April 2, 2026 Northwestern (Iowa) at Doane (NE)

(20-12, 8-6 GPAC)

(25-7, 11-3 GPAC)

Line Score
Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Northwestern (Iowa)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	8	1
Doane (NE)	1	2	2	1	0	0	X	6	7	0

Box Score

Northwestern (Iowa)

Doane (NE)

Northwestern (Iowa) Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
lf Nikolai Wede	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
dh Grant Guidry	3	2	2	0	1	0	0
Grant Rychnovsky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1b Devin Dirkx	3	1	1	2	1	1	0
2b Ranier Castillo	3	0	2	1	1	0	0
pr Tyler Schroeder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
rf Jack Craig	4	0	0	1	0	1	2
3b Calab Caciari	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
cf Bryce Click	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
c Kevin Rubio	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
ph Karsten Mathsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
ss Brody Ayers	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
p Zain Stark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Peyton Montecinos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	29	4	8	4	3	4	7

Batting

2B: Grant Guidry , Ranier Castillo

HR: Devin Dirkx

RBI: Devin Dirkx (2) , Ranier Castillo , Jack Craig

Fielding

E: Zain Stark

Doane (NE) Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
2b Carter Roth	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
ss Grant Sommers	3	2	2	2	0	0	2
cf Max Harris	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
c Tanner Nelson	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
dh Johnny Vulcano	3	2	2	1	0	1	0
3b Jordan Bond	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Brycen Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1b Brayden Jones	2	1	1	1	1	1	0
rf Sam Kwapnioski	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
rf Thaden Wewel	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
lf Adam Vulcano	3	0	1	1	0	1	0
p Riley Plummer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Ethan Merk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	22	6	7	6	4	4	4

Batting

2B: Johnny Vulcano , Brayden Jones

HR: Grant Sommers (2)

RBI: Carter Roth , Grant Sommers (2) , Johnny Vulcano , Brayden Jones , Adam Vulcano

Sac Fly: Carter Roth

Baserunning

CS: Brycen Morrison

Northwestern (Iowa) Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	WP	BF	AB	NP
Zain Stark (L, 2-1)	2.1	3	4	4	4	1	1	0	13	8	48
Peyton Montecinos	3.2	4	2	2	0	3	1	1	15	14	54
Totals	6.0	7	6	6	4	4	2	1	28	22	102

Pitching

Batters faced: Zain Stark (13) , Peyton Montecinos (15)

WP: Peyton Montecinos

HBP: Peyton Montecinos

Pitches-Strikes: Zain Stark (48-25), Peyton Montecinos (54-37)

Doane (NE) Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	BF	AB	NP
Riley Plummer (W, 3-1)	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	24	22	80
Ethan Merk (Sv, 3)	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	8	7	30
Totals	7.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	32	29	110

Pitching

Batters faced: Riley Plummer (24) , Ethan Merk (8)

Pitches-Strikes: Riley Plummer (80-50), Ethan Merk (30-18)

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Doane (NE) 1st	Grant Sommers homered to left field, RBI (1-2 KFBFF).	0 - 1
Doane (NE) 2nd	Adam Vulcano singled to third base, RBI (0-1 K); Sam Kwapnioski advanced to second; Brayden Jones advanced to third; Johnny Vulcano scored.	0 - 2
Doane (NE) 2nd	Carter Roth flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Sam Kwapnioski advanced to third; Brayden Jones scored.	0 - 3
Northwestern (Iowa) 3rd	Devin Dirkx homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Grant Guidry scored.	2 - 3
Doane (NE) 3rd	Johnny Vulcano doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-0 B); Thaden Wewel scored.	2 - 4
Doane (NE) 3rd	Brayden Jones doubled to center field, RBI (0-0); Johnny Vulcano scored.	2 - 5
Doane (NE) 4th	Grant Sommers homered to left field, RBI (0-0).	2 - 6
Northwestern (Iowa) 5th	Ranier Castillo doubled down the rf line, RBI (1-1 FB); Grant Guidry advanced to third; Nikolai Wede scored.	3 - 6
Northwestern (Iowa) 5th	Jack Craig grounded out p to 2b to 1b, RBI (0-1 K); Ranier Castillo advanced to third; Grant Guidry scored.	4 - 6

Other Information

Location:

Crete, Neb.

