In the Tacoma suburb of Parkland, Wash. lies Pacific Lutheran University, a small university founded by Norwegian immigrants the late 19th century—and at that university rests what may be the happiest Division III college baseball team on Earth.

On Tuesday, in between series against George Fox and Pacific (not that one), the Lutes made their way to Seattle to play big, bad, Division I Washington. The Lutes won, 3–1.

The Northwest Conference members were so thrilled with their victory they immediately began to angle on social media for a conference upgrade.

"Hey [Big Ten], our DM’s are open," Pacific Lutheran wrote, tagging the conference in the post.

Starring for the Lutes were right fielder Rochne Beecham, whose two-run double put Pacific Lutheran on the board, and left fielder Ethan Keintz, whose fourth-inning solo home run closed the scoring for both teams.

Not bad for a .500 squad with seven MLB draft picks to its name in the entire history of its program.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com as D-III Baseball Program Jokingly Angles for Big Ten Invite After Upset of Washington.