2017 Baseball News
S Club Hall of Fame welcomes four athletes, two coaches in class of 2017
August 17, 2017
Former student-athletes Janelle Claiborne Duffy '05 (women's golf), Tiffany Everding Goodchild '07 (volleyball), Lisa Simpson Klein '91 (women's track & field) and Jason Ripke '07 (football, men's track & field) and coaches Joe Blake '71 (assistant baseball coach) and Henry Christowski (head softball coach) will be inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame.
#StormTop10 Moments No. 10: Baseball walks off twice / Wrestling beats BV on last-second pin
July 24, 2017
We kick off our second #StormTop10 list of the summer with a tie for the No. 10 top moment between baseball’s walk-off wins over Loras and Central and the wrestling team’s dramatic, last-match pin to beat Buena Vista in the Black Box.
Simpson places 34 on All-IIAC Academic Team
June 07, 2017
Thirty-four Simpson student-athletes competing in spring sports earned a spot on the 2016-17 Iowa Conference All-Academic Team.
Hillygus named honorable mention all-conference
May 31, 2017
Simpson first baseman Hunter Hillygus was named Honorable Mention All-Iowa Conference for the 2017 season following a vote of the league’s coaches, as announced by the league office earlier this month.
Storm walk-off 2017 season with win
May 06, 2017
The wins and losses may not have panned out the way Simpson baseball fans would have liked in 2017, but they couldn’t have asked for a better finish to the season.
Storm fall to Central
May 05, 2017
Dylan Diveney threw six scoreless innings, Tanner Wood had three hits and four RBIs and Central handed the Simpson baseball team a 15-0, seven-inning loss in the series opener Friday evening.
Storm knock off Buena Vista in opener, split doubleheader
April 29, 2017
Tanner Jansen scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning, Trey Kehoe tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief and the Simpson baseball team knocked off Buena Vista 3-2 in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader. Buena Vista won game two 12-2 in seven innings.
Richman’s quality start not enough in loss to Buena Vista
April 28, 2017
Adam Richman gave the Simpson baseball team a complete-game effort on the hill but Devon Harms’ go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning held up as the game-winner and Buena Vista held on for a 2-1 win in the series opener Friday night.
Game one comeback falls short, Storm swept by Coe
April 22, 2017
The Simpson baseball team came back from four runs down to take a short-lived lead in game one but Coe scored three in the top of the ninth to win 10-7 on the way to a doubleheader sweep Saturday. Coe won game two 8-1.
Slow start hurts Storm in loss to Coe
April 21, 2017
Kyle Alvarado drove in two runs on three hits, Thomas Schaedel threw seven hitless innings and Coe used a three-run first inning to hand the Simpson baseball team a 7-2 loss in the series opener Friday night.
Luther bats overpower Storm in series finale
April 15, 2017
Cody Reimer had three hits and four RBIs and Luther pounded out 18 hits to beat the Simpson baseball team 17-2 in eight innings to earn a sweep in the three-game series Saturday morning.
Baseball series with Luther altered
April 14, 2017
Due to the threat of scattered thunderstorms for the next two days, the Iowa Conference baseball series between Simpson and Luther has been altered. The teams will play a doubleheader Friday beginning at 4:30 p.m. and conclude the series with a single game Saturday at 10 a.m.
Norse snag two from Storm
April 14, 2017
The Simpson baseball team dropped both halves of a doubleheader to Luther on Friday, losing game one 13-8 and 14-3 in seven innings in the nightcap.
Storm fall to Wartburg
April 11, 2017
Mike Brown had three hits, Cody Hyler hit a three-run homer in a big seventh inning and Wartburg beat the Simpson baseball team 17-1 in a run-ruled game on Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday's Simpson/Wartburg baseball game moved up to Noon
April 10, 2017
Tuesday’s Iowa Conference baseball game between Simpson and Wartburg has been moved up to a 12 p.m. start in order to accommodate Wartburg academic commitments.
Storm drop doubleheader at Dubuque
April 08, 2017
The Simpson baseball team got out to a 4-1 lead in the getaway game but Dubuque rallied with a big sixth inning as the Storm dropped both games of Saturday’s doubleheader, 7-0 and 9-5.
