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Janek Luksza
3
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 1-4
4
Winner Wis.-La Crosse WIS.-LA 1-1
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
1-4
3
Final
4
Wis.-La Crosse WIS.-LA
1-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 2
Wis.-La Crosse WIS.-LA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 12 3

W: Mach (1-0) L: Afthim, Bryce (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Christina Cracolici, Director of Athletic Communications

Huskies Fall to University Wisconsin La Crosse 4-3 in 12 Innings

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Jack Moran hit a walk off single to score Tim Urlaub in the bottom of the 12th to lead the University of Wisconsin La Crosse to a 4-3 extra inning win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies at RussMatt Invitational hosted at the Lake Myrtle Athletics Complex. 
 
THE BASICS:
Records:
Wisconsin La Crosse (1-1)
Southern Maine (1-4)
 
Facing each other for the fifth time, UWL leads the series with the Huskies 4-1.  Southern Maine last defeated the Eagles 2-0 on March 17, 2019.  UWL defeated USM 7-6 on March 19, 2022.
 
Score: 
University of Wisconsin La Crosse 4, Southern Maine 3 – 12 Innings.
 
Pitching:
Winning Pitcher: UWL, Alex Mach (1-0), 4.0 IP,  0 runs, 2 hits, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
Losing Pitcher: SM, Bryce Afthim (0-1), 4.0 IP,  1 run, 7 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The Huskies went ahead 2-0 in the top of the second scoring a pair of runs on four hits.  Freshman Kyle Douin (Augusta, Maine/Cony) and senior Jonathan Wilson (East Granby, Conn.) led off the inning with a single and a double respectively, before sophomore Anthony Poole (South Portland, Maine) picked up an RBI.  A batter later senior Jason Komulainen (Gorham, Maine) hit a sacrifice fly to right field for an RBI and a 2-0 Husky lead.
  • UWL took one back in the bottom of the third on a fielder's choice RBI from Jack Olver to score Jordan Williams who led off the inning with a walk. The Eagles tied the game up in the bottom of the fifth after Chris VandenHeuvel led off the inning with a walk and came around to score, before UWL slipped ahead of USM 3-2 on an RBI single from Moran.
  • The Huskies tied the game up at 3-3 in the top of the ninth.  Poole led off the inning with a single, advanced to second on a hit batter and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt before crossing home on an RBI sacrifice fly to center field from junior Janek Luksza (South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills). USM kept the Eagles off the board in the bottom of the ninth to force extras.
  • Southern Maine had base runners in the 10, 11 and 12th innings but were unable to put a run across.  In the bottom of the 12th, Moran came up with the game-winning RBI, scoring Urlaub. 
 
 
UP NEXT:
Southern Maine returns on Wednesday (10:30 am) against Crown.   
-cac-
 
 
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