APPLETON - St. Norbert College resumed Midwest Conference North Division play with a split at Lawrence University, winning the first game 14-2 before dropping the second contest 12-8 at Whiting Field.
The Green Knights used a trio of big innings in the opener, getting three runs in the third and five runs apiece in the fourth and eighth innings.
Sebastien Dubois opened the third inning with a home run, and
Adam Cootway followed later in the frame with a two-run single for a 3-0 lead. The Green Knights pushed ahead 8-0 in the fourth, scoring on a
Jacob Rajkovich RBI single, two runs scoring on a throwing error, and a two-run home run by Cootway. Lawrence would score a run in the bottom of the fourth before St. Norbert got the run back in the top of the fifth on a double by Rajkovich.
St. Norbert put the game out of reach with five runs on three hits in the eighth inning. A run scored on a double play,
Isaac Gerhardt added a two-run single and
Danny Stewart and
Myles Cruz drove in runs when hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Cruz was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, while Rajkovich and Dubois were both 2-for-4. Cootway was 2-for-5 with four runs batted in.
Trevor Ramthun earned the win on the mound, allowing four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in five innings.
In the nightcap, Lawrence scored six times in the bottom of the sixth to take a 12-8 lead and neither team would score the rest of the way.
The Vikings took the lead with a run in the second before St. Norbert scored twice in the third on a
Lucas Reynolds RBI triple and a
Nick Volz infield single. Lawrence scored twice in the third before St. Norbert scored twice in the fourth on a Dubois groundout and Gerhardt scoring on a passed ball after a triple. The Vikings would score three times in the fourth to take a 6-4 lead.
St. Norbert answered with four runs in the sixth inning, with three runs scoring on a
Nick Volz bases-clearing double and
Caden Uhlenbrauck driving Volz in with a single. The Vikings responded with six runs on seven hits in the bottom of the inning to pull ahead.
Christian Jack was 4-for-5 while Volz was 2-for-5 with four runs batted in.
Nick Brauer took the loss in relief for the Green Knights.
