MOLINE, Ill. - Wartburg College's baseball season came to an end Friday with a 7-5 loss to Linfield College at the Division III NCAA regional tournament.

The Knights couldn't overcome a five-run Linfield third inning and suffered their second tournament loss to be eliminated.

David Bachofner homered and had a run-scoring double for Linfield (32-11) to back winning pitcher Reese McCulley (7-1).

Trailing 6-1, Wartburg (27-15) rallied with a pair of runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings, but couldn't get any closer.

Zach Nagel went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while A.J. Lewis also had two hits for the Knights.

Luke Albert took the loss for Wartburg, which captured its 12th straight Iowa Conference title this season.

Wartburg 100 000 220 - 5 11 3

Linfield 015 000 10x - 7 12 1

Luke Albert, Mike McGivern (3), Nate Rost (6), Tom Keesy (7), Brad Watson (7) and A.J. Lewis; Reese McCulley, Kyle Mosbrucker (7), Robert Vaughn (8) and Drew Van Cleave. WP ? McCulley (7-1). LP ? Albert (5-3). S ? Vaughn (7).