EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The University of Wisconsin-Eau baseball team held their home opener on Sunday as they faced Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) opponents, UW-Whitewater at Bollinger Fields. After dropping game one 16-1 in seven innings, UW-Eau Claire fell behind an early to a Whitewater lead that never wavered In game two for a 13-0 final in seven innings.

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With the No. 10 ranked (d3baseball.com) UW-Whitewater Warhawks were in town, the Blugolds looked to get back in the win column with the first doubleheader of a two-day series being played at Bollinger Fields. After a scoreless first inning, UWW erupted for six runs in the second inning to pull ahead of UW-Eau Claire. UWEC's only answer came in the bottom of the fourth inning with the bases loaded after two singles from Ryan Venne (So. – Eau Claire, WI/North) and Andrew Murphy (Fr. – Mahtomedi, MN) and a walk by Otto Treichel (Jr. – Madison, WI/West), Chase Yaeger (So. – Black River Falls, WI) grounded out to advance all the runners on base and record the lone tally for Eau Claire in the 16-1 loss.

Game two found the Blugolds behind the eight ball early again as the Warhawks scored four runs in the first two innings. Ryan Venne, Nate Witte (So. – Woodbury, MN/East Ridge), Otto Treichel, and David Janssen (So. – Lino Lakes, MN/Centennial) all recorded hits for UWEC, but the offense couldn't find home plate in their second seven inning loss of the day, 13-0.

The Blugolds (6-12, WIAC 1-7) will be back at Bollinger Field on Monday, April 11 to face UW-Whitewater for the second doubleheader of the home series. First pitch is scheduled for 12PM.

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