Stadium:

Doane Ballfield Cmpx

Attendance:

100

Duration:

1:53

Umpires:

Home plate - Jason Seitz , First base - Brett Sanow

Play By Play

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Doane (NE) 1st	Grant Sommers homered to left field, RBI (1-2 KFBFF).	0 - 1
Doane (NE) 2nd	Adam Vulcano singled to third base, RBI (0-1 K); Sam Kwapnioski advanced to second; Brayden Jones advanced to third; Johnny Vulcano scored.	0 - 2
Doane (NE) 2nd	Carter Roth flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Sam Kwapnioski advanced to third; Brayden Jones scored.	0 - 3
Northwestern (Iowa) 3rd	Devin Dirkx homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Grant Guidry scored.	2 - 3
Doane (NE) 3rd	Johnny Vulcano doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-0 B); Thaden Wewel scored.	2 - 4
Doane (NE) 3rd	Brayden Jones doubled to center field, RBI (0-0); Johnny Vulcano scored.	2 - 5
Doane (NE) 4th	Grant Sommers homered to left field, RBI (0-0).	2 - 6
Northwestern (Iowa) 5th	Ranier Castillo doubled down the rf line, RBI (1-1 FB); Grant Guidry advanced to third; Nikolai Wede scored.	3 - 6
Northwestern (Iowa) 5th	Jack Craig grounded out p to 2b to 1b, RBI (0-1 K); Ranier Castillo advanced to third; Grant Guidry scored.	4 - 6

All Plays

Northwestern (Iowa) Top of 1st Inning

Nikolai Wede singled through the right side (3-1 BFBB).

Grant Guidry popped up to ss (1-1 BK). (1 out)

Devin Dirkx walked (3-2 KBBFBFB); Nikolai Wede advanced to second.

Ranier Castillo walked (3-2 BFKBFFBB); Devin Dirkx advanced to second; Nikolai Wede advanced to third.

Jack Craig struck out swinging (1-2 KBSS). (2 out)

Calab Caciari lined out to 2b (1-2 SSB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 3 LOB

Doane (NE) Bottom of 1st Inning

Carter Roth grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). (1 out)

Grant Sommers homered to left field, RBI (1-2 KFBFF).

Max Harris struck out swinging (2-2 BBKKS). (2 out)

Tanner Nelson walked (3-0 BBBB).

Thaden Wewel pinch ran for Tanner Nelson.

Thaden Wewel out at first p to 1b to 2b to 1b to ss, picked off. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Northwestern (Iowa) Top of 2nd Inning

Tanner Nelson to c for Thaden Wewel.

Bryce Click fouled out to c (0-0). (1 out)

Kevin Rubio grounded out to 3b (0-2 SS). (2 out)

Brody Ayers grounded out to 3b (2-1 KBB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Doane (NE) Bottom of 2nd Inning

Johnny Vulcano singled up the middle (0-0).

Jordan Bond flied out to lf (1-0 B). (1 out)

Brayden Jones walked (3-0 BBBB); Johnny Vulcano advanced to second.

Johnny Vulcano advanced to third on an error by p, failed pickoff attempt.

Sam Kwapnioski walked (3-1 BBBKB); Brayden Jones advanced to second.

Adam Vulcano singled to third base, RBI (0-1 K); Sam Kwapnioski advanced to second; Brayden Jones advanced to third; Johnny Vulcano scored.

Carter Roth flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-0); Sam Kwapnioski advanced to third; Brayden Jones scored.

Grant Sommers grounded out to 2b (2-2 BKBF). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 2 Hits , 1 Errors , 2 LOB

Northwestern (Iowa) Top of 3rd Inning

Nikolai Wede popped up to 2b (1-2 KSB). (1 out)

Grant Guidry doubled to right center (0-0).

