COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs baseball team sweeps their third conference series of the season after two shutout wins against Colorado Christian University on Monday. The Mountain Lions' bats stayed hot as they went off for a 16-0 win in game one. Game two was shortened to five innings due to weather as UCCS came away with the 7-0 win.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP: 
Final: Game 1: UCCS 16, CCU 0 | Game 2: UCCS 7, CCU 0
Records: UCCS (17-7, 13-7 RMAC), CCU (10-17, 9-15 RMAC)
Location: All Star Park | Lakewood, Colo.
All-Time Series: UCCS leads the all-time series against CCU 17-3 with the Mountain Lions holding a 12-game win streak over the Cougars.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME ONE:
• UCCS recorded two hits to start the game with leadoff hitter Kiichi Sato reaching on a single and coming around to score as he took advantage of a passed ball from third base for the first run of the ballgame, 1-0.
• The runs slowly continued to come in for UCCS as a three-run third inning was led by four hits, including three extra base hits. Matt McDermott drove in one of his six RBI on the game as a triple down the right field line scored Evan Richards. Four-hole hitter Jake Anderson came up to do his job as a sacrifice fly to right field scored McDermott for two quick runs. Two more extra base hits found the gaps with back-to-back doubles from Aaron Faragallah and Michael Bennin to make the game 4-0 in favor of the Mountain Lions.
• While the offense did their job at the plate, starting pitcher Jon Sotto kept the Cougars off-balance for five complete innings to maintain the 4-0 lead as he allowed just three hits.
• As Sotto finished up his strong outing on the mound, relief pitcher Hayden Salverda entered the game to pick up right where Sotto left off as he retired the side in the top of the sixth.
• After the Mountain Lions held the Cougars scoreless through six innings of play, UCCS turned it up a notch offensively to erupt for and eight-run seventh inning. The inning was fueled off five hits as McDermott recorded two hits and three RBI. His first at-bat was a single which began the offensive outburst as he later came up to rip a three-RBI double to bring his RBI count up to four through seven innings of play. Redshirt junior Walker Rumsey joined in on the action to drive in two runs off a single as the Mountain Lions came away with the 12-0 lead to head into the bottom half of the seventh.
• Salverda finished up his outing after a 1-2-3 inning brought the seventh to a close as Salverda did not allow a hit in his two innings of action.  
• With the 12-0 lead in hand, the Mountain Lions turned to redshirt junior Matt Geoffrion to close out the game and did just that by pitching through two innings of work and allowing one hit.
• Before Geoffrion closed it out in the ninth, UCCS brought in four more runs as McDermott wrapped up his career day at the plate with a two-RBI double for a new career high six RBI on the day. Jaeden Hegmann drew four straight balls to notch walk with bases loaded and claim an easy RBI in the inning as Jake Sellinger pinch hit for an RBI by putting a ball in play to score McDermott from third.  
 
STATS FROM GAME ONE
• UCCS swung red hot bats in game one as they outhit CCU 17-4 in the game with almost half of those hits being an extra base hit (8).
• Jon Sotto gets the win and improves to 2-1 on the year as he goes 5.0 IP, allowing no runs off three hits with two strikeouts.
• The UCCS bullpen went to work as Hayden Salverda went 2.0 IP with no hits and Matt Geoffrion going 2.0 IP with no runs, no hits, and three strikeouts.
• Matt McDermott had a career day at the plate going 4-for-5 with a career high six RBI. McDermott added two doubles and a triple while recording three runs scored.
• Jake Anderson also had two doubles after turning in a 2-for-3 day with an RBI.
• Walker Rumsey registered a three-hit day as he went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME TWO:
• Due to inclement weather, game two was cut short to five innings as the snow began to fall.
• Just as game one started, the Mountain Lions started the game off with a pair of singles from Matt McDermott and Jake Anderson as Anderson came in to score from third base off of a CCU balk for the early 1-0 lead.
• It was another group effort on the bump for the Mountain Lions as the pitching staff combined for a two-hit shutout. Redshirt junior Jonathan Cowles started on the mound where he gave up just one hit and maintained the UCCS lead, 1-0, through the first inning of play.     
• In the top of the second, UCCS took advantage of two CCU errors while tallying two hits to bring four runs across and increase their lead. Three consecutive hits got the inning going for the Mountain Lions as Matt Berg drove in Aaron Faragallah and Ryan Schmidt off a two-RBI single. Berg later came in to score off a Cougar error as McDermott recorded an RBI later in the inning off a fielder's choice to give UCCS the 5-0 lead.
• With Cowles' departure after the first, it was freshman Garrett Shriver who took over as he threw the next two innings scoreless while only allowing a hit.
• Up 5-0, UCCS tacked on two more runs in the top of the fifth as Jaeden Hegmann led off the inning with a triple down the right field line. Faragallah was able to bring Hegmann in off a groundball to shortstop as Luis Samorano recorded an RBI of his own after a groundout to third scored an unearned run in Ryan Schmidt.
• The Mountain Lions turned to one more relief pitcher in the ballgame with Jeremy Onken making an appearance in the fourth inning. Onken did not allow a hit and wrapped up the game at a final score of 7-0.  
 
STATS FROM GAME TWO
• It was another great pitching and defensive performance for UCCS as they allowed just two CCU hits with the Mountain Lions outhitting the Cougars 8-2.
• Garrett Shriver records his first collegiate win as the freshman threw 2.0 IP and allowed one hit.
• Jeremy Onken records his first save with the Mountain Lions after going 2.0 IP and allowing no hits with two strikeouts.
• Ryan Schmidt went a perfect 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored.
• Matt Berg registered a game high two RBI after finishing the game 1-for-3 with a run scored.
• UCCS nabbed five stolen bases in game two with Luis Samorano stealing two bases.

UP NEXT:
UCCS heads back home for a four-game series against Adams State University with game one scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 23 inside Mountain Lion Park.  
 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.