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Box Score 2 FORT MYERS, Fla. - Sophomores Travis Stahulak (Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger) and Aaron Kieweg (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) combined for a no-hitter Saturday to lead the Wisconsin Lutheran College baseball team to 4-0 victory over Emerson (Mass.) in game one and the Warriors defeated Gettysburg (Pa.) 5-3 in 10 innings in game two to conclude their spring break trip with a 7-2 record.
THE BASICS
- Final Scores: Wisconsin Lutheran 4, Emerson 0; Wisconsin Lutheran 5, Gettysburg 3 (10 Inn.)
- Records: Wisconsin Lutheran (7-2), Emerson (0-10), Gettysburg (6-4)
- Location: Terry Park, Fort Myers, Fla.
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
- The Warriors provided some early insurance runs for starting pitcher Stahulak as they plated a pair in the bottom of the first inning off a Brett Youngbeck (Brown Deer, Wis./Brown Deer) sacrifice fly and a Zack Skog (Hampshire, Ill./Hampshire) RBI single.
- WLC made it 3-0 in the third after Sam Mattheis' (Rosendale, Wis./Laconia) groundout scored Aaron Roeseler (Watertown, Wis./Luther Preparatory), who tripled to leadoff the inning.
- Wisconsin Lutheran's final run of the game came in the eighth when Skog squeezed home Mattheis from third.
- Stahulak (7.0 IP) and Kieweg (2.0 IP) combined for the first known no-hitter in program history.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
- In their second meeting of the week with the Bullets, the Warriors jumped out early by plating three runs in the top of the first. WLC's first four batters reached base and Mattheis and Brandon Mantz (West Bend, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) each had run-scoring singles in the frame.
- Gettysburg got a run back in the second after loading the bases and plating a run off a wild pitch.
- The Bullets knotted the score at 3-3 in the fourth with an RBI groundout and sacrifice fly.
- The game remained deadlocked at 3-3 until the Warriors' half of the 10th. Korben Biersack (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield), who singled to leadoff the inning, later scored on an error by the Lions' shortstop. A Skog single to second plated Connor Vredeveld (Waterloo, Wis./Lakeside Lutheran) for a second insurance run.
- Joey Hodkiewicz (Burlington, Wis./Burlington) relieved starter Jaime Paumen (Glencoe, Minn./Silver-Lake) for a scoreless 10th to earn the save.
QUICK HITS
- Mattheis had two of the team's seven hits in game one. Skog added a pair of RBIs.
- Stahulak fanned eight batters and walked four during his 7.0 innings on the mound to earn the victory. Kieweg added a strikeout in 2.0 innings of relief.
- Connor Vredeveld went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and Mantz was 2-for-5 with two RBI to lead the Warriors at the plate.
- Cal Laird allowed four runs on seven hits over 8.0 innings for the Lions. He struckout eight and walked two.
- WLC edged Gettysburg in the hit column, 10-9.
- Paumen improved to 2-0 on the season after tossing 9.0 innings and striking out six without a walk.
- Scott Zanghellini went 3-for-4 to lead the Bullets, who tallied nine hits as a team.
- Brad DeMartino pitched 9.2 innings and was handed the loss on the hill for Gettysburg. He struckout 10 and walked none.
UP NEXT
- The Warriors are scheduled to host Beloit (6-2) Saturday in a non-conference doubleheader at 12 p.m. at Neumann Family Field.
