Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) MEQUON, Wis. – The baseball team returned to Mequon, Wis., this time to play the host team, Concordia Wisconsin who snagged a doubleheader sweep over Maranatha, 16-0 and 11-1 on Saturday afternoon. The Crusader played a doubleheader on Friday against Marian University at Concordia Wisconsin due to [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) MEQUON, Wis. – After multiple game postponements this week, the baseball team was back in action against the Marian Sabres on Friday evening, losing 25-9 and 25-0 at Concordia Wisconsin’s Kapco Field in Mequon, Wis. Marian’s offense exploded in the second inning for 15 runs on nine [Continue Reading...]
Game One (Box Score) Game Two (Box Score) RIVER FOREST, Ill. – In their second NAC doubleheader of the season, Maranatha was blanked by the Concordia University Cougars, 23-1 and 19-1 on Saturday afternoon. The high powered Cougars (14-3, 4-2 NAC) had big innings in the first and sixth innings, scoring 10 and seven runs [Continue Reading...]
Game One (Box Score) Game Two (Box Score) LISLE, Ill. – Several weeks removed since their last action, the baseball team finally opened Northern Athletics Conference play with a doubleheader loss to Benedictine by scores of 14-0, and 18-0 on Friday afternoon. The team, originally scheduled to play last Thursday, was forced to move Friday’s [Continue Reading...]
Derek Funkhouser is the special guest on today’s Maranatha Sports Insider. He has been a part of the Crusader baseball team for 4 years and is majoring in Humanities, Letters. He shares what his experience at Maranatha has meant to his life and development as a player and as a Christian. Connect with us on [Continue Reading...]
L 19-0 (Box Score) WILLIAMSBURG, Kent. – The University of the Cumberlands’ offensive explosion defeated the men’s baseball team, 19-0 in seven innings, on Thursday afternoon in a single, nine-inning scheduled game. Maranatha held Cumberlands to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but the home team opened up a five-run third and [Continue Reading...]
L 3-0 (Game 1) L 11-1 (Game 2) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Playing just their third and fourth games of their spring break trip, Maranatha lost 3-0 and 11-1 to Tennessee Temple on Wednesday afternoon at AT&T field. Wednesday’s game, originally scheduled for Monday, was a rainout makeup and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s games against Johnson University [Continue Reading...]
LINCOLN, Ill. – Maranatha earned their first two wins of the season, 3-1 and 6-2 on solid pitching and timely hitting against the Lincoln Red Lions on Saturday afternoon. Maranatha’s first win came by the arm of senior Derek Funkhouser (Paris, Ill), who held the Red Lions to just two hits in seven innings. Maranatha [Continue Reading...]
Maranatha’s 2012-13 baseball season now includes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play on a Major League Baseball field. The Crusaders are scheduled to play a single game against the Illinois Institute of Technology May 7 at 3 p.m. at U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. “The opportunity to play at a major league [Continue Reading...]
WATERTOWN, Wis. – The Northern Athletics Conference recently announced the 2011-12 Scholar Athletes for all 13 member institutions and three associate members, a total that exceeded 1,100 athletes. Maranatha recorded 68 athletes, breaking last year’s mark of 62 to set a school record. Since its inception into the conference (’06), Maranatha has steadily increased its [Continue Reading...]