Baseball Starts Season with Splits vs NIACC & Iowa Lakes and swept by Iowa Western

Baseball Starts Season with Splits vs NIACC & Iowa Lakes and swept by Iowa Western DCTC 3 Iowa Lakes 2 Goplen's walk-off gives the Blue Knights Victory Over Iowa Lakes CC in extras. The game was tied at two with Blue Knights batting in the bottom of the eighth when Seth Goplen singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run. Earlier DCTC evened things up at two in the bottom of the seventh inning when Riley Pederson singled on a 1-2 count, scoring one run. Ben Simonsen was the winning pitcher for the Blue Knights. He surrendered zero runs on three hits over two innings, striking out one and walking zero. Logan Sjoberg started for DCTC allowing two hits and two runs over six innings, striking out two. The Blue Knights tallied nine hits. Goplen and Nick Baker each collected multiple hits. Iowa Lakes 4 DCTC 1 The Blue Knights lost the lead late in a 4-1 defeat to Iowa Lakes CC. The game was tied at one with Iowa Lakes CC batting in the bottom of the sixth when Joan Benavidez drew a walk, scoring one run. Ben Cradle took the loss for the Blue Knights. Cradle allowed two hits and three runs over one inning. Chase Oslin started the game for the Blue Knights. The righthander allowed three hits and one run over five innings, striking out seven. DCTC tallied one home run on the day. Mitch Goodwin went deep in the fourth inning. Nick Baker, Goodwin, and Ben Goelz each collected hits. #11 Iowa Western 7 DCTC 1 Nothing came easy for Blue Knights on Saturday, as they fell 7-1 to Iowa Western CC. Ben Simonsen took the loss for the Blue Knights. The righthander surrendered seven runs on nine hits over five innings, walking one. Brady Klehr, Tommy Pederson, and Mitch Goodwin each managed a hit. #11 Iowa Western 14 DCTC 0 DCTC watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 14-0 loss to Iowa Western CC on Saturday. Dalton Fouquette took the loss surrendering eight runs on eight hits over two and a third innings, walking zero. Ben Goelz led Blue Knights with two hits. #11 Iowa Western 10 DCTC 0 Sunday was a long day for Blue Knights, falling to Iowa Western CC 10-0. One bright spot for Blue Knights was a double by Mitch Goodwin in the fourth inning. Mason Primus took the loss for Blue Knights. The pitcher allowed six hits and nine runs over two innings, striking out one. #11 Iowa Western 15 DCTC 4 The Blue Knights struggled in a 15-4 loss to Iowa Western CC on Sunday. Blue Knights tallied three runs in the fourth inning. Blue Knights offense in the inning was led by Michael Rasmusson and Joe Jeans, all sending runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning. Ben Goelz took the loss. Mitch Goodwin went for the long ball in the fifth inning. DCTC tallied seven hits on the day. Goelz and Rasmusson all managed multiple hits for the Blue Knights. DCTC 7 NIACC 3 The Blue Knights scored three runs in the fourth inning. Brock Goelz and Mitch Goodwin each drove in runs during the inning. Logan Sjoberg was the winning pitcher for the Blue Knights. He surrendered three runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out one. The Blue Knights tallied seven hits on the day. Nick Baker and Goelz each had multiple hits for DCTC. The Blue Knights stole six bases during the game. Joe Jeans led the way with two. NIACC 13 DCTC 4 Blue Knights watched the game slip away late and couldn't recover in a 13-4 loss to NIACC on Wednesday Nights. NIACC scored five runs in the seventh inning. Paulson and Ben Tallman powered the big inning with RBIs. Chase Oslin took the loss, he surrendered four runs on four hits over one inning. Tommy Peterson led the Blue Knights with two hits