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Wittenberg University
2002 Baseball Schedule/Results
Overall Record: 21-16
10-2 NCAC West (Co-Champions)
Wittenberg Fans Turned Out In Droves to Support the Team in Florida.
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** Game boxscores can be obtained by clicking on each game's score **
| Date | Day | Opponent | Site | Time | Result | Comments |
| March 10 | Sunday | Carroll | Neutral Site | 4 p.m. | W, 11-5 | Spring Break Game; Lance Dill and Ryan Born drive in two runs each and Adam Abraham tosses complete game/1-0, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 10 | Sunday | Carroll | Neutral Site | 7 p.m. | W, 18-0 | Spring Break Game; Trent West and Nate Williams go 4-for-4 and Kurt Hartfelder tosses complete-game shutout/2-0, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 11 | Monday | Central | Neutral Site | 4 p.m. | W, 8-5 | Spring Break Game/Scott Hirsch collects three hits, Lance Dill drives in four runs and Nate Williams has three RBI/3-0, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 11 | Monday | Central | Neutral Site | 7 p.m. | W, 3-2 | Spring Break Game/Scott Hirsch gets three hits again while Jon Komperda adds two hits/4-0, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 12 | Tuesday | Calvin | Neutral Site | 4 p.m. | W, 12-5 | Spring Break Trip Game; Scott Hirsch, Lance Dill and Nate Williams all collect three hits to support complete game pitching of Nick Allen/5-0, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 12 | Tuesday | Calvin | Neutral Site | 7 p.m. | L, 0-4 | Spring Break Trip Game; Tigers' hot bats finally cool even as Tom Fox hurls six strong innings/5-1, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 14 | Thursday | Simpson | Neutral Site | 9 a.m. | L, 1-14 | Spring Break Trip Game; Shawn Jarecki hits home run/5-2, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 14 | Thursday | Simpson | Neutral Site | Noon | L, 6-7 | Spring Break Game; Scott Hirsch hits two-run homer and Nate Williams has home run, 3 RBI/5-3, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 15 | Friday | Westfield State | Neutral Site | 9 a.m. | W, 15-2 | Spring Break Game; Tiger offense explodes again with 10-run seventh inning, three hits for Shawn Jarecki/6-3, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 15 | Friday | Westfield State | Neutral Site | Noon | L, 3-4 | Spring Break Game; Matt Foster goes 3-for-3/6-4, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 19 | Tuesday | Wilmington | Home | 3 p.m. | L, 6-12 | Tigers fall in home opener despite three hits, home run by Scott Hirsch/6-5, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 21 | Thursday | Ohio Dominican | Away | 3 p.m. | L, 3-9 | Matt Foster goes 2-for-3 with home run/6-6, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 23 | Saturday | Muskingum | Home | 1 p.m. | W, 7-3 | Matt Foster is one of five players with two hits in game, driving in game-high four runs along the way/7-6, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 23 | Saturday | Muskingum | Home | 4 p.m. | W, 8-2 | Lance Dill and Nate Williams each collect three hits in support of Nick Allen's complete-game pitching effort/8-6, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 24 | Sunday | Urbana | Home | 3 p.m. p.m. | L, 4-6 | Bryan Burke shows the hamstring problems that have plagued him may be in the past as he clubs two home runs/8-7, 0-0 NCAC West |
| March 30 | Saturday | Wabash | Home | Noon | W, 10-7 | Reduced to single game at Wittenberg due to unplayable field at Wabash; Tigers win NCAC opener for both teams behind the power of Bryan Burke and his two home runs, six RBI/9-7, 1-0 NCAC West |
| April 2 | Tuesday | Marietta | Away | 5 p.m. | L, 3-11 | Tigers fall behind 6-0 through two innings and never catch up desite 4-for-4 day for Trent West/9-8, 1-0 NCAC West |
| April 4 | Thursday | Cedarville | Home | 4 p.m. | W, 8-2 | Kurt Hartfelder allows just one earned run and Scott Hirsch, Bryan Burke and Matt Foster all bang out multiple hits in game/10-8, 1-0 NCAC West |
| April 5 | Friday | Columbus State (JV) | Home | 4 p.m. | | 9-inning JV game |
