Schaumburg, Ill. – Dominican University Baseball was back at Wintrust Field for their second and third straight games at home.


Game 1 Results:
Dominican: 6
Wisconsin Lutheran: 0

How it Happened:
-Starting pitcher Freshman Ethan Buckner got himself in a jam in the top of the first inning, with the bases loaded with only one out. Buckner got back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.
-Dominican used the momentum from getting out of the jam to score a run on a sacrifice fly to right field that brought home Sophomore Ty Phillips.
-Senior Braiden Galvin lifted his first collegiate homerun to left center field to make the score 2-0 in favor of DU.
-The Stars made it three straight innings of scoring with Freshman Marco Stawski hitting a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Junior Matthew Earley.
-Dominican added two more runs in the bottom of the 5^th inning with Earley hitting an RBI double to left field scoring Junior Zach Helein. Junior Niko Krecu followed it up with his own RBI double that brought home Earley.
-The score remained 5-0 until the bottom of the 8^th inning until Senior Gavin Zappe hit DU's third sacrifice fly of the game to right field bringing home Galvin.  

Shining Stars:
-Senior Braiden Galvin notched player of the game going 2-4 with his first collegiate homerun, a triple, an RBI, and 2 runs scored.
-Junior Zach Helein went 3-4 with a run scored.
-Junior Niko Krecu found his bat going 2-4 with an RBI and a double.
-Junior Matthew Earley continued swinging a hot bat going 1-2 with 2 walks, a double, an RBI, a stolen base, and 2 runs scored.
-Freshman Ethan Buckner started on the hill for the Stars and went 7 scoreless innings picking up 5 strikeouts and only allowing 6 hits.
-Senior Spencer Anton came in relief to finish the game and did not allow a hit in his 2 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts.

Leading the Way:
Hits: Helein (3) 
RBI: 6 Players (1)
2B: Kalekas, Earley, and Krecu (1)
3B: Galvin (1)
HR: Galvin (1)
IP: Buckner (7.0)
Ks: Buckner (5)

Game 2 Results :
Dominican: 3
Wisconsin Lutheran: 0

How it Happened:
- The Stars continued the momentum from game one to the second game getting a run in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI single to right field by Senior Quinton Schwartz, scoring Junior Zach Helein.
-Dominican doubled their lead in the third with Junior Niko Krecu hitting an RBI single to center field that scored Junior Matthew Earley.
-DU added their third run of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning with Senior Ryan Schmidt hitting a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Schwartz.
-The Stars held their 3-0 lead into the top of the 9^th inning with senior starting pitcher CJ Kalekas on the hill. Kalekas got the three-outs that he needed to secure the complete game shutout against WLC.

Shining Stars:
-Senior CJ Kalekas improved his record to 4-2 on the season, going 9 scoreless innings and picking up 9 strikeouts in the complete game shutout. The senior only allowed 4 total hits in the game.  
-Senior Quinton Schwartz led the Stars offensively going 3-4 with an RBI, a run scored, and a double.
-Junior Matthew Earley went 2-4 with a run scored and a triple.
-Junior Niko Krecu added an RBI going 1-4 in the game.
-Junior Zach Helein went 1-2 with 2 walks, a run scored, and a stolen base.

Leading the Way:
Hits: Schwartz (3)
RBI: Schmidt, Krecu, and Schwartz (1)
2B: Schwartz (1)
3B: Earley (1)
IP: Kalekas (9)
Ks: Kalekas (9)

What's Next:
Dominican University Baseball improves to 14-16 and now holds a 3-game winning streak, with all three wins at Wintrust Field. The Stars will be right back in action Wednesday night when NACC opponent Aurora University heads to Wintrust Field for a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m.

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