CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. - A neutral site twin bill at Vista Grande High School went the way of Madison College as they swept both games against Williston State College by scores of 5-4 and 7-3. The two victories give the #13-ranked WolfPack a 30-5 all-time lead over the Tetons.

Game #1: #13 Madison College 5, Williston State College 4

Madison College had to work its way out of an early hole after Williston State College put up a three-spot in the first inning with one swing of the bat. A walk and an error put runners when the Tetons Ben Black took starter Noah Musolf over the center field fence for a three-run homer.

After stranding a pair of runners in the second, the WolfPack finally dented the scoreboard in the bottom of the third. JJ Wolbert, a freshman from Wales, Wisconsin, reach on a hit by pitch, and three batters later, scored on a wild pitch that also sent Howie Rickett to third. Charlie Schau then took advantage with a line drive single to left to score Rickett and trim the deficit to 3-2. 

Madison College took their first lead of the day at 4-3 in the fifth inning. Two walks and a hit batter to start the inning loaded the bases, and a third walk to Ryan Santi forced in a run as the score became tied at 3-3 when Rickett touched home. Sophomore Chris Calico followed with a ground out to second that allowed Tyler Butina to score and put the Pack up one run.

The lead didn't last long, as a run-scoring ground out to Wolbert at second score another WSC run to make it 4-4. Again, the WolfPack responded with some bottom of the sixth fireworks. With two outs and no one on, the Waunakee, Wisconsin, native blasted a 2-2 offering to deep left for a go-ahead solo home run. It was his first career collegiate homer.

Rickett finished the game 2 for 3 with a home run and a walk. He matched a career-high with three runs scored, while also driving in another. Schau went 2 for 2 in the win with a run batted in. Santi and Landon Dessart had the other two hits.

Musolf, a former Franklin HS athlete, surrendered three unearned runs on a hit and two walks. He struck out three batters over 4.1 innings before first year righthander Broden Jackson (1-0) entered in relief and earned his first collegiate pitching win. Jackson, a Janesville, Wisconsin, native, fanned two and allowed one run and one walk in his 2.2 innings on the hill.

Game #2: #13 Madison College 7, Williston State College 3

The day's finale remained scoreless through 2.5 innings until the Tetons took a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly. That appeared to wake up the Madison College (4-2) bats, which put together four hits over six batters to make it 3-1 in the top of the fourth. Jack Bauer, Beau Bloxdorf, and Howie Rickett each picked up a run batted in as Sam Moses, Chris Calico, and Bauer all scored runs.

Bauer, a freshman from Greendale, Wisconsin, came through again in the fifth, roping a two-out single up the middle with the bases loaded to bring in James Duncan and Nate Novinska for a 5-1 advantage. The differential continued to grow in the sixth as it became 7-1. A Williston State College (12-7) error on a Duncan pop fly allowed Howie Rickett to score, and Novinska doubled to center to bring Duncan back in for the six-run lead.

The Tetons tacked on a couple of late runs in the seventh before first year righthander Carter Lund struck out the final batter. Starter Chase Baker (1-0) made his collegiate debut and limited WSC to just one earned run on two hits in his five innings on the hill. Baker did walk four and strike out four before Lund came in to allow two runs on two hits and two walks in his two innings. He also struck out four batters.

Bauer paced the Pack with his first career multi-hit game, going 2 for 3 with a walk, three runs batted in and a run scored. Novinska used his first two-hit game to generate a run and a RBI, while Rickett and Calico each had two hits and scored a run. Duncan was tops with two runs scored.

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