The 12th ranked UW-La Crosse baseball team got the bats going early and often on Saturday beating the visiting UW-Oshkosh Titans 7-1 and 15-2 to earn a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Atheltic Conference (WIAC) doubleheader sweep of their conference rival. In the first game, the Eagles (16-5, 6-0) jumped out quickly to take control over the Titans (8-11-1, 3-3). Junior Joel Zyhowski doubled to lead off the bottom of the first. Senior Taylor Kohlwey drove him in with a one out double to give UW-L the early lead 1-0 and to also push his hit streak to 23 games dating back to last season. The Eagles pushed across another run in the inning when junior Carter Hoffman drove in Kohlwey with a two-out single. The Eagles tacked on two more in the second on an Alex Cordova two-run homer. UW-L added another run in the fourth and then two more in the eighth for insurance to make it a 7-1 game.

Justin Anderson, Alex Brown, Travis Buxton-Verstegen and Nate Heili each had two hits to lead an offense attack that had 13 hits. Every starter recorded at least one hit.

La Crosse starter sophomore Caleb Boushley (4-0) shut down the Titans while going the distance for the Eagles allowing six hits and one earned run and set career high with ten strikeouts. It was Boushley’s second straight game throwing a complete game and has now pitched at least eight innings in four of his five starts this season.

In the nightcap, the Eagles once again jumped out a to quick 2-0 lead in the first inning. Anderson got the scoring started with a two-run single driving in Cordova and Kohlwey. The Titans answered with a run of their own on a Robbie Kleman bases loaded walk to cut it to 2-1. UW-L responded with a run in the third on an Anderson RBI single. The Titans made it 3-2 on a Jack Paulson two-out RBI single in the top of the fourth, but the Titans left a lot of runs on the field stranding the bases loaded in the third and fourth innings. For the game, the Titans left ten men on base.

La Crosse scored two more runs in the fourth before exploding for ten runs on six hits in the bottom of the sixth. Brown and Buxton-Verstegen each had two-run singles for the Eagles in the sixth.

Senior Troy Kenkel picked up the win for the Eagles tossing four innings giving up two runs while striking out two and walking three. Senior Logan Mallek earned his first save, pitching three innings, allowing only one hit and one walk while striking out three. Offensively the Eagles had 15 runs on 13 hits. Alex Brown led the way going 3-for-4 with three RBI while Anderson went 2-for-4 with four RBI and two runs. Kohlwey had two more hits to bring his hit streak up to 24-games. Both teams return to action in another doubleheader on Sunday, April 17 at Copeland Park.