Game 1 - Wayne State 5 Northern State 2

Game 2 - Wayne State 14 Northern State 8

            Wayne State College extended its win streak to nine straight games Sunday afternoon with a 5-2 and 14-8 sweep over Northern State in a Northern Sun Conference baseball doubleheader played in Wayne at the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex in Wayne.  The games were moved from Aberdeen, South Dakota to Wayne due to snow and field conditions.  WSC is now 18-8 and 9-3 in league play with NSU at 10-13 and 5-7.
            The opener saw WSC score all five runs in the second inning while pitchers Aidan Breedlove and Andrew Staebell combined to hold Northern State to just six hit in a 5-2 Wildcat victory.
            Sophomore Andrew Hanson opened the second inning with a solo homer for the first WSC run.  CJ Neumann's RBI double brought home Peyton Barnes (single) for a 2-0 lead.  Jake Lemar singled and later scored when Brendan Madsen reached on an error. 
            Kyle Thompson's RBI single scored Neumann with the fourth run while Madsen scored on a wild pitch for a 5-0 Wildcat lead.
            Wildcat starter Aidan Breedlove took a shutout into the fifth inning when the Wolves came up with two hits while using a WSC error to score two runs to close out the scoring. 
            WSC reliever Andrew Staebell shut down the Wolves the rest of the way, allowing just two hits over the final 2 1/3 innings to earn the save in the 5-2 win.
            Wayne State had seven hits in the win, led by Thompson going 2 for 4 with an RBI.  Hanson had a solo homer with Neumann adding a double for extra base hits by WSC.
            Breedlove (5-2) notched the win, working 4 2/3 innings and allowing four hits and two runs with four strikeouts.
            The second game saw Thompson and junior first baseman Bryce Bisenius combine to go 6 for 10 at the plate with eight RBI's as WSC outlasted Northern State 14-8 to complete the sweep.
            Wayne State held an 8-1 lead after six innings, but Northern State roughed up the Wildcat bullpen for seven runs late in the game to make it a contest.
            With WSC leading 1-0 entering the third, Thompson connected for a two-run homer putting the 'Cats in front 3-0.
            After NSU scored in the fourth to make the score 3-1, WSC used an RBI triple from Hanson, a RBI double by Thompson and an RBI single from Bisenius to take a 6-1 lead.  WSC added two more runs in the sixth thanks to a two-run double by Bisenius to grab an 8-1 lead.
            Travis Miller's solo homer in the top of the seventh put WSC in front 9-1. 
            WSC took starter Hunter Wienhoff out of the game after six innings of work, charged with just one run on two hits to go with seven strikeouts.
            Northern State came up with two runs in the seventh on one hit and one Wildcat error and added four more runs in the eighth.
            WSC closed their scoring with four runs in the eighth, highlighted by a two-run pinch hit homer from Brandon Barker, as the Wildcats held on for the 14-8 win.
            Bisenius led Wayne State's 14-hit attack going 4 for 6 with a double and four RBI.  Thompson was 2 for 4 with four RBI and three runs scored with a homer, his fifth of the season.  Brendan Madsen finished 3 for 5 with three runs scored while Barker and Miller each homered.
            Wienhoff improved to 6-1 with the win, working six impressive innings allowing just one run on two hits.
            The two teams will conclude their three-game NSIC series with a nine-inning game scheduled for Monday at 12 p.m. at the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex in Wayne.