Eagles fall twice to #7 Trojans

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball lost both ends of a doubleheader to seventh-ranked Trevecca Nazarene University, 9-4 and 15-3, Saturday at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles are 6-3 to start the year, while Trevecca is 12-2 in 2022.   
 
Game One:
The opening game of the doubleheader was all Trevecca as the Trojans scored five in the second and cruised to a 9-4 victory in the opener.
 
After falling behind 7-0 after 6.5 innings, the Eagle bats came to life and cut the deficit to 7-3 in the bottom of the seventh. USI got RBI-singles from sophomore pinch hitter Michael Conner (Moline, Illinois) and sophomore catcher Tyler Kapust (Sellersburg, Indiana), while junior rightfielder Ren Tachioka (Japan) provided a RBI-double for the third run.
 
The Trojans reclaimed two of the runs with a pair of tallies in the top of the eighth, while USI got one more in the ninth before running out of outs in the 9-4 loss.
 
USI sophomore right-hander Trent Robinson (Louisville, Kentucky) took the loss for the Eagles, allowing five runs, one earned in 2.2 innings of work. Robinson (1-1) allowed five hits and three walks in the loss.
 
Game Two:
USI allowed a combined 11 runs in the second and third innings before falling in seven innings to Trevecca, 15-3, in seven innings.
 
The Eagles scored twice in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead before the Trojans scored five in the second, six in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth to close out the 15-3 win. USI tried to get some momentum in the third with a tally but that was all the Eagles would get in the nightcap.
 
USI sophomore left-hander Blake Ciuffetelli (Newburgh, Indiana) took the loss for the Eagles. Ciuffeteli (1-1) allowed seven runs, four earned, in two innings of work.