MAUSTON, Wis. - The University of Minnesota Morris recorded two wins against Northland College on the first day of this UMAC series. The Cougars gave up just two runs in game one to win 10-2, and recorded their first shutout of the season in game two with a dominant 15-0 victory. With this road victory, Cougar baseball moves to 5-3 in conference play and has a chance to improve that record with one more game against Northland Apr. 7 at 12:00 pm. 

Minnesota Morris 10, Northland 2

It was the Lumberjacks who opened up the scoring in game one of this matchup, pushing a run across in the bottom of the second inning to get things rolling. Ashton Pauly responded with a run to even things up in the top of the third, but Northland took the lead back with a second run in the bottom of the fifth. From there, the game belonged to the Cougars as they recorded three runs in the sixth and five in the seventh inning to jump out to a 9-2 lead. Tyler Moriarty and Trevor Haberman both scored on the same play in the sixth inning, with Ethan Schmitz crossing home plate shortly after. Haberman cracked open the scoring in the seventh with his second run of the day. Ryan McGie followed his teammate in to score as Schmitz scored his second run of the day after being walked. Minnesota Morris wrapped up the scoring in the seventh with runs from Bradie Black and Pauly to cement the lead. After a two quick one-two-three inning from the Cougar defense, Blake Imhoff used Minnesota Morris' final scoring opportunity to score one more run for the Cougars. 

Haberman led the way for his team, going 3-5 at the plate to contribute to the Cougars' eighth hits while scoring two runs. RBIs in this first game came from Black, Ben Meuser, David Steffen, and McGie. The offense also totaled up 12 walks and four stolen bases. On the defensive end of things, McGie earned 12 putouts at first base for the Cougars. The pitching trio of Jacob Schaaf (W), Breckin Silvain, and Trevor Godfrey came together for eighth strikeouts, seven flyouts, and 11 groundouts from the mound.

Minnesota Morris 15, Northland 

After going scoreless for the first three innings of the second game, the Cougar bats began flying in the top of the fourth to knock in runs from Steffen, Tyler Motley, and Schmitz. Steffen and Meuser scored again in the fifth off a long single from Motley who earned two RBIs. Minnesota Morris totaled up an impressive nine runs in the sixth inning to extend the lead to 14-0. The runs came in quick succession for the Cougars, starting off with Black, Meuser, and Haberman. Motley scored the ninth run of the game, before a pitching change from the Lumberjacks briefly paused the game. The Cougars picked up right where they left off with Schmitz, Keegan Jonas, Moriarty, Pauly, and Black scoring the final five runs of the inning. Moriarty scored the final run for Minnesota Morris in the seventh, before a three-batter inning in the bottom of the seventh ended the game. 

Motley led the Cougar offense in hits and RBIs, going 2-3 at the plate and bringing in four runs. Schmitz and Imhoff added two RBIs of their own to the mix. Pauly hit the lone double of the game, while Schmitz launched a triple into play. On defense, Jonas earned 10 putouts from behind the plate for the Cougars. On the mound for Minnesota Morris, Parker Gilchrist (W) and Peyton Neadeau went in for nine strikeouts, six flyouts, and six groundouts on the day.