[College Sports News]

The University of Iowa Hawkeye baseball team fell to the University of Illinois Fighting Illini, 6-2, Friday night at Duane Banks Field. Illinois improves to 17-14 (8-4) and the Hawkeyes fall to 15-15 (4-8).

The Hawkeyes got on the board early, but could not maintain the lead. Travis Sweet tripled to left center and scored on a Caleb Curry sacrifice fly. In the second inning, Justin Toole singled and Ben Geelen reached after being hit by a pitch. In their half of the inning, Illinois posted a run, evening the score, 1-1.

"We had opportunities early on, with a good first inning by Steve Turnbull, but the second inning really hurt," said Head Coach Jack Dahm. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Matt Wooldrik singled and advanced to second when Kevin Hoef walked. Brian Burmester singled to load the bases. However, the Hawkeyes were unable to score.

Hawkeyes Fall To Fighting Illini

[College Sports News]

IOWA CITY - The University of Iowa baseball team completed a doubleheader sweep of Illinois Saturday, taking game two 10-4 Saturday evening. Iowa raises its record to 17-15 (6-8), while Illinois falls to 17-16 (7-6).

After making good use of the long ball in game one, the Hawkeyes took an early 2-0 lead by manufacturing a pair of runs in the bottom of the first.

Jason White was hit by a pitch to lead off the game, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Travis Sweet - who reached on the play due to a throwing error. Both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch, and White scored on an RBI groundout off the bat of Dusty Napoleon. Caleb Curry then plated Sweet with a sacrifice fly.

Hawkeyes Win Game Two, 10-4