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The No. 5 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team remained unbeaten at the NCAA Whitewater Regional Saturday with a 6-1 victory against Penn State Harrisburg in a contest at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
 
The Warhawks (39-5 overall), seeded second in the regional, will face No. 10 Adrian, the regional's top seed, on Sunday at 10 a.m. with a chance to punch their ticket to the regional championship game.
 
Pitcher Westin Muir (Highlands Ranch, Colo./St. Charles North (Ill.)) tossed a complete game to lead UW-W, striking out a season-high 13 batters in the performance. Muir (9-1) scattered six hits and walked one batter.
 
UW-Whitewater took the lead for good in the top of the third inning. First baseman Donovan Brandl (Rudolph, Wis./Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln) put the Warhawks on the board with a base hit to center, and left fielder Matt Korman (Waterford, Wis./Waterford Union) brought another run home with a ground ball to third. Designated hitter Ben Wilkins (Sussex, Wis./Lake Country Lutheran) made it 3-0 with a groundout to third.
 
After the Lions (29-8) cut the deficit to two runs by scoring in the bottom of the third, UW-W tallied three runs in the seventh on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch issued to Wilkins and a two-run single to center field by catcher Ryan Norton (Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac).
 
Third baseman Tucker Criswell (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) led the Warhawks with three hits and two runs scored. Norton posted two hits with his two RBIs, and second baseman Sam Vomhof (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) registered one hit, one walk and one run scored. Right fielder Jacob DeMeyer (Harshaw, Wis./Rhinelander) reached base three times with one hit and two walks, and two added two runs scored.