BRANDON, S.D. - The University of Minnesota Crookston combined for 27 runs in a dominant sweep of the University of Jamestown Saturday, March 21 at Aspen Park in Brandon, S.D. 

The Golden Eagles improved to 14-10 (7-5 NSIC) with the sweep, while Jamestown dropped to 5-19 (1-11 NSIC). Minnesota Crookston swept the first-ever NSIC series against the Jimmies. The Golden Eagles also picked up their first three wins in series history against the Jimmies improving to 3-4 all-time against Jamestown.

Game One
Jackson Fliflet (R-So., C, Wahpeton, N.D.) hit a grand slam for his team-high ninth home run of the season, and Cole Hebl (R-So., 1B, Hillsboro, N.D.) launched a three-run blast to ignite an 11-6 victory for the Golden Eagles. 

Isaac Roers (R-Sr., RHP, Stacy, Minn.) earned his first victory of the season, tossing four frames. Roers allowed four runs on nine hits. He struck out eight, and walked two. Jake Jarozewski (So., LHP, Fargo, N.D.) continued his strong sophomore season allowing no runs on no hits in 1.1 innings. Lake Hagen (Jr., RHP, Alexandria, Minn.) gave up two runs on two hits in 1.2 stanzas.

The loss went to Jamestown's Nolan McCaffery, allowing two earned runs on six overall runs on eight hits. 

Fliflet paced the Golden Eagles, hitting 2-of-3, with four RBI and two runs scored. Hebl went 2-of-3, with three RBI and two runs scored. Elias Leach (Fr., OF, Plymouth, Minn.) hit 2-of-4, with an RBI. Americo Sculati (R-Sr., OF, Golden Valley, Minn.) was 2-of-4, with two runs scored. Tori Uhlich (Jr., OF, Wahpeton, N.D.) went 1-of-3, with an RBI and two runs scored.

Jamestown jumped out to an early 1-0 advantage with a Ben Swennumson infield single to plate Jett Nelson. They extended the lead to 2-0 when Benney Benitez singled in Swennumson.

 The Golden Eagles responded in the top of the third. Uhlich doubled to plate Caden Kappes (Jr., IF, Wahpeton, N.D.) to trim the deficit to 2-1. The Golden Eagles knotted the tilt 2-2 with a Leach single to drive in Uhlich. They took a 5-2 advantage with a three-run shot from Hebl, driving in Sculati, and Aaron Wensloff (Jr., IF, Roseau, Minn.).

In the fourth, the Golden Eagles pushed their lead to 6-2 with an RBI groundout from Thomas Schumacher (Fr., IF, Thompson, N.D.) driving in Fliflet.

Jamestown made a comeback in the fifth with a two-run single from Adrian Warcken, plating Benitez and Mathieu Morin to trim the deficit to 6-4.

Minnesota Crookston pushed the lead to 7-4 when Uhlich crossed when Wensloff grounded into a double play.

The Golden Eagles extended their lead to 11-4 with a grand slam from Fliflet, driving in Hebl, Sculati, and Nate Heymann (Jr., OF, Waimea, Hawai'i).

Jamestown cut the lead to 11-6 with a Reese Logdon home run, plating Trayson Kostial. However, it would not be enough as Minnesota Crookston won 11-6.

Game Two
The Golden Eagles picked up a dominant 16-4 win in the second tilt over the Jamestown Jimmies. Minnesota Crookston hit three home runs in the win. Fliflet added to his team-high total with his 10th home run of the season. Fliflet leads the NSIC in home runs. Leach and Aaron Wensloff also added round trippers in the victory.

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Luke Zimmer suffered the loss for Jamestown, giving up five runs on four hits in two stanzas.

Minnesota Crookston notched 17 hits in the win. Sculati paced the Golden Eagles going 4-of-5, with two RBI and two runs scored. Fliflet finished 2-of-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. Uhlich finished 3-of-4 with two runs scored. Schumacher went 3-of-4, with one RBI and three runs scored.

The Golden Eagles jumped out to the 1-0 lead when Aaron Wensloff hit a solo shot, his fourth blast of the season. 

The Jimmies evened the scales with a Kostial single to plate Morin.

Minnesota Crookston chipped in four runs in the second. Fliflet crossed on a Kappes groundout to go ahead 2-1. A Schumacher single to center field plated Connor Bushbaum (R-Sr., OF, Saginaw, Minn.) to extend the lead to 3-1. A two-run round-tripper from Leach brought in Schumacher to widen the gap to 5-1.

Morin trimmed the deficit to 5-2 with a solo shot for Jamestown in the third.

Minnesota Crookston put together an onslaught in the fourth with six runs. A two RBI double from Aaron Wensloff plated Uhlich and Schumacher to extend the lead to 7-2. Sculati followed suit with a double to drive in Aaron Wensloff and Leach to push the advantage to 9-2. Fliflet singled in Sculati to make it 10-2, while Bushbaum singled in Cole Hebl (R-So., 1B, Hillsboro, N.D.) to extend the lead to 11-2.

In the fifth, Uhlich and Schumacher crossed on a throwing error to push the edge to 13-2. 

Jamestown sliced the deficit to 13-4 with a Frankie Malagon two-run shot to drive in Julian Romero.

Minnesota Crookston run-ruled the Jimmies in the seventh with a Hebl single to score Sculati, while Fliflet hit a home run to score Hebl to make the final tally 16-4.

The Golden Eagles return home to face Northern State University in a three-game set in Crookston Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29.