Devin Dirkx homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Grant Guidry scored.

Ranier Castillo grounded out to 3b (1-0 B). (2 out)

Jack Craig grounded out to 3b (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Doane (NE) Bottom of 3rd Inning

Max Harris flied out to cf (1-1 BK). (1 out)

Tanner Nelson walked (3-2 KKBBBFFB).

Thaden Wewel pinch ran for Tanner Nelson.

Peyton Montecinos to p for Zain Stark.

Thaden Wewel advanced to second on a wild pitch.

Johnny Vulcano doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-0 B); Thaden Wewel scored.

Jordan Bond grounded out to 3b (2-2 SBFFB). (2 out)

Brayden Jones doubled to center field, RBI (0-0); Johnny Vulcano scored.

Sam Kwapnioski grounded out to 1b unassisted (3-2 FBFBFB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Northwestern (Iowa) Top of 4th Inning

Tanner Nelson to c for Thaden Wewel.

Calab Caciari struck out swinging (3-2 BFBFBS). (1 out)

Bryce Click singled to third base (1-2 KBS).

Kevin Rubio popped up to 1b (2-0 BB). (2 out)

Brody Ayers lined out to ss (0-1 K). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Doane (NE) Bottom of 4th Inning

Adam Vulcano struck out swinging (1-2 FFBS). (1 out)

Carter Roth flied out to cf (0-2 KF). (2 out)

Grant Sommers homered to left field, RBI (0-0).

Max Harris flied out to cf (2-2 SSFBB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Northwestern (Iowa) Top of 5th Inning

Nikolai Wede singled to center field (0-0).

Grant Guidry singled to left center (0-0); Nikolai Wede advanced to second.

Devin Dirkx flied out to cf (3-2 BSBBF); Nikolai Wede advanced to third. (1 out)

Ranier Castillo doubled down the rf line, RBI (1-1 FB); Grant Guidry advanced to third; Nikolai Wede scored.

Jack Craig grounded out p to 2b to 1b, RBI (0-1 K); Ranier Castillo advanced to third; Grant Guidry scored.

Calab Caciari flied out to cf (2-1 BBF). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 3 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Doane (NE) Bottom of 5th Inning

Tanner Nelson grounded out to 2b (0-0). (1 out)

Johnny Vulcano struck out swinging (2-2 BKBSS). (2 out)

Jordan Bond singled down the rf line (1-1 FB).

Brycen Morrison pinch ran for Jordan Bond.

Brycen Morrison out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Northwestern (Iowa) Top of 6th Inning

Jordan Bond to 3b for Brycen Morrison.

Ethan Merk to p for Riley Plummer.

Bryce Click struck out swinging (0-2 KFS). (1 out)

Karsten Mathsen pinch hit for Kevin Rubio.

Karsten Mathsen flied out to rf (1-1 KB). (2 out)

Brody Ayers flied out to rf (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Doane (NE) Bottom of 6th Inning

Kevin Rubio to c for Karsten Mathsen.

Brayden Jones struck out swinging (0-2 FFFFS). (1 out)

Sam Kwapnioski hit by pitch (3-2 BKBKH).

Thaden Wewel pinch ran for Sam Kwapnioski.

Adam Vulcano popped up to c, bunt (0-0). (2 out)

Carter Roth flied out to cf (2-1 SBB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Northwestern (Iowa) Top of 7th Inning

Thaden Wewel to rf.

Nikolai Wede flied out to rf (1-1 BF). (1 out)

Grant Guidry walked (3-2 FBFBBB).

Grant Rychnovsky pinch ran for Grant Guidry.

Devin Dirkx struck out swinging (2-2 KKBBS). (2 out)

Ranier Castillo singled up the middle (1-2 FFB); Grant Rychnovsky advanced to second.

Tyler Schroeder pinch ran for Ranier Castillo.

Jack Craig flied out to rf (3-1 BBBK). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB