The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team swept UW-Eau Claire on a beautiful day at James B. Miller Stadium. The Warhawks won the opener 10-8 and the nightcap 12-3.
 
The opener of the twinbill was a back-and-forth affair with the teams trading leads until late in the contest. The Blugolds opened the scoring with a solo homer in the top of the first before UWW got out of a bases loaded jam. In the bottom of the frame, Sam Vomhof (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) claimed the Warhawks' first lead of the game lacing a two-RBI double to left center.
 
UW-Eau Claire responded with a pair in the top of the second but UWW came back with a four-spot in the bottom of the frame. Vomhof drove in two more with a monster blast to left center. Alex Najera (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) brought in the other two with a triple down the right field line to make it 6-3.
 
The Blugolds came back to tie it up after the top of the fifth. Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South) singled to drive in a pair for UWW in the bottom of the frame. Once again, UWEC was able to knot the game 8-8 in the top of the sixth but the Warhawks were not to be outdone.
 
Matt Korman (Waterford, Wis./Waterford Union) registered the go-ahead RBI on a groundout in the bottom of the sixth. UWW added an insurance run with Najera's second triple of the game, this one a shot to left center.
 
UW-Whitewater posted 12 hits in the game led by Vomhof's 4-5, 4 RBI, 3 run performance at the plate. Najera was 3-5 with a double and two triples.
 
Four Warhawk hurlers took to the mound in the game. Danny Hopper (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) picked up his first win of the season in 2.1 innings of relief work. Sam Paden (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) tossed three innings of one-hit shutout ball for his second save of the 2023 campaign.
 
UW-Whitewater produced even more offense in game two scoring 12 runs on 14 hits.
 
Nick Paget (New Berlin, Wis./West) led the Warhawks with a 3-5, 3 RBI, 2 run game at the plate. Jacob DeMeyer (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander), Vomhof, Nick Paget (New Berlin, Wis./West) and Adam Cootway (DePere, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) registered a pair of hits for UWW.
 
Cade Berendt (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) got the start and the win fanning seven in six innings of work.