The DWU baseball team will be heading to Salina, Kansas this weekend instead of Missouri Valley. The change is due to a scheduling conflict that would have matched the Tiger baseball team with the junior varsity team from Missouri.
"Because of a scheduling conflict, we would not have been able to play the varsity team at Missouri Valley," DWU head coach Steve Gust said. "We felt a change was needed for the betterment of our program."
Instead, DWU will matchup against Kansas Wesleyan, a team that was one win away from the NAIA World Series a year ago.
"It's important to play the good teams early in the season," Gust explained. "Those teams will expose your weaknesses and make you better as a team. As important as wins are this time of the year, it's more important to improve as a team. The only way to maxmimze that is to play the real good teams."
The two teams will play two 7 inning games Saturday and one 9 inning game Sunday. Start times are 1 p.m. both days.
"We're excited to play another good team," Gust said. "Sterling College was very good last week and we had chances to win. Hopefully this week we'll be able to figure out a way to beat a real good team."
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