STORM LAKE, Iowa (Apr. 14, 2026) - The Buena Vista baseball team wrapped up its home schedule for the year on Tuesday night with a doubleheader against Nebraska Wesleyan and was able to salvage a split after a Dylan Johnson walk-off win in the nightcap to edge the Prairie Wolves, 7-6.

BVU trailed 6-5 going to the bottom of the seventh before sophomore Connor Duong stepped in and blasted a no-doubt home run over the fence in left for his third of the season. After junior Ean McDaniel came in to pitch a perfect ninth inning in relief, sophomore Cooper Sobeck drew a one-out walk in the home half and later moved to second as Jack Schmaltz followed with a sharp single into right. After a popout to third for the second out, Johnson stepped in and lifted the first pitch he saw into left centerfield for his first hit of the game, scoring Sobeck and sending the Beavers racing out of the dugout.

Freshman Benjamin Byington was 2-for-4 with a run scored and was the only player with multiple hits for the Beavers in the game. Junior Jake Eddie was 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored while Duong and sophomore Kaden Struck each had one hit and finished with a pair of RBI.

BVU used six pitchers in the game with McDaniel earning the win in relief to improve his record to 2-5.

The Prairie Wolves broke open a 6-2 game in the opener after plating four runs in the sixth and seven in the eighth to go on and win 18-2. BVU was hindered by four errors defensively and 11 walks on the mound.

Junior Brandon Jenkins put the Beavers on the board and cut the deficit in half with a sacrifice fly in the second that made it 2-1. Eddie singled in the third which pulled the team back within 5-2. Nebraska Wesleyan, however, got that run back in the fourth and then broke things open in the sixth.

Sobeck was 2-for-4 with his seventh triple of the year which moved him into a tie for second on the program's single-season list and only one shy of Brad Blum's record of eight set in 2009. Schmaltz doubled for the team's only other extra-base hit. 

Carson Brachtel suffered the loss for the Beavers after being charged with three runs, two hits and two walks over 2.1 innings of work. BVU used seven total pitchers in the game.

Buena Vista will play its final seven A-R-C games on the road this season beginning with a three-game weekend series at Wartburg College (14-11, 5-8 A-R-C). Game on is scheduled for Friday, Apr. 17, at 6 p.m.