(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College baseball team began their season this afternoon at home on Tewksbury-Delaney Field. They dropped both games to The University of Olivet Comets, 3-0 and 10-4.

Game 1 – Olivet Defeats Wilmington, 3-0 (7 Innings)
Game one was dominated by Comets starter Bryan Carney, who threw a complete game while striking out 14 Quakers. Wilmington's best chances came in the first, third and fifth innings, where they had a runner on second base, but couldn't bring anyone around to score.

Notables

• J.C. Calhoun, Braden Chambers, and Hayden Koonce all had one hit.
• Nathan Powers struck out seven hitters over five innings of work while Michael Cibulskas worked the final two inning of relief and struck out two Comets.
• None of the Comets runs were earned.

Game 2 – Olivet Defeats Wilmington, 10-4 (7 Innings)
The Quakers had three hits in the first inning but scored their first run of the day in the second on an Ethan Bunce sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.

The damage was done in the top of the third inning by Olivet, scoring seven runs, with the help of a two out grand slam.

Wilmington used a pair of Comets errors and a Max Gildea double to score two runs in the bottom of the fourth and cut the lead to 7-3.

A Caleb Fugate double brought in the Quakers final run of the day in the bottom of the sixth.

Notables

• Junior Max Gildea led the team with three hits, with two doubles.
• Caleb Fugate had two hits while four Quakers had one hit.
• Fugate and Bunce had one RBI for Wilmington.
• Fugate and Chambers walked in the contest.
• Quakers pitching had 12 strikeouts, with Brad Miller (5) and Trent Mendenhall (3) accounting for eight strikeouts.

What's Up Next
The Quakers play Olivet one more time at home tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch slated for 1:00 P.M.