ARDEN HILLS, Minn. – For the third time in a week, the UW-Superior baseball team squared off with MIAC foe Bethel, and for the third time the Royals topped the Yellowjackets, winning 12-1 at Hargis Park Thursday.
 
The two teams took part in a doubleheader last Thursday at Ted Whereatt Field in Superior with Bethel coming out on top, 9-7 and 19-1.
 
This time around, BU held Superior to just three hits – all singles – and two walks, completing a season sweep.
 
Bethel (20-15) scored runs in seven innings, two in the first, third, fourth, fifth and three in the sixth. 
 
Superior (13-18) used seven pitchers and the Royals countered with six. 
 
Bethel pounded out 17 hits, getting multiple knocks from six different players. Leadoff batter Sam Horner went 3-for-5 with a walk and three runs scored. Mitch Butvilas and Thomas Friesen drove in three runs apiece. Butvilas and Marcus Krupke hit home runs. 
 
After Butvilas's homer to left-center field in the bottom of the first made it 2-0, the 'Jackets scored their only run in the third inning. With one out, Mike Rodriguez (Chicago, Ill./Gordon Tech) singled to left off of the first man out of the bullpen, Jonathan Patterson. 
 
Jordan Berrios (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer) was then hit by a pitch and Nick Fredrikson (Minneapolis, Minn./St. Anthony Village) reached on a fielder's choice. With runners on first and third, Brady Leahy surrendered a RBI single through the left side by Cory Albertson (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) that scored Rodriguez for a 2-1 deficit.
 
The 'Jackets would get no closer as BU broke the game open from there.
 
Braeden Barr (San Diego, Calif./Grossmont) got the start on the mound for Superior and was saddled with the loss, evening his record at 2-2. Barr lasted three innings, giving up six hits and four runs. Boone Elkins (Riverside, Calif./Arlington), Gunner Johnson (Superior, Wis./Superior), Zach Bennett (Corona, Calif./Santiago), Ryan Rodriguez (Chaska, Minn./Chaska), David Dibble (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) and Elliot Danhoff (Gladstone, Mich./Gladstone) followed.

Jake Marsh (3-4) earned the win for Bethel, going two innings in a prearranged start length. He struck out three and allowed one hit.
 
UWS heads to Minnesota Morris Saturday, needing at least one win to qualify for the upcoming UMAC tournament. The 'Jackets' doubleheader with the Cougars begins at 1:30 p.m.