Seniors Waylon Bemboom and Cory Quinlan each went 5-for-8 on the day at the plate to help No. 5-ranked St. Thomas sweep defending conference champion Bethel, 3-1 and 6-4, in MIAC action in Arden Hills.

The Tommies (15-3 overall, 8-0 MIAC) allowed just five runs on the day and have surrendured just 17 runs in 65 innings in its 8-0 MIAC start. That includes a 2.34 ERA by their starting pitchers in MIAC play (12 earned runs in 46 innings).

UST made the most of 23 singles among 26 hits on the day.

Bemboom pushed his hitting streak to 12 games and Jake Smith made it 15 games in a row reaching base via a hit or walk. Smith drove in two runs in the opener with a sac fly and a single.

Junior Mitch Larson posted his third consecutive strong start as he pitched into the sixth inning in the opener. Matt Behounek and Alex Ogren got the final five outs in the 3-1 win.

Starter Caleb Fernholz (four innings) and Drew Molin (2 2-3 innings) each allowed two runs in game two. Ryan Zimmerman came on to pitch two scoreless innings, and Eric Veglahn got his second save of the season as he fanned the only batter he faced to close out the victory.

Dan Ziemann and Ben Waltz each drove in two runs in game two.

In its eight conference games, St. Thomas has 19 steals to just two for foes, and is hitting .355 to a .211 clip for opponents. Zach Gottfredsen is batting .538 in MIAC play with 14 hits in eight games.

The Toms are home Saturday April 16 to face Macalester for a doubleheader (1 p.m.). Carleton (5-0) is the only other unbeaten team in the conference.