ROSEVILLE, Minn.—Bethel University's baseball team took part in its final tune up of the 2015 regular season before heading into the MIAC Baseball Playoffs for the first time in program history as the No. 1 seed. The Royals dropped its first contest against Northwestern, but stormed back in game two to pick up an 8-1 victory. The win marked BU's 30th of the season, which marked the first time Bethel had eclipsed the 30-win mark.
 
The Eagles posted seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning of game one and coerced the Royals into four double plays in the first of two seven-inning contests. Bethel's only run of the game came on one of those double play balls, as Mike Schultz hit a two-hopper to the short stop with runners on first and third and nobody out.
 
Game two was a different story from the first at-bat to the last. Esteban Velasco, who batted leadoff, reached on an error, which was followed by a base hit by Jarad Watts. Following Watts' single, Matt Conrad walked. Both Watts and Velasco would score on blunders by the UNW before Mike Schultz blasted his eighth home run of the season to put Bethel ahead 4-0 after one half inning of play.
 
The Royals tacked on another run in the second when Watts torched an RBI double to center field that scored Velasco. Velasco then had an RBI single in the fourth that scored Brady Soderstrom and made the score 6-1 in favor of BU. Mike Schultz later scored in the seventh on an error before Grant Anderson laced an RBI single that put Bethel ahead for good 8-1.
 
Sean Glenn bettered his season numbers by allowing one run on five hits and one walk in six innings pitched. Glenn, who struck out two during the game, is now 3-0 on the season with a 0.90 ERA. Noah Callister pitched a scoreless seventh for the Royals.
 
It's go-time now for Bethel, as they come into the MIAC Playoffs with a 30-7 overall record (15-3 MIAC). The Royals will face St. Thomas in the first matchup of the postseason with first pitch slated for 3 p.m. at Veteran's Field in Minnetonka, Minn. on Friday, May 8.