| April 6 | Saturday | Wooster | Home | 1 p.m. | L, 0-2 | Ryan Goldschmidt holds nationally ranked Scots to four hits, but Tigers manage just two/10-9, 1-0 NCAC West |
| April 6 | Saturday | Wooster | Home | 1 p.m. | L, 5-12 | Lance Dill bangs out three hits and Jon Komperda goes 2-for-2 in non-conference loss/10-10, 1-0 NCAC West |
| April 7 | Sunday | Ohio Northern | Home | 2 p.m. | W, 14-12 | Scott Hirsch, Trent West and Ryan Born all collect at least three hits in slugfest/11-10, 1-0 NCAC West |
| April 11 | Thursday | Dayton | Away | 3 p.m. | W, 14-10 | Tigers topple Division I Dayton in slugfest as Ryan Born collects five hits, including two home runs, to lead 21-hit attack/12-10, 1-0 NCAC West |
| April 15 | Monday | Earlham | Away | 6 p.m. (CST) | W, 6-4 | Game rescheduled from Saturday; Bryan Burke goes 4-for-4 with three runs and Ryan Goldschmidt picks up pitching win/13-10, 2-0 NCAC West |
| April 15 | Monday | Earlham | Away | 9 p.m. (CST) | W, 4-1 | Game rescheduled from Saturday; Lance Dill gets two hits and two RBI, Adam Abraham gets complete-game win/14-10, 3-0 NCAC West |
| April 16 | Tuesday | Mount St. Joseph | Away | 7 p.m. | L, 2-5 | Four-game win streak snapped as Tigers get two hits and RBI from Bryan Burke for lone offensive highlight/14-11, 3-0 NCAC West |
| April 18 | Thursday | Earlham | Away | 6 p.m. | W, 12-2 | NCAC West Game rescheduled from Sunday, April 14; Lance Dill, Bryan Burke, Nate Williams, Trent West, and Scott Hirsch all collect two hits or more/15-11, 4-0 NCAC West |
| April 20 | Saturday | Denison | Home | 2 p.m. | W, 6-4 | Start delayed by rain; Tigers rally from 3-0 deficit on strength of timely two-out doubles by Karl Friedhoff and Scott Hirsch in support of Ryan Goldschmidt's complete-game pitching performance/16-11, 5-0 NCAC West |
| April 20 | Saturday | Denison | Home | 4 p.m. | W, 8-1 | Tigers sweep and extend lead in NCAC West behind complete-game pitching gem by Brad Cerovac and key double by Karl Friedhoff/17-11, 6-0 NCAC West |
| April 23 | Tuesday | Denison | Home | 5 p.m. | W, 23-5 | 9-inning game rescheduled from Sunday, April 21 due to rain; Tigers collect season-highs of 28 hits and 23 runs as Matt Foster, Ryan Born, Bryan Burke and Trent West each drive in at least three runs/18-11, 7-0 NCAC West |
| April 24 | Wednesday | Wabash | Away | 1 p.m. (CST) | W, 9-4 | Rescheduled doubleheader from March 28/30; Tigers get strong pitching from Kurt Hartfelder and Brian Robinson, strong hitting from Bryan Burke, who collects four hits, including a home run, and four RBI/19-11, 8-0 NCAC West |
| April 24 | Wednesday | Wabash | Away | 1 p.m. (CST) | W, 4-0 | Rescheduled doubleheader from March 28/30; Outstanding late-season run continues as Nick Allen tosses rain-shortened, five-inning shutout and Scott Hirsch, Bryan Burke and Ryan Born each bang out two hits/20-11, 9-0 NCAC West |
| April 27 | Saturday | Ohio Wesleyan | Home | 12 p.m. | W, 14-5 | Doubleheader
Tigers host OWU for NCAC West Title
Tigers explode for 10 runs in fourth inning as eight players collect at least one RBI; Win clinches share of NCAC West Division title/21-11, 10-0 NCAC West |
| April 27 | Saturday | Ohio Wesleyan | Home | 2:30 p.m. | L, 7-11 | Doubleheader
Tigers host OWU for NCAC West Title; Game suspended in sixth inning with the score tied; Tigers lose upon resumption as OWU pushes four unearned runs across in the eighth inning/21-12, 10-1 NCAC West |
| April 28 | Sunday | Ohio Wesleyan | Home | 1 p.m. | L, 5-15 | 9-inning game
Tigers to host OWU for NCAC West Title
Nationally ranked OWU jumps out to 10-1 lead and cruises to win despite two home runs for Bryan Burke/21-13, 10-2 NCAC West |
| April 30 | Tuesday | Thomas More | Away | 4 p.m. | L, 1-10 | Game Rescheduled from April 23; Tigers get solo home run from Ryan Born/21-14, 10-2 NCAC West |
| May 4 | Saturday | Wooster | Away | 1 p.m. | L, 2-9 | NCAC Tournament; Matt Foster, Ryan Born and Nate Williams each enjoy multiple-hit games, but top-ranked Scots get six unearned runs to cruise to win/21-15, 10-2 NCAC West |
| May 4 | Saturday | Wooster | Away | 4 p.m. | L, 7-13 | NCAC Tournament; Tigers get homers from Trent West and Lance Dill but can't keep up with nation's top-ranked team/21-16, 10-2 NCAC West |
Head Coach: Jay Lewis
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