Indian Hills sweeps Cougars in weekend series

The Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) baseball team traveled to Indian Hills Community College for a weekend series on March 21 and 22.

GAME ONE

Game one on Saturday was a competitive contest through four innings. NICC tallied a run in each of the first two frames, while Indian Hills was able to bring in six. When the game moved to the bottom of the fifth, the Warriors exploded for four runs. The Cougars added one in the top of the sixth but went on to lose game one, 10-3.

Game one performers:
Andrew Rottinghaus - 2 H, 1 RBI
Nico Olszewski - 2 H
Ben Potts - 1.1 IP, 0 R

GAME TWO

Indian Hills took control of game two on Saturday early and never looked back. Four Warriors scored in the first inning, and NICC answered back with two in the top of the third, but Indian Hills batted around the order in the bottom of the third and scored 11 runs. This game only went five innings, as NICC lost 15-2.

Game two performers:
Tanner Bahl - 1 H, 1 R
Austin Goodrich - 1.1 IP, 1 SO

GAME THREE

The Cougars came to play in their third game of the weekend against Indian Hills. NICC jumped on the Warriors early with three runs in the top of the first inning, thanks to some poor Indian Hills defense, and a Colin Teske single to right. The pitching staff limited the Warriors bats for the first two innings, but Indian Hills tied it up in the bottom of the frame at three. Both teams added one run in the fifth, with Ben Linberg singling in Rylan Kingrey for NICC. In the bottom of the seventh, Gage Perri drove in the game-winning run for the Warriors, as they won 5-4.

Game three performers:
Ben Lindberg - 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB
Colin Teske - 1 H
Jack Schmidt 1 H

GAME FOUR

Much like game three, the final game of the series was close throughout. Indian Hills jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning thanks to a throwing error and single. The game then went scoreless until the top of the fourth when NICC's Schmidt and Bahl each had RBI singles to tie the game, 2-2. The Cougars took the lead for the first time in the top of the fifth, when Gavin Harrington reached on a fielder's choice, but the Warriors quickly answered to tie it in the bottom of the frame. A two-RBI double in the bottom of the sixth by Perri was the nail in the coffin, and Indian Hills completed the weekend sweep with a 5-3 victory.

Game four performers:
Harrington - 2 H, 1 RBI
Bahl - 2 H, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Reed Adler - 5.2 IP, 4 ER, 4 SO