Naperville, Ill. – The Thunder baseball team lost an 11-0 matchup against Illinois Wesleyan on Friday in the opening elimination game of the 2017 CCIW Baseball Tournament. Wheaton (24-18) is eliminated from the CCIW Baseball Tournament as a result of today's loss. Illinois Wesleyan (21-19) will play in a second elimination game on Friday at approximately 3:30 p.m. The Titans will face either No. 2 seed Augustana or No. 1 seed North Central in the final matchup of the day on Friday.

Illinois Wesleyan scored 11 runs today, on 14 hits, with two errors and Wheaton had no runs, on four hits, with two errors. Sophomore Brett Albaugh (PICTURED ABOVE) collected two of Wheaton's four hits in the game, including a double. Ben Brittain and Nick Mailman each had a single for the Thunder and Mailman stole a base.

Thunder senior Daniel Bayer (5-4) took the loss in 4-2/3 innings of work. Bayer allowed seven runs, including five earned runs, on eight hits. The senior walked one and struck out two. Kyle Ferraro pitched 3-1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Ferraro held the Titans to two hits, with one walk. Casey Balikian pitched 2/3 of an inning, allowing four runs, including one earned run, on three hits. Senior Josiah Longenecker pitched 1/3 of an inning of scoreless relief, allowing one hit.

Illinois Wesleyan took a 3-0 lead with three runs in the top of the third inning. The Titans scored four runs in the top of the fifth inning to increase the IWU lead to 7-0 through five innings. Illinois Wesleyan added four runs in the top of the ninth inning to account for the 11-0 final score.

Note Worthy: The 24 victories compiled by the Thunder baseball program this season tied the school record for wins, tying the 2010 Wheaton squad's existing record of 24 wins in a season…sophomore Michael McCraith set a Wheaton single-season record for victories this year with nine…sophomore Nick Mailman (PICTURED LEFT) swiped 22 bases this year to rank fifth on the program's single-season steals list…senior pitcher Jon Schmitz departs the Thunder program ranked third in school history in appearances (51) and fourth in career saves (5)…Nick Johnson's three saves this year is tied for fourth in single-season history and his seven career saves is the most in team history.