WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - While Minnesotans were dealing with a snowstorm, the Minnesota Morris baseball team was on their way to sunny Florida as they began a stretch of 10 games in seven days Monday with a doubleheader against Trine University.

In the opener, the Cougars jumped out to a 4-1 lead before Trine came back to claim an 8-5 win. The Cougars scored their four runs in the second. Lucas Luedtke began a stretch of four consecutive singles that included a run-producing single from Blaise Fairbanks and a 2-RBI base hit from Chandler Erickson.

Trine scored five times in the third to take a 6-4 lead. They added single runs in the fourth and sixth. UMM produced a run in the fifth to give the game its three-run difference.

Minnesota Morris had 11 hits in the opener with Erickson, Evan Ellingworth, and Connor Spindler each delivering a pair of hits each.

In the nightcap, Trine used a seven-run fourth en route to a 10-2 win.

The Cougars got on the board first. With one out in the second, Donnie Mavencamp singled and then Luedtke followed with a double to score Mavencamp.

Mavencamp scored again in fourth. He singled to lead off the frame and touched the plate two batters later on a Trent Johnson sacrifice fly.

Erickson had two more hits in the second game.

Minnesota Morris (0-4) has another doubleheader on tap tomorrow against Framingham State.