Baseball goes 3-1 during senior weekend

Graphic by Hailey Schweitzer | The Doane Owl

Over the weekend, the Baseball team played its last home games of the season against Hastings College, walking away with three wins and a loss, with scores of 1-3, 4-0, 10-0, and 7-6.

In game one, Doane’s only run came from a home run by returning senior Justin Nevells. In game two, senior Johnny Vulcano went 2-for-4, Aaron Vulcano went 2-for-3 and junior Sam Kwapnioski, Jordan Bond and sophomore Taiyo Takahashi each got one hit. Sophomore Riley Plummer (8-0) pitched all nine innings and struck out four.

In game three, Kwapnioski was 3-for-3 with two runs scored, J. Vulcano went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and Logan Amick went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Picking up the win was junior Nicolas Yard, who is now 4-2.

Going into their final game of the season, Nevells went 3-for-5, Max Harris went 3-for-5 and Amick was 3-for-4. Sophomore Ethan Merk (3-1) picked up the win.

The Baseball team ended its season with an overall record of 31-13 and in the Conference went 18-10, finishing in third in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) standings.

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