MADISON, WISC. - Madison College's dominance over Region 4 baseball continues for yet another year in 2026 after the top-seeded WolfPack defeated #7-seeded Bryant & Stratton College by a 10-4 final Saturday at
Robin Roberts Field to secure the
Region 4 Tournament championship for the 14th time since 2010. It is the program's 25th region crown overall and earns Madison College an eighth straight appearance at the NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series, extending their NJCAA record for consecutive appearances. The WolfPack have played in the Region 4 title game 15 times out of 16 seasons since joining the region, and have won 13 Region 4 postseason games in a row going back to 2024.
Madison College jumped out to an early 3-0 in the first inning against the Bobcats, who had used a seven-run first inning in Friday's elimination semifinal to defeat #4-seeded Kankakee Community College 14-3 in five innings. Freshmen outfielders
Braylen White and
Jonah Roloff, followed by sophomore catcher
Nate Novinska all reached on three consecutive singles to start the bottom half of the inning. Second year outfielder
Quinn Falish then put a ball in play that resulted in an error by the BSC shortstop, allowing all three runs to score.
The advantage jumped to 8-0 in the fourth inning as the WolfPack took advantage of four hits and one hit batter to score five runs. Freshman designated hitter
Casey Wambach was hit by a pitch to start the frame, and after a sacrifice bunt from
Eason Hurd and a
JJ Wolbert single, the Pack had runners at the corners with one out. White delivered a line drive to center to score Wambach, and two batters later, Novinska produced a run-scoring grounder back up the middle for a five run lead. Falish added an exclamation mark to the inning with a three-run homer to left for his seventh long ball of the season.
Bryant & Stratton College (36-22) narrowed the gap with two runs on three hits in the fifth; however, Madison College regained those two runs in the sixth when
Sam Moses drove in Novinska and Falish scored on a wild pitch. With the differential at 10-2, the Bobcats continued to stay within arms reach with one run each in the seventh and eighth innings on bases loaded walks as WolfPack pitching racked up seven walks and one hit batter in those two frames.
Sophomore
Landon Dessart stranded a runner in the ninth to secure the win. Starter
Tavian Shramek (6-0) earned the win with 6.1 innings of work and five strikeouts, which ties a season-high for the first year righthander from Blair, Wisconsin. He allowed three runs on five hit and a walk. Sophomores
Carter Lund and
Noah Musolf combined for 1.1 innings and allowed a run on seven walks and no hits. Dessart entered in the eighth for the final 1.1 innings and fanned two while limiting Bryant & Stratton College to one hit.
Falish, a native of De Pere, Wisconsin, drove in a career-best six runs as he was 2 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored. The pitcher turned outfielder now leads the team with 53 runs batted in.
Novinska and White each finished with a team-high three hits. Novinska used his fourth game with three base hits to score three runs and drive in one. White, who boasts six games with three or more hits, touched home twice and recorded one RBI.
Sam Moses had two hits and a walk with one run driven in, and the trio of Roloff, Wambach, and Wolbert each had a hit and a run scored.
The WolfPack defeated the Bobcats
10-2 in eight innings to begin the Region 4 Tournament on Thursday. The all-time series belongs to the Pack by a 15-5 margin, including a 2-1 record this season and a 2-0 mark in postseason meetings
Up Next:
Madison College (45-10) will make its 15th appearance at the
NJCAA Division II World Series in Enid, Oklahoma, from May 23-30 at
David Allen Memorial Ballpark. This will mark the 20th all-time appearance at a NJCAA national tournament for the WolfPack, who won three straight Division III national championships from 1995-97. Madison College finished runners-up in 2022 and has been fifth in four of the last seven trips. The seeds, brackets, and game information will be release on Tuesday, May 19 at 4:30 p.m. via
NJCAA Network.
2026 NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series Information
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