Michael Swift threw a two-hit shutout as UW-Oshkosh opened its season with two convincing wins over Nichols College (Mass.) on Saturday (March 16) in Fort Myers, Fla.

Swift, making his first collegiate start, pitched the Titans to a 7-0 victory in game one. UW-Oshkosh (2-0) then used a pair of two-run triples from Tyler Kamps to take the second contest, 11-2.

Polcyn got the scoring started with a triple off the wall in the first inning. The Titans added two more runs in both the third and fifth frames to make it 6-0. Zac Peterson ripped a RBI double before Bobby Kachel and Tyler Kozlowski added run-scoring singles.

Swift retired 14 men before allowing a single to Nick Shaw in the fifth inning. The only other hit for the Bison (0-2) was a single from Kyle Russell in the sixth. Swift walked two and struck out one over seven innings.

The loss went to Collin Geagan, who surrendered three earned runs in four frames. Chris Johnson pitched two innings and yielded two runs.

Kamps posted four extra-base hits on the day. During game two, he belted a triple to deep centerfield that put UW-Oshkosh ahead, 4-1.

The Titans tallied three runs – all with two outs – during the fifth inning. Kamps pulled a triple to right that scored Doug Beattie and Luke Gajewski. Michael Polcyn came up next and knocked a double to bring home Kamps and make it 9-2.

Nichols College scored on a throwing error in the first inning and John Micciche's double during the third.

Travis Sindles pitched 4.2 innings of relief and provided seven strikeouts for the win. He allowed just one hit after Matt Wells gave up one earned run in 2.1 frames.

Tyler Shute (loss) was charged with four earned runs in the first three innings. Ray Curto then entered for the Bison and allowed five runs over three frames.

By Jon Feyen, UW-Oshkosh Sports Information