LEWISTON, Idaho (May 31, 2022) - The Webber International University baseball team matched up against the Bulldogs of Tennessee Wesleyan University in its fourth game of the Avista NAIA World Series on Tuesday afternoon. The Warriors postseason journey would come to an end after a 9-1 defeat to the Bulldogs.

Starting on the mound for the Warriors (43-22) would be the left-hander Dylan Martin. He would pitch four innings of action allowing four runs on four hits while striking out four before being replaced by Dawson Young who would allow one run on two hits in 3.1 innings and three strikeout as well. A combination of Thomas Lopez Jr., Thomas Nelson, and Austin Dreher would finish out the remaining 1.2 innings.

In the top of the second innings, the Bulldogs (56-7) would get on the board first with two runs on two hits. TWU would add to that lead the very next inning after a couple of solo home runs would extend the lead to 4-0. The Warriors would be held scoreless until the bottom of the sixth where after a leadoff walk, catcher Josh Blackmore would hit an RBI-single into right-center to cut the deficit to three runs. Tennessee Wesleyan would virtually put the game to bed in the top of the eighth with a four-run inning that included a couple of RBI-singles. Webber would be held scoreless for the remainder of the game while the Bulldogs would grab one more run in the top of the ninth to extend the lead to 9-1.

The Warriors would end the game with eight hits in total but struggled to get runs across the plate, leaving 13 runners on base in total.

Offensively, Webber was led by Blackmore who ended the day 2-for-4 with the only RBI of the game. He was followed by Richard Rodriguez who ended 1-for-3 with a double and Luis Acevedo who was 1-for-4 with a double as well. Drake Dobyanski was 1-for-4 while Tyren Milliner and Bryan Eusebio were both 1-for-5. Ian Kalman would score the only run of the game.

The Warriors end the season with a program-best record of 43-22 and a postseason record of 6-5. It was the first time in the 29-year history of the program that the Warriors won an NAIA National Championship Opening Round Regional and advanced to their first NAIA World Series Appearance.