ASHLAND, Wis. – Minnesota Morris (8-14, 4-7 UMAC) was swept by Northland (10-15, 8-4 UMAC) today in the first two games of a three game series. It was a pitcher's duel in the first game but UMM fell 6-3. The two teams combined for 28 runs in the second game but four late runs by the Lumberjacks helped them earn the 16-12 win.
 
GAME 1
 
Northland got on the board in the bottom of the second as they used four singles to take an early lead. They doubled that lead in the bottom of the fifth scoring a run on a one out triple following a walk. Minnesota Morris cut the lead in half thanks to a passed ball that allowed Chandler Erickson to score, he reached base after being hit by a pitch. The Lumberjacks got that run back in the bottom of the inning to go up 4-1.
 
Morris scored again in the top of the eighth. Jake Schmitz doubled to start the inning and then stole third. He, like Erickson, would score via the passed ball. Northland put the game away in the bottom of the inning, scoring three runs on three hits. Evan Ellingworth doubled and scored on Devin Waldvogel's single in the top of the ninth for UMM.
 
Michael Dockendorf went all eight innings for UMM, allowing six runs and striking out four.
 
GAME 2
 
The Lumberjacks took the lead early in the game two as well, scoring two runs in the first and one in the second. Morris countered with a pair of runs in the third and fourth innings. In the top of the third Ellingworth scored on a wild pitch and Ryan Wynn scored on an RBI single off the bat of Jackson Gessell. In the fourth UMM took a lead on a two run RBI off a single by Wynn.
 
The lead did not last long as Northland scored eight runs on seven hits, a hit-by-pitch and a walk. Trailing 11-4, Morris tried to make a comeback. The Cougars scored a run in the fifth after a sac fly from Christian Korlath.
 
The top of the sixth put UMM back in the game. They scored four runs on five hits including a two run triple by Schmitz. Gessell and Ellingworth had RBI's in the inning as well. Northland got a run back in the bottom of the inning to take a 12-9 lead.
 
The Cougars pulled within one after a two run seventh. Ellingworth drove in Fust and then Schmitz drove in Ellingworth. Unfortunately the Lumberjacks scored four runs in the bottom of the eight to go up 16-11.
 
Morris and Northland will meet again tomorrow at 11 a.m. to wrap up the season series.