The No. 2 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team posted a double-digit scoring output for the fourth straight game and the sixth time in its last seven contests in a 22-4 triumph over St. Norbert in a non-conference affair at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
The Warhawks (24-4 overall) recorded season highs in both runs (22) and hits (22) and tied the fourth-highest scoring output in one game in program history. A total of 12 different players collected at least one hit in the effort.
Senior centerfielder
Daytona Bryden (Rockton, IL/Hononegah) hit for three-quarters of the cycle and finished 4-for-4 with four runs scored and three runs batted in. Sophomore right fielder
Alex Doud (Waukesha, Wis./Mukwonago) clubbed a three-run homer and totaled three hits, two runs scored and seven RBI, and senior first baseman
Blake Fleischman (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) registered two hits, including a two-run homer, and three RBI.
Freshman shortstop
Nick Santoro (Naperville, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) tallied three hits and two runs scored, and senior first baseman
Trent Borgardt (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) and freshman third baseman
Jeran Simpson (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South) collected two hits apiece after entering late in the contest.
UW-Whitewater scored in six of its seven at-bats, breaking open a one-run game with six in the fourth, four in the fifth and nine in the sixth.
Freshman
Matt O'Sullivan (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland) worked five innings for his second win of the season. He allowed three hits and three walks while striking out seven. Freshman
Westin Muir (St. Charles, Ill./North) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief, and sophomore
Cooper Michalski (Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Mundelein) entered in the seventh to record the final out of the game.
The Warhawks return to Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action Friday to start a four-game series against UW-Stevens Point. First pitch of Friday's doubleheader is slated for 1 p.m. at Miller Stadium.