St. Scholastica's Mickie Keuning threw the program's seventh no-hitter followed by a shutout by Kyle Jensen as the CSS baseball team snuck by the University of Minnesota-Morris Cougars 2-0 and 4-0 in a doubleheader at Wade Stadium Friday night.

St. Scholastica's Mickie Keuning threw the program's seventh no-hitter. St. Scholastica photo by Billy Faye

The victories over the Cougars (3-13, 3-3 UMAC) keep the Saints a perfect 6-0 in conference play this season on top of giving them their eighth straight victory overall.

Game one started off with some offense as St. Scholastica's Kyle Moody (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS ) doubled down the right field line to knock in Jensen in the first inning as the Saints took a 1-0 lead.

The Saints would strike again in the third when throwing errors allowed Moody to score from second base after a weak ground ball to the shortstop giving the Saints a 2-0 advantage.

The story of the day was Keuning as two runs was more than enough.  Keuning's no-hit day was complemented by eight strikeouts including one to end the game.  Keuning was two walks and an error away from throwing a perfect game.

Moody had the game's only RBI as he went 2-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored.  

Game two started with some promise for the Saints as Kyle Flagstad (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) tripled in the first but the Cougars were able to stop the threat and hold CSS scoreless after one.

The defensive battle continued through the fourth inning, including a mow 'em down inning in the third as Jensen struck out three straight Cougars.

The Saints broke the scoreless streak in the bottom of the fifth when a Flagstad sacrifice fly brought John Hietpas (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge HS ) in from third base.  Moody followed that with a double scoring Tom Spaniol (St. Joseph, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS ) to give CSS a 2-0 lead after five.

St. Scholastica would tack on a couple more in the sixth when Shayne Ciernia (Eagan, Minn./Breck HS ) doubled with the bases loaded scoring Tyler Henderson (Chisago Lakes, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS) and Drew Dawson (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson HS ) to make it 4-0 CSS.

The victory was sealed in the seventh when Jensen forced three up-three down to give the Saints a 4-0 win.

Jensen's complete game came with just four hits allowed and eight strikeouts without walking a batter as he earns his third win of the season.