The No. 20 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team hit the halfway point of its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schedule Friday afternoon, defeating Finlandia (Mich.) in a pair of games at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
 
The Warhawks (18-6 overall, 11-1 WIAC) recorded a 22-0 triumph in the first game before closing out the sweep with a 10-0 victory in the nightcap. Both contests were ended early due to run rule.
 
In the opener, seniors Michael Kaska (Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond-Burton Community) and Jim Perkins (Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove) combined for a two-hit shutout in the seven-inning contest. Kaska (4-2) struck out five over five innings, while Perkins struck out four in two frames.
 
UW-Whitewater mashed 18 hits and scored six runs in the first inning and 10 in the sixth. Freshman left fielder Taylor White (Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge) tallied two hits, including one double and one home run, and plated four runs. Sophomore designated hitter Connor Moroder (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) posted two hits, one run scored and three runs batted in. Senior third baseman Cal Aldridge (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) collected two hits, three runs scored and two RBI.
 
In the second game, the Warhawks shut out the Lions (4-22, 1-13) for the second time as sophomores Matt O'Sullivan (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland), Evan Sigmund (Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls) and junior Keith Kutzler (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) surrendered a combined two hits and one walk over eight innings. O'Sullivan (4-2) registered 10 strikeouts over five frames, Sigmund struck out three in two and Kutzler recorded a strikeout in the eighth.
 
Aldridge finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored, and senior second baseman Nick Schrader (Cambridge, Wis./Jefferson) collected two hits and three runs scored. Junior right fielder Alex Doud (Waukesha, Wis./Mukwonago) contributed three hits and two runs batted in, and junior centerfielder Noah Jensen (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) tripled and knocked in two runs.
 
UW-Whitewater led 6-0 heading to the eighth inning, when it scored four runs to end the game via run rule.
 
The Warhawks wrap up their four-game series against Finlandia with a doubleheader Saturday at 12 p.m. at Miller Stadium.