Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader with The College of St. Scholastica (Minn.) Sunday afternoon at Copeland Park in UW-L's home opener.  The Eagles won the opener, 6-3, before the Saints came back to take the nightcap, 3-2 in 10 innings. UW-L, receiving votes on this week's D3baseball.com Top-25 Poll, is now 7-3 on the season while St. Scholastica (Minn.) is 11-4. 

In Sunday's opener, the Saints scored one run in each the first and second innings.  Austin Colvard walked to lead-off the game and later scored on Trevor Bernsdorf's single to center field to make it 1-0 in the top of the first.  Jake Kuschke's solo home run to left center field in the second added to the Saints' lead. 

UW-L, which finished 12-4 at home in 2014, took a 4-2 lead in the fourth inning when it recorded four runs on four hits.  Justin Anderson singled to center field and was driven in Alex Cordova's two-run home run to right field to tie the game at 2-2.  Later in the inning, Joel Zyhowski's two-run single down the left field line scored Ben Morgan and Travis Buxton-Verstegen to give UW-L a 4-2 lead.  The Eagles added to their lead in the bottom of the sixth as Nic Barnes hit a two-run home run to right field scoring Buxton-Verstegen. 

St. Scholastica (Minn.) cut the deficit to 6-3 in the ninth after Brian Minks scored on a passed ball.  With the tying run on deck with one out, UW-L's Jameson Sadowske struck out Chris Olson and Padraic Getchell to end the game.

Joe Miller (3-0) earned the win for UW-L, pitching 8.0 innings, allowing seven hits, two runs and two walks with three strikeouts.  Sadowske went 1.0 inning, allowing one hit and one run while striking out three.

Barnes finished 2-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored while Zyhowski and Cordova each had two RBI.  UW-L's Taylor Kohlwey had his 37-game hitting streak snapped in the opener as he finished 0-for-3 with a walk.  His 37-game hitting streak tied the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) set by UW-Stout's Brad O'Connell from 2000-01.

Jordan Risse (0-2) suffered the loss for St. Scholastica (Minn.) in Sunday's opener, going 7.0 innings, allowing eight hits, six runs (five earned) and three walks while striking out five.  Minks was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

St. Scholastica (Minn.) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning in the nightcap as Colvard scored on a UW-L throwing error.  Kohlwey quickly tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a lead-off home run to right field.

The game remained tied until the top of the 10th when the Saints tallied a pair of runs to take a 3-1 advantage.  Colvard scored on Steven Neutzling's double to give St. Scholastica (Minn.) a 2-1 lead and Trevor Bernsdorf followed with an RBI single to knock in Neutzling to make it 3-1.

UW-L's first three batters reached base in the bottom of the 10th.  Alex Brown singled to start the frame followed by Barnes reaching on a St. Scholastica (Minn.) fielding error.   Kohlwey's single loaded the bases with no outs.  Bryce Barsness struck out swinging for the first out of the inning and the game ended on the next batter.  Justin Anderson's fielder's choice forced Kohlwey at second base with Brown scoring to cut the lead to 3-2, but Barnes was thrown out at the plate on the play to end the game.

Caleb Boushley (0-1) took the loss for UW-L, pitching 1.0 inning, allowing two hits and two runs (one earned) with one strikeout.  Ben Cejka went 9.0 innings for the Eagles, allowing six hits, one run and two walks while striking out 13, one away from his career-high. 

Kohlwey finished 2-for-5 with a home run while Anderson went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Zack Farmer (0-1) picked up the victory for St. Scholastica (Minn.), going 3.0 innings in relief.  He allowed three hits and one run with one strikeout.  Mickie Keuning started for the Saints, pitching 7.0 innings, allowing four hits, one run and three walks with five strikeouts.  Neutzling finished 2-for-5 with a run scored and RBI while Al Marolt finished 2-for-4.

UW-L returns to action Thursday, April 2 opening up WIAC play with a doubleheader at UW-Oshkosh starting at 1 p.m.