Road trip continues in La Crosse this weekend

The UW-Whitewater baseball team now focuses on UW-La Crosse following Wednesday’s split of a doubleheader at Platteville,

The Warhawks 14-game win streak came to an end in game-two of the twin bill.

The Hawks won game-one 12-2 (7 inning run rule) highlighted by an eight-run sixth inning on only five hits. Platteville pitchers contributed four walks and a wild pitch, and the Warhawks made the most of their hits, with two doubles and a triple in the inning. Rightfielder Daniel Putnam doubled in two, Donovan singled in the third run, and another scored on an infield single by DH Ryan Leavitt. Leftfielder Tim Conroy had the big blow of the inning, tripling to right field for three runs. Run number eight came in on the wild pitch.

In game-two, UW-Whitewater's Jason Hooper, coming off Sunday's no-hitter, was roughed up early. UWP's Aaron Hopson hit a two-run home run in the first inning, and Tyler Jacobson slugged a two-run double in the second, giving the Pioneers a quick 4-0 lead. Hooper lasted just an inning-and-a-third on the mound. The Hawks sent four pitchers to the mound. as Kyle Lee and Ben Versnick each pitched two-and-two-thirds innings, giving up two runs each. Aaron Leitner was on the mound for the final inning-and-a-third giving up 0 runs while striking out two..

The 14 game winning streak is UWW’s longest since the 2005 squad opened with the season with18 straight wins on the way to the 2005 NCAA Division III National Championship.

The Hawks are back on the road over the weekend for four games at UW-La Crosse with doubleheaders on Saturday & Sunday.

UWL was swept by Stout yesterday as the Blue Devils won both games with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Stout won the first game 5-4 on Josh Anderson's bloop single to right field, driving in Ryan Gilbertson. The Blue Devils won game two with three runs in the bottom of the seventh on two errors and Jake Duske's walk-off two-run double.
UWL freshman Tim Verthein took the tough-luck losses in both games.

The Warhawks stay in first place in the WIAC with a 7-1 conference record, UW-Stevens Point is all alone in second place at 6-2, just a game back of Whitewater.

The UWSP hosts UW-Superior (2-2 conference mark) this weekend.