DE PERE - St. Norbert College renewed its longtime rivalry on the diamond with Lakeland University and split a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference doubleheader, winning the opener 5-2 before dropping the nightcap 2-0 at Van Alstine Field at Mel Nicks Sports Complex.

The Green Knights and Muskies first meet in St. Norbert's first year of baseball in 1958 and were meeting for the first time since 2017.

St. Norbert took a 3-0 lead in the opener with three runs in the second inning. Caden Uhlenbrauck and Issac Gerhardt opened the inning with singles, with Gerhardt's coming on a bunt. The ball was thrown away on the bunt, allowing Uhlenbrauck to advance to third base. Trevor Cornell then reached on a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt, with Uhlenbracuk scoring and Gerhardt coming all the way around from first base to score. Cornell later moved to third base and scored on Eric Kramer's sacrifice fly.

Lakeland would get single runs in the sixth and seventh innings, leaving the bases loaded in the seventh inning. St. Norbert got those runs back with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Adam Cootway singled with one out, and Sebastien Dubois walked. Trevor Reinhardt then singled home Cootway, and Grady Brick's sacrifice fly plated Dubois.

Mason Sefcik worked the first seven innings to get the win, allowing five hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Noah Lindsley allowed one hit in the last two innings for the save.

Cootway was 3-for-4, while Reinhardt was 2-for-3 and Uhlenbraucks 2-for-4. St. Norbert finished with nine hits.

In the nightcap, St. Norbert had 10 hits but couldn't solve Lakeland starter Peyton Domangue, who worked a complete-game shutout. The Green Knights left 11 runners on base while Lakeland did not commit an error defensively.

Lakeland scored its two runs with a solo home run by Jack Banks in the sixth and a two-out RBI bloop single by Dejuan Harvey in the seventh. St. Norbert would leave two runners on in the seventh and one in the ninth.

Kramer was 3-for-4 and Volz 3-for-5, while Reinhardt was 2-for-3. Aiden Trusky took the hard-luck loss, allowing four hits on two walks and four strikeouts in seven innings pitched.