April 12\3, 2008          
                                                                  
 
Northern Colorado Sweeps Yellowjackets

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GREELEY, Colo. – Northern Colorado posted a doubleheader sweep of Montana State Billings Sunday afternoon at Jackson Field, 7-1 and posted a 4-3 come-from-behind victory. With the losses, the Yellowjackets fall to 11-27 on the year, while UNC improves to 11-22.
The Bears opened the game with three runs in the first inning helped by a Yellowjacket error. MSUB countered with a run in the top of the second on a pair of singles, a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly for a 3-1 score.

The Bears scratched across a run in bottom of the second on an error and added two more runs fourth and one scored on another error as well for a 6-1 score.

MSUB couldn’t get anything else going, falling 7-1 and tallying six hits.

Jeremy Knowles (2-5) took the loss for the Jackets, allowing nine hits, seven runs – five earned, two walks and a strikeout. Jonathan Schlender was 2 for 4 to lead the team.

In the nightcap, the Yellowjackets jumped out to a 3-0 lead as Matt Schoonover and Schlender tallied RBIs for two runs in the fifth after Joe Via hit a RBI single in the fourth.

The Bears clawed back with a RBI double in the fifth, followed by three runs on two hits and one costly Yellowjacket error in the sixth for a 4-3 lead. A three RBI double sealed the victory for UNC.

Colorado native Brian Strom (0-5) took the loss for the Yellowjackets as he went five and two thirds, allowing four hits, four runs – only one earned, four walks and three strikeouts. The Jackets banged out 11 hits and outhit the Bears 11-5, but left nine runners on base and committed two costly errors that led to three of the four runs for UNC.