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CHICAGO, Ill. -- The University of Chicago baseball team continues their inaugural run in the NCAA Baseball Tournament with the Regional Championship against #25 UW-Oshkosh. The Maroons must beat the Titans twice to win the Regional Championship.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NOTES:
*Ā The University of Chicago sits at 28-15 overall and 12-8 in the UAA this season.
* The Maroons broke the 2018 program record with their 27th win of the season over Beloit in Saturday's elimination game.
*Ā UChicago dropped their inaugural NCAA Tournament game on Friday with a 34-8 loss to UW-Oshkosh. The 34 runs allowed are the most in a game in program history, topping the 31-5 loss to Yale in 1896.
* The Maroons bounced back with a pair of wins in elimination games on Saturday to send Beloit and Gustavus Adolphus home. UChicago won game one 17-7 over Beloit for their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, and the team added a 9-1 win over Gustavus Adolphus in the second game of the day.
* The team hit five home runs in the win over Beloit, the most in a game since 2013, with
Richard Lu leading the way with two long balls.
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Russell Kwinter is just the eighth pitcher in school history to record seven wins in a single season. He has 7-0 with a 4.68 ERA in his nine starts this season. Kwinter was named the UAA Pitcher of the Year and the UAA Rookie of the Year.
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Braden Jirovec,
Erik Rindner, and
Michael Gladden all joined Kwinter on the All-UAA Team after outstanding seasons.
*Ā Gladden has been hitting out of his mind in the past 12 games with a .520 batting average and a .900Ā slugging percentage. He is 26-50 at the dish with 23Ā runs scored, 11 extra-base hits, 21Ā RBIs, and 11 stolen bases.
*Ā Jirovec leads the team in hits this season with 66. He ranks second in program history for hits in a season,Ā and he is two from tying the all-time program record of 68 hits.
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Max Wiesner has had a breakout freshman campaign for the Maroons. His 52Ā RBIs in 2025 ranks as the 3rd-most in school history, just 5 shy of Mark Mosier's single-season record set back in 1997.
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Drew Bryan currently sits at 247Ā career strikeouts which ranks 2nd all-time in UChicago history, just 49 away from the school record.
#25 UW-OSHKOSH NOTES:
* The Titans come into the Regional Finals at 33-13 on the season and 20-8 in the WIAC. At the end of the WIAC season, 11 Titans collected All-WIAC honors.
* In the WIAC championship, UW-Oshkosh fell to #2 UW-Whitewater in two consecutive games with the first game going to a total of 11 innings.
* In the Regional, the Titans won 34-8 against UChicago in the opening game and 15-10 in the semifinals.
* UW-Oshkosh scored the second-most runs in an NCAA Tournament game in school history with 34 on Friday. They also broke the WIAC record with 31 hits in the win.
* Zach Taylor leads the team with a .416 battig average and a 1.120 OPS this season.
* Jake Surane was the hero in Friday's meeting, hitting for the cycle and tallying 9 RBIs.
* UW-Oshkosh is looking for their first Regional title since 2003 when the Titans defeated Ripon and UW-Whitewater (twice) to win the Regional.
SERIES HISTORY:
* This will be the third time this season the Maroons and Titans have matched up.
*Ā The Maroons won 11-2 in Lexington, Kentucky, and the Titans took the second meeting 34-8 over UChicago.
* Only meeting four times in history, these games will serve as the tiebreaker for the all-time series.
SINGLE-SEASON STATS NOTES:
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Landon BriceĀ - 2nd in Appearances (19)
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Michael GladdenĀ - 1st in Runs (53), 3rd in Hits (61), 5th in Home Runs (6), 5th in Stolen Bases (21), 5th in Doubles (16), and 6th in RBIs (46)
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Braden JirovecĀ - 2nd in Hits (66), 3rd in Stolen Bases (27), and 5th in Runs (50)
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Russell KwinterĀ - 5th in Wins (7) and 5th in Starts (10)
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Hayden LeidermanĀ - 5th in Starts (10)
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Brady MillerĀ - 7th in Stolen Bases (19)
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Kason Pelz - 10th in Appearances (15)
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Erik Rindner - 8th in Walks (27)
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Jackson Slipock - 5th in RBIs (48)
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Kirk WallerĀ - 3rd in Appearances (17)
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Max WiesnerĀ - 3rd in RBIs (52)
CAREER STATS NOTES:
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Drew BryanĀ - 2nd in Strikeouts (247), 2nd in ERA (3.64), 2ndĀ in Wins (19), and 9th in Innings Pitched (190.2)
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John ButkaĀ - 7th in Saves (5)
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Jack GoldsteinĀ - 6th in Home Runs (14)
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Braden JirovecĀ - 3rd in Stolen Bases (60) and 10th in Triples (6)
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Hayden LeidermanĀ - 6th in Appearances (43)
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Erik RindnerĀ - 2nd in Home Runs (17), 5th in Walks (77), 7th in RBIs (118), 8th in Runs (116), and 9th in Doubles (34)
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Kirk WallerĀ - 2nd in Appearances (54)
NCAA DIVISION III REGIONAL SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY
Game 1 -Ā #25 UW-Oshkosh 34,Ā
UChicagoĀ 8
Game 2 - #14 Gustavus Adolphus 7, Beloit 5
SATURDAY
Game 3 -
UChicagoĀ 17, BeloitĀ 7
Game 4 - #25 UW-Oshkosh 15,Ā #14 Gustavus Adolphus 10
Game 5 -
UChicagoĀ 9, #14 Gustavus Adolphus 1
SUNDAY
Game 6 -
UChicago vs. #25 UW-OshkoshĀ - Sunday at 11 AM CT
Game 7 -Ā
UChicago vs. #25 UW-OshkoshĀ - Sunday at 2:30 PM CT (If UChicago wins Game 6)