The Bethel University baseball team moved its winning streak to three games with an 8-2 win over Loras Tuesday morning. Bethel men's tennis kept its winning ways with victories over University of Saint Joseph 6-1 and Loras 7-0 moving to 4-0 on the spring break trip.
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BASEBALL: Bethel 8, Loras 2
The Royals never trailed in the early morning showdown with the Duhawks.
Zach Thompson scored the game's first run as a throwing error over to first from third allowing him to score from second.
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BU put up a three spot in the third and two in the fifth.. Joey Meurer's two-RBI double to the gap in right broke it open in the fifth making it 6-0.
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Loras got two back in the seventh with a single and and then an error in center on a dropped fly ball.
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A balk with the bases loaded in the seventh pushed BU's lead back to 7-2 before another throwing error, this time on a potential double play ball, scored Meurer in the top of the ninth.
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Mark Anderson got the win as he went 6.2 innings where he struck out seven, walked none and gave up two runs with only one of those being earned.
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MEN'S TENNIS: Bethel 6, Saint Joseph 1
BU got wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles spot with
Zack Chaffey and
Dylan Magistad going the distance at 7-5.
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Watson Sheard highlighted the singles matches winning in a third-set tiebreaker at No. 4 after dropping his opening set, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 1-0 (10-8).
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MEN'S TENNIS: Bethel 7, Loras 0
Bethel had no trouble winning all three doubles matches.
Zach Bengtson and
Robert Seaton extended their winning streak to six matches while playing for the first time at No. 2 doubles spot,
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Dylan Magistad moved his singles winning streak to seven matches taking the No. 2 match in a third set tiebreaker after dropping his opening set. 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4).
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Freshman
Jacob Merriam won his first collegiate match taking No. 6 singles 7-6 (5), 6-4.
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SCHEDULE NOTICE
Bethel softball's Wednesday games at Whittier have been moved up. The Royals will now play Manhattanville at 12:30 pm PT and Whittier at 3 p.m. PT
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