ENID, OKLA. - In a tournament that featured numerous wins by lower-seeded teams, Madison College suffered a second consecutive setback on Sunday to end their stay at the
2023 NJCAA Division II World Series after just two games at
David Allen Memorial Ballpark. The third-seeded WolfPack were beaten 7-1 by ninth-seeded Glendale Community College in an elimination game, which also marked the third loss this season to the Gauchos and dropped the all-time series to 11-3 in favor GCC. The loss completes a 44-12 season record for the Pack.
Glendale (33-29) started fast two runners at the corners and one out after a pair of singles, and took advantage with a double off starter
Michael Carpenter that scored a run, and an error in left allowed another run to score.
The WolfPack, who stranded a runner at third in the first, plated their lone run in the second inning.
Payton Frehner led off with a walk and advanced to third on
Clayton Slack's single. Another walk to
Will Johannes loaded the bases and forced the Gauchos to make a pitching move. Sophomore
Carter Stebane then beat out an infield single to score Frehner.
It remained 2-1 into the sixth, when GCC when a WolfPack throwing error allowed a run to score, and a double by the next batter plated another run for a 4-1 differential.
Madison College threatened to cut into the deficit in the eighth with the bases loaded an two outs, however, a pitching change for Glendale slowed the momentum with the new arm striking out
Nick Nowak and
Carson Shepard to end the threat.
A sloppy top of the ninth defensively for Madison allowed the Gauchos to add three runs for a 7-1 lead. The first run came via a wild pitch that followed an error, and then a sacrifice fly pushed the differential to five. Another error on a double steal attempts accounted for the game's final run.
The Pack went down in order in the bottom of the ninth.
Madison College finished with five errors to match a season-worst, while also only producing seven hits. Three of those seven came from sophomore transfer
Clayton Slack, as the native of Viroqua, Wisconsin, went 3 for 4.
Stebane used his one hit to drive in the team's only run. Johannes, Shepard, and
Gabe Roessler had the other three hits, with Frehner picking up a run scored.
Carpenter (4-3) took the loss as the freshman from Hartland, Wisconsin, allowed two earned runs and two unearned runs on 12 hits. He did strikeout five batters over six innings of work.
Ben Kasten and
Kellan Short each saw some time out of the bullpen. Kasten tossed 2.2 innings and was credited with one earned run and another unearned run on two hits and two K's, while Shot faced three batters in his one-third-inning on the hill with an unearned run, one hit, and one strikeout.
The tournament's top four seeds went a combined 1-5 over the tournament's first two days. The Gauchos were eliminated the following day with a 10-8 loss to #8-seed Lackawanna Community College.
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