Press Releases
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| Apr. 07 | Wheaton (Ill.) tops #20-ranked Carthage, 11-1 | Wheaton (Ill.) | |
| Schaumburg, Ill. - The Wheaton baseball team defeated Carthage College, 11-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Alexian Field. Today's win marked Wheaton's first victory against the Red Men since April 9, 2007, snapping a nine-game losing streak against Carthage. Wheaton is now 15-4 on the year and 3-1 in conference play. Carthage, ranked [ more ] |
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| Apr. 01 | Wheaton (Ill.) rallies to sweep #15-Augustana with a pair of walk-off victories | Wheaton (Ill.) | |
| Schaumburg, Ill. – The Wheaton College (Ill.) baseball team swept its conference-opening doubleheader with Augustana College on Thursday afternoon, winning both games in ninth-inning rallies. Wheaton won the first game 10-9 with a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. In the second game, Wheaton entered the bottom [ more ] | |||
| Mar. 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) sweeps a doubleheader at Spalding (Ky.) | Wheaton (Ill.) | |
| Louisville, Ky. – The Wheaton College baseball team swept a doubleheader at Spalding University (4-6) on Friday with two completely different types of victories. Wheaton shut out the Golden Eagles, 17-0 in the first game. The second game saw the Thunder rally from a 6-2 deficit in the top of the [ more ] | |||
| Apr. 03, 2009 | Wheaton (Ill.) defeats #21-Augustana, 9-6 | Wheaton (Ill.) | |
| Schaumburg, Ill. - The Wheaton Thunder baseball team opened a three-game CCIW series with Augustana on Friday Friday afternoon by winning a 9-6 contest against the Vikings at Wheaton's Alexian Field. Augustana opened the week ranked 21st in the most recent D3baseball.com/NCBWA -Top 25. Wheaton (10-11/3-3 CCIW), winners of its last [ more ] | |||
| Aug. 11, 2008 | Lee Driggers named head baseball coach at Wheaton College (Ill.) | Wheaton (Ill.) | transaction |
| Wheaton, Ill. – Wheaton College (Ill.) Athletic Director Tony Ladd has announced the hiring of Lee Driggers as the head coach of the Thunder men’s baseball program. Driggers replaces Bobby Elder, who resigned in June after seven years at the helm of the Thunder. Driggers assumes a Wheaton program that tallied [ more ] | |||
| June 25, 2008 | Bobby Elder resigns as head baseball coach at Wheaton College | Wheaton (Ill.) | |
| Wheaton, Ill. – Bobby Elder has announced his resignation as head baseball coach at Wheaton College. Elder leaves his post with the Thunder to take a job as a high school athletic administrator in North Carolina. Elder served at the helm of the Thunder program for seven years. His 92 career wins [ more ] |
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| May 06, 2008 | Record-setting Brian Kolb of Wheaton (IL) repeats as the CCIW Batter of the Week | Wheaton (Ill.) | |
| Wheaton, Ill. – Wheaton College sophomore Brian Kolb (Carlsbad, Calif./Santa Fe Christian) has been recognized as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin’s (CCIW) “Batter of the Week” in baseball for the second consecutive week. Kolb, Wheaton’s record-setting shortstop, helped lead the Thunder to a 3-1 record last week as the [ more ] | |||
| Apr. 01, 2008 | Wheaton (Ill.) ties a Division III record with two slams in an inning | Wheaton (Ill.) | |
| Naperville, Ill. - The Wheaton College baseball team tied a NCAA Division III record on Tuesday afternoon when the Thunder hit two grand slams in the same inning of a 10-14 victory at North Central College. Wheaton ties a Division III record that has been accomplished eight times previously. The most [ more ] | |||
| Mar. 09, 2007 | The Wheaton diamondmen rally to sweep Pitt-Bradford in a doubleheader | Wheaton (Ill.) | Game Notes |
| Goodyear, Arizona (3/9) – The Thunder baseball team (3-3) proved resilient and battled back throughout a very long night to sweep a doubleheader against Pitt-Bradford on Friday. Wheaton rallied from a three-run deficit in the bottom of the eighth inning to win the first game 7-6. The Thunder won the nightcap [ more ] | |||
| Mar. 08, 2007 | The Thunder baseball team falls in a 15-13 heartbreaker to DeSales University | Wheaton (Ill.) | Game Notes |
| Anthem, Arizona (3/8) – The Thunder baseball team jumped out to an early lead, but could not hang on in a 15-13 loss to DeSales University on Thursday afternoon. The game was called due to darkness by the umpires with Wheaton at bat and trailing by two runs with one out [ more ] | |||
| Mar. 05, 2007 | Wheaton Opens Spring Break Trip 1-2 | Wheaton (Ill.) | Game Notes |
| Chandler, Arizona (3/5) – The Thunder baseball team opened its spring trip to Arizona with an 8-5 win against Concordia University (Ill.) on Saturday. Wheaton took its first loss of the season on Monday with a 7-3 loss (Boxscore) to Beloit College. The Thunder (1-2) lost a 20-10 decision to [ more ] | |||
