CLINTON, Miss. – The Quincy University baseball team headed south for the second week in a row and faced the Choctaws of Mississippi College on Saturday (Feb. 22). The Hawks pulled out an eleven-inning win behind a grand slam from Nolan Wosman, then ended the day with a 7-3 victory in game two of the doubleheader. Lance Logsdon logged six hits over the course of both games including three doubles. 

Game 1
The home team struck first in the opening game. Mississippi College hit a home run in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. 

Quincy's offense was quick to respond with solid situational hitting in the top of the next frame. Lance Logsdon led off the inning with a double, and he was moved to third base after a ground ball to second base. With one out, Michael Nielsen drove in Logsdon with another ground ball to the right side to tie the score at 1-1. 

In the bottom of the third, veteran starting pitcher, Riley Martin, worked around a scoring situation when the Choctaws had runners on second and third base. Martin was able to get a strikeout for the third out to end the threat. 

Mississippi College was able to push through in their next at-bat when a RBI single made it a 2-1 game in the bottom of the fourth. 

The Hawks once again had an answer to the Choctaws run. Michael Nielsen led off the inning with a single, and he was moved to third with a double from Jacob Kalusniak. Nolan Snyder brought in Nielsen with a sacrifice fly to right field to tie the game up at two runs apiece. 

The Choctaws got to Martin once more in the bottom of the seventh when a solo home run gave the home team a 3-2 lead. 

Quincy's offense was able to answer the bell yet again in the very next at-bat. A walk and a Nolan Snyder single put the first two runners on, and the Choctaws went to their bullpen. 

Nolan Wosman bunted the runners over to second and third as the first out of the inning was recorded. Mississippi College intentionally walked the next batter to open up the possibility for a double play. This strategy backfired when the Choctaws walked in the tying run to make it 3-3 in the top of the eighth. 

Both teams fell quietly in the ninth which brought the game to extra innings. 

In the bottom of the tenth, Mississippi College had runners on second and third with two outs, but Dalton Overstreet was able to slam the door on the opportunity. 

The Hawks exploded in the top of the eleventh to seal the game. Justin Eads brought in Zach Parks with a RBI single which gave Quincy a 4-3 lead. Tyler Carpenter kept it rolling when he singled and brought another run home. 

Nolan Wosman put the exclamation point on the game with his first collegiate home run which was a grand slam to left field. QU jumped ahead 9-3. 

Mississippi College scratched across two runs in the bottom half, but the Hawks recorded the third out to seal the 9-5 win. 

Wosman went 2-5 and drove in four runs and he also scored once. Lance Logsdon went 3-5 with two runs scored and a double. 

Game 2
Quincy started game two with a lead-off single by Wosman then a double from Lance Logsdon, but the Hawks could not bring them in. 

The Choctaws broke through in the bottom of the first when a single to center field brought in the first run of the game. The Hawks trailed 1-0. 

Both teams fell quiet for the next four innings, but QU was the able to take the lead in the top of the fifth inning. 

Lane Baremore led off with a single which was followed by a walk of Nolan Wosman. Nolan Snyder placed a perfect bunt down and reached safely to load the bases with no outs. 

A red-hot Lance Logsdon brought in two runs with a double down the right field line. This gave Quincy a 3-1 lead. 

The scoring continued when Justin Eads singled and brought in Logsdon. Gino D'Alessio kept the scoring party going with a double of his own. This brought in another run to make QU's lead 5-1. A wild pitch in the next at-bat allowed Cole Evans to score and boost the lead to 6-1. 

The Choctaws got a run back in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 6-2 ball game, and they also plated another run in the bottom of the sixth to cut QU's lead to 6-3. 

Matt Westphal added an insurance run for the Hawks in their last at-bat when his RBI double allowed Gino D'Alessio to score. 

The Hawks took a 7-3 lead, and Brett Taucher sealed the win with a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh. 

Lance Logsdon went 3-4 with two doubles and two RBI's. Gino D'Alessio went 2-3 with a RBI, a double, and a run scored. 

Next Game
The Hawks look to complete the road sweep of the Choctaws tomorrow (Feb. 23) at 1:00 p.m.