This Week in Peacock Baseball... The Peacocks (14-18, 10-14 NSIC) will pack six games into four days this week as weather pushed their double header with Wayne State back a day to Thursday in Wayne, Neb. Upper Iowa will come home after the two games and then head back west after classes on Friday. UIU is slated for a four-game series with the University of Sioux Falls on Saturday and Sunday in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
Cain is Able... Sophomore Zackary Cain has enjoying a solid second season in Peacock blue and white. The pitcher/first baseman is hitting .349, second on the team, this year with 30 hits including 6 doubles while driving in 16 baserunners and scoring 14 runs. On the hill, Cain is 3-3 with a 3.95 earned run average in 41 innings. The Plymouth, Wis. native has pitched in nine games while making eight starts for UIU with two complete games.
 
Fanning the Fire... Brett Fanning is having a great time on the bump for the Peacocks this year. Sure, winning helps, the redshirt junior is 4-2 with a 2.51 earned run average in 43 innings, but he's on the mound and that hasn't been the case through his first three seasons. Early season injuries have plagued the talented right-handers' career and Peacock fans are just now getting to enjoy his pitching skills as the ace of the UIU pitching staff. Fanning has completed five of his seven starts including a shutout against the University of Minnesota Duluth.
 
Last Week for the Wildcats… Wayne State (18-18, 13-11 NSIC) won five of their six games last week. WSC swept Southwest Minnesota State University (4-1, 17-9) and then took three of four from Bemidji State University (L, 8-2; W, 13-7, 4-2, 10-2) over the weekend. Junior outfielder David Janes hit team-high .529 going 9 for 17 at the plate, while senior lefthander Taner Ledezma pitched complete game two-hitter in 4-1 win at SMSU.
 
Last Week for the Cougars… Sioux Falls lost all six of their games last week. USF dropped a pair of low-scoring games with nationally-ranked Minnesota State University, Mankato. Over the weekend, USF fell to Minot State University in a four-game series, twice by one run (5-4, 7-6) to fall to 6-4 this season in one run games. After a slow start, Josh Rehwaldt has wielded a hot bat over the past 28 games, hitting .394 with 26 of his 32 RBI, all three of his home runs and 41 of his 47 hits.