SAINT PETER, Minn. – The Yellowjacket baseball team returned to the Gusties Baseball Field Sunday, taking on the Knights of Carleton College. The teams were originally slated to face off in Independence, Iowa over the weekend, but with warmer temperatures impacting the Midwest region, both teams agreed to transition the series to the campus of Gustavus Adolphus.
 
The Yellowjackets dropped the opening doubleheader against the Gusties last week and were searching for the first victory of the 2025 season.
 
Carleton's offense and timely defense aided them to a pair of wins over Superior, winning game one 10-5 and the second game by a score of 10-7.
 
Game One Notes

• The 'Jackets were the first to get on the board after a two RBI double from Jordan Trimble (Victorville, Calif./Grandview (Colo.)), scoring Noah Dagostino (Andover, Minn./Andover) and Payton Steiner (Baraboo, Wis./Baraboo) who reached on a single and hit by pitch, respectively.
• Trey Sybrant (Saint Michael, Minn./Saint Michael-Albertville) singled to left field the following at bat, scoring Trimble and giving the Yellowjackets a 3-0 lead.
• Carleton started the bottom of the first with a hit batsman, then after the two hole drew a walk the Knights went on to score eight runs off six hits, including a three run homer from Ryan Chang.
• Two more runs were added in the third from the Knights, as they extended their lead to 10-3.
• In the following inning, the Yellowjackets saw some life after Dagostino clobbered a two-run homer to left field, but from there Superior's bats went quiet.
• Carleton ended game one with ten runs off eight hits, compared to UW-Superior's five runs off seven hits.
• Dagostino led the charge going 2-4, while him and Trimble each logged two RBIs.
• Aiden Pfeifer (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) was tabbed with the loss, allowing five hits off eight runs. From there, the quartet of Riley Harbaugh (Banks, Ore./Banks), Maxton Howell (Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo), Payton Mangold (Ottawa, Ill./Ottawa Township) and Kevin Rahe (Princeton, Minn./Princeton) each saw action on the mound.

 
Game Two Notes

• The 'Jackets once again scored first after drawing three consecutive walks. With the bases loaded, Sybrant scored two off a single up the middle.
• Carleton responded with a double towards right center field, cutting the early deficit down to 2-1. Josh Pritchard (Surrey, British Columbia/Clayton Heights Secondary), who toed the rubber in game two, settled in and retired the side.
• Sybrant and Brian O'Dwyer (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) logged a single to left field in the top of the third, leading to a two RBI double from Howell, extending Superior's lead to 4-1.
• Carleton once again responded offensively, scoring four runs in the bottom half to take a 5-4 lead.
• UWS knotted things up in the next half, as Dagostino reached on an error to score Jonny Rhodes (Superior, Wis./Superior), who drew a four-pitch walk.
• CC took advantage of Yellowjacket miscues, utilizing timely hitting to lead 10-5 after the bottom of the sixth.
• In his first collegiate at bat, Devin Frydenlund (Belleville, Wis./Belleville) logged a pinch-hit single through the right side for the first hit of his Yellowjacket career. He would score after Mason McKellar (Nashotah, Wis./Arrowhead) was plunked and Chase Oxborough (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park) singled up the middle. Dagostino was plunked in the next at bat, but the Knights were able to shut down the Yellowjackets' comeback attempt, winning 10-7.
• Declan Higgins (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle) relieved Pritchard on the mound and was tabbed with the loss, allowing six hits off five runs.
• Sybrant led the 'Jacket offense, going 2-4 with two RBIs.

 
UW-Superior and Carleton College will finish their four-game series Monday, with first pitch set for 12:30 p.m. at the Gusties Baseball Field.
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