Bethany Lutheran runs record to 5-0

The Vikings of Bethany Lutheran defeated Aurora 6-1 to run their season record to 5-0 on their spring trip.  Starting pitcher Garrett Benson allowed just four hits and one run in a full seven innings for his first win. Benson had eight strikeouts and walked two batters. Brad Lawson came in to throw two innings of no-hit ball close out the game.

N.C. Wesleyan found its way back to the winning ways as the Bishops swept a doubleheader with Penn State-Abington by scores of 4-2 and 7-0. The Blue and Gold took advantage of solid pitching by Jake Alexander and Jimmy Martin. Alexander threw five innings allowing just 2 runs off seven hits while striking out eight batters, including four consecutive Nittany Lions. In the second game, Martin pitched a complete game one-hit shutout.

Thomas More swept Bridgewater (Va.) in a nonconference doubleheader during the third day of the Russ Matt Central Florida Invitational at the Lake Myrtle Complex in Auburndale, Florida.  The Saints won game one, 7-6 in nine innings and the nightcap 4-3 in nine innings. Max Robbins led the Saints at the plate going five-for-nine in the two games.

Junior Eddie Kalankiewicz’s three-run double highlighted a four-run eighth inning leading Coast Guard to a 9-7 win over Illinois College at the Gene Cusic Classic. Kalankiewicz, who entered the game in the bottom of the seventh, lined a shot over the right fielders head that cleared the bases giving the Bears a 7-3 lead. He later scored a sacrifice fly by sophomore Riley Beecher for an 8-3 lead. Illinois College would score four runs to make the score 8-7 but would not get any closer. The Bears added an insurance run in the ninth.

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