DAVENPORT, Fla. — Wisconsin-Superior got the tying run to the plate in the top of the seventh inning but had to settle for a doubleheader split after Union College (N.Y.) held on for a 6-3 victory Saturday, March 19, in nonconference baseball action at Northeast Regional Park.
UWS took the first game 4-3 in dramatic fashion as Jordan Trimble’s single up the middle scored Iduan Nate and Max Howell to end the game. Christian Garcia added two hits and an RBI while Ryan Rodriguez tossed a seven-hitter with five strikeouts to get the win for the Yellowjackets.
Isaac Fugere had a hit and two RBIs in the second game to lead UWS (3-9) but reliever Jason Goldblum got him to strike out swinging with two men on base to end the game in the top of the seventh. Starter Chris Murdock allowed only three hits and struck out seven in six innings to get the pitching win for Union (1-1).
The Yellowjackets continue their Florida spring trip against Knox College (Ill.) at 9 a.m. Sunday at Northeast Regional Park.
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Central sweeps Yellowjackets
Morgan Schaben earned a pair of pitching wins to lead Central College (Iowa) to an 11-5 and 6-1 doubleheader sweep of Wisconsin-Superior in nonconference volleyball action at North Collier Complex in Naples, Florida.
Schaben allowed two runs and five hits and struck out three in four innings in the opener while Megan Doty powered the offense with two hits, two runs and four RBIs for the Dutch. Tayler Kraemer and Tiffany Kirk paced UWS with three hits apiece.
Schaben, apparently was just warming up as she was even better in the second game, allowing just one hit and one run in six innings, with three strikeouts and three walks.
Madison Farrington and Carson Fisk hit home runs to lead Central (10-6) while Kraemer had a hit and run and Zoe Thomson had a hit and RBI to lead the Yellowjackets (9-5).
UWS returns to the Upper Midwest with a nonconference doubleheader at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 24, against Concordia-Moorhead at the Plymouth (Minn.) Dome.
