MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The St. Olaf College baseball team started its 2021 season by sweeping Hamline University by scores of 5-2 and 7-1 in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium.

St. Olaf (2-0) got strong pitching performances from Sam Westermeyer and Sean Goldman in game one and Hunter Barber and Sam Lavin in game two, as the Oles limited Hamline (2-4) to eight hits on the afternoon.

Offensively, TJ Rogers had two hits in each game and scored four runs, while Joey Glampe homered and drove in four in his collegiate debut in game two. The doubleheader marked St. Olaf's first games in 377 dating back to a doubleheader against Northwestern on March 4, 2020.

St. Olaf 5, Hamline 2 | Box Score

Westermeyer and Goldman combined to allow just four hits on the mound for St. Olaf as the Oles claimed the opener. Westermeyer earned the win with four innings of two-run ball before giving way to Goldman, who did not allow a hit and struck out three in three shutout innings of relief to pick up the save.

After leaving a pair of runners on base in each of the first two innings, St. Olaf broke through with three runs in the bottom of the third. Matthew Muller walked to lead off the frame and came around to score on Andrew Nomoto's RBI double to right center. Lavin added a sacrifice fly later in the innings and Brian Nevin followed with a two-out RBI single to left to cap the inning.

Hamline responded by scoring a pair of runs in the next half inning to get within one, as Braeden Boerne drove a two-out, two-run double to right. Those were the only runs Westermeyer allowed as he ran his career record to 8-3 with the victory.

Goldman took care of the rest in his collegiate debut and benefitted from insurance runs in the fifth and sixth. The first year retired nine of the 10 batter he faced, allowing just a one-out walk in the seventh.

St. Olaf's insurance runs in the fifth came on a two-out RBI single by Bobby Isbell in the fifth and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Nomoto in the sixth. Eight of the Oles' nine starting position players had a hit in the win, led by two-hit performances from Muller and Rogers.

St. Olaf 7, Hamline 1 | Box Score

In his first collegiate game, Glampe homered and drove in four runs and the duo of Barber and Lavin surrendered just one unearned run as the Oles completed the sweep.

Glampe broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out, two-run single in the third and added a two-run home run in the seventh for St. Olaf. Barber picked up the win after allowing one unearned run on two hits in four innings, while Lavin fanned four in three innings of two-hit relief to earn the save.

The Oles jumped in front quickly, as Rogers led off with an infield singles and scored on a one-out double by Nomoto. Hamline got the run back with an unearned tally in the bottom of the second to know the game at 1-1.

Rogers again led off an inning with a hit by doubling to start the third. After a pair of walks filled the bases with two outs, Glampe drove a single through the left side to score a pair and give St. Olaf a 3-1 lead.

Barber kept the lead intact by escaping a second-and-third, one-out jam in the bottom of the fourth before the Oles scored twice in the sixth and twice in the seventh to pull away in the late innings.

After the first two batters of the sixth were retired, St. Olaf generated a two-out rally that culminated with a two-run double by Muller to bring in Rogers and Travis McDonald. Glampe followed a Jack Fochtman single in the seventh with a two-run shot to left to complete the scoring.

Rogers reached base three times and scored each time, going 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs scored. Fochtman and McDonald each had a pair of hits for the Oles, who outhit the Pipers by a 10-4 margin.

St. Olaf returns to U.S. Bank Stadium for its second doubleheader in as many days on Wednesday, March 17 when the Oles take on Bethany Lutheran. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 5 p.m.