(BRACKET | TOURNAMENT INFORMATION) Kansas Conference Co-Champion Kansas Wesleyan is the No. 2 seed in the KCAC Baseball Tournament and will face No. 7 seeded Friends at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday at Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin, Missouri in the tournament's first round.
Kansas Wesleyan earned a share of the KCAC title in 2025, marking the third straight regular season title for the Coyotes, a first in program history. The Coyotes finished with a 30-6 KCAC record, tying Oklahoma Wesleyan for the top spot in the conference standings. OKWU earned the No. 1 seed by winning the conference tiebreaker over KWU.
In the regular season series, the Coyotes swept the Falcons on February 28 and March 1.
KWU enters the tournament with a 35-13 overall record and posting a 30-6 KCAC mark, marking the first time in program history KWU has won 30-plus conference games in back-to-back seasons. KWU earned the No. 2 seed in the tournament after conference tiebreak rules were applied after KWU and Oklahoma Wesleyan tied for the KCAC Regular Season Championship.
Offensively, the Coyotes hit .302 as a team which ranks sixth in the KCAC. KWU's slugging average of .557 ranks fourth in the conference and KWU is third in the KCAC in total extra base hits, while leading the KCAC in triples with 16 and is fourth in home runs with 88. KWU ranks eighth in the NAIA in home runs.
On the mound, the Coyotes bring a KCAC best 4.79 ERA into Wednesday's game. KWU had a 1.46 WHIP (Walks + Hits per Innings Pitched), which ranks second in the KCAC. KWU ranks 21st in the NAIA in ERA and 25th in WHIP.
Tyler Favretto ranks third in batting average with a .423 average, which ranks No. 37 in the NAIA. He leads the KCAC and is second nationally in walks with 55. He ranks seventh in the KCAC in home runs with 14.
Jacob Williamson ranks sixth in the KCAC in home runs with 15, which ranks 32nd in the NAIA.
Reliever Ritter Steinmann leads the KCAC with a 3.28 ERA in 49.1 innings pitched. Brett Maddock is fifth with a 4.14 ERA in 87 innings. Nathan Righi ranks sixth I the KCAC in strikeouts with 72, while Maddock is ninth with 67.
Friends enters the KCAC Tournament with a 27-21 record overall and a 20-16 mark in the KCAC, tying for sixth with McPherson. McPherson won the tiebreaker with Friends, giving the Falcons the No. 7 seed in the tournament.
The Falcons rank fourth in the KCAC in batting average, hitting .319 as a team. Bernie Socarras ranks fifth in the KCAC in average at .417, Miles Hartman ranks second in the KCAC in walks with 37. Zeke Henson ranks 14th in the KCAC with 13 home runs.
Francisco Moscoso is fifth in the KCAC in strikeouts with 82, and ranks eighth in ERA at 4.33.
The winner of Wednesday's game will play on Thursday at 12:15 against the winner between Ottawa and McPherson. The loser will drop into an elimination game, playing at 9 a.m. on Thursday against the Ottawa vs. McPherson loser.