RIPON - St. Norbert College put the finishing touches on sweeping its six-game regular-season series with Ripon College with wins of 13-1 and 9-7 in 10 innings in a Midwest Conference North Division doubleheader at Francis Field.
The Green Knights (17-12, 11-7 MWC North) matched their season-high winning streak at six games with the two wins, which included a rally from trailing 6-1 through seven innings in the nightcap.
St. Norbert pushed across six runs in the top of the eighth inning to take a 7-6 lead.
Christian Jack got the scoring started with a run-scoring single.
Alex Perez then followed with a two-run single to cut the deficit to 6-4.
Nick Volz was later hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in a run. With two outs,
Peyton Jack singled to center field to drive in a pair of runs for a 7-6 lead.
Ripon would tie the game with one run in the bottom of the ninth, but St. Norbert answered with two in the top of the 10th.
Adam Cootway's double brought in Volz, who had reached on a two-base error with one out. An infield error then brought around Cootway for an insurance run.
Noah Beilfuss then shut down Ripon in order in its half of the 10th to close out the win.
St. Norbert got a single run in the first inning on a Volz RBI double, but Ripon scored single runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings and added three more in the seventh prior to the late-game heroics.
The Green Knights had nine hits in the game, with
Peyton Jack going 2-for-4 with two runs batted in.
Trevor Ramthun earned the win with two innings of relief.
In the opener,
Tommy Maher was in complete control throwing a three-hitter, walking three while striking out seven.
St. Norbert scored three times in the third on a two-run double from Cootway and an RBI single from
Peyton Jack. Ripon scored once in the fourth inning, but St. Norbert got the run back in the fifth on a
Sebastien Dubois double that scored Volz. The Green Knights added four runs in the sixth on another two-run double from Cootway and RBI singles from
Peyton Jack and
Christian Jack.
The Green Knights salted the game away with a five-run seventh. Volz walked with the bases loaded, and Cootway followed with a sacrifice fly.
Peyton Jack poked a run-scoring double and he then scored on a wild pitch. Dubois closed out the scoring with an RBI groundout.
Peyton Jack was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three runs batted in, while
Jack Maastricht was 3-for-4 with a run scored. Cootway was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and five runs batted in.
Lucas Reynolds was 2-for-4 with three runs scored, while
Christian Jack was 2-for-4.
