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    <title>UNW Athletics: Soaring Into Sports - Episodes Tagged with “Baseball”</title>
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    <description>The University of Northwestern is a Division III school in St. Paul, Minnesota with 16 varsity athletic programs, 230 All-Americans, 10 National Championships, 112 National Tournament Appearances, and 216 Regular Season and Tournament Championships. Owen and Jess are bringing you the ultimate UNW Eagles podcast! Our duo will be joined by UNW athletes, coaches, and administrators to break down all things Eagle Athletics. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>With Owen du'Monceaux &amp; Jess Poppen</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>4/22/26: Quarter Zip Season w/ Dreyer Homan &amp; Ben Hixon</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Owen and Jess recap a busy week in which every UNW spring team was scheduled to compete and pay tribute to departing Men's Basketball Coach Time Grosz before welcoming in UNW Baseball seniors Dreyer Homan and Ben Hixon to talk team memories, progression through their careers, quarter zips and more!</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Owen and Jess recap a great week of Eagle Athletics that included 3 more UMAC Athletes of the Week, preview the week ahead, and sit down with UNW Tennis Head Coach Matt Swigart for a GREAT interview talking about his 400th win and much more!</itunes:subtitle>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Despite a lighter schedule, UNW racked up FIVE UMAC Athlete of the Week awards! Owen and Jess break it all down, preview a busy week ahead and catch up with UNW Director of Athletics, Dr. Matt Hill, to discuss the 2025-26 school year and how he got to where he is at.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>4/1/26: The Robbie Episode</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Owen and Jess recap a busy week of Eagle sports, including a marathon baseball series, a tennis clean sweep, track records and a terrific start to spring golf season! Then, we bring in Assistant SID/Assistant WBB Coach Megan McGeough, aka Robbie, for a fun chat about her various roles at UNW and her outstanding athletic career!</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>3/25/26: Up to Bat w/ UNW Baseball Skipper Jesse Eikum</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Owen and Jess recap a busy weekend of sports on campus, including SWEEPS from the baseball and softball teams! Then, we welcome in UNW Baseball Head Coach Jesse Eikum to chat about the season so far, what lies ahead, his favorite memories of the sport and his talented freshman class!</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>3/18/26: Spring Break Whiparound</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We are BACK from Spring Break and have plenty to talk about, as the Baseball, Softball and Tennis teams all played a week's worth of contests down in Florida.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>3/4/26: UMAC ITF Recap w/ Cheyanne Scalese &amp; Caleb Phillips</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Owen and Jess kick off the final show before spring break by running through UMAC basketball awards, and recapping tennis and softball, before getting the lowdown on the weekend's UMAC Indoor Track &amp; Field Championships from distance runners Cheyanne Scalese and Caleb Phillips!</itunes:subtitle>
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