GLENDALE, Wis. – For the second time in program history and second time in four years, the MSOE baseball team has won the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) tournament and heads the NCAA Tournament after a dominating win over Edgewood College in the championship game.
RESULTS
No. 1 MSOE RAIDERS – 10
No. 6 Edgewood - 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- MSOE (27-16, 18-6 NACC) jumped out quickly by reaching on a single and then stealing second and then advancing to third on a groundout. AJ Le then stepped in a took a moonshot into the left field for his second home run of the year to give the Red & White a quick 2-0 lead. Zach Brzezinski got the nod on the mound and kept Edgewood (23-22, 13-11 NACC) hitless through 2.2 innings and just one base runner through five innings.
- In the bottom half of the fifth, the Raiders struck once again with Le at the plate and he singled into left to bring in Joe Stried before advancing to second put the Eagles in a sticky situation to let Christian Bosque streak home to score as well. Jordan Skolmar stepped in next and continued the hot bats, singling into right field to score Le to make it 5-0.
- After Brzezinski continued to dial up Eagle batters and limit their appearances on the base paths, the Raider offense dialed things up in the bottom half of the seventh. After a pair of singles from Le and Skolmar, Kyle Mayberry and Charlie Claas continued with RBI singles for two more runs before Jake Franks loaded up the bases drawing a walk. JJ Jackson then raced out a potential double play ball to keep the inning alive making it 8-0 before in what was a storybook ending, the senior Kalitowski sealed it with a two RBI single to right in his final game inside MSOE Raiders Stadium.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- AJ Le – 3 for 3, 3 RBIs, 3 Runs, 1 Home Run
- Zach Brzezinski – 7 Innings Pitched, 4 Strikeouts, 1 Hit Allowed
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will find out where they'll head on Monday, May 12th during the NCAA Selection Show, which scheduled to air at 11:00 AM on the NCAA website.