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Aquinas AQB 5-9
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Winner Northwestern (Iowa) NWC 6-12
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Northwestern (Iowa) NWC
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Score By Periods
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Aquinas AQB 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
Northwestern (Iowa) NWC 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 X 6 6 0

W: Dykstra, Drew (2-2) L: Conor Gausselin (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | NWC Athletic Communications

Raiders Leave Florida on Three-Game Win Streak, Downs Aquinas 6-2

Drew Dykstra records career-high 10 strike outs on the mound

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Northwestern College baseball team (6-12, 0-0 GPAC) concluded their Spring Break trip at the RussMatt Invitational Games with a single-game contest against the Saints of Aquinas College (Mich.) (5-9, 0-0 WHAC), picking up their third-straight win behind six unanswered runs in the 6-2 victory.
 
Pitching Decisions
Win: Drew Dykstra (2-2)
Loss: Conor Causselin (0-1)
Save: None
 
How it Happened
Aquinas tallied the first two runs of the contest with a run in the first and second innings, with an RBI walk and double in the final game down in Florida, a nine-inning affair. In the bottom half of the second, senior outfielder Noa Vogel (Castle Pines, Colo.) notched his first home run of the season to cut the lead in half.
 
Aquinas surrendered their slim lead in the fourth, allowing Mo Watson (Jr., Ankeny, Iowa) to score on a throwing error by the Aquinas pitcher and a failed pick off attempt.
 
Northwestern would take their first lead of the game in the fifth, plating two runs. It began with the Red Raiders loading the bases with a walk, hit-by-pitch, and single. Vogel would drive in the go-ahead run with himself getting plunked for an RBI hit-by-pitch. Watson would deliver the second run with a sacrifice fly to fight field, giving NWC the 4-2 lead.
 
The following inning, with the bases loaded again, Evan Olesen (Sr., Estherville, Iowa) came into score on a wild pitch. While Mason Porepp (Jr., Pleasant Hill, Iowa) drove in the final Raider run with a sacrifice fly of his own, making it 6-2 in the sixth.
 
Game Notes
  • The Northwestern pitching staff recorded 16 strike outs in the final game in Florida, the most since recording 16 in a 10-1 win at Hastings last season.
  • The Raiders have now hit nine home runs on the season.
  • NWC improves to 4-1 on the season against Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC), all games down in Florida.
  • Evan Olesen and Kip Cullinan paced the offense with their two hits a piece at the top of the line-up card.
  • Noa Vogel drove in two runs, going 1-for-3 on the day, and notching his first HR of the season.
  • He was also hit-by-pitch twice in the game, two of the five HBP the Raiders' endured.
  • Drew Dykstra (2-2) picked up his second win of the season going five innings and surrendering just two hits and his two runs (both earned).
  • He struck out a career-high 10 batters, while walking four.
  • Brady Nicolet and Ryan Reynolds both went two innings in relief to shut the door on the Saints, combining to allow just two hits and six strike outs.
 
Note: the morning contest with National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II foe Purdue University Northwest was canceled due to rain in the fifth inning. It will count as a no contest.
 
Up Next: The Raiders are set to open Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) play this week, hosting Midland to begin a four-game set with the Warriors this Friday, March 17 in Orange City (subject to change).    
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