MADISON, WISC. - A matchup of two teams with 2-0 records in the North Central Community College Conference finished with a split of two games at Robin Roberts Field on Monday. The Madison College baseball team followed took the win in game one by a 7-3 final, while the College of DuPage narrowly got by the WolfPack with a 1-0 victory in the second game. The loss snaps a five-game win streak against the Chaparrals, as well as a season-high nine-game win streak overall.

Game #1: Madison College 7, College of DuPage 3 (7 innings)

The tone of the day's opening contest was set in the first inning. Starter Jacob Wilde struck out two of the three batters he faced, and Zach Storbakken drilled a 3-1 offering deep over the fence in left for a three-run homer to put the WolfPack on top early. The long ball is the sixth of the season for the freshman from Sussex, Wisconsin, who also leads the team with 28 runs batted in.



Wilde, a native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, saw the minimum batters through four innings, including striking out the side in the third. By the time he gave up his first hit in the fifth, Madison College owned a 5-0 lead. A ground out and a single to right by Taiten Manriquez and Nathan Ebersole, respectively, in the second padded the WolfPack cushion to five runs. The Chaparrals did get a run off of Wilde in the fifth, but the 'Pack responded with a Jake Nelson two-RBI single to left that scored Eduardo Saucedo and Gabe O'Brien. DuPage narrowed the gap to four runs with a solo homer on the first pitch thrown by reliever Dayne Louis in the seventh, and another run-scoring hit later in the frame, before the former Wisconsin Heights HS athlete closed out the win.

Wilde (4-0) stays perfect on the season as he struck out career-high nine batters and was tagged for one run on two hits in his six innings of work. Louis allowed two runs on three hits in one inning on the hill.

Storbakken led the 'Pack with three runs batted in on his one powerful swing, while Ebersole and Nelson were the lone Madison College bats with two hits. Nelson, a product of Altoona, Wisconsin, drove in two runs and scored another, and Ebersole, a Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, native, had a run scored and one batted in.

Game #2: College of DuPage 1, Madison College 0 (7 innings)

Game two saw just seven combined hits produce one lone run. That came in the third inning when the College of DuPage (10-14, 3-1) manufactured a run against starter Patrick Foldy. A leadoff single, followed by a steal of second, and an advancement on a ground out put the go-ahead run 90 feet away for Chaparral's second baseman. He send a hard grounder into left field to drive in the winning run. Madison College was able to get a runner to third base in both the third and fourth innings, but was never able to find the clutch at bat.

Foldy (2-1) worked four innings and held COD to one run on three hits and a walk. The team's lone sophomore and a former Sussex Hamilton HS athlete did strike out three before giving way to relievers Riley LeTourneau, Charlie Campbell, and Jack McNeil. That trio scattered one hit and recorded one K in three innings.

The WolfPack's only three hits came from Kameron Laskowski, Brady Jurgella, and Maguire Fitzgerald.

The all-time series now stands at 26-5-1 in favor of Madison College.

Up Next:

Madison College (16-7, 3-1) is off until Friday, April 16 when they host Region 4 opponent Carl Sandburg College (12-19) at Robin Roberts Field. The WolfPack is 14-4 all-time against the Chargers. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m. for the opener, and approximately 5:00 p.m. for the finale.

Spectators are limited to immediate family only (Fan Policy (PDF)), and the games can be seen live via MadisonCollege.tv.

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