The No. 12 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team posted a 2-0 victory against UW-Stevens Point in the second half of a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader Monday afternoon at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
The Warhawks (9-4 overall, 1-1 WIAC) dropped the first game by a 4-0 score.
In Game 2,
Kade Lancour (Nekoosa, Wis./Nekoosa) and
Cade Berendt (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) combined for a three-hit shutout, limiting UW-Stevens Point (9-2, 1-1) to two singles and one double in the contest. Lancour struck out six over 6 2/3 innings before Berendt came on in relief and earned the win, improving to 2-0 on the year by throwing the final 2 1/3 frames.
After stranding runners in all innings except one, UW-Whitewater got on the board in the bottom of the seventh. Second baseman
Bennett Frazer (Hobart, Wis./Oconto) drew a leadoff walk, and left fielder
Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South) singled up the middle with one out. Following a walk by right fielder
Jacob DeMeyer (Harshaw, Wis./Rhinelander) to load the bases, designated hitter
Sam Vomhof (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) lifted a fly ball to left to plate Frazer.
The Warhawks added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth. After centerfielder
Zach Campbell (Burlington, Wis./Burlington) and catcher
Ryan Norton (Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac) started the inning with back-to-back hits, Frazer brought home pinch runner
Eric Hughes (Janesville, Wis./Craig) from third on a ground ball to third.
Berendt pitched around a two-out base runner in the ninth to close out the victory.
First baseman
Nick Paget (New Berlin, Wis./West) registered two of UW-W's seven hits in the game. Scolan, DeMeyer and Vomhof each reached base twice with one hit and one walk apiece.
In the opener, UW-Whitewater tallied eight hits but stranded nine runners on base.
Westin Muir (Highlands Ranch, Colo./St. Charles North (Ill.)) took the loss on the mound, falling to 2-1 on the season after striking out seven in 6 1/3 innings.
Cam Anfang (Sullivan, Wis./Jefferson) struck out four batters in 2 2/3 hitless, scoreless frames in relief.
Scolan and Vomhof collected two hits apiece to lead the offense.
The Warhawks host UW-Oshkosh Saturday for a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m.
