Jacksonville, IL-

The Northland College Baseball team continued their series vs. Iowa Wesleyan with a double header today in Jacksonville, IL. In cold and windy conditions, Iowa Wesleyan would take both games by scores of 28-20 and 17-7. 

Game 1

In game one, Carson Ferry would get the start on the mound for the Jacks. Iowa Wesleyan would come out of the gates hot, scoring 5 runs in the top of the first inning. Northland would respond with 5 runs of their own as Garrett Warrenn would reach first on a 1 out walk. Noah Cross would continue his hot hitting with a double down the left field line, advancing Warrenn to 3rd. Adrian Bethel would hit a 2RBI double. Joseph Veit would later pick up the 2RBI double, scoring Bethel and Arreazola to make it 5-5. The Jacks would add two more runs in the 2nd inning to make it 7-5.  Iowa Wesleyan would add runs in the 3rd and 4th innings to make it 10-7 before Northland would explode for 8 runs in the bottom of the 4th. Shawn O'Connell would pick up a 2RBI single scoring Ben Matteson and Adrian Bethel as the Jacks would retake the lead 15-10. Wesleyan would add two runs in the top of the 5th but Northland would again answer with 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning highlighted by a 2RBI single for the hot hitting Noah Cross as the Jacks would take the 19-12 lead. In the top of the 6th inning, Wesleyan would explode for 12 runs off of 4 hits, while the Jacks would commit 4 errors in the inning as the Jacks would trail 24-19. Northland would make things interesting as Ben Matteson would hit a solo blast over center field to make it 24-20 but Wesleyan would tack on 4 more runs to take game 1 28-20 in the high scorng . 

Seth Hackbarth, Kyle Wallace and Jonathan Knusta would all pitch in relief in game one.

Noah Cross would lead the Jacks at the plate going 3-5 with 3 RBI's 

Game 2

In game two, the Jacks would fall by a score of 17-7. Jake Schramm and Earl Kraft would record their first collegiate hits as a LumberJack. 

Next up for the Jacks is another trip to Jacksonville, IL to take on Iowa Wesleyan March 1-2. 

Northland College is an NCAA Division III institution located in Ashland, WI. The LumberJacks and LumberJills sponsor 14 varsity sports and compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.