PHOENIX, ARIZ. - Tuesday's Madison College baseball doubleheader against South Mountain Community College - a matchup of two teams ranked in the top ten of the NJCAA Division II Poll - saw the WolfPack's win streak extend to seven games in a row before falling in the finale. The #10-ranked Pack came away with an 8-3 victory in the opener, before the #4-ranked Cougars dominated the nightcap by a 10-0 final. South Mountain leads the all-time series by a 4-1 count.
Game #1: #10 Madison College 8, #4 South Mountain Community College 3
Following two scoreless innings, South Mountain broke open the scoring in the third with a solo home run to left field. A run-scoring single in the fourth added to the Cougars lead at 2-0.
Madison College got the bats going in the top of the fifth with a big five-run inning. After a lead off walk from
Eason Hurd and a single from
Ian Salvesen, freshman outfielder
Braylen White laid down a bunt to get the WolfPack on the board.
Matt Gruber then drew a walk to load the bases for
Beau Bloxdorf, who was hit by a pitch to force in Salvesen and tie the game at 2-2. Madison took the lead on a
Nate Novinska sacrifice fly. The scoring run was extended when
Sam Moses ripped a line drive triple to left field, scoring two and putting the WolfPack up 5-2.
South Mountain narrowed the gap to two runs in the bottom of the sixth; however, Madison College's bats remained red hot bats in the top of the seventh. Novinska hit the game's second triple and Moses added his third RBI of the game on a line drive single. Salvesen and White added two more run-producing singles to extend the lead to five.
Madison would take of business with a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the seventh to secure the win.
Sophomore lefthander
Noah Marschke (1-0) was excellent in his third start of 2026. In five innings, the Stevens Point, Wisconsin, native, threw six strikeouts, allowed just four hits, two walks, and two runs, with one being earned to secure his first win of the season. Freshman
Casey Wambach came in the sixth to close the game and pick up his second save of the year. The righty struck out two, and allowed just two hits and one unearned run.
Moses and White both went 3-for-4 with a triple. Moses, a native of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, netted three RBI and scored a run, while White, a former Brown Deer HS athlete, posted two runs driven in and a run scored. Salvesen, a second year corner infielder from Hatley, Wisconsin, also had multiple hits with a 2 for 3 effort at the dish that produced a run and a RBI.
Game #2: #4 South Mountain Community College 10, #10 Madison College 0 (5 innings)
The day's second outing was dominated by the host Cougars. South Mountain racked up six runs in the first inning against second year starter
Noah Musolf. The home team added two more runs in both the second and the third inning.
The Madison College offense stranded a pair of runners after two singles in the first inning, and did the same thing again in the third.
Sophomore
JJ Wolbert, a native of Wales, Wisconsin, produced two of the team's four hits.
Musolf (1-1) suffered his first loss of the season after allowing eight runs, seven of which were earned, on seven hits, two walks, and one hit batter over 1.1 innings. He did strike out two batters before handing the ball to sophomore
Carter Lund for the final 2.2 innings. Lund fanned three batters, while also giving up two runs on two base hits and a walk.
Up Next:
Madison College (8-3) and South Mountain Community College (25-10) will square off one more time in the desert with a single, nine-inning game on Wednesday, March 18. First pitch in Phoenix, Arizona is set for 2:00 p.m. CT/noon APT. Stats and live video can be found via the GameChanger app.
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