HAWKS MAKE STATEMENT WITH TRIUMPH OVER NO. 14 EAGLES

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Northeast Community College baseball team was back in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to wrap their series with No. 14 Kirkwood Community College Monday. The Hawks took down the Eagles by a final score of 7-6 in 12 innings to take another conference-series victory.

Northeast (22-8, 6-3 ICCAC) fell behind 2-0 early before Derek Woolwine (Boulder, Colo.) doubled on a line drive to right field in the top of the fifth frame to even the score at 2-2. Woolwine came around to score on a wild pitch before Tom Shakespeare (Canberra, Australia) extended the Hawks lead to 4-2 with a single in the same inning.

Kirkwood pushed three runs across in the bottom of the fifth which was followed by a sacrifice by Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo.) in the sixth frame and an Eagles error that put Northeast back ahead 6-5 on the scoreboard. Kirkwood added a run in the bottom of sixth inning before the frenetic scoring came to a complete halt.

A pitcher's duel ensued as Aidan Brainard (Littleton, Colo.) went seven innings out of the bullpen to keep the Hawks in contention in the massive road contest. It took until the top of the 12^th frame for a run to come across for either team as Taylor Gill (Orem, Utah) drilled a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Cade Grevengoed (West Des Moines, Iowa). Gage Ingram (LaVista, Neb.) came in and closed out the matchup in the bottom half of the inning to seal the deal in what was an extremely competitive showdown.

STAT SHEET:

Derek Woolwine (Boulder, Colo.): 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB

Jackson Horn (Papillion, Neb.): 3-6, 2B, R

Aidan Brainard (Littleton, Colo.): 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 K

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head baseball coach Marcus Clapp on how the afternoon played out:

"Today was a good win for the boys!" Clapp said. "It was just a really good game overall. I thought we fought hard and made a couple big plays. Aidan really threw the ball well and kept us in it. Anytime you can win a series, especially on the road, is big in this conference. Proud of how we fought after Game 1."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will be back in action against Des Moines Area Community College at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Norfolk Veterans Memorial Baseball Field in Norfolk.

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