2014 Baseball News
Student-Athletes set new mark in Rally to Stop Hunger
September 15, 2014
Simpson student-athletes, in conjunction with Sodexo and the Sodexo Foundation, recently collected more than 2,400 non-perishable food items at the third annual Rally to Stop Hunger food drive.
19 named to spring All-Academic team
June 25, 2014
19 student-athletes competing in spring sports were named to the Iowa Conference All-Academic team, as announced by the Iowa Conference.
Scieszinski headlines three all-conference baseball selections
May 14, 2014
Jake Scieszinski earned first team All-Iowa Conference honors as a utility player while outfielder Jake Barr and pitcher Matt Pennings were named to the second team.
Craig named to academic all-district team
May 12, 2014
Tyler Craig was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 8 Baseball Team and is eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
Storm's IIAC tournament run ends with loss to Loras
May 09, 2014
After winning two games to start the day, Simpson's run in the Iowa Conference Tournament came to an end with a 12-1 loss to Loras.
Reis fans eight, Storm stay alive in IIAC Tournament
May 09, 2014
Gage Reis struck out a career-high eight batters and went the distance on the mound as Simpson beat Coe 4-2 in the IIAC Tournament. Simpson advances to play Wartburg on Friday afternoon.
Storm come back to eliminate Wartburg
May 09, 2014
Simpson scored three times in the ninth, erasing a 6-4 deficit to beat Wartburg 7-6 in its second elimination game on Friday. Simpson will play Loras in the third game of the day.
Storm come back to eliminate Wartburg
May 09, 2014
Simpson scored three runs in the ninth to come back for a 7-6 win over Wartburg in the IIAC Tournament. The Storm play Loras at 7 p.m.
Loras comes back to top Storm in IIAC first round
May 08, 2014
Loras scored twice in the bottom of the eighth to come back for a 5-4 win over Simpson in the first round of the IIAC Tournament. Simpson plays Coe at 10 a.m. Friday in an elimination game.
Storm split with Coe, take No. 5 seed into IIAC Tournament
May 02, 2014
Simpson won game one 2-1 and lost game two 4-3 in Friday's regular season finale. The Storm will have the No. 5 seed in the IIAC Tournament.
Pirtle named IIAC Player of the Week
April 29, 2014
Senior outfielder Josh Pirtle hit .440 with five doubles, a home run and nine RBIs in six games last week to earn the first weekly accolade of his career.
Pirtle, Richman power Storm to series win over Dubuque
April 26, 2014
Josh Pirtle collected three hits and four RBIs and Adam Richman threw seven strong innings as Simpson beat Dubuque 12-6 in game two for a 3-1 series win.
Pennings ties save record in sweep
April 25, 2014
Matt Pennings collected his eight career save in game one and went the distance in Simpson's 6-4, 13-3 sweep of Dubuque on Friday.
Baseball splits with AIB
April 21, 2014
Simpson lost game one 6-5 but got a solid outing from Michael Wilson in game two, winning 6-2.
Chia's game-winner helps Simpson split with Luther
April 19, 2014
Michael Chia drove in the game-winning run in game one as Simpson split its final two games with Luther, winning game one 3-2 and dropping the nightcap 10-2.
Pennings gem helps Storm split with Luther
April 18, 2014
Matt Pennings threw a complete-game, four-hitter to help Simpson win game two 4-2 after a 4-3 setback in game one.
