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Winner Ripon College RC 0
10
Carroll University CU 0
Winner
Ripon College RC
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Carroll University CU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Ripon College RC 6 3 2 0 0 1 4 5 21 23 4
Carroll University CU 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 10 12 2

W: Bemowski, Ethan (0-0) L: Tyler Robers (0-0)

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Winner Ripon College RC 0
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Carroll University CU 0
Winner
Ripon College RC
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Final
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Carroll University CU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ripon College RC 1 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 2 12 16 0
Carroll University CU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1

W: Langdon, Aaron (0-0) L: Kevin Dineen (0-0)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Ripon Scores 33 Runs In DoubleHeader Sweep At Carroll

WAUKESHA, Wis. - For the third consecutive season, Ripon's baseball team has finished the season with a 14-2 conference record. The Red Hawks defeated Carroll in both games of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon, winning the first by a score of 21-10 in eight innings, before taking the nightcap 12-2, extending Ripon's current winning streak to a season-high 10 games. The wins clinch the number one seed in the Midwest Conference North Division for next weekend's MWC Tournament.

In Sunday's first game, Ripon pounded out 23 hits, which is tied for fifth in school history. All nine batters recorded at least one hit for the Red Hawks, who scored six runs in the top of the first to set the tone early. They scored three more runs in the second, highlighted by back-to-back home runs by Michael Polcyn and Nick Schmitt. Polcyn and Nick Kita each recorded an RBI single in the third, giving Ripon an 11-0 lead.

Carroll got on the board with a run in the bottom of the third, before making a game of it with a five-run fourth. It took the Red Hawks until the sixth to score again, when Bradley Knoblock singled, allowing Nate Siudak to score. Ripon added four more in the seventh, highlighted by a two-run double by Schmitt, before Carroll added two in the bottom of that inning to cut Ripon's lead to 16-8.,Ripon would put the game away in the eighth with five more runs on three hits.

The Red Hawks were led by Kita and Dakotah Kirchenwitz, who each finished with four hits, while scoring four and three runs, respectively. Polcyn, Schmitt, and Mitchell Busch each added three hits, while also combining for 11 RBI and nine runs scored. Siudak and Nick Uhen added three RBI apiece. On the mound, Ethan Bemowski picked up the win in relief, allowing zero earned runs on three hits in 2.2 innings of work, while striking out two.

In the day's second game, Ripon again struck first, scoring once in the top of the first on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Schmitt. Carroll tied things up with an RBI single in the second, before the Red Hawks took the lead for good with back-to-back home runs by Knoblock and Polcyn to lead off the third. Polcyn's longball was his second of the day, sixth of the season, and 18th of his career, which moves him into a tie for eighth in school history.

Knoblock added an RBI single in the fourth, while Siudak and Busch crushed back-to-back solo home runs in the fifth. The Red Hawks added four more runs in the sixth, including a two-run triple by Siudak, before capping the scoring with two more in the ninth.

Ripon finished the game with 16 hits, with four coming from Knoblock and three apiece coming from Kirchenwitz and Randy Finger. Knoblock and Siudak led the team with three RBI apiece, while Kirchenwitz scored a team-high three runs. Aaron Langdon started the game and earned the win, allowing one run on five hits and striking out five in six innings of work.

The Red Hawks will have one final tune-up before the MWC Tournament, as they'll travel to #10 UW-Stevens Point on Tuesday. That doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m. in Stevens Point, Wis. and will have LiveStats available at,http://athletics.uwsp.edu/sports/2012/3/12/BSB_0312121627.aspx.
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