shutout, while allowing only six hits, as the Buena Vista baseball team stayed in title contention by taking the final game of the three-game series against visiting Wartburg College, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon. The win did, however, clinch the [ more ]

Apr. 23, 2009	#18 Buena Vista set for IIAC Showdown with Preseason Favorite Wartburg College	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - The Buena Vista baseball team is currently atop the Iowa Conference standings at 24-7 overall (11-5 IIAC) and is looking to capture the program’s first Iowa Conference title since 1981. The Beavers can make big strides towards ending that drought this weekend as they play host to [ more ]

Apr. 22, 2009	18th-Ranked Buena Vista Moves Back to the Top of the IIAC Standings	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa – Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall) doubled to left center field to drive home Mark Blum (Earling, Iowa/Harlan), giving the Buena Vista baseball team a thrilling 6-5 victory in game one of a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon against Luther College. The Norse then got a seventh-inning home run in [ more ]

Apr. 19, 2009	Buena Vista Plates 25 Runs in Doubleheader Sweep of Central College	Buena Vista
Pella, Iowa - The Buena Vista baseball team combined for 25 runs on Sunday afternoon while hanging on to win a pair of games over Central College, taking game one 15-13 in eight innings before winning game two 10-7. The Beavers held a 9-3 lead heading into the bottom of the [ more ]

Apr. 10, 2009	Buena Vista Notches 20th Win of the Season	Buena Vista
Cedar Rapids, Iowa - The Buena Vista baseball team posted its 20th win of the season on Friday afternoon following a wild 11-9 (10-inning) triumph over Coe College to open a three-game weekend series. The game was scoreless heading into the fifth inning, and that's when all the offense and drama [ more ]

Apr. 06, 2009	Buena Vista's Kloewer Named IIAC Male Athlete of the Week	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - Buena Vista sophomore baseball player Kevin Kloewer (Omaha, Iowa/Millard South) has been recognized by the conference for his play over the last week by being named the Iowa Conference Male Athlete of the Week for the period ending April 5. It marks the first time Kloewer has [ more ]

Apr. 03, 2009	#23 Buena Vista Improves to 6-0 at Home with Sweep of Cornell College	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa -For only the second time since the 1981 season, the Buena Vista baseball team has won at least 19 games in a single season, as it chalked up a doubleheader sweep of visiting Cornell College on Friday night by the scores of 14-10 and 4-1. It was all Beavers [ more ]

Mar. 31, 2009	Buena Vista Splits Doubleheader at Loras College	Buena Vista
Storm Lake, Iowa - The 23rd ranked Buena Vista baseball team, which is in the polls for the first time under head coach Steve Eddie, split a road doubleheader at Loras College on Tuesday night. The team won the opener 14-5 before losing an offensive outburst, 14-12 in the nightcap. Junior [ more ]

Mar. 28, 2009	Buena Vista Pounds out 21 Hits en route to Fifth Straight Victory	Buena Vista
Chandler, Ariz. - It was a solid ending to the Buena Vista spring break baseball trip on Saturday afternoon, as the Beavers pounded out a season-high 21 hits, including a 5-for-5 effort from Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall), en route to a 12-7 victory over Chicago University. Pietrzyk finished a home run [ more ]

Mar. 27, 2009	Buena Vista's Eddie Captures 150th Career Win during Sweep of Thomas (Maine)	Buena Vista
Mesa, Ariz. – The Buena Vista baseball team gave head coach Steve Eddie his 150th career victory on Friday afternoon during game one of its doubleheader sweep against Thomas (Maine). The Beavers scored in each of the first three innings - taking advantage of three Thomas miscues - while building an [ more ]

Mar. 25, 2009	Buena Vista Drops Heartbreaker to Top-Ranked Eastern Connecticut St.	Buena Vista
March 25, 2009 Scottsdale, Ariz. - Top-ranked Eastern Connecticut State got a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday afternoon to take a 7-6 thriller over the Buena Vista baseball team. The Beavers, who came in ranked 22nd in the latest DIII Baseball News Rankings and going after [ more ]

Mar. 24, 2009	Buena Vista Runs Win Streak to 11; Will Face Top-Ranked Eastern Conn. on Wed.	Buena Vista
March 24, 2009 Storm Lake, Iowa - The Buena Vista baseball team began its spring break trip to Arizona on Tuesday with a 9-6 victory over Elmhurst (Ill.). The win marked the 11th straight overall for BVU, which received votes in the latest D3baseball.com poll, while sitting 22nd in Tuesday's DIII [ more ]

Mar. 23, 2009	Buena Vista's Pietrzyk Named IIAC Male Athlete of the Week	Buena Vista
March 23, 2009 Storm Lake, Iowa - Buena Vista junior outfielder/pitcher Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall) has been rewarded for his performances over the past week by being named the Iowa Conference Male Athlete of the Week. It's the first time he's received the honor in his career and the first for the [ more ]

Mar. 22, 2009	Buena Vista Runs Win Streak to 10 Straight	Buena Vista
March 22, 2009 Storm Lake, Iowa - The Buena Vista baseball team began Iowa Conference play over the weekend with a three-game sweep of the University of Dubuque and at the same time ran its overall win streak to 10 straight. The 10-1 (3-0 IIAC) Beavers are off to their best start under [ more ]

June 08, 2007	BVU's Dupic Signs with Sioux City Explorers	Buena Vista	transaction
Ryan Dupic, a senior on the 2007 Buena Vista University baseball team, has signed a professional contract with the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association. Dupic, originally from Emmetsburg, Iowa, was an all-conference and all-region pitcher this past season for the Beavers. Dupic will be in uniform for Sioux City's [ more ]

Apr. 02, 2007	Dupic Named IIAC Performer of the Week	Buena Vista	Weekly conference awards
The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced today that Buena Vista University’s Ryan Dupic has been named the Baseball Performer of the Week for the period ending Sunday, April 1. Dupic, a senior for the Beavers, is a native of Emmetsburg, Iowa. Dupic, a pitcher and first baseman, pitched eight shutout innings in [ more ]