Lakers Celebrate Senior Day With 4-1 Win Over Calumet St. Joseph to Sweep CCAC Conference Series

CRESTWOOD, Ill. – The Roosevelt University baseball team celebrated "Senior Day" with a 4-1 CCAC Conference win over Calumet College of St. Joseph on Saturday, April 30 at Ozinga Field, sweeping the season series after also winning a doubleheader on Friday, April 29 by the scores of 20-6 and 5-2.  The Lakers close out the regular season with a 19-11 conference record and a 25-21 overall record this season.

In game one of the series on Friday, the Crimson Wave jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings, but the Lakers scored 20 unanswered runs to put the game away.  Andrew Olszewski and Jonathan Salm both hit RBI singles and Hunter Darst drove in two runs in the bottom of the second inning.  Salm drove in another run in the third with Danny Holloway also bringing in a run with a base hit, while Darst brought in Holloway and Heinlein drove in Jojo Mack and Gutierrez with a double.  A 10-run fourth inning blew open the game with Bryan Fox leading the way with a three-run double.

The Lakers took a 1-0 lead in game two on Friday with Mack walking, stealing second, and scoring on a ground out by Heinlein.  Calumet St. Joseph scored two runs in the next inning, but were held scoreless the rest of the way.

Roosevelt trailed until the sixth inning when it scored three runs to take a 3-2 lead.  Olszewski singled to score Darst and McAlister, while Olszewski also scored on a passed ball later in the inning.  The Lakers added an insurance run with Mack scoring on an error in the seventh for an RU 5-2 lead.

After three scoreless innings in Saturday's game, the Lakers took the lead with two runs in the fourth inning on solo homeruns by Heinlein and Olszewski.  The Crimson Wave cut the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom half of the inning on two hits.

The Lakers added single runs in the sixth and ninth innings for the 4-1 win.  Bryan Fox drove in McAlister in the sixth and Mack hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Luca Paolucci in the ninth.

FRIDAY, APRIL 29 | GAME ONE DETAILS

W: Noah Mathias (3-3)                   L: Jacob Gonzalez (0-1)

Records: Roosevelt 23-21, 17-11 (CCAC) | Calumet St. Joseph 16-28, 11-16 (CCAC)

Location: Oil City Stadium | Whiting, Ind.

KEY STATS

• Hunter Darst had one hit with four runs batted in
• Trevor Heinlein went 3-for-3 with a double, two RBI, & two runs scored
• Nick McAlister was 2-for-2 with two runs scored & three stolen bases
• Danny Holloway went 2-for-3 with two RBI & four runs scored
• Daniel Gutierrez was 3-for-5 with two RBI & two runs scored
• Bryan Fox went 1-for-2 with a double, three RBI, & a run scored
• Andrew Olszewski was 1-for-3 with an RBI & two runs scored
• Jonathan Salm went 1-for-2 with two RBI & a run scored
• Noah Mathias pitched all seven innings to move to 3-3 on the year, allowing four earned runs on nine hits with eight strikeouts

FRIDAY, APRIL 29 | GAME TWO DETAILS

W: Isaac Riegler (5-2)      L: Sean Moore (0-3)

Records: Roosevelt 24-21, 18-11 (CCAC) | Calumet St. Joseph 16-29, 11-17 (CCAC)

Location: Oil City Stadium | Whiting, Ind.

KEY STATS

• Jojo Mack went 2-for-4 with two runs scored & two stolen bases
• Hunter Darst, Trevor Heinlein, & Andrew Olszewski each drove in a run
• Sean Blanchard was 2-for-4
• Isaac Riegler earned the win to move to 5-2, throwing six innings & allowing two runs on six hits with four strikeouts & three walks

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 | GAME DETAILS

W: Kerry Zeese (5-2)       L: Cody Wilkins (0-1)       S: Krzysztof Solis (2)

Records: Roosevelt 25-21, 19-11 (CCAC) | Calumet St. Joseph 16-30, 11-18 (CCAC)

Location: Ozinga Field | Crestwood, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Andrew Olszewski went 2-for-4 with a homerun & RBI
• Trevor Heinlein hit a solo homerun
• Bryan Fox was 2-for-4 with an RBI
• Jojo Mack drove in a run
• Kerry Zeese pitched six innings & allowed one run on four hits with seven strikeouts to move to 5-2 on the year
• Krzysztof Solis threw two scoreless innings in relief with three strikeouts to earn his second save of the year

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers are now 20-6 in the all-time series versus the Crimson Wave
• Roosevelt ended the regular season in fifth place of the CCAC Conference with a 19-11 record
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings
• RU head coach, Jason Becker, was honored in a postgame ceremony on April 30 after winning his 300^th career game on April 23 versus Indiana South Bend

SENIOR DAY

Roosevelt University honored its 2021-22 senior class during a postgame ceremony on Saturday, April 30.  The Laker seniors who were honored are listed below.

Aaron Cook
Bryan Fox
Jarod Galanos
Anthony Gill
Daniel Gutierrez
Michael Laib
Noah Mathias
Nick McAlister
Jake Meyer
TJ Murray
Andrew Olszewski
Julian Payne
Jonathan Salm
Augie Schlaffer
Kerry Zeese

NEXY UP

The Lakers begin postseason play in the CCAC Conference Tournament on Friday, May 6 versus an opponent to be announced.  All games in the CCAC Tournament will be played at DuPage Medical Group Field.