UW-Whitewater remained alone in first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with an 11-2, 15-4 sweep of UW-La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin Sunday.
The Warhawks, ranked sixth in one national poll and sixteenth in the other, upped their record to 28-5 overall and 17-3 in the WIAC. UW-La Crosse is 15-17 and 8-12.
UW-W has a game lead on UW-Oshkosh, which is 16-4 in league play. UW-Stevens Point, 13-5, will play at doubleheader at UW-Stout Monday, and then finish the season with a four game set at UW-Whitewater Friday and Saturday at Prucha Field.
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game one
Whitewater scored single tallies in the second and third to lead 2-0 after three innings. La Crosse halved that with an unearned run in the fourth. Whitewater broke the game open with four runs in the fifth, with two of the runs coming in when Eagle pitchers hit batters with the bases loaded. All four of the runs came in after there were two outs. Whitewater added another unearned run in the seventh to make it 7-1. UW-L leftfielder Darren O'Donnell hit a home run, his third of the season, in the eighth to make it 7-2. Whitewater batted around in the ninth, tallying four runs on five hits to end the scoring in the game.
Senior righthander Adam Dominick (Waukesha/Waukesha West) threw a complete game to pick up the win. Dominick allowed six hits, walked three and struck out a team season high 12. Rightfielder Sam Petrasko (Appleton/East) and catcher Billy Johnson (Kenosha/Kenosha Tremper) both had two hits and two runs batted in to back Dominick.
game two
A scoreless first inning and a 1-0 Whitewater lead after two was the calm before the storm. The Warhawks sent 11 men to the plate in the third inning, scoring eight runs on seven hits. Five batters drove in a run, with second baseman Ben Kuhlman (Minneapolis, MN/Southwest) accounting for two with a two out home run, his third of the year.
Whitewater made it 10-0 with another run in the fifth, but La Crosse fought back with four in their half of the inning to make it 10-4. Whitewater scored five more in the seventh, with the aid of two-run doubles by Johnson and shortstop Greg Harder (Waukesha/Waukesha West), and the Warhawks closed it out early by the run deficit rule.
Johnson and Harder both drove in four runs in the win, and designated hitter Tom Corcoran (Rochester, MN/Rochester) went 3x4. Third baseman Tony Peterson went 2x4 with a RBI for the Eagles. Senior lefty Mike Jacobson (Oak Creek/Oak Creek) went six-plus innings to up his record to 6-1.
For additional information: John Vodenlich, UW-W coach
