Lakehead Goes 1-2 vs. UW-Superior

Author: Hugh Mullally

The men’s baseball club went 1-2 on their road trip over the weekend against U Wisconsin-Superior.

Thus completes the Thunderwolves’ autumn schedule (and all NCBA conference play), their conference record 3-9, and overall record 5-10.

This is the first time in 3 years that Lakehead has completed their NCBA conference schedule without any hiccups due to extreme weather conditions (i.e. rain) that hampered their conference schedule in years past. This season all of their conference games were in the fall, as opposed to splitting them between the fall and spring months as had formerly been the case.

In Saturday’s doubleheader, the ‘Wolves took one on the chin the first game (15-5), before rallying to make for a close loss in game 2 (10-9). The ‘Wolves scored 4 runs in the top of the 7th inning to tie it at 9 before the Yellow Jackets countered in the bottom of the inning for a walk off win.

In Sunday’s contest the ‘Wolves bats were on fire, as they lit up the scoreboard for 23 runs to Superior’s 10.

“It was frustrating at times this weekend,” said Lakehead coach Jason Hart.”All of those games were winnable. We’re young and are going to get better, we just need to keep on working hard. Moving forward, hopefully we can get more results from our recruiting efforts as well.”

Game details follow below.

Game #1
University of Wisconsin Superior 15
Lakehead University                     5

Hitting
Josh Kennedy was 3-3 with 2 RBI
Ben Kennedy was 1-3 with an RBI

Pitching
Kevin Faber took the loss

Game #2
University of Wisconsin Superior 10
Lakehead University                     9

Hitting
Robert Shedden was 3-4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Josh Kennedy was 2-3 with a HR and 2RBI and 2 runs scored

Pitching
Ben Kennedy went 4 innings and gave up 7 hits with 2 K’s
Kevin Faber tossed 3 innings and gave up 5 hits, with 2 K’s and took the loss.

Game #3
University of Wisconsin Superior 10
Lakehead University                    23

Hitting
Nick Feren was 3-6 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored
Keifer Sutch was 2-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored
Robert Shedden was 2-4 with 3 runs scored and an RBI
Josh Kennedy was 2-3 with 1 RBI and 4 runs scored
Tyler Beckie was 2-5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored
Brock Vandenbrand was 2-3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored

Pitching
James Shaw pitched a complete game, scattering 12 hits and striking
out 3 and allowing 2 earned runs.