MITCHELL, S.D. – Three members of the Dakota Wesleyan University baseball program are getting a taste of the Southwest this summer. Tiger baseball assistant coach Kevin Nunn and recent DWU baseball graduates Michael Lukkason and Erik Nockleby are in Alamogordo, N.M., for the summer, coaching for and competing with the White Sands Pupfish – a [...]

MITCHELL, S.D. – In September, Michael Lukkason tore his ACL during a scrimmage as part of the Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team’s fall season. On Feb. 8, Lukkason appeared as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of the Tigers’ first game of the season against Montana State University-Billings at the Metrodome. He was the [...]

HASTINGS, Neb. – The Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team won two elimination games at the Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament, including a nine-inning thriller on a walkoff single Thursday, but ended its season with a 7-4 loss to Midland University Friday. The Tigers end the season 24-26 overall. They lose 10 seniors to graduation. To [...]

HASTINGS, Neb. – The Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team just wanted to keep playing Thursday afternoon. The Tigers played two extra-inning games in the first day of the Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament in Hastings, Neb. In its first game of the day, DWU – which earned the eighth seed – lost 4-3 on [...]

MITCHELL, S.D. – Michael Lukkason put together the best season of his four-year career for the Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team in 2013, but the senior shortstop saved his best performance for the last week of the regular season. Lukkason, an East Grand Forks, Minn., native, batted .632 last week and hit four home runs [...]

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team needed to split with rival Mount Marty College Saturday night to earn a spot in the Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament, and the Tigers game through. DWU beat the Lancers 4-2 in the first game before falling 7-3 in the second Saturday at Cadwell Park [...]

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – The Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team started its busy weekend with a split against Dordt College Thursday in a Great Plains Athletic Conference doubleheader in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Tigers won the first game 9-5 behind a big day at the plate by Michael Lukkason, but lost game two 8-6. DWU [...]

HASTINGS, Neb. – The Dakota Wesleyan University wrapped up a four-game road trip Sunday with a split against Hastings College in Hastings, Neb. The Tigers lost a Great Plains Athletic Conference doubleheader to Doane College Saturday in Crete, Neb., before earning the split Sunday afternoon. The Tigers are now 20-21 overall and 7-9 and tied [...]