Granville, Ohio- The No. 5 Denison Big Red hosted the Fighting Scots of Wooster in a Friday clash for first place in the North Coast Athletic Conference. The Big Red presents with a 23-5 record on the season. While the Wooster season record might not be up to par with the Big Red(18-11), the perfect conference record places them at No. 1 in the NCAC standings. After a dominant game one victory of 17-0, the Big Red were able to tie the Scots for first in the conference. With the field lights shining over Big Red Field, Denison was able to seal a 7-1 victory in game two to take control of the one-seed in the NCAC. The Big Red move to 25-5 on the season and 9-1 in the conference.

Up Next: Denison will travel to Marietta on Tuesday for the season "rubber match" between the schools.

Game 1 (Denison 17, Wooster 0)

Big time programs win big time games in the greatest moments. The Big Red were able to oblierate the Fighting Scots with a 17-0 decision in game one. Eric Colaco kicked off the onslaught with a two run homer in the bottom of the first inning. The Big Red continued to rain terror on their opponent over the next six innings. Colaco drove in four RBIs alongside two from Jack Lutte, Erik Sundgren, Cade Nowik, Jack Steel, and Jake Blozy. Nowik's homer in the second inning accounted for his RBIs. Additionally, Kuyper Lashutka, Bobby Haarde, and Eli Aronson picked up an RBI a piece. Sundgren was a perfect 4-4 at the plate in game one.

On the bump, Nick Falter continued his senior campaign, picking up his eighth win of the year. With 10 K's on the day, Falter continued to strike fear into his opponents. Manny Nager finished the job with the final inning of relief. The defense was perfect in their support of the senior duo.
 

Game 2 (Denison 7, Wooster 1)
In game two, Denison followed suit with game one, tacking on two runs in the first inning from Erik Sundgren and Alex Vasquez. Andrew Fazio cleared the bags to score two with a single into center field. Max Fishbein and Jack Lutte picked up additional RBIs later in the duel. Lutte racked up two doubles in game two(four on the day) and Jake Blozy notched a triple. Erik Sundgren led the way with a 3-5 performance, going 7-9 throughout the doubleheader. Sundgren moved his RBI total on the year to 58.

On the mound, sophomore Peter Lemke picked up the win. Michael Gray came out of the relief and threw a scoreless 2.2 innings out of the bullpen. Together, the duo combined for eight strikeouts.