The Valparaiso Beacons baseball team is a baseball team that represents Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. The Beacons competed in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship five times before 1970. After returning in 2012 for the first time in 44 years, the Beacons' first round game was almost delayed an additional day, because the preceding game was the second-longest in NCAA tournament history.[2] The Beacons game against the Purdue Boilermakers began at approximately 10:40 pm only 20 minutes before a curfew.[3] In their second game of the NCAA tournament, the Crusaders played the Kentucky Wildcats, who lost the marathon game to the Kent State Golden Flashes. The games were played at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana.
The 2012 Beacons team tied a school record with 35 wins.[4]
The Beacons are coached by Brian Schmack and play their home games at Emory G. Bauer Field.
^"Color Palette and Typography". August 10, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
^Delayed fans rewarded with second-longest NCAA tourney baseball game
^The game that would never end
^Valpo's Season Ends with NCAA tournament Loss to #11 Kentucky
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