BOX SCORES AND PLAY-BY-PLAY:
USI 10, Rockhurst 3
SAUGET, Ill. – The 13th-ranked University of Southern Indiana baseball team continued its advance through the GLVC Tournament with a 10-3 win over Rockhurst University Friday afternoon in Sauget, Illinois. The GLVC Tournament is being played at GCS Ballpark.
USI goes to 41-12 overall and is two wins short of tying the school record of 43 victories by the 2007 squad. Rockhurst falls to 30-24 after its first loss of the tournament.
The Screaming Eagles burst out of the gate with three runs in the first inning on three hits. USI continued its offensive assault with three more runs in the third and sealed the victory with two more runs in the fourth and ninth innings. The three-run third was highlighted by a two-run blast by junior catcher Dylan Mooney (St. Charles, Missouri), while the ninth inning rally was ignited by the two-run blast by senior rightfielder Caleb Ehmke (Waterloo, Indiana).
Mooney's home run was his team-high 12th of the season.
The Eagles had three players get multiple hits, led by the three-hit performance of junior leftfielder Michael Huling (South Bend, Missouri). Mooney, junior first baseman Adam Enright (Hammond, Indiana), and junior centerfielder Justin Blinn (Vincennes, Indiana) also had two hits each in the victory.
On the mound, junior right-hander Taylor Dennis (Covington, Indiana) recorded his team-high fourth complete game of the year to get win number eight. Dennis (8-1) struck out a season-best 11, while allowing three hits and three runs (two earned).
The Eagles resume GLVC action Saturday at noon when they play the winner of the Rockhurst and the University of Indianapolis elimination game. The RU-UIndy elimination game is currently in progress.
