Stellar Seuntjens - Mside freshman hurler spotlights twinbill

JOPLIN, MO. – Escaping the northwest Iowa winter weather blues, Morningside College picked up a pair of wins Friday, Feb. 22.

The Mustangs, upping a current win string to three straight, toppled Heart of America Conference foe Culver-Stockton College of Missouri 11-6 and 6-0 at Joplin HS field to begin a three-day weekend of competition. Freshman pitcher Colby Seuntjens (Danbury, Iowa) combined with senior relief ace Elliot Conover (SR/Remsen, IA ) (Remsen, Iowa) to lock up the Wildcat bats in the nightcap, as the pair struck out eight and gave up only one hit. They were buoyed by the offensive tandem of freshman infielder Nic Metcalf (Sedro Wooley, Wash.) and junior outfielder Derrick Johnson (JR/Golden Valley, MN) (Golden Valley, Minn.) who tagged CSC's Jonny Damon with five hits and four runs scored.

Game one saw head coach Adam Boeve's squad rally for the win. Culver-Stockton opened a 2-0 lead through two-and-half frames before the Maroon tallied five in the third and was off to the races. Mside's offense took advantage of 10 walks, as junior catcher Dylan Gasner (JR/Austin, MN ) (Austin, Minn.), senior outfielder Andrew Kasperbauer (SR/Sioux City, IA ) (Sioux City, Iowa) and Johnson collected a pair of RBI apiece.

Morningside was scheduled to resume action in Joplin Saturday, Feb. 23, facing Graceland University of the HAC.