COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Mercyhurst baseball team extended its winning-streak to five games with a doubleheader sweep of Urbana on Sunday afternoon. Mercyhurst (6-1) won game one 13-1 and took game two 5-1. Both games were played at Ohio Dominican's Frank Damien Field.

This doubleheader was originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon but was moved to Sunday due to a poor weather forecast. Below are recaps of each contest.

Game 1: Mercyhurst 13, Urbana 1

Mercyhurst's offense erupted for 13 runs in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader. It was the third time the Lakers have scored double-digit runs this season.

Mercyhurst scored seven runs in the first three innings before Urbana finally got its only run across in the bottom half of the third inning. All nine batters in the Lakers' lineup had at least one hit in the win.

Matthew Schneider had two hits, including a third-inning home run, in three at-bats with four runs batted in and two runs scored. Jimmy Latona added another two-for-three effort from the leadoff spot with 2 RBI.

Collin Fantaskey was 2-for-2 with RBI singles in the third and fourth innings.

Chris Vallimont was dominant on the mound for the Lakers with ten strikeouts in five innings pitched. He only allowed two hits and one earned run while walking three.

Game 2: Mercyhurst 5, Urbana 1

Another Mercyhurst starting pitcher provided a rock-solid five-inning performance to hold Urbana to just one run in game two's win.

Russell Lamovec allowed just two hits and one earned run with eight strikeouts on route to his second win of the season.

Latona continued his scorching hot streak at the plate with three more hits, all doubles, in three at-bats to raise his season batting average to .625 (15-for-24). 

Daniel Elliott and Drew Delsignore each drove in a run in the first inning and both finished the game with two RBI.

Mercyhurst takes on Ohio Dominican tomorrow, Monday March 6, in a nine-inning game beginning at 1 p